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FICTION

DIARY OF...
THE LONG GAME
By Devon Boyette
The Earth shook under the thunderous atoms; it cleaved air, life, even sound, tearing the very
peal of the hammer’s blow, trembling at words from Ymir’s frozen throat. Ymir retreated into

Mjolnir’s touch as a great furrow dug through the jungle, raising one massive hand and summoning

ground. Thor raised the heavy hammer in one a glacial wall of ice behind him, cutting Thanatos

hand and swung it around himself, wringing the off from the chase. The spurned assassin turned

air dry with static as he whirled in place, spinning on Thor and slung his scythe into an overhand arc,

like a top. High above, Thanatos rose into the air trying to catch the fierce warrior with a deadly blow.

like a dark parody of the moon, his prey in sight. Anubis opened the underworld and set free

Thor stopped as Anubis reached towards him a dozen grasping hands that clutched at Thor’s

with the weight of ages and sealed the Asgardian. heels and ankles as he tried to escape. Thanatos

Ancient burial linen snaked out like grasping claws pressed in, readying his wicked scythe. And

and wove around Thor tightly even as Anubis poured in a flash, Ymir squeezed through space and

forth a plague of locusts. Thanatos gazed down and appeared behind them both, a sneer chipped

saw Ymir hustling through the thick jungle around into his craggy features. With one breath, the two

the middle lane, and laughing to himself, swooped attackers froze in place, feeling the chill of the

down like a hawk and hurtled into the ground. Ymir Jotunn slow their blood and stiffen their flesh.

staggered back as the dark form landed down in front Anubis watched helplessly as Thor cocked

of him, and then Thanatos rent the air with his scythe. back one muscular arm and catapulted Mjolnir

The blade was as sharp as the space between towards him. The hammer passed once, and

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