Short stories tagged with Battle
Listing 6 stories.
A weary healer seeks to leave her warrior wife, her village, and a life endlessly tainted by war.
A young, beast-like creature who works as an apprentice to a god carver is tasked with carving a new god. However, the god he carves clashes with his society's values; as a result, his people take his memories from him and banish him to the wild to start anew.
A young trader travels across the universe, criticizing the barbarism of different cultures. After he offends the values of Vikings in Western Europe, he must escape the forces that want him dead and make it back to his lover in his homeland, Eutopia.
During the Civil War, a young man finds purpose helping the wounded while visiting his own injured brother.
A contemporary Indian housewife’s peace is broken when she notices that her dog is locked in a dance to the death with a cobra.
A group of rivers in human form run from the human empire that would enslave them to power their cities, seeking the ocean in hopes that its endless waters will help them destroy their enemies.