With the comings and goings of the larger village, word spread throughout a good portion of lower Mexico and Guatemala of the gods' blessings and how it had affected village life. Gradually, Sam's villagers began to notice an increase in the number of trading parties visiting their community, bringing more and more trade goods, but also just wandering around...
"Where to do you go, Son of Waru? We are preparing for the hunt." Tewaru walked on by his father, as if he didn't even realize the elder was standing there at the door of the hut. Waru knew that look about his son, knew that there was no reaching him when he was in one of his trances like this. It crushed the village chieftain's spirit to see his son, who i...
Perky blonde Melanie had become head cheerleader of her high school squad in Missouri and dated the quarterback, who she had given her virginity to on a picnic in the woods, and in college had continued with cheerleading, was planning on going to graduate school, working for a Fortune 500 company, marry a doctor, have kids, et cetera. All of that now seemed...
CALIA As Kintook's first wife, Calia held the highest status among the women of the large village, but with this privilege came great responsibility. She was the leader of Kintook's 4 other wives and of all his children. She bestowed fertility upon all the women of the village and held the responsibility for the fertility of the entire earth. Any personal s...
Botu was a well-respected man in his village. He had a wife and two daughters. He brought wealth to the village by selling dart poison to other villages. It was known everywhere that Botu's poison was the most desirable poison available. The poison came from the secretions of a certain frog species. No one knew why Botu was so successful. It was thought that...
****************************** Copyright Oggbashan April 2005 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. Edited July 2006 ****************************** Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust... I didn't attach any particular significance to my wife's maiden name until she started researching her family tree....
I woke up as the plane began its descent toward our landing in Japan. I looked out the window and wondered what adventure awaited me on the ground. I had recently become an investor in a water project in a small village in Japan and was on my way to see the project first hand. I am a banker by profession but this was a deal that I had financed on my own. M...
Once upon a very very long time ago, a woodcutter, his wife, and young daughter lived in the forest next to the village that surrounded a beautiful castle. The man was a very very good woodcutter and his wood was highly valued by all of the ladies in the village. Each morning the woodsman would wake and load his wagon. His wife and daughter would give him...
Prologue Elin, daughter of Eric, hailing from the village of Delken. Her father had been a successful farmer, his crops and livestock providing bountiful returns each harvest, bringing him note across the region, as well as earning him a modest wealth, for a peasant farmer. Elin's good diet and relative wealth had helped her grow tall, 5' 6", taller than...
The following nights and days were hard. They were cold, bitterly so, and not everyone was going to survive the winter months. Ivory was tested as she'd never been tested before. She could never have managed without the love of Ptarmigan who insisted on accompanying her lover on every visit to a villager who was ill, injured or about to give birth. This was...