Mud

In the fifteenth year after everything ended and the world began again, I came across a lump of mud.

I dug it up from my field, and before long, it turned into him.

He made a nest in the abandoned convenience store by my field. He guarded the prey I had hunted, napped beneath my grapevines, and even said, "I want to live with you."

So I said, "Hello, Mud Monster."

Then he said, "Hello! I'm your Mud Monster."

[The idea came from @Rijian, Brother Ri. Search the name on Weibo to find more great ideas. This story has a light, cozy feel, with farming and sightseeing, and it will get going very soon.]

The entire blurb is copied from Xiao Mo's blurb. Xiao Mo and I are writing about the same idea, together paying tribute to Brother Ri. We've gotten permission from two amazing authors. The only lie is the part about it getting going very soon! It's a lie! It's a lie!