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After the Third Kiss
Bruce Coville · 2009novelette
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"There is an old tale of a maiden turned to a dragon, who can only be restored to human form by three kisses from her brother. The question is, what happens next? Once you've been a dragon, tasted blood and ridden the wind on leathery wings, can you ever really go back to being a mere human? That's the question that May Margret must answer, after the third kiss..." --short story ebook vendor blurb, released 2012-03-16 "Inspired by the old Northumbrian tale The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, this story explores what happened after the maid May Margeret [sic] was released from the curse which had turned her to a hideous dragon. After all, once you've been a dragon, it's not easy being human again." --unicornchronicles.com, 2021-08-05
Source · ISFDB CC BY 4.0
Placement
- The Unicorn Chronicles
- contained in The Dragon Bookanthology