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Category: Gods vs 21st Century

Classic gods navigate the 21st Century

April 27, 2022 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Caffeina

Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite met up for brunch. The goddesses reminisced over the good old days when the gods reined

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January 26, 2022 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Brigit

The restaurant echoed with magic and the chants from joyful people. Souls, happy to mingle and be together. Light shone

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January 12, 2022 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Dylan

The waves came rolling in, a reflection of her mood. The beating heart of the ocean throbbed in time with

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September 29, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Silver Lining

The sun broke through the grey clouds, creating an opening between heaven and earth. The valkyrie speed on her pegasus.

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September 1, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Ripples

The nymph watched beneath the water. Her body, a shimmery dark mass under nature’s mirror. On the bank, a young

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June 23, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Godly Fingerprint

Note:The Greek Gods are back in the 21st Century. This installment features; the mother goddess, Gaia, the sky god, Zeus,

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April 28, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: A Mother’s Patience

Note:Demeter, Persephone/Kora and Hades are main players in the Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek Mythology). In short, a tale to explain life,

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March 17, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: The Dryads

  Once upon a time, There lived a forbidden love. So envious of the lovers, the villagers hunted the couple

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March 10, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Brotherly Competition

Zeus and Poseidon eyed the mortal on the beach. Zeus from his heavenly clouds and his brother from the waves.

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January 21, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Lights, Camera, Action

Note:Eris (Discordia) is the Greek Goddess of strife. Stories featuring Eris (and other gods) can be found here. *~* Light, camera, action.

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January 13, 2021 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: The Saving Grace

Note:Eris (Discordia) is the Greek Goddess of strife. Other stories featuring Eris (and other gods) can be found here. My

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December 9, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: SPLAT!

Chronus, The Father of Time, stood at his frying pan. Bacon wafted through his dwelling. Taking time out. He chuckled

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December 2, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Into The Labyrinth

Note:This week’s story places the Greek mythological labyrinth in the 21st century. Other stories featuring the gods in today’s world

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November 25, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Apollo’s Revenge

Apollo sat on his Olympian cloud and sighed. Mortals ceased looking up to him. What’s the meaning of life? He

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November 4, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Discord on the Street

Eris, the goddess of discord, leaned against the stone wall of an ancient alley way and yawned. People walked by

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October 21, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Morning Tea

Note: Dionysus is the Greek God of wine. “Have you heard? Dionysus is missing. I bet he’s off on another

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October 7, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Poseidon’s Hissy Fit

Seaweed littered the ground, the stench polluting the sky. The siren held her nose as she turned to her friend,

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September 30, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Pandora Plays Hide and Seek

Note:After seeing the prompt and having a long WTF moment, I’m pretty sure the prompt photo needed to be rotated.

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August 12, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Tinder

Note: This story started to form a couple of days after I posted last week’s story (more infighting with the

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July 29, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Isles of the Blessed

A return to Greek Mythology again… Can’t seem to help myself. This self contained story features The Isles of the

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July 22, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Iris

Another instalment featuring the Greek Gods navigating the 21st Century. Previous stories starred Hecate and Pandora. Iris, the Greek goddess

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July 15, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Pandora

This week went Greek (mythology) again, a spin off from Hecate’s story Crossroads. Pandora adored the 21st Century. The rise

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July 1, 2020 Flash Fiction / Gods vs 21st Century

Flash Fiction: Crossroads

Hecate, the Greek goddess of crossroads, tapped her foot at the multilane intersection. Her job, much easier during the classic

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