Stories tagged “derivations”

  • Urheimat

    On the plain of the ancestors, the priest held the boy. There were five mounds, pyramidal in form but with flat tops. The blood from the ritual sacrifice was still running thick as the fires burned. They had sacrificed to Sehul and Mehnot, the Sun god ...

  • The First Arms Race

    Yunis sat on the throne as his Budin, his most experienced military advisor, spoke to him. “The Hittites are forging new and greater weapons,” he said, his head hanging. “This is a recent development. Their new class of materials are ...

  • Invaders from the East

    Udis walked down the stone path that overlooked the mountains. The mist hung above them like a specter, haunting him, staying on to his conscience. He could see the fires, far off in the distance. The war was going very badly. Invaders from the east ha...

  • On the Run

    Siutin ran through the field. It was a black night, with not even the moon to shine its light. Siutin was a wanted man. The Ottomans had been ramming their way through the world, and all the cannon power in the nation had not been enough to repel them....

  • A Different Sort of Battle

    Finally, Zibin realized, there was peace. The Ottomans had finally been warned away, and Britain had pledged her aid. There was a different sort of battle going on in the streets, though. Zibin’s country had jumped on the bandwagon of industriali...

  • Red in Morning

    Puennio stood in the ruins of what had once been the king’s palace, and watched the sun rise. The switch to democracy had taken some doing, but it was done. The architect of the palace’s destruction, however was not people wielding weapons ...

  • Red at Night

    Spreigas, only the second democratically-elected president since before World War II, addressed a rejoicing nation. It was 2000 hours. “My friends,” he began, “this is truly is a momentous day for our people, as we celebrate seventeen...