Fragment Friday - The Short Story Edition

I have a short story out in the Rejected Anthology, available through Amazon.

My short story is called In The Shadow Of Xerxes Canal, a historical fantasy that explores the mysterious death of King Xerxes chief engineer, Artachaees that occurred while building a canal across the Athos peninsula in 480 BC. The canal was part of King Xerxes plan to invade Greece. Was Artachaees death an unfortunate circumstance - or was it murder?  5000 words.