Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories: Issue # 447: Grace Part 3

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 ~ cherylmoore ~ 4 Comments

Grace O’Malley takes the Amanojuko agent back in time to Ireland, March 1574.

Grace’s back story, set in Ireland (1574)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories. Issue # 13: Anastasia Merevija

April 13, 2011December 28, 2012 ~ cherylmoore ~ 7 Comments

Anastasia was stolen from her family when she was five, and forced to live as a concubine. From the age of fourteen she has produced children for the Amanojuko Lord, Ichitumbu. The Amanojuko are a race of immortals who have the ability to regenerate. They are no longer human, but Anastasia’s mother, Alexand Merek’s blood, is poison to them and can turn them into ‘What isn’t’. Amanojuko scientists are using Anastasia to attempt to find a cure for the poison in Alexand Merek’s bloodline. Anastasia has no concept of death and therefore no concept of murder. “What wasn’t” is an Amanojuko term for human and “What could be” refers to the potential for Anastasia producing an Amanojuko child. So far she has failed and her husband isn’t pleased. This story also mentions Anastasia’s mirror twin, Ancille Merevija. CLICK HERE for next chronological story.

anastasia7 — Anastasia’s back story, set in Poland (4018)

Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories. Issue # 7: Juba Apfvarzian

October 20, 2010August 12, 2013 ~ cherylmoore ~ 8 Comments

Juba Apfvarzian needs to forget his past. He spends a lot of time taking drugs and drinking with his best friend and fellow drunk Alexand Merek. They met decades ago on a floating asylum ship for the criminally insane. Juba had a wife, Lucy and a son, Ayo, before he went to the asylum. When he was released, he discovered that they had both died of influenza, and he was alone. He and Alexand met up again after her release and discovered that they had a lot in common. Alexand had also lost her wife, Katherine to an unknown virus and her husband Jarad to an unbeatable war. Her son, Sam and daughter, Anastasia had been stolen when they were children. Alexand’s surviving daughter Ancille has grown up and Alexand and Juba spend a lot of their lives trying to run away from bad things. This is one of those days. (A Spanish version is now available to read, translated by Hernán Jara Droguett.) CLICK HERE for next chronological story.