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December 7, 2021
105 – Norse Myths 05 – Loki
This fifth Norse Myth is the last tale of Loki, not the charming, trickster of the Marvel Universe, but the dark God of the Vikings Age... The Legends of Loki. Besides the hideous giant Utgard-Loki, the personification of mischief and evil, whom Thor and his companions visited in Jötunheim, the ancient Northern nations had another type of sin, whom they ...
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November 30, 2021
104 – Norse Myths 04 – Thor
The fourth of ten Norse myths tells of the story of the Thor and how he gained his hammer through the wicked machinations of the mischievous Loki. The Legend of Thor. Thor was one of the twelve principal deities of Asgard, and he lived in the splendid realm of Thrudvang, where he built a palace called Bilskirnir. Here he lived ...
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November 23, 2021
103 – Norse Myths 03 – Tale of the Valkyrie
The third of ten Norse myths tells of the story of the Valkyrie, Odin’s shield maidens who bring the fallen heroes of battle to the everlasting rewards of Valhalla. The Valkyrs. Odin’s special attendants, the Valkyrs, or battle maidens, were either his daughters, like Brunhild, or the offspring of mortal kings, maidens who were privileged to remain immortal and invulnerable ...
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November 16, 2021
102 – Norse Myths 02 – Odin and Frigga
The second of ten Norse myths tells of Odin and Frigga in Valhalla in Asgard, and their sons Thor, Balder and the first gods of the Vikings… Odin and Frigga in Asgard. Odin was the son of Bor, and the brother of Vili and Ve. He was the most supreme god of the Northern races and he brought great wisdom ...
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November 9, 2021
101 – Norse Myths 01 – Creation
The first of ten Norse myths that cover Odin, Loki, Thor and more, we begin, fittingly, with the creation of the universe as seen through the eyes of the Vikings… The Creation of the Universe. In the beginning, before there was anything at all, there was a nothingness that stretched as far as there was space. There was no sand, ...
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November 2, 2021
Micro-fiction 100 – Machines Discarded II (Post-Apocalypse series)
Continuing from Machines Discarded Part One. Past and present churn together as the dark tale of discarded machines opens out to the future of humankind and the long shadow of primordial dread… Machines Discarded. Part Two. The day she discovered a discarded metal creature. In the melee, with the light streaming from the head of the fallen robot, casting ...
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October 26, 2021
Micro-fiction 099 – Machines Discarded I (Post-Apocalypse series)
In a world that’s turned against itself, and destroyed all thinking machines Karima stumbles across a robot, and is followed in the dark… Machines Discarded. Part One. Today she discovered a discarded metal creature. It was a safe time to walk along the twilight lane, relatively, at least. As she stepped silently to fetch water from the pump in ...
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October 19, 2021
Micro-fiction 098 – Find Me (Echoes series)
A lonely young man who overcomes his debilitating illness by reading, endless reading until one day his perspective is altered radically… Find Me. I first saw the words written in a book inherited from my grandparents, etched in beautiful calligraphy on the book plate of a guide to astronomy. “Find Me.” My early years were dominated by illness. I rarely ...
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October 12, 2021
Micro-fiction 097 – Kingdom of Lies (Post-Apocalypse series)
From the far future comes a story within a story, of the dangers of believing without questioning, of lies that become truths… Kingdom of Lies. Some time in the far future there is a great Bazaar that gathers the people of all regions to its stalls. Spices and coffee, flowing silks and precious metals, carved boxes and beautiful musical instruments ...
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October 5, 2021
Micro-fiction 096 – The Green Man (Myths series)
A tale of an ancient spirit, a ruined planet, of loss and grief, but hope renewed in the Green Man… The Green Man. I remember the berry. It has a greenish, red hue. I’m not sure what it is except a curious reminder of a world lost, of woodlands now consumed, of gardens destroyed by the searing summers and wretched ...
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