Monday 18th January 1999, Portsmouth University Lecture Theatre AM I watched as the new cohorts filed into the lecture theatre and took up their seats. Among them was Elizabeth who sat in the same seat that Michelle occupied back in October. The first slide is already on display showing the arresting title, 'World History - Sacrifice and Torture in the earl...
The sky that late October night was an inky bluish-black, sliced only slightly by the sliver of moon. The clouds raced across the crescent moon, looking like mysterious figures in black carrying out some nefarious deed. Below, in the graveyard of the abandoned church, a low mist clung to the ground, seemly unable -- or unwilling -- to be moved by the winds t...
The Summer semester had come to an end and was being wrapped up with the exams. This was the second exam the sophomore class of Ancient Cultures was writing in the week exams began. Across all departments and levels, students of the University of Göttingen were either in the exam hall or in the library studying for their next papers. Dr Patrick was seated i...
Everything in Nature adores the chaste virgin, as she walks through her Almighty Father's Garden of Paradise, naked and unashamed. She will never know sin, so long as the snake is kept out of Paradise. When she has matured, the lover sees the beauty so breathtaking to behold, and innocence so pure, surely she must have the blood sacrifice of innocence, to a...
Speeding across the Mediterranean, Demetrius was continuously amazed at the ship he had received from the Goddess Amphrite. Every day it seemed a new feature was discovered to his unexpected and continuous delight and today was no exception. Sitting in his luxurious captain's quarters, he spied a large roll of gold parchment on the top shelf. Grasping it in...
I woke the next morning to an empty bed, but also the obvious sounds and smells of breakfast being cooked downstairs. I found my clothes and went looking for the kitchen. I found Lilith's daughter standing on a box wearing a long white gown while her mother knelt on the floor adjusting the hem. "I can't believe you're taller than I was at your age," Lilith...
Demetrius was sweating heavily now. Having just turned 18, he and the other young men in his village were subject to the annual lottery. This lottery, held once a year, determined which young man in the village would be the sacrifice to the Goddess Aphrodite that year. All young men aged 18 were subjected to the lottery and there were no exceptions. Diana, h...
Okay I apologize for the confusion but for whatever reason or happenstance,I submitted this first and then later the same day submitted ch 2. While chapter two went through fine, chapter one just up and disappeared. *wondering if there are goblins in computer* Anyway - here is the revised version of one - which will hopefully clear up the questions raised by...
Chapter One "Paulie, want to see a human sacrifice?" my editor asked. "Not unless you're the victim, Scotty." I didn't even glance up from my keyboard. Working for an alternative weekly newspaper was all glory, let me tell you. Not only do I get to investigate, write, edit, and typeset all my articles, I get to do it while my editor hangs over my shoulder...
The smell of the forest was thick in the air. Quiet sounds of the forest was only broken by the foot falls of large men. The small group of large men were trackers. Their job was to track down poachers, intruders, and when necessary, a sacrifice. A sacrifice for the lion god. The sacrifice was a young woman named Rayah, they found her camping near the edge...