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BOOK ONE
A Stranger Shore
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Medusa’s Child
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Summary:
A stroke of fate. A onetime chance. An opportunity to remake a pre-written story.
The tale of Medusa has been told several times over. It was as never ending as Ixion on his flaming wheel, going around and around in the same loop of bloodshed. But what the mortals didn’t know was that Medusa was far more than the man-killing, stone-gazing serpentine horror they all said she was.
She was a mother. Through and through, she was a mother. And that would always come before her being a monster.
And even when her blood did wash Gaia’s earthly flesh a garish shade of red, her brood would live on.
An eye for an eye. A head for a head.
Medusa’s child bore the fury of the fallen in the edge of her silvered blade.
Notes:
HELLO, HI! this has been a project i’ve had for a long time! the idea first came to me back on September 18th of last year, i wrote about one singular chapter, and then dropped it for a few months, where i eventually picked it back up in May. i wrote a lot more, then dropped it again. i finally picked it back up at the end of November and have since finished it!
so this is actually meant to be a fully-published book, but i know a lot of people on Tumblr are waiting for it, so i have decided to post it here! at least, this will be the first draft. once i get to the publishing state, i will have to delete this from Archive, but until then, enjoy!
a few authors notes:
* this book follows the actual myth of Medusa. not the made up stuff Ovid created. in this house we hate Ovid! but Medusa was born a gorgon, as she’s supposed to.
* Athena’s characterization is based directly on my hatred of how she’s usually portrayed in media. i hate how she’s always stoic and mature, every single time. so she’s quite a bit different from how she’s usually seen and has an actual personality outside of being wise.
* YES, Medusa has dark skin! think of the complexion Hawaiians have. i mean, she’s an ISLANDER. why would she be white?
Chapter 1: BOOK ONE: A Stranger Shore
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