Write a short story in which there are no named characters or places (i.e no proper nouns). What kind of story would involve this level of ambiguity? How might you identify and differentiate between people and places?...

“BASTARDS!”

This outburst was accompanied by the sound of steel shattering on stone. And while such a combination of noises was certainly loud and certainly violent, it was not necessarily unexpected by those who laboured away by the oppressive heat of the forge fire. The source of the profanity was a tall and well-built man who was in the process of throwing off his protective mitts and kicking...