Short Stories, Novella and Movie Scripts for readers to have fun exploring new book themes and a variety of writing arts.
By Joseph Campbell Thor’s tales about fighting giants in Norse mythology are known far and wide. His tussles with enemies like Hrungnir and the Midgard Serpent are key moments, demonstrating his divine strength and signifying the victory of order over chaos. Thor is admired for his bravery and power, serving as a guardian in the severe…
Taoism (also spelled Daoism) is a religion and a philosophy from ancient China that has influenced folk and national beliefs. Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Lao Tzu, who, around 500 B.C.E., wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao…
The Old Man Under the Moon–“Yue Xia Lao Ren”(月下老人) is the alias name of the Chinese matchmaker god. During Tang Dynasty in China, there lived a young man named Wei Gu (韦固) who lost his parents at his early age. As a bankrupt nobleman, he had been trying to improve…
By Daniel McCoy Baldur was one of the most beloved of all the gods. The son of Odin, the chief of the gods, and the benevolent sorceress goddess Frigg, Baldur was a generous, joyful, and courageous character who gladdened the hearts of all who spent time with him. When, therefore, he began to…
Source: neilgaiman.com I may be just a bird in a gilded cage A captive like a parakeet or dove, But when a maiden meets a giant lipophage Her heart gets chewed and broken, like that old adage -I’m just a fool who Thought that Cthulhu Could fall in love! Cthulhu,…
Source: Neilgaiman.com This short story was nominated for a Hugo Award 2007 “Come on,” said Vic. “It’ll be great.” “No, it won’t,” I said, although I’d lost this fight hours ago, and I knew it. “It’ll be brilliant,” said Vic, for the hundredth time. “Girls! Girls! Girls!” He grinned with…
By Daniel McCoy Ragnarok is the cataclysmic destruction of the cosmos and everything in it – even the gods. When Norse mythology is considered as a chronological set of tales, the story of Ragnarok naturally comes at the very end. For the Vikings, the myth of Ragnarok was a prophecy of what was to come…
In Chinese mythology, Hou Yi (后羿) is considered to be the greatest archer of all time. He is best known for marrying the moon goddess, Chang’e (嫦娥), and for shooting down nine of the ten suns. Once an immortal who lived in the Jade Emperor’s palace, Hou Yi decided to become human to…
Brief Pan Gu is a central figure in the Chinese Taoist legend of world creation, the first man, is said to come forth from chaos(a big egg). Pan Gu is said to have two horns, two tusks, and a shaggy body. Some accounts credit him with the separation of heaven…
