NO SHELTER HAS APOLLO: a short story.
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  • Parts 2
  • Time 17m
Ongoing, First published Mar 19, 2024
A short story. After the last prophecy of the Oracle of Delphi, there was no news of temples being built to gods of the ancient world. Thus, they were forced to live in the mortal world, a half-life. Without the glory of yesteryear, Apollo lives his days feeling in his core the aging of cells, albeit slowly. In the modern world, few prayed to the gods. Until he meets Marisol, a young woman who, it seems, could be a new Pythia and give voice to the oracle again, allowing him to be, once again, immortal. Although he sees it only as a path to his goals, nothing surprises a god more than the arrows of Eros.
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