Beginning of Civilization: Short Stories

Glory? What is the nature of Glory? Ask the ancient Greeks. Their myths are full of it. Heroes and gods. Great quests and deeds. Ask Hector the nature of Glory. Ask Achilles.(Note: GLORY: Achilles' Choice does not directly support the main narrative of The Beginning of Civilization: Mythologies Told True, but it connects Centaur Chiron with one of his students-Achilles- concurrent with the post-flood novels. Note that Chiron died in Book 3 but is inexplicably reappears in this story.) Alabama born and bred,All the pride.All the baggage.All the guilt. STAND ALONE SHORT STORIES inspired by the people and events in the six book saga, "The Beginning of Civilization: Mythologies Told True."

This short story is part of the series "The Beginning of Civilization: Short Stories." These are adjunct stories to the six-novel saga "The Beginning of Civilization: Mythologies Told True" that imagine mankind's protohistory as inspired by the mythologies of Greece, Egypt, Canaan, and Phoenicia."Deeplab" stories begin within the protohistoric novel, "Kiya and Her Children: Rise and Fall of the Titans.""Deeplab" is the ultra-secret research facility responsible for much of the advanced science and technology referenced throughout the six-novel series but of which little is written. The facility was responsible for "Atlantis" and "advanced civilization" type inventions and discoveries referenced throughout the series.Deeplab: Eye of the Mountain tells the origination story for the Deeplab facility by Littlerock, Oceanus, and Prometheus.

The "Pumi in Sumeria" short stories tell of the later years in Pumi's life not detailed in the protohistoric novel, Tallstone and the City: A New Heaven and Earth.Pumi in Sumeria: Land Between the Rivers, tells of Pumi leaving Urfa after the death of his mate in search of meaning. He travels to the primitive land that will someday evolve into the great Sumerian civilization. Mythological origination stories are imagined for Sumerian primal goddess, Ninmah, and her consort, Sulpae, plus the many "demons" that occupy "the land between the rivers."This short story is part of the series The Beginning of Civilization: Short Stories available through Smashwords.com and other digital book resellers. These are adjunct stories to the six-novel saga The Beginning of Civilization: Mythologies Told True distributed in book form by Ingram Spark that imagine mankind's protohistory as inspired by the mythologies of Greece, Egypt, Canaan, and Phoenicia.Each stand-alone short story explores an element of one of the novels that was underdeveloped.