Short Story Anthology : 2012-2013 World Literature

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A Patriot’s Story June 17th, 1775 Boston, MA. On Bunker Hill, a soldier under the name of Nathaniel Greene aimed down his sites at the oncoming redcoats. For the first hour of battle the Colonists were running low on ammunition, they attached their bayonets quickly and the brave colonists charged the elite redcoats as a last resort. As Nathaniel Greene ran downhill, a portal or black hole appeared just ahead of him sucking him in with ease. As the portal controlled the journey of Nathaniel Greene, a twist of history began to change with it‌ One hundred and seventy years later, in 1945 The Germans have unleashed new weaponry on the allied forces, this weaponry had made allied front lines disappear as they were beaten back. The Germans swept the Atlantic and invaded the United States. By the end of 1945, the Germans claimed an empire that stretched from its allied Japan across the map to the west coast of the United States; however the Germans applied strict martial law and control over its subjects. For seventy more years America will become a wasteland-poverty stricken, and a technological revolution begins. The year is now 2020 In the German states of America; migration of German citizens to the U.S is an endless endeavor to assert the German culture amongst the enslaved Americans. Propaganda continued to alter the minds of those who might have thought of joining the rebellion. However, there was a dwindled resistance looming in the poorest of cities and suburbs, led by a former marine named Maethus whose few attempts have barely damaged the powerful German military or government. The only way the resistance was able to continue to fight was through fellow Americans, who donated as much as they could, when they could, but it only 123


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