Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 11
Chapter 11: "Here, just-just let me down here," Jackie directs. He moans as he slides down onto the couch cushion, the whole piece of off-blue furniture seeming to depress underneath his weight. I sigh, glad to no longer have to support him, and...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Quartz, oh, so helpfully, finally suggests hitting up a few bars in the area to try to scrape up some leads, since the precinct couldn't provide us anything more, which is an idea I had as well. He says that everybody needs to socialize,...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 5
Chapter 5: The station is all but dead when we get there, just a half dozen blocks east of the apartment building. The docks and riverfront businesses are all but closed, so all of the evening traffic has dispersed. And because it's still much too...
The Long Road Home, Chapter 4
# Chapter 4: Little House on the Nowhere The ride in the back of the truck is much shorter than it feels. To me it feels like a never-ending roller coaster ride on which I can actually die. I simply grasp at the ruts in the bed and hold on. The road...
Zistopia: Innter City Blues Chapter 13
Chapter 13: "...This marks the eighth brutal murder in as many weeks," the reporter states confidently through the television, "and the third predator murderer apprehended by the ZPD, though countless individuals have been reported missing. As of...
Wonderful Tonight
Author's Note: Yet another story that people seemed to like and I'm hoping that people here will enjoy it as well. Like the last two stories, this one is also quite old and doesn't show my current abilities to write, but, I don't think people would...
Under The Big Top
Synopsis: When James's parents abandon him for their work during a family outing once more, he finds a way to not only gain the needed attention from them, but to leave their work where it should be: at...
Obstacles
**Obstacles** _By Greyhound1211_ He didn't know how long it took for the legal counsel in the department to draw up the NDAs. Long enough that...
The Long Road Home, Chapter 5
# Chapter 5: The Master and Margarita "I can't believe I can still remember half of the stuff we went through, huh, brother?" David says as he pours through a cigar box he produced from beneath his bed and chuckles. "Look here, at this picture! It's...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Strange is right. The lady that called is in hysterics when Jackie calls back. She claims she's seen shadows snooping around, says that feels like she's being followed. Strange cars circle the block and her phone rings at all hours of...
A Curated Performance
**A Curated Performance** _By Greyhound1211_ Power surged as the command to activate was granted. Electricity stored in batteries deep within...
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 8
Chapter: 8 The Aries sign rises bright through the night, it's red and yellow neon tubing cutting through the darkness: A-R-I-E-S, hung vertically, flashing and then lighting up sequentially. Below it, a movie theater-like board lists the upcoming...