Keeping with the blogging for fun idea, I’ve decided to start another category which I have simply called Short Stories, and I mean really short. In a way I want to test my creativity and hopefully it will attract a bit of a following.
Prologue
It’s October 25 2598 and it’s my 600th birthday. I am not sure exactly how it happened, but somewhere along the way I became an immortal. Perhaps it had something to do with the depletion of the ozone layer in the late 1900′s, or maybe it was due to the radiation after the holocaust of 2020. The fact remains that I am alive when I should have died long ago.
There was a time when I was one of many immortals but our numbers have depleted over the years. It seems that mankind did not like the fact that we would never grow old, or suffer from the maladies that affected the rest of the human race. Once they discovered that an immortal could only die through decapitation those who paraded their immortality started to disappear. Then there were those who could not live with their immortality and they would either give themselves up or devise ingenious ways of removing their own heads. The rest of us kept to ourselves and roamed around, never staying in one place long enough that it would expose who we were.
I have seen and done many things, but since the great burning of 2025, I have been unable to write them down, as to own any form of written media was a death sentence. I have therefore become a wandering bard of sorts, telling stories to earn my keep. Some of the stories were factual but for the main I tend to manipulate the truth for my own amusement. It’s hysterical that no-one can tell which are true and which are pure fabrication, as only another immortal would know.
Things are so different now than they used to be in the 20th century. Man has walked away from much of the technology of the past. They have adopted a much more primitive existence. The only thing that you see on wheels these days are drawn by horses. Ships are once again powered by the wind and the only things inhabiting the sky are feathered. Violence and war still exists but the only weapons used are swords, spears and bows and arrows.
Myths and stories of the horrors of the past ensure that the majority of the populace are content with this humble lifestyle, but lately small groups are emerging that believe that things could be better. Intelligent men and women who aspire to greater things. Oh well, if there is one thing that I have learned over the years it’s that no matter what shit still happens.
As for me, I am Sire, the wandering Bard and I have many stories that need to be told.
Other stories in this series:
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sounds like a promo for a new anime series!
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No worries mate, I’ll do the story line and you can do the animation.
My man, just asking, but have you seen the movie Hancock yet?
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Not yet Mitch, although I have seen some previews on TV. I reckon I will though as soon as it comes out on DVD. Also it appears that Wikipedia is having problems as that link won’t work.
Why do you ask?
It’s along the same lines as your story, about the immortals and such, but it has a different way to get rid of them, if one can think of it.
By the way, which WP plugin do you use so people can reply to a specific comment?
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I will definitely see that. Previews don’t show any immortals, just a drunken super hero that throws a beached whale into the ocean and sinking a boat with it. Or am I thinking of a different movie.
As for the threaded comments I’m using Brian’s Threaded comments on this particular blog. Otherwise I use this one.
As you can see, I went with the WP threaded comments, and I like it.
Hmmm, I wonder if I’m gonna get some CommentLuv for this post,…
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Seems you lucked out again Mitch. I’m using Brian’s Threaded Comments on this blog as it the other one wouldn’t work with this theme.
looks like you’ll have fun w/ this one! great start to your story!
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I hope to Silken. I’m procrastinating a bit on the next excerpt but I will get to in one day.
oh yeah, I like how everyone in the story has gone back to “simpler” times…
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Simpler times, doesn’t that sound great though?
A few weeks ago I came across this site and have been following along. I decided I might write my opening comment. Im not sure exactly what to say but that I have really loved perusing. Nice site. I will carry on coming to this blog in the future. I have also grabbed the rss feed to get any updates.
Highly entertaining! I’d like to read more. I see I’m going to have to do some digging. Or you’re going to have to give me some more breadcrumbs back to the archives. I like that latter idea. My delicate hands aren’t meant for the heavy labor of digging. Just flaying the skin off live carcasses. Oh, wait, that’s my nimble tongue…
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Seeing as how most people don’t check the blog’s category section, I do occasionally leave links within or at the end of it pointing to similar posts.