Trivia: this piece shares a universe with another story I’ve published here. I leave it to you to figure out which one.

Wonderful imagery and word choice—the mystery of his actions makes me ask if it’s madness or some greater symbolic significance (actually that’s more my analytical laziness at the moment). The auto-dialogue works well, and your penchant for preposition placement adds a nice archaic tone for which I hold great admiration.

Sadly, that’s the way I usually try to write. I loathe ending sentences with prepositions. :)

Very nicely written, we’re completely pulled into this universe in just a few sentences! Now I wonder how a nation can forget such a big god.

I love that he picks up a mountain. Pretty awesome.

@box — Let’s just say, Bronze didn’t always walk in this form.

@Shamaliane — I wanted to go big. None of this gods-are-basically-glorified-men business. :)

Very cool. Intriguing, cosmic, even kind of scary. Makes me wonder what the lives of the people in this world are like.

In a word – epic. (And I don’t bandy that term around lightly.)

Hi Jim! Welcome back.

I’ve always liked stories about madness, especially ones that have loneliness as a component. The Titan suggests a greek connection but it’s hard to tell for sure. If it is Greek, then my question is where did the rest of the gods go? Interesting. Very interesting.

oohh… I would love to know where he’s off to next!

The Greek connection is entirely coincidental, I assure you.

@Emilou – as would I. :)

This character is a freakazoid! And you delivered it beautifully! LOL

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

Sorry I missed you out. I was aware of it – was working my way down the list but that was taking ages so then I started from the bottom and the bell went. Anyway…

I like the tone of the entire piece. It’s a challenge to write with such a distinctive ‘fantasy’ voice, and you manage it very naturally. I enjoyed the use of present tense as well (everyone knows it’s my fave).

As for the plot itself – the ficly stands very well alone: encapsulating one moment while telling a longer story about the god.

For such a brutal character, I felt quite a lot of sympathy for him. The bitterness of being forgotten stood out more than his madness to me. Interesting though – I don’t think I would have defined him as a god without your label. He has the physical strength/power but little intelligence. And surely a god is only a god as long as they are worshiped.

Overall, a great ficly which I enjoyed very much =) Thanks for entering the challenge!!

I suppose that taps into the philosophical question of — What makes a god a god?

Glad you enjoyed the story, and I figured you were aware you’d missed commenting on it. It was just a great opportunity for punniness. :)

Congrats on the feature!

Thanks! :-D

I’d just like to thank my mom, my agent—

gets handed a note from off-stage

Oh, nobody cares?

…

Oh.

sniffle

Hehe awwwwww. XD

I love the imagery of the god strolling through nations like grass. Beautiful and fearsome. I would have loved to have kept reading.

Thanks! I may be developing this series further. I have a couple of different directions I’d like to go with it.

AH! YES!

If my eyes do not deceive me, this is Greek Mythology! C:

I love you.

It’s not, actually — at least, not deliberately. This is a different sort of god, and the titans in this universe are of a different sort, as well. There are also golems, sorceresses, and a lot of other beings you won’t find in Greek mythology. I’m glad you liked the story, though! :)

Bizarre little story. I liked it, and it read well. I have no idea where it could go or from whence it came, but that’s okay. Mostly I just like the imagery of this giant deity sucking on thumb.

I, too, liked the “like grass” image. Ah, we’re all allowed to be lonely, but we must control the outward expression of our emotions, lest we go about ripping up mountains…

Great pictures, good mystery; asks all the right questions to get the audience wanting more.

@THX — Do you really expect anything from me that isn’t bizarre? :)

@ethel — I’m actually a little surprised at how much that phrase resonates with people. It’s one that I probably spent the least amount of thought on.

I love the imagery here and I like how it so easily relates to everyone in some way

I tried finding the other story. I gave up. Kinda convinced myself it was ‘Worldbreaker’ for a time, but then I questioned whether or not you’re the kind of writer who’d write about the same universe in two completely different times. Just tell me what it is, maybe?

The bit with putting the bone in his mouth made me think of a dog. It was a weird image of a giant Jackal rummaging through mountains for old bones.

This was actually very well written, despite implications of caninity, and thoroughly enjoyable to boot. Still wanna know what the story was.

It’s this one: http://ficly.com/stories/20667

The link between the two stories should be fairly self-evident. :)

This story simply leaves me satisfied. About as satisfied as the god who now has his buried bone.

He does really like that thumb bone…

The “for they forgot him” line jarred me a little, but the rest sailed smoothly.

Your style and subject remind me a lot of Tad Williams – mad deities, bones, destruction, lore, mystery….

That’s kind of interesting, actually, considering I’m not really a fan Tad’s work. I always found him too verbose and meandering, and I’ve never been able to finish one of his books (and believe me, I tried).

So we have Sorcerers, Golems, Titans and Gods. Is there a pecking order? I like the idea of the thumb-bone of a Titan. Somehow I thought the figure described in this ficly was the Golem from the first story. And that the thumb-bone was a key to waking the Titan. Very compelling read.

In terms of physical size, the gods are certainly the largest, with titans below, and golems at the bottom. (And there are almost certainly other entities that fall in at other places in that continuum, as well.)

In terms of powers and abilities, well, it wouldn’t be interesting if there wasn’t some competition there. :)