It is a rare honor for a young man such as I to be here, where the old men sit around the fire and tell stories of our nation’s heroes: Olaf the Bold, Harald the Dane-Slayer, and others. When it is my turn, I tell them how I just this week vanquished the savages of Groen-Land despite overwhelming odds, and with the loss of no ships or men. The old men nod their heads vacantly. Then one says “Another story of Olaf the Bold begins like this…”
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“Heroes” / Memorable Fancies #689
It is a rare honor for a young man such as I to be here, where the old men sit around the fire and tell stories of our nation’s heroes: Olaf the Bold, Harald the Dane-Slayer, and others.
When it is my turn, I tell them how I just this week vanquished the savages of Groen-Land despite overwhelming odds, and with the loss of no ships or men.
The old men nod their heads vacantly. Then one says “Another story of Olaf the Bold begins like this…”
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THE TUESDAY PITCH
If you liked this post, please tell your friends and share a comment here or in StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, or other social websites.
AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon and Other Outlets: “The Seventh Effect” – a cyberspy NSA-themed techno-thriller by Terence Kuch, in paper and electronic formats from Melange Books.
You can get a free review copy of The Seventh Effect (pdf) via a comment here, or email memorable_fancies@yahoo.com. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose.
Subscriptions to this blog are available at http://www.amazon.com/author/terencekuch or at http://www.bit.ly/Fancies. – or you can just Follow this blog.
For a contact form, profile, list of publications, and other information, go to http://www.terencekuch.net.
See you tomorrow! Whatever happens here, you won’t be expecting it.
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