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Oh the anguish of necessity! Yet while Ares and Mars must battle it out for supremacy, even in a duel whose outcome feels preordained, perhaps it’s good that these two brothers in arms did not rule over war together. Cross makes the global person and the epic intimate in this sublimely complex and touching goodbye scene.

Each entry in the Pantheon Wars series brings something of its own to the varied narrative of conflict, death, change, and inevitability. This piece in particular though, stands out to me. Ares and Mars, true to their identity, fully embody the concept of war, with its brutal fury as well as its inherent tragedy. The last line has a deliciously painful ring, as a warrior to the core laments his own victory. An astoundingly gripping one-minute play.

A striking moment in Cross' collection of The Pantheon Wars.

Surprising and affecting. This 1-minute play provides nuanced shades of characterization for those who are violence-mongering, battlefield-bred, living embodiments of blood and destruction.

Monica Cross imagines a conflict between the Greek and Roman gods of war in a battle for supremacy, where the old god inevitably falls to the new, but at what cost? My first foray into this exciting idea of battles between classical pantheons: I can't wait to read more!