The town had grown since the last time he'd been here, about twelve years now. That old house right on the town limits hadn't though. He'd heard that a few years ago the city council had declared the forest a protected area and moved future expansions in every other direction, just ignoring the thick trees. … Continue reading The Forest: Part 1 →

Hermes rubs his jaw as blood leaks out through his teeth, teeth that might be a bit loose now. “Good hit.” I say. It gets me some glares but Tethys smiles a little, not much but a little. So it’s worth it. Hermes struggles to his feet, shaking his head like that will help. “How … Continue reading Hyperion: Part 15 →

I am amazed at what these mortals have accomplished in the ten thousand years we’ve been gone. We had given them so much but to see what they have done without our help would have made Iapetus so happy. If only he could see them now. They cover the world now, billions of mortal souls … Continue reading Hyperion: Part 11 →

I sit in one of the seats and watch my siblings. Themis and Mnemosyne found Poseidon’s headquarters and office in a city called Singapore, a heavily populated city where his shipping company had found an enormous market. “Did you see this?” Themis holds out the phone, “articles questioning how his company got to be so … Continue reading Hyperion: Part 10 →

“I...I don’t understand,” I am looking at the face of my hand picked guardian, “Zeus died. New guards came and everything, they told me he was just gone one morning.” “That’s how they knew everything,” Cronus says, sinking to the rocky ground, “I told Demeter about our weapons. I told her if anything were to … Continue reading Hyperion: Part 9 →