Blood and pain. Blood in his eyes. Sanguine trails across the hardwood floor he had just refurbished three weeks ago and gory splatters against the dining table and on the glass doors of the cabinet that held his good dishes—and which had somehow escaped harm in all this violence. Blood that was his own, and […]
Posts Tagged ‘superheroes’
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 […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 9
Posted: 22nd December 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: loc-down, New Judah, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, Underworld, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Zoe took a deep breath when she was out of the building, feeling like the Sociology discussion section had been a three-hour political debate on the verge of a brutal election instead of a simple hour-long classroom discussion. She fished around […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 8
Posted: 16th December 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: fortunato, loc-down, New Judah, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Silence was a delicate thing, Jeremiah has always thought, and needed to be treated with respect. His employer had read the letter—his first official task of the morning—and had clearly been considering its implications. But, being ever-attuned to the nuances of […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 7
Posted: 10th December 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: ladykiller, Mad Dash, New Judah, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Ladykiller started nervously tapping her fingertips against the tabletop until she realized, moments later, that she was doing so with her left hand. She slid the condiment caddy over the several pits and scratches her clawed gauntlet had made, and said, […]