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Disenchantment 1

By Hades502 on Thu, 09 Jul 2020

Disenchantment: Part I “You need to start at the beginning. You’re really not making any sense,” said Hornblende, exasperation creeping into his...

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Disenchantment 10

By Hades502 on Thu, 06 Aug 2020

***** “You know how you sound, right?” asked Mark. “ Yes ,” replied Oren in exasperation. “I know how ridiculous it sounds.” “You saw a bunch of...

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Disenchantment 11

By Hades502 on Fri, 07 Aug 2020

“Epiales!” came that same, surreal voice that I had heard earlier, that had drawn the snakes away from the fire, had them make a path for me toward...

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Disenchantment 12

By Hades502 on Tue, 11 Aug 2020

It had been several days of ill luck, decided Detective Hornblende, that didn’t favor Persephone Phileus. The missing persons department wasn’t...

Disenchantment 13

By Hades502 on Sat, 15 Aug 2020

***** Mark arrived back at his apartment complex in the town of Castaic, inconveniently located outside of Santa Clarita in what Mark liked to refer...

Disenchantment 14

By Hades502 on Tue, 18 Aug 2020

***** Persephone awoke. She felt a little groggy, like waking up with the effects of drugs wearing off. She looked around, she seemed to be in a...

Disenchantment 15

By Hades502 on Fri, 04 Sep 2020

Part II January Provocation Problem Planning Persuasion and Preparation As Mark drove along the Interstate 5 freeway in a southbound direction, he...

Disenchantment 16

By Hades502 on Fri, 11 Sep 2020

After getting off the phone with someone he had questioned in another case that seemed to actually be somehow related to a current case, Blake...

Disenchantment 17

By Hades502 on Fri, 11 Sep 2020

***** Hornblende was looking at the actual maps from the county, for the storm drain systems, as he could not find them online. Real paper maps. As...

Disenchantment 18

By Hades502 on Thu, 21 Jan 2021

***** Nannette Chan had a bad feeling about the attorney, Malbourne, even his name was a premonition of something bad. What kind of ancestry was...

Disenchantment 19

By Hades502 on Sun, 31 Jan 2021

The first thing she noticed in the off-white foyer was a photograph hung on the wall. A couple in their thirties smiled out through the glass frame,...

Disenchantment 2

By Hades502 on Mon, 13 Jul 2020

“Stop it!” she yelled, “I want to listen to Christmas songs!” Perry was visibly upset by the fact that I had tried to find a different radio station...

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Disenchantment 20

By Hades502 on Wed, 03 Feb 2021

Yeah, it's difficult to jump in in the middle of story, but hey, read abot ancient Greek calendars and lunar cycles!!! :)

Disenchantment 3

By Hades502 on Mon, 13 Jul 2020

I had walked directly into the drainage wash, fallen over the lip, and rolled down to the bottom into a muddy, stagnant puddle of water, still...

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Disenchantment 4

By Hades502 on Mon, 13 Jul 2020

I made my way back to where I had been earlier, feeling the stone I had set down, while exploring forward slowly and softly with my feet. I lifted my...

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Disenchantment 5

By Hades502 on Thu, 23 Jul 2020

I felt the warm exhalation of breath on the back of my neck. This all happened quickly, but looking back, it really seems like I had a lot of time to...

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Disenchantment 6

By Hades502 on Thu, 23 Jul 2020

“So,” started Hornblende, “Did you have any?” “Uh...excuse me?” “Leeches. You said you landed in some disgusting water and you weren’t sure if you...

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Disenchantment 7

By Hades502 on Mon, 27 Jul 2020

Mark was finding the situation disturbing as he listened to Oren’s tale. Had Oren finally lost it? He certainly felt that his friend had become...

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Disenchantment 8

By Hades502 on Sun, 02 Aug 2020

I did lie to Hornblende. I tried to merely lie by omission, but he asked me too many questions. I was telling the truth when I said that I called...

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Disenchantment 9

By Hades502 on Sun, 02 Aug 2020

The breeze made me feel a little colder, so I put my hand closer to the fire to receive the warmth that we often associate with fire, but it wasn’t...

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Disenchantment: Prolgue

By Hades502 on Thu, 09 Jul 2020

Disenchantment: Prologue As time progressed imminently forward, Gaia continually moved through her course of empty space as she rotated. The rotation...

Disenchantment 21

By Hades502 on Sat, 06 Feb 2021

“Yes,” said Floyd. “This text claims that the nineteenth day of the month is dedicated to the honor of the god of the dead, a name they rarely...

Disenchantment 22

By Hades502 on Sun, 14 Feb 2021

The silence hung ominously for several moments before Mark broke it: “I wanted to believe a few minutes ago, now I do. Now I one-hundred-percent do...

Disenchantment 23

By Hades502 on Tue, 16 Feb 2021

“Do you know what they are doing? How they are looking into it?” asked Oren. “No, I’m a student. I’m only an undergraduate student.” Malbourne glared...

Disenchantment 24

By Hades502 on Sat, 20 Feb 2021

***** Horblende watched from his car as Mark and the female who arrived last exited the house and walked back to her vehicle. He had gotten her...

Disenchantment 25

By Hades502 on Sat, 27 Feb 2021

***** Perry had lived for weeks in the meadow before she had moved to the throne room, or she thought it was weeks. Time had a way of not making much...

Disenchantment 26

By Hades502 on Thu, 24 Jun 2021

Part III February A Fall from Grace It was a gorgeous day. Mark felt alive, truly alive and glad to be. It was the first time in a long time that he...

Disenchantment 27

By Hades502 on Tue, 29 Jun 2021

***** “You’re not going to worry about any of your missing persons’ cases anymore for the foreseeable future. If you were at roll call yesterday, or...

Disenchantment 28

By Hades502 on Sat, 03 Jul 2021

***** She was driving on the freeway from UCLA to Castaic. It was slow-going through the San Fernando Valley, but when she hit Santa Clarita, traffic...

Disenchantment 29

By Hades502 on Mon, 05 Jul 2021

***** Truck drivers sure keep odd hours, Mark thought, as he heard their diesel engines roar throughout the night at different times. He had been...

Disenchantment 30

By Hades502 on Thu, 08 Jul 2021

He turned back to the older woman. “Mrs. Higgins. She is a postmaster, and you should talk to her about your ideas for changing the post office. She...

Disenchantment 31

By Hades502 on Sat, 10 Jul 2021

***** “So the post office closed the day after you got fired?” “Yeah,” said Mark. “So, maybe you won’t get in any trouble?” “Afraid that’s not going...

Disenchantment 32

By Hades502 on Sat, 10 Jul 2021

Oren allowed the smile to drop from his face, and just stared at Mark. “As I said, we’re all sorry about Nannette.” “Malbourne isn’t sorry.” “...

Disenchantment 33

By Hades502 on Tue, 13 Jul 2021

***** As the sun was about to set on the horizon, Malbourne was still confused as to why there were so few people around. Everywhere else in the city...

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Disenchantment 34

By Hades502 on Fri, 16 Jul 2021

***** It was hot out, so horrifically hot, and he was sweating. The discomfort reached a level that started to pull him out of the fog, out of the...

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By Hades502 on Fri, 10 Sep 2021

***** “Pull over there,” said Mark. That’s Oren’s car. The other is Malbourne’s.” Hornblende pulled over on the opposite side of the road and they...

By Hades502 on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

***** When Mattie and Nannette began to fade, Mark was nearly heartbroken, but Nannette’s words rang in his ears: Help your friend first . Despite...

By Hades502 on Tue, 18 Jan 2022

***** Malbourne wasn’t sure how long he stood by himself, surrounded by the snakes, or black, snake-like creatures. If he had to guess, he might have...

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Disenchantment 50

By Hades502 on Fri, 21 Jan 2022

***** So, you did come back. Two days after Detective Hornblende and I got out of Hell, you did come back. The oceans have started to recede and the...

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Disenchantment Epilogue

By Hades502 on Wed, 26 Jan 2022

Disenchantment: Epilogue Ares awoke. After several decades of sleep, he was free again. Zeus had not taken kindly to the last time he had waged war,...