“Is that all of them?” Marco asked. Vera surveyed the pile of un-moving bodies at their feet, then slunk down along the wall into a squat. “What the fuck, man. What the fuck. How is any of this real?” “I don’t know,” Nick said, adjusting what was left of his shirt. Marco was fumbling shells…
Nick was flattened by the impact, feeling the pain of collision all throughout his abdomen, from his groin to the small of his back. He crawled out through the open doors, thankfully blown open in the crash, to the darkness beyond. When you fall, get into a car accident, or a similar collision in GURPS…
Time passed, an hour at least, with the five friends in the elevator discussing the strangeness they found themselves in. It was the same story all around – they’d suddenly become aware that they were in an unfamiliar circumstance, wearing unfamiliar clothing, in the same unfamiliar building. And none of them had any short term…
Parts 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Nick found himself, in a fairly literal sense, sitting zoned out in front of a computer that he didn’t recognize. It definitely wasn’t his home PC. It wasn’t the one he’d been assigned at his mom’s marketing agency. The display wasn’t even a flatscreen, just an old CRT currently…
Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Darkbeard, the tallest of the Elders of Jericho, lead Clay to the other side of the city. They’d offered him much honor in exchange for serving the city as her Champion, evicting troublemakers like Mad Words and standing fast against the raiders who…
In the parlance of National Novel Writing Month, a “rebel” is someone’s whose project isn’t quite a traditional novel. Maybe you’re writing a script, or nonfiction, or a collection of unrelated short fiction. As long as it adds up to 50,000 words, you’re still participating – under your own terms. In my case this year…
Clay sets himself his first powered opponent, the foreign Champion Mad Words in part 6 of the historical superhero epic Hero Historia.
Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Clay stalked his prey with the focus and intensity of a lifelong hunter. He moved low to the ground, hunched, almost crawling, one foot crossing over the other as he crept across the recently tilled field. He was bigger now that he was…
Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 The stone spire of Jericho’s tallest tower was a source of awe and wonder within the hearts of the Bear Clan tribesmen. Even hours distant across the plains it stood proud and tall, an architectural wonder far beyond the simple huts the Smoke…
Jericho Rising is the first season of the ongoing historical superhero epic Hero Historia.