[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Stale stifling blackness. Spinning bouncing. Smells—Greasy sweaty green. Sensations—rough, warm, damp, gritty. No room to move; can’t focus. What? Where? How? Drifting. Panic. Sleepy. Weak. Angry. Terrified. I will no go…I will not…gone…go…quietly. * * * “Dash! Please tell me you’re […]
Posts Tagged ‘janus’
The Gathering Storm, Part 24
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: janus, Mad Dash, New Judah, query, Underworld
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The Gathering Storm, Part 22
Posted: 10th March 2012 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: Guardian Corps, janus, ladykiller, Mad Dash, New Judah, Underworld
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Cole looked out across the devastation of the main gathering area at the Guardian Corps’ central headquarters. In some senses, it didn’t look that much different than normal. It wasn’t as if the Corps had deep pockets. They survived mostly by […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 21
Posted: 16th February 2012 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: Crazy Jane, fortunato, GoodKnight, Guardian Corps, Hush-a-Bye, janus, marksburgh, New Judah, query, Underworld
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] After the tense visit by Janus’ men, a nearly half-hour-long flogging at Hush-a-Bye’s hands had been very therapeutic, and now—flushed and covered with a sheen of sweat all over his bare, bruised, welted and blood-streaked torso—GoodKnight stood near her. “Ya did […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 20
Posted: 12th February 2012 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: GoodKnight, Hush-a-Bye, janus, ladykiller, Mad Dash, marksburgh, New Judah, query, superheroes, supervillains
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Through a mouthful of glazed doughnut, Carl Beacham mumbled, “Are we there yet?” “Yeah, and we’ve been here a bit over an hour and we’ll be here several hours more at least. But you already knew that. I warned you stakeouts […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 17
Posted: 2nd October 2011 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: Crazy Jane, Epitaph, janus, Mad Dash, New Judah, query, solstice, superheroes, supervillains, Underworld
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Entering Janus’ office, she moved with slow, purposeful steps, like a ballet dancer building up toward some grand maneuver—then she abruptly stopped 12 feet away from the imposing mahogany desk, where Janus sat and Underworld and Crazy Jane stood nearby. Standing […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 16
Posted: 5th September 2011 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: janus, New Judah, query, solstice, superheroes, supervillains, Underworld
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Janus gave Underworld a lingering eye-to-eye look over the edge of the files he was perusing and through the eyeholes of his half-comedy/half-tragedy mask. He sighed heavily, and Underworld raised one eyebrow. “What?” she prodded. “Shrill?” “Why not?” “You think we […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 13
Posted: 14th March 2011 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: janus, ladykiller, Mad Dash, New Judah, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, tooth fairy
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] The confrontation had begun as a simple attempt to foil a crime. Then it had morphed into something more like a game of Keep Away as Mad Dash continued to prevent the criminal from grabbing the bag of cash and getting […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 10
Posted: 30th December 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: janus, loc-down, New Judah, query, solstice, superheroes, supervillains, Underworld, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] After a long day of meting out justice—or perhaps just venting her frustrations over life’s problems on the few kinds of people on whom it was more or less socially acceptable to do so—Solstice really just wanted to relax, grab a […]