David Gregory PD7 4/28/2023

 Modern Mythology 2023

○ Creativity & Fiction

■ Craft a piece of FAN fiction related to any of the reading we’ve done in

class that addresses one or more of the following:

● Literary elements (i.e. structure, tone, diction, mood, irony, and

figurative language) to craft a narrative.

● Structural features of drama (stage directions, character

attributions/tags, dialogue, monologues, and/or soliloquies) to craft

a script.

● Multidimensional characters to develop themes and create

socio-political metaphors.

One day, Grendel grew tired of terrorizing the king and eating his thanes. Instead, he

decided to channel his energy into entrepreneurship. The most obvious pursuit? Mead

manufacturing. Even though he couldn’t experience them on his own, Grendel was still

interested in the joys of humanity. Under the cover of the night, he set to work lugging barrels of

milk and honey to his cave. With minimal distractions (no friends) Grendel was able to spend

weeks concocting the perfect mead until finally he was ready to bring his product to market. He

foresaw complications in marketing to someone whose family he may or may not have eaten, so

he decided to have a local shaman cast a temporary spell on him that made him look like a

traveling salesman. While many villagers were skeptical about switching over from their existing

mead recipe, they quickly discovered that Grendel’s beverage was superior. Apart from the

economic gain, Grendel was learning more about humans than ever before. No one ran from him

or made him feel like a monster.

His business showed him what it was like to bring joy to others instead of fear, but

despite this fulfillment, he knew that he was living a lie. There must be others like him. The next

day, he sold his mead business to Beowulf and used the money to set sail for Monstropolis. On

the way there, he realized that he had made a grave mistake- he hadn’t waited for his human

appearance spell to wear off. So as his boat departed from the harbor, Grendel was cornered by

dozens of creatures far scarier than he could’ve ever imagined, and torn limb from limb.

THE END