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    Lizards and Wizards
    Lizards and Wizards
    Lizards and Wizards
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    Lizards and Wizards

    By Gary Kuyper

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    A fantasy novella for all ages, telling the spellbinding tale of how the very first dragon came to be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Kuyper
    Release dateNov 29, 2010
    ISBN9781458080127
    Lizards and Wizards
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    Gary Kuyper

    Gary Kuyper began his professional literary career writing self-help and general interest articles for Daan Retief Publishers who produced a monthly book for their woman’s club called Woman’s Forum. These articles would sometimes require research and had titles as diverse as The Human Brain and Body Painting!Being a professional photographer on a part-time basis Gary has also managed to have his articles on photography (With accompanying photographs) published in books and magazines. He has also done some free-lance photography and photojournalism projects for numerous local newspapers.Over the past four years he has constantly managed to be one of the top finalists in the Nova Short Story Competition (A competition for budding writers of science fiction and/or fantasy).Last year (2009) Gary had the pleasure of seeing The Devil's Little Tadpoles grace the pages of the local SF & Fantasy Fanzine Probe.He is an avid film buff and amateur film maker. A few years ago I managed to take first prize in the SA Ten Best Film Makers Competition with a short film entitled The Crimson Cobra - An action-packed martial arts / superhero movie using some of the very talented local artists.He is a qualified prosthetics make-up artist and has used this talent on both amateur and professional productions. He has also appeared on television in a youth program especially made for enlightening people in the art of special effects make-up.Gary has a rather excellent general knowledge being not only an avid writer but reader of any material that is able to stimulate him cerebrally.He taught himself Adobe Photoshop and has become adapt and proficient enough at utilizing the software to such a degree that he has managed to sell a number of creations to various institutes and organizations. He is particularly fond of a logo designed for the Krazy Mug Coffee Shop and several covers that have graced the front of Probe.Gary has a vast knowledge of music and has appeared on the local Television Music Quiz Show Note for Note where he was able to win a substantial amount of prize money.In 2008 he entered the SF / Fantasy Mini Radio Play Competition and took first prize with his The Adventures of Captain Max Power of the Intergalactic Police - an obvious homage to the early Flash Gordon radio series’. A number of skilled professionals are now planning to produce Max to CD and have it aired on a local radio station (SAfm).All his literary and photojournalistic accomplishments have been done on a part-time basis due to the fact that his full time career is lecturing mathematics as well as engineering science at a Technical College. Although this is a most fulfilling profession, it has long been Gary's ideal to become a full-time writer – especially of fantasy, science fiction and horror novels.He has recently published his first full-length fantasy novel - The Chronicles of Baltrath: The DARK WIZARDS.As a considerable amount of time and effort has been expended in building the world of Baltrath, Gary has begun work on a sequel to The Dark Wizards.

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      Book preview

      Lizards and Wizards - Gary Kuyper

      LIZARDS and WIZARDS

      a.k.a.

      The LIZARD’S SCREAM

      by

      Gary Kuyper

      A fantasy novella for all ages, telling the spellbinding tale of how the very first dragon came to be.

      This is a first edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author

      Copyright © 2010

      Smashwords Edition

      # # #

      It was great to be a reptile in the hot Pandokian summers that buzzed with flies and other delicious winged prey that she casually and effortlessly caught with her long swift tongue.

      The large smooth black iron ore composite boulder on which she lay was her favourite sunning spot.

      At most times the fluid in her veins and arteries felt as if it was comprised of millions of tiny jagged-edged icicles that moved lethargically yet painfully through her large scaly green body.

      Her blood heated up swiftly when Old Sol was high in the sky, but like the rock beneath her, as was the nature of all metallic substances, cooled just as rapidly whenever a cloud passed over.

      Being a cold-blooded creature, Drazil Nogard absolutely loathed the approach of the long harsh winters for which Pandokia was so frustratingly renowned.

      Drazil hadn’t always been a cold-blooded creature. An unfortunate incident had placed that misfortune upon her in the form of a very powerful Nolavian curse.

      She had once inadvertently caught and eaten a baby Nolavian tibtit, an unattractive fairy-like creature that she had mistaken for an oversized dragonfly.

      Yous cold-blooded monst’r! the mother had screeched at her. Cold-blooded murd’rer yous be! Drazil had tried to explain the situation to the incensed tibtit, but the hysterical creature was beyond all means of consolation. Death be ta good fer da likes o’ yous! Cold-blooded yous are! Cold-blooded yous be! Cold-blooded fer effer ‘n’ effer!

      The tibtit had only recently recharged her powers at the Wolli-Wypeew Tree in the middle of the Charcoalwood Forest, so that Drazil immediately began to suffer its terrible effect.

      Feeling pretty bad about the whole situation (You would probably too if you had mistakenly eaten someone’s baby), she had decided to accept her fate and get on with her life.

      But the curse had been placed on her in the middle of an unusually long heat wave. It was only when Aunty Autumn stretched her long cold spindly fingers into Pandokia that Drazil realized how awful her predicament truly was.

      A reverse curse?

      That’s right, said Noel Emahc, Drazil’s second cousin thrice removed.

      The only way to get fixed is with a reverse curse, reiterated Red Namalas, Noel’s elder sister. Like her brother, she was able to change the colour of her skin, but for some strange reason preferred to remain bright scarlet in hue.

      How…who would know how to perform such a procedure?

      The three brother wizards of Nolava, of course! exclaimed Red Namalas

      "Nolava? The place is swarming with those despicable tibtits."

      Ever since Drazi, the great sorcerer scattered the enchanted Wolli-Wypeew seeds upon the fertile soil of K’cigam Valley, Nolava has become a place of magic and mystery.

      I know the legend, but I thought it was only possible for magic to be performed within the confines of Nolava, within the great barrier of the K’calb Plateau?

      So have we all. She must have been a very powerful tibtit. The fact remains, Nolava is the only solution to your dilemma. That or learn to hibernate.

      It’s only a two day’s journey from here, added Noel encouragingly. Besides, the exercise should help to keep you warm.

      #

      Two days later Drazil found herself at the entrance to the deep and narrow pass that snaked its way through the K’calb Plateau. At midday of the third day the crevice widened to reveal the green Nolavian landscape. She rushed into the welcoming sunlight, which had been blocked by the high walls of the rock face, and sighed in relief as her blood warmed.

      Nolava, land of magic and mystery, she said loudly

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