Chapter 8 - From The Desk of Mordecai Crossbell II
From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell _--Supplemental journal entry to the previous.--_ Upon subduing the nosy reporter, I had plenty of questions to ask him and of myself. Namely, why did fighting him cause me sexual arousal and release? I...
Chapter 7 - Expendable and Exploitable
**Chapter 7: Expendable and Exploitable** When you're poor you see death a lot. I saw my first dead body when I was four. It was some drunk against the wall one evening when I was fetching some apples for the Sisters. At first I...
Chapter 6 - The First Thread
**Chapter 6 - The First Thread** It had been a few weeks since Gideon had told me he'd seen Spring Heeled Jack. It had been a bit of a tail pull to get him to tell...
Chapter 5 - Walk about Town
**Chapter 5: Walk about Town** I like Sundays. Sundays were the only day I officially had off to do my own thing. I was supposed to go to church like a good honest Christian, but ever since I fell asleep and started snoring up in the...
Chapter 4 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell I
~From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell~ Legacy is everything and it is nothing. Legacy gives one power at birth, the kind of power that comes with generations of hard-working men who cut out a bit of society for their own goals and ambitions to...
Chapter 3 - Spring Heeled Jack
**Chapter 3 - Spring Heeled Jack** You don't make a lot of money being a chimney sweep. Most of the money goes to Old Man Alister. As a journeyman I get a small bit of money every couple of weeks, but a guy has to make a living,...
Chapter 2 - Home and Hearth
**Chapter 2: Home and Hearth** It was a long day of work. I had five more chimneys to do myself, and helped out two other 'prentices with their climbs. I even had to go in and help one of 'em get unstuck. That was a scary...
Chapter 1 - The Life
**Chapter 1: The Life** _How long can you hold your breath?_ That was the first thing Alister ever said to me. At first, as a small kit, I had no idea what he meant. That didn't stop me from being a bit of a smart mouth...
Bravery Part II
Bravery Part II Days turned to weeks. Weeks into months. Please, Cen thought, if there is anybody out there, please don't let it turn months into years. The boy tied down the heavy tarps to the Secret Base and...
Bravery
"Just...a little...further!" The boy grumbled as he lay on his stomach, arm extended down into the rubble of the Blue Haven Plaza, a shopping center that he used to visit all the time. As his fingers stretched out for his prize, he...
Chapter 8 - Oh, Brothers
**Chapter 8 - Oh, Brothers** "What do you mean you're 'part of the Black Sock Gang'?" I said, sitting up straighter and leaning over the table, both hands on it and looking between the twins. Rut looked passive and Fiz looked amused. This...
The Half Moon Tribe -- Journey
"Shove off in fifteen minutes! Last call for passengers!" I looked up from the bench I had been sitting on, gripping the edges tightly in my hands. This would be the beginning of my trip, my mission, my journey. I had knwon about this for a month...