The Unloved Son

After years of having attempted to make a man of value out of his son, he had resigned that it wouldn’t happen. He was already an adult, far beyond his developing years and the mold of his sons soul had giving it shape, and its outcome had hardened into the monstrosity that came out. An […]

Henrikin Surma (“The Slaying of Henry”)

The first blows of the horns would ring early in the morning in a village near Lake Köyliö in south western Finland. The alarm would sound for all and indicate it’s time to start the daily routine. The year was 1152, and these heathens had never know another life. While there is hierarchy in all […]

Just a Few Seconds More

And so we were trained, to defend the Fatherland from the Imperialistic dominion of the Anglo-Saxons. That vile race that knew no bounds to their ambitious, whose wish was to make the whole world their subjects, to be exploited, whipped and raped… Where we not German? Did our stock not belong to that noble people […]

The Retreat

Lucas had grown up with the victories of Napoleon. France was the one center of enlightenment in a cold world of monarchical rule. France had murdered it upper class when they refused to give up their aristocratic tittles and opened up career positions to talent. For this was the notion of equality: Every man has […]

The Good Man

Mark stared deeply in the mirror and gazed into a face he didn’t recognized. His bright blue eyes had become dull, his dark hair was now white. Wrinkles now covered a saggy face which once had been youthful. He cringed, but he stared nonetheless. “This is reality” he thought, “this is what I’ve become, it’s […]

An Atheists Promise

Josh had a vague memory of his mother, he seems to recall her in the kitchen baking something, telling him not to make a mess as he licked the spoon she used to stir the mix for a chocolate cake. The details are not clear to him. He remembers her reading to him before bed […]

“Dear God, Please Give Me a Thousand Days like This!”

  Federico was the son of a rich Venetian merchant in the early 1500’s. Proud and arrogant, with the sense of entitlement in a two year old who will shout “mine” with an authoritarian finger to everything he lays his eyes on. Growing bored of Venice, and wanting to explore the world while he was […]

Carl the Earthworm and the Power of Positive Thinking

There was once an earthworm colony that had happily lived for generations in the green section separating a street and a parking lot:   Life was good for them. Constant humidity, shade, and nutrient reinforcement in the soil have seen them prosper. Through generations they developed a culture that reinforced the power of positivity, for […]