30 Days, 30 Pages

So instead of trying and failing at National Novel Writing month AGAIN I'm going to attempt to tell 30 complete stories in thirty days. Most will probably suck but what the hey my non professional rep can take it. I'm posting the first one here.

CHEAT

PANEL 1 We are in a drafty chamber, the upper room of a crumbling tower on the edge of the wilderness. We can see through a window that the light is fading outside. The room is already full of shadows. Loki, a young man in his late twenties, already balding dressed in rumpled wizard's robes stands over an unlit candle making arcane looking gestures. The look on his face is one of frustration. The candle itself is conspicuously unlit. On the table surrounding the candle are various implements of the wizard's trade: alembics, tarot cards, an athame, and a very large book. Loki speaks a few nonsense incantations represented on the page by mystical looking squiggles.


PANEL 2 Close-up on the still unlit candle. Loki's hand hovers a few inches above the wick. His fingers are twisted in such a way as to control the magical energies. More gibberish comes out of his mouth (off panel) with an exclamation at the end.

PANEL 3 Close-up on Loki's face as an idea of such astonishing simplicity hits him (the proverbial "a ha!" moment).

PANEL 4 Close-up on Loki's hand as he flips open a zippo
cigarette lighter and makes fire.

PANEL 5 It is now fully dark. We can a see a full moon through the window outside. Loki is seated in a chair with his feet up on the table reading from the book while the candle burns (it's about half gone) at this point. Loki is smiling.