The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 17
Chapter 17 By the time I was sixteen, I found myself alone. Most of Stagworth, the private, prey-only school I attended, had heard of my little 'incident.' That's what my mother called it. And high schoolers don't let each other forget anything....
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 19
Chapter 19 We don't head up to the suspended office immediately. Jackie insists that we first stop off at the bar. At first I expect it's because he wants to top himself off, get a little in him like he did at the Aries. To my surprise, he...
On Ice
**On Ice** _By Greyhound1211_ His hand throbbed, the gauze wrapped around his knuckles was already flecked with blood where it had spotted...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 26
Chapter 26 The old Linen Club appears transformed by day. Not that much is truly changed by afternoon light; it's just the way that the sun illuminates every nook and cranny on the large brick building that makes it look more aged than I...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 24
Chapter 24 Going home is quiet. Chillingly so. I can't listen to the radio, it just makes me feel depressed. I search for Jackie for a moment, but I can't find even a trace of him. What did now ex-Detective Sergeant say he could be? "Gone like a...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 18
Chapter 18 The dispatch agent that answers my call is supremely helpful. She even patches me through to the driver who took Catwright to Savannah's apartment that night. From the way he described the fare, it wasn't abnormal. He picked up the...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 25
Chapter 25 I wish I'd stop lying to myself. After driving around for twenty minutes, pretending that I had something better to do, I end up on the street in front of Jackie's apartment. I know I said I didn't care what happened to him, but that...