The Making of She Prays for Victory
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She Prays for Victory - Full Story
Content Warning: Discussion of rape and the effects of rape, grisly images, brutal violence
She Prays for Victory - Conclusion
Content Warning: Brutal violence
When she had placed their weapons in their hands and smoothed their tattered garments as best she could, she began to go to and fro about the gorge.She Prays for Victory - Part 11
Content Warning: Brutal violence
Her heart standing still, and at the same time pounding to burst from her chest, she swept up behind the Roman and felled him with a single blow.She Prays for Victory - Part 10
Content Warning: Brutal violence
With that, she came back to herself.She Prays for Victory - Part 9
With a quickening pulse, she strode toward it now, the urgency of her errand rushing back over her, and she laid her hands on the ancient bark with only vanishing trepidation.
She Prays for Victory - Part 8
She ran out of the town, past the tents of her clan where they had pitched them overlooking the road from the north, and out of sight.
She Prays for Victory - Part 7
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Turning to Mave, she placed her foot on the dead woman's hip to hold the body still.She Prays for Victory - Part 6
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“And also,” said Mave, “we heard rumors of strange and disturbing portents away down at Camulodunum.”She Prays for Victory - Part 5
Camulodunum stood in darkness still when she arrived, with only the faintest suggestion of dawn at the very rim of her vision.
She Prays for Victory - Part 4
Content Warning: Discussion of rape
She looked from one to the other—from Mave's grim resolve to Lavena's controlled wretchedness.She Prays for Victory - Part 3
Content Warning: Discussion of the effects of rape
“We can rebuild,” said Lavena. “We still have the land; that’s what matters.”She Prays for Victory - Part 2
The wind blew life back into her as she walked, and by the time she was halfway home her grief had found its solace in the pricking of the cold against her skin and the warmth in her legs as she climbed.
She Prays for Victory
Tossing the ax into her other hand, she pushed the old man away. He stumbled and fell to the ground, but more barred her way.
The Making of She Lives Again
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She Lives Again - Full Story
Content Warning: Scarring, self-harm, firearms, animal attack, grisly images
She Lives Again - Conclusion
Content Warning: Firearms, animal attack, self-harm, grisly images
Then, as they did not back down but brandished their weapons anew, she tilted her head back.She Lives Again - Part 7
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Even in the closeness of the vault, the light from the sky above shone brightly enough for her to take in the curve of the hollowed cheeks.She Lives Again - Part 6
She let the feeble push propel her to the window, even as she heard a hand on the doorknob.
She Lives Again - Part 5
“I wish we could stay this way forever.”
She Lives Again - Part 4
Long after the mourners had dispersed and the sextons had emerged from the tomb, closing the great stone door behind them, she stood upon the cliff.
She Lives Again - Part 3
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Another distant boom echoed from above as she swept up her benefactor’s remainsShe Lives Again - Part 2
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Blood bubbled up around her fingers.She Lives Again
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The edge of the knife rang as she drew the blade down the length of the well-oiled stone and pulled it away for the fifth time.The Making of "She Swears an Oath"
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She Swears an Oath - Full Story
Content Warning: Bondage, grisly images, intimidation, child traumatization, violence, oppression, child endangerment
She Swears an Oath - Conclusion
Content Warning: Child endangerment
“It would be a shame to execute such a hero as yourself,” he said.She Swears an Oath - Part 9
Content Warning: Violence, oppression
Looking down, she saw the same fear on Walter's face that she had already witnessed earlier that day.She Swears an Oath - Part 8
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She heard his scream, and the subsequent thump of his body on the rock, as she turned back toward the Vogt.She Swears an Oath - Part 7
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She Swears an Oath - Part 6
Content Warning: Child traumatization
The crew cried out again in terror as the ship yawed to the left, back out into the open lake.She Swears an Oath - Part 5
She froze, readying herself to resist, but he cried out to her above the roaring of the wind. “Save us!” he shouted.
She Swears an Oath - Part 4
When he woke again, she kissed him and, in her most cheerful voice, said, “Come, we are going to the market!”
She Swears an Oath - Part 3
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Forcing their way in the moment she opened the door, they began to upend her small dwelling.She Swears an Oath - Part 2
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Winter had come early that year, and the thick-falling snow had deadened the sound of his wailing.She Swears an Oath
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The ropes gouged at the flesh of her arms and thighs as she fell to the floor of the small ship.The Making of "She Robs the Grave"
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She Robs the Grave - Full Story
Content Warning: Live burial, assault, violence, oppression, drowning, description of violence
She Robs the Grave - Conclusion
“There's no need,” said a voice behind him as his own temporarily failed him and he paused to renew his strength. “It is coming for us.”
She Robs the Grave - Part 10
When he emerged, drying his tears and clutching a small jar of water and the few cakes of bread, the stranger was still lying on the sand where he left her.
She Robs the Grave - Part 9
Despite his own size and strength, the force of her effort nearly collapsed his knees, and he pushed back with every ounce of muscle in his quaking legs and back.
She Robs the Grave - Part 8
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“What is that?” the mourner cried suddenly.She Robs the Grave - Part 7
Content Warning: Live burial
“I fought my way back to the surface, and my heart quickened as my head burst through the waves once more.”She Robs the Grave - Part 6
Content Warning: Live burial, drowning
The bereft husband heard his assailant pass by him, kicking aside the scattered bones as he went.She Robs the Grave - Part 5
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“The Aviator called out to me, ‘It is this wind or none for us. Shall I take the chance?’”She Robs the Grave - Part 4
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“Then my heart stopped entirely as we dropped down.”She Robs the Grave - Part 3
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“At one time—as I learned—the king of the city had been betrayed by his closest advisor.”She Robs the Grave - Part 2
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Already poised at the very edge of panic, he responded quicker than thought.She Robs the Grave
Content Warning: Live burial, assault
The tomb reached up to swallow him as they lowered him inch by inch into its black depths.She Names a Nation - Full Story
Content Warning: Suicidal ideation, discussion of slavery, ableist language, violence, law enforcement brutality, oppression, imprisonment, gendered insult, depiction of physical wounds, war
She Names a Nation - Conclusion
Content Warning: War, violence
The waters of Lake Van shone still and clear as the sun rose over the mountains.She Names a Nation - Part 14
Content Warning: Imprisonment, gendered insult, description of physical wounds
Spinning around, she saw a face mashed into the window of the first door on her left.She Names a Nation - Part 13
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The prison reeked of filth, even from the outside.She Names a Nation - Part 12
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The background noise of the city faded into mere whispers as she crept forward.She Names a Nation - Part 11
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She Names a Nation - Part 10
Content Warning: Discusion of brutality
Satisfied with her work, she turned away again and disappeared up the street and into another alley.She Names a Nation - Part 9
By nightfall the fish had been removed from the streets, their guts and oil deposits washed away, and the horrible smell had begun to dissipate.
She Names a Nation - Part 8
Content Warning: Violence, oppression, law enforcement brutality
On the first day after the king had ordered the new restrictions and increased oversight, she had accompanied a patrol to one of the merchants' warehouses.She Names a Nation - Part 7
Content Warning: Violence, law enforcement brutality
“You're unhappy with this, I know,” he said.She Names a Nation - Part 6
“Every growing city has a prosperous merchant class,” he explained. “The more prosperity they bring to Eridu, the better off even the peasants will be.”
She Names a Nation - Part 5
Content Warning: Discussion of slavery
Her mouth fell open at this, and he hastened to reassure her.She Names a Nation - Part 4
He glanced at the three scribes standing on the other side of the room, and she nodded, sending them hastening from the room.
She Names a Nation - Part 3
Three streets away, past the wall that surrounded the king’s house, clustered a small group of men, but their faces were turning away from hers even as she spotted them.
She Names a Nation - Part 2
They had sailed back into the port of Eridu together, she and he, triumphant from thrusting back one of the nomadic tribes that had begun to infringe upon their land.
She Names a Nation
Content Warning: Suicidal ideation, discussion of slavery, ableist language
I would drown, she thought to herself.She Chooses Death - Full Story
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She Chooses Death - Conclusion
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Those closest to her moved first.She Chooses Death - Part 4
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When she emerged into the courtyard with the carcass once more perched on her shoulders, she found it all but empty.She Chooses Death - Part 3
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She relaxed ever so slightly and, mentally shrugging off the slow-witted mien in which she had enshrouded herself, allowed her brain to speed up again.She Chooses Death - Part 2
She knew she had aroused only mild suspicion; none had yet drawn a weapon. If they had sensed any real danger, she would have had a blade at her throat.
She Chooses Death
They didn’t deserve to have their throats cut, she reminded herself.