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Rock Band Fights Evil

So I’ve been working on this project for several weeks now, which makes this “launch announcement” strangely timed.  Still, the project now has mass and momentum, and I want to formally announce it. Rock Band Fights Evil is my pulp … Continue reading

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Change

Eddie opened his eyes to the sight of dangling feet and a sheet of ice.  He felt weak and sluggish.  “Where am I?” he muttered. “The ass end of the universe,” Mike told him.  “In Nowhere, Oklahoma.  At Sears.  Locked … Continue reading

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Only One Way to Find Out

He couldn’t see the bottom of the passage.  Below and ahead of him, he saw Apep.  With his Infernal eye, Eddie again saw the gigantic man with the head of a serpent.  Apep wore an Egyptian-style headdress and simple white … Continue reading

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Dance

Eddie shuffled and kicked his way into the row of sistrum players and snatched sistra away from them.  As he plucked the instruments from their grip, the players kept playing, shaking their empty hands intently as if they were still … Continue reading

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You’re Talking to the Wrong Guy

“This is all just sympathetic magic,” Irving sniffed.  “James George Frazer?  The Golden Bough?” “Nope,” Mike frowned.  “You’re talking to the wrong guy.  The guy you want got bit by a snake and is lying in a coma in a … Continue reading

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We Consecrate Thee Wepwawet

The two lovers stood in a central space empty but for the dog on the table.  Surrounding them was a crowd, chanting words Eddie didn’t recognize, beating small hand drums and playing sistra.  Sistra were brass rattles from ancient Egypt … Continue reading

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Sin Is for Humans

Eddie knew that to everyone else, he looked like he was walking drunk.  But the others couldn’t see the frozen heads, and he couldn’t bring himself to just walk through them.  In his rational mind, he knew that the sun … Continue reading

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Clear!

A tiny hall ended in a scratched dark brown door with a flaking plastic knob.  Irving pulled at the handle and squeaked.  “It sticks!” he exclaimed. The trailer shook and its wood groaned. “No time!” Eddie shouldered Mike aside, pointed … Continue reading

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Most of the Worshippers

“What are you doing to stop the summoning?” Eddie asked.  He knew this was a distraction, and that he should be focused on his real challenge—Adrian, and getting the wizard cured—but the thought that some sort of snake-worshipping sex cult … Continue reading

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