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Micro-fiction 049 – Discoveries (Post-Apocalypse series)

Discoveries at two ends of history and civilisation determine very similar futures. A journey into space takes a unexpected turn. Discoveries 2040 saw the first mission to the solar system around Kepler 10, the furthest journey for any team of astronauts in the history, as much as it was understood, of human space exploration. A small crew, on the tiny …

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Micro-fiction 037 – Break Out (Post-Apocalypse series)

Moloch and Gadreel lead the last vestiges of humanity in their escape from deep underground. But now they can break out, should they? Break Out “From the Beginning Times after the Fall there is a tale.” Penemue spoke, rubbing his ancient chin, his heavy-lidded eyes casting out to the thick of listeners gathered in the shadows of the Great Mother’s …

Sidhe (Thuatha de Danann) the origin of the Celtic Gods

Sources | Celtic Myths | Origins

We reach for the Celts through the parchments of Christian monks, and Greek and Roman historians but still we grasp at phantoms of truth. The mythic invasions, cycles of life and death, war and famine, the true story is the spread of a people across Europe, trying to understand their world, and take command of it. Unlike the Greeks, with …

Sumerian Gods being worshipped by their human vassals, Utnapishtim, Gilgamesh

Sources | The Great Deluge | Retold

The Ancient Sumerian and Babylonian Myth of Apocalypse, from the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Dream of Atrahasis and the Eridu Genesis. Retold by Jake Jackson. The Great Deluge: Beginnings Enlil, Fategiver, Lord of Storms and warrior god ruled the realm of Earth, creating kings and great temples for the pure worship and honour of the gods who lived alongside Earth …