Dark Roads and High Winds
# Chapter 7: Dark Roads and High Winds Riding back down the unkept drive from the Talbot's home, it was only then Johnathan realized how much he'd had to drink at dinner. Unaccustomed to alcohol at the evening meal, Johnathan had drank with...
Late for a Most Important Engagement
# Chapter 6: Late For a Most Important Engagement The sun had to fight hard to force its way past Johnathan's eyelids. When at last he did open them willingly the action was slow and halting, taking all the will he could seem to muster. The...
And We Shall Tell the World
# Chapter 5: And We Shall Tell the World It was only moments after Emma left that Johnathan felt the jaws of loneliness close around him. Watching her leave through the pouring rain, she disappeared quickly, swallowed up by the darkness. It...
Tea and Crumpets in the Garden
# Chapter 4: Tea and Crumpets in the Garden Breakfast was a simple enough affair, consisting of little more than a thick oat porridge topped with cream and fruits purchased in the town market. It was, however, filling and left Johnathan feeling as...
An Odder Feeling
# Chapter 3: An Odder Feeling The ride back was easy and uneventful. Johnathan let Ginny stray at the stream for a few moments in the darkness, cooling her hooves and taking a drink. He wanted to get home, but was in no rush. Seeing the lights...
An Odd Proposal
# Chapter 2: An Odd Proposal The rest of the day passed uneventfully enough. It wasn't until that evening that Johnathan saw Manson again. Sitting alone in the echoing dining room of the manor house, it still struck Johnathan as odd to sit at...
The Old Manor House
# Chapter 1: The Old Manor House The late morning sun slanted between the trees and through the wide windows of the musty study to land at Johnathan Pennyfare's feet. It was a glorious mid summer day out, but he was trapped in the crowded...
The Reason We're Here
# Chapter 11 It must have been another half hour or so before I poked my head from the kitchen. It wasn't squeaky clean, far from it, but it was likely better than anything this building had seen in a long time. "Alice? An?" My voice echoed...
Chicken Soup for the God's Soul
# Chapter 10 Maxwell wondered off a few moments later, muttering something under his breath. I couldn't make it out, but I doubted he was singing my praises. Ophois didn't stop growling until he was long out of sight around the construction...
Anubis
# Chapter 9 Neither the god nor his dog spared me even so much as a word as they forced themselves into the room, shouldering me aside in the process like I was nothing more than living furniture. Ophois was on his feet now as Lenpw...
Black Waves
# Chapter 8 We had to get off at Third Ave and walk the rest of the way. The bus may go to Mott Haven, but there was a limit to just how deep into squalor they would take it. It had been a long night, I practically had to carry Alice. Ophois,...
How to Become a God in One Easy Step
# Chapter 7 Seth reached to a switch beside him a moment later, banishing the darkness from the room as the overhead lights came on. I glanced back towards the old man. He had looked aged and worn before, but now, in the light, he was little...