“A Room of Their Own” – The Freewrite 500

Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame tending the forge. Used as a proxy image for a female blacksmith.

A work submitted for The Freewrite 500 contest, a flash fiction contest with “write about an unusual companionship” as the prompt.

Though forging in preferred isolation, the blacksmith was never alone.

Read and enjoy below.

Artist credit: Elisbian (Twitter)

Details of and the winner of the Freewrite 500, “High Holy Days” may be read here. It is a tale which certainly veers closer to the times.