Well… Hello, hello, hello Marlowe here againto welcome you back boys and ghouls heh heh heh heh. Sorry, a little Halloween humor, heheh I do love a good pun. Come right this way, right this way now. That’s it. Don’t be scared. Don’t mind the smashed pumpkins on the ground there. [...]
Ch.9
“Who’s there?” I took a deep breath and watched as Kurt made a motion to someone to go see what the noise was.
There was motion in the darkness and I stood up with my hands in the air. “It’s me. Hap.” I was blinded when all the flashlights converged [...]
And so it was that in the early spring of the year I set off on horseback to the mountain villages and towns of the Travers Mountains (though I was at first met with great difficulty by the dwarfen mining community and was not allowed passage to continue until proof of my authority was given). [...]
After stopping off briefly for a few sips of whiskey to wet my whistle I took the long El Camino road south from Frisco towards the Mission City. Long empty stretches of sun dried grass gaveway to long orchard rows of fruit trees in full bloom small bursts of colorful blossoms breaking the monotony [...]
“Lights…. Lights on?” I heard the sheets ruffle. “Ow! Mother- Mick!”
I closed my eyes and flipped the lamp by my bed on, “I deactivated the voice controls.”
“Goddamnit. This is why I usually only meet at the docks.” she shook her head as she looked for her clothes.
“Yeah?” I pulled a locked [...]
I’ve always thought the moon was more beautiful than the sun. I take a long drag of my cigarette and try to find the strength to take it out of my lips and ash it but I can’t, can’t quite make it. I turn my head slightly and the ash whips off the top [...]
Somewhere in the desert two hours outside of Sayla, Somalia two jeeps loaded with armed men sweating despite the whipping wind as they zip in the direction of a lonely village of a few run down beaten buildings. Somewhere in the distance is the cry of a vulturous scavenger hungry for meat. From [...]
I moved on to Memphis then
And I never saw them again
But I hear their singing on the desert wind
When the moon begins to rise….”
I strummed a few more bars and let the steel guitar slowly start to fade away. . There was no applause and I nodded half-heartedly at the sad old woman with a [...]
I open my eyes and there’s screaming all around me. The gnashing teeth and rotting flesh fill the darkness. I feel a cold sharp clawing at my arm and spin around to see Mikey’s little brother slowly change, his skin changing color and his lips peeling back and baring his teeth. There’s a gun shot [...]
Come one and come all. Watch your step there now. Hello, hello my name is Marlowe and let me be the first to welcome you all to Serenity Gardens. Whats that? Oh, no, don’t mind old Mrs. Fenniwick, she’s never been the same since her husband… well, oh you just never mind about that, you’ll [...]