[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Almost human again, thought Zoe. Almost human. It’s amazing what water—hot enough and copious enough—can do to sluice away the remnants of a day full of horrors. In the steamy confines of the small bathroom, a towel wrapped around her torso, […]
Posts Tagged ‘the gathering storm’
The Gathering Storm, Part 27
Posted: 3rd June 2012 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: janus, New Judah, query, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm
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The Gathering Storm, Part 15
Posted: 6th July 2011 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: Allison Wonderland, fortunato, Guardian Corps, ladykiller, Mad Dash, New Judah, superheroes, the gathering storm
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Cole hadn’t heard a voice overflow with such seething rage in his life, and never witnessed a mood change so quickly in any one person. Zero to near-murderous in 0.5 seconds. “What the fuck!” Desperado bellowed, pointing a finger toward Cole, […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 14
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: Guardian Corps, ladykiller, Mad Dash, New Judah, Python, superheroes, the gathering storm
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] “Andrea, was it?” the detective sergeant asked, and the woman he was addressing nodded. “Okay. Andrea, how long you been an assistant DA in this city? I’ve only seen you in around a couple times. First time I’ve talked to you. […]
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 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, […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 6
Posted: 9th December 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: ladykiller, Mad Dash, New Judah, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, tooth fairy, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] Sometimes, Cole wondered if his affinity for the wee hours had more to do with his obsession to become a crime-fighter than did any actual desire for meting out justice—after all, so much of the action with superpowers and thwarting criminals […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 5
Posted: 4th December 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: hellfire, loc-down, New Judah, solstice, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] In the middle of a mid-March afternoon, with the sun out and hardly a cloud in the sky, the last thing Martin Osbourne—known to many associates and enemies as Marty the Hun for his take-no-prisoners, kill-or-be-killed attitude—expected to be doing was […]
The Gathering Storm, Part 4
Posted: 22nd November 2010 by Jeff Bouley / Deacon Blue in The Gathering Storm seriesTags: Ben Glick, janus, query, superheroes, supervillains, the gathering storm, Underworld, whethermen
[ – To view a list of all current chapters, click here – ] It was always an interesting sensation to be both the hunter and the hunted at the same time, Query mused. What say ye, pray ye? Oh, prey shall you pray to an indifferent god; while hunter is slaking his thirst on […]