Chapter 17 - Loss
**Come to Dust Chapter 17 - Loss** _"AVERY!"_ I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs. _"AVERY!"_ I tried to run to the building that had his body hanging from the chimney. I could see him, I could make out my friend, but he was so...
Chapter 16 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell IV
From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell I have always prided myself of being the master of control. From a young age I had learned that control can come in many forms and bring about many things, including blame. Being in control was not...
Chapter 15 - The Duality of Life
**Come to Dust Chapter 15 - The Duality of Life** It had been a week since Avery went missing, and I was starting to lose my marbles. Ever since I had found out that Avery hadn't returned to Alister's (Duncan's now, the churr), I had walked...
Chapter 14 - Overwhelmed
**Chapter 14 - Overwhelmed** I hated the cold. I work in the heat of fires and homes, so usually I'm sweating my bollocks off even in the dead of winter while working in the chimneys and the homes of people who could afford me services. ...
Chapter 13 - Fragile
**Chapter 13: Fragile** "Now see here, you whelps," the huge, hulking badger said as he walked in front of us back and forth. He wore that cudgel of his on his belt prominently. "Alister's contracts all became void the moment he went in...
Chapter 12 - London Bridge's Falling Down
**Chapter 12 - London Bridge's Falling Down** "It was real!" I screamed into Gideon's chest, gripping him and turning him so I could see back the way I had come. "It was real, it was real!" I repeated, trembling. Gideon's eyes were wide with...
Chapter 11 - From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell III
**From the Desk of Mordecai Crossbell** Being a "man of blood," as my father would often say, means you have to always be aware of your appearance. You must always treat a social event as important, the people attending as people on the chess...
Chapter 10 - Ghost Hunting
**Chapter 10 - Ghost Hunting** It took us until the following week before we could go out and look for this ghost, the reason being that the weather just didn't cooperate; the days were warming up and the snow had melted but that also meant chilly...
Chapter 9 - The Little Things
**Chapter 9 - The Little Things** My face hurt after being hit by that oaf of a badger. It took almost a week for the swelling to go down and my anger to simmer. Anger generally wasn't my thing, but this badger, this Duncan, had hit a spot in...
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...