Posts Tagged ‘New Judah’

[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Astute readers will notice that this chapter references two standalone short stories that came before here at Tales of the Whethermen. One of them is the very recent “Contrivance” and the other is the older “Bad Breakup” _____________________________________________________________ Janus heard the […]

Contrivance

Posted: 14th May 2015 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in Single-run ("One off") Stories
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“C’mon! Let’s do it!” The eager hiss of enthusiasm in his tone—the yearning and desire—felt palpable. Almost unbearably intense. Pressuring. Intimidating. “I don’t know…” I responded uncomfortably. “C’mon! You know you want to. It’ll be good. I promise,” he urged. “Pleeeeease? For me?” I fidgeted. “This doesn’t feel right. We’ve been friends. We met in […]

The Gathering Storm, Part 40

Posted: 27th April 2015 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm series
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[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] I would recommend that before you read this chapter, whether you’re a long-term fan of this storyline or not, that you go to the link above and read at least the previous chapter and perhaps better yet, both previous chapters (after […]

[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Cole awoke, groggily, mentally calculating how much more sleep he could snag before having to put on his uniform as Quantum and check in with the Guardian Corps. Then he remembered it was one of his days off, and smiled to […]

The Gathering Storm, Part 35

Posted: 24th November 2013 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm series
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[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] The need to look back over his shoulder constantly was like a burning itch beneath a cast—it tugged at Carl’s will relentlessly. He almost shook with the effort of continuing to look ahead and only casually turn his head to the […]

The Gathering Storm, Part 34

Posted: 11th November 2013 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm series
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So, as I posted recently, I wasn’t lying when I said I was ready to rock and roll on regular updates to “The Gathering Storm” for a while, as well as whipping out some one-off stories. But the news my chief editor at DDNews would be leaving in December caught me by surprise. The news […]

Lucky Thing

Posted: 27th September 2013 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in Single-run ("One off") Stories
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The sight of the man in costume made her seethe. He’d just saved six hostages from another costume-wearing transhuman, but his actions and appearance fueled her rage with every second she gazed upon him on the television. She snapped up the remote and changed the channel to something—anything—else. Her fury boiled inside her, but there […]

The Gathering Storm, Part 33

Posted: 6th September 2013 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm series
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[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Will hadn’t seen his wife in her actual Tooth Fairy costume for a couple months, since that night she had suddenly and frighteningly thrust herself back into the lives of her husband and daughter. Seeing her this way—with her realistic-looking fairy […]

The Gathering Storm, Part 32

Posted: 30th August 2013 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm series
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I know, I know…you figured it would be a few weeks before I got back to this. I can’t say I blame you. Though, truth be told, I’d rather have dropped a one-shot in as buffer first before doing another chapter of “The Gathering Storm.” But I’m in the zone, so I’ll run with it. […]

Questionable Matters

Posted: 1st June 2013 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in Single-run ("One off") Stories
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“Are you high, stupid or both?” Wallace asked the man across from him through the steam rising from the coffee cup perched just at the edge of his mouth. “You want to rob The Un-Secret Lair or the Caped Cuisiner? Places that transhuman heroes go to eat.” “Why not?” Billy shot back. “The prices there […]