Love's Battlefield - Volume 9
Love's Battlefield: Volume Nine - The Complexities Of Hate By Joseph Raszagal "After everything that we went through preparing ourselves for today, all of the psychological trauma that Danni and I put ourselves through, he doesn't fucking show up."...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act2/Chapter3
Act 2: The Spreading Darkness Chapter 3: The Timid, The Brave, And The Blind Unfortunately, we'd found what we'd expected to find almost immediately upon entering Goldenrod's train station terminal; we'd found exactly what we'd wanted to avoid....
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act1/Chapter2
Act 1: Armageddon Chapter 2: The Confrontation, The Confession I just stood there for a moment, stunned, awed by Kiev's sudden confession. Here I was, expecting a couple hours of dramatic confrontation at the least, a standoff between 'law' and...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act2/Chapter1
Act 2: The Spreading Darkness Chapter 1: A Mother's Lament I have to say, though the thought of sleep sounded inviting at first, extremely inviting, I seriously doubted that I'd be able to fall asleep at all; I simply had too much on my mind....
Love's Battlefield - Volume 10 (Part 2)
Love's Battlefield: Volume Ten - Blood, Sweat, And Tears: Part Two By Joseph Raszagal "Rain?" Mumbled Thomas weakly as he opened his eyes and blinked away the sand. "I dreampt about... rain. But why?" Reaching up with one paw to rub at his tired...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act1/Chapter5
Act 1: Armageddon Chapter 5: The Good Die Young While The Neutral Soldier On "Time to run, right?!" I yelled in question. Oh, I already knew the answer. Always the quick response, Ed thundered, "Sounds good to me! You two make your way to...
Fastball
Fastball As written by Joseph Raszagal ~ ~ ~ It's funny how old memories tend to resurface at the most inopportune of times. I used to pitch for my high school's baseball team. Everyone always told me that despite being a fox, my throwing arm...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act1/Chapter3
Act 1: Armageddon Chapter 3: Forced Betrayal Fully expecting a drawn out firefight, I certainly wasn't expecting it to be between myself and the fine acting members of Saffron's 1st Branch Police Department. That's right, just as Kiev had...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act1/Chapter4
Act 1: Armageddon Chapter 4: Running Away (To Fight Again Someday) Well, as I'd expected, the parking garage was indeed filled to the brim with former friends. Sadly, though I had fond memories of some of them, at least three, maybe more; they...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act2/Chapter4
Act 2: The spreading Darkness Chapter 4: Yet Another City of Nightmares Unexpected company, eh? That figures... "More bad guys, huh?" exclaimed Roger excitedly, almost stealing my line; skillfully twirling his bone club in one hand. "We'll...
Love's Battlefield - Volume 8
Love's Battlefield: Volume Eight - Preparation And Surprise By Joseph Raszagal Sighing heavily as he slipped into a pair of bluejeans and a wrinkled Queensryche t-shirt, Forrest stared pleadingly out through the window as if to beg the sky to...
Black Magic - Prologue
Prologue: Premonitions I dreampt of a distant, peaceful place atop a green and grassy hill. Amidst a field of gardenias and violets, perhaps a splash of marigolds too, there stood a large cherry tree in full bloom, proudly towering in the center....