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26 – The Brier Patch
Erika leaned out the window of the moving SUV, squinting through the violet glitter. She could almost see that deep red sun hanging over the distant mountain. Uncountable flickers of shadow soared over the bramble patch, doing their best to blot out the sun where the glitter failed. Armed with her bat in one hand and gun—loaded with regular bullets—in the other, Erika gnawed on the corner of her lip. “You can’t reapply this misty stuff? Cast the spell again?” she asked as she tried to figure…-
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20 – i – A Cultist’s Fall
July 13, 2011 “We have lost something, my brothers and sisters. Society has become plagued with the Self. The Self before the community. The Self before the neighbor. The Self before God’s work on this earth.” Father Kevin Mould stood at his podium, hands firmly gripping the lectern’s edges as he leaned over the microphones. His dark eyes sought out the regulars of his sermons—Laura Huxley, a woman recently widowed in a bout of police violence. Peter White, a man cast out from his job due…-
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10 – The Invitation
“It is a trap.” “Of course it is a trap. How could it not be a trap?” “Nobody just invites all their enemies to one place for a chat. I guarantee the food is poisoned, the spikes in the pitfalls are sharpened, and the ceiling will collapse to turn all of us into Hunter sandwiches.” Erika glanced over, frowning at Rick before shaking her head and looking over the rest of the group gathered in Varn’s. All The Hunters were on deck today, including the more ancillary members—The Fixer,…-
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30 – The Carrion _____
“нⷩiͥiͥ,̓ hͪiͥiͥ,̓ hͪiͥiͥ…” Jack didn’t get the chance to step forward. Leslie fired twice, lever action flashing with the speed at which he actuated it. A flash of blue hit Jack in the chest and thigh, spreading out like a paintball, only to keep spreading—cracking. Her flesh turned to ice, frozen solid, only for the effect to stop abruptly the moment it reached one of her many tattoos. “Hya!” Rick shouted, bringing down his blade. Jack hopped back, bringing up her knee.…-
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31 – i – Forewarned is Forearmed
The Tower hopped from rooftop to rooftop, scaled wings letting him glide between the larger gaps. His wings weren’t powerful enough to generate real lift, requiring the use of his claws to scale a larger building. He could grow them larger, but they would have to be an absurd size to actually carry him into the air. So he clawed up the side of the old, abandoned clinic, pausing only once as he thought he heard a distant cry for help. Listening, he couldn’t hear more than the din of Chicago’s night…-
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01 – Celebrations
Glasses clinked together, cheers echoed around the fancy bar, laughter rang out, and Rick sat with his shoulders hunched and a cardboard tube clutched on his lap. He felt sick. It wasn’t the alcohol—he wasn’t drinking anything but a plain, old-fashioned Coke tonight. He usually avoided drinking in public, maybe having one single light drink, but no more. Tonight was no different, not even with everyone around him in a celebratory mood. The Adjustment stood on a table, knocking aside plates of…-
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02 – Lures and Bait
Erika spun a pencil around her thumb over and over again, switched to flipping it between her fingers, then spun it around her thumb once more. Growing irritated, she cracked her neck back and forth before snapping the pencil in two. Her watch spun just a little faster as it absorbed the ripples, but a quick pull on time dumped them right where she stood. She looked left and right down the alley, scowling. “Stalker,” she said, pressing down on the walkie-talkie. “Anything?” “Oh…-
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03 – A Meeting of the Minds
The asylum hadn’t changed since Erika last visited. A liminal space of branching hallways and corridors stretched off in every direction. Old hardwood floors warped in a way that gave the ground texture, with occasional hard bumps that made Daniel stumble. The occasional incandescent bulbs dangling from a lone cable were the only sources of light, making the shadows loom large in every corner. Stopping at one intersection, Erika looked down the darkened hallway and tried to count the bulbs. She got to…-
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If asked to explain her thoughts, Erika wasn’t sure she would be able to say anything. This was the first look she had gotten of the ghost. Every other instance where she appeared, she vanished the moment Erika actually managed to focus on her. The pale woman sat, hunched, with her hands in her lap. Her hair hung in long strands all around her shoulders, dangling over her chest, but Erika was more focused on her eyes. Erika could only see them while standing at an angle, peering down between the…
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05 – Fortress of Doors
Erika stalked down the halls of the asylum, accompanied by The Butler, The Maid, and one of The Mind’s creepy monster things. “Ahead, next left hall, immediate left door,” the monster spoke, words dripping from its maw. “You should find yourself in the atrium.” Should, he said. The hostile architecture of the asylum fought against its owners and was only kept stable by The Mind, from what Erika had heard—but she still would have preferred a little more confidence. “What about…-
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