Dancing with Fickle

Abstract

A young man struggles with the day to day of his small hometown. He wants to start on his own adventure but has no idea where to start. That changes when he discovers a book of philosophy written a thousand years ago. Adventure is thrust into his lap as the spirit of an old court jester, Fickle the Wise, appears before him. The book is about Fickle’s teachings, and he is just getting started with his newest disciple. In this verse novella, the two travel together to find the young man a purpose: teaching him how to write. The dialogue is crude and witty, and the young man must learn how to hear the world in order to better understand how to write in it.