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Sunday morning rolled around and Nolan found himself at the table with his father and DJ. They were once again reading the news and discussing the events of the world. They both seemed to have an understanding news that most people didn’t have. They didn’t just read what was being said, they tried to figureContinue reading “Initiation Pt. 2”

The school year was almost over and Nolan was getting along a little better than he had been at first. He and David got along better since the incident with the football and of course the field trip. Nolan was learning how to deal with David and by next year they might even be friends.Continue reading “Initiation Pt. 1”

The prophet looked around the small crowd as if he were looking for something and then he found it. “Could you stand up ma’am?” he asked a woman. She stood up and he asked her if she was a teacher or did work involving children. She was in fact a teacher and the prophet wasContinue reading “The Missouri Prophets Pt. 3”

Nolan and his mother arrived at the church almost an hour before the service was set to begin. She was excited as were several people at the church. Because of her own excitement, Nolan’s mom thought the place was going to be packed! She wanted to get in early and get a seat near theContinue reading “The Missouri Prophets Pt. 2”

Another day of school, another day of doing his best to avoid saying or doing anything that would set someone off. Another day of hiding who he was when he was alone. Another day of being picked on, messed with and set up planned humiliation. School was just hard enough without all of the emotionalContinue reading “The Missouri Prophets Pt. 1”

By the time he went to sleep that night Nolan had all but forgotten about the weirdness of the day. He was looking ahead to the weirdness of tomorrow at school. They were going to be back on a regular schedule, which meant Nolan would again have no friends. He also skipped a couple ofContinue reading “Crossroads Pt. 4”

The object could be almost any little thing Nolan had; a hair, a coin, a keychain, it really didn’t matter except that it be fairly small. Nolan wasn’t supposed to know or notice but as it turned out he couldn’t no know. He didn’t know what a hex bag was yet but he knew theContinue reading “Crossroads Pt. 3”

Governors, mobsters, senators, bootleggers, ministers, witches, demons and spies had all darkened the doorstep on that old porch and now it was Nolan’s turn. He hopped off of the bus, still a little shaken from his encounter with the witches from his dream, not to mention seeing through the snake’s eyes. But these kinds ofContinue reading “Crossroads Pt. 2”

Now some people are natural portals. They cross between the physical realm and the spiritual realm seamlessly. There’s no process to go through, no spell to cast, no work or sacrifice that needs to be done. Nolan was one of those people, he was a natural portal. He moved in and out of the spiritualContinue reading “Crossroads Pt. 1”

As the boys began to argue over whether or not the log floating by was a gator, Nolan, the park director and the witches were all stricken with terror. Nobody was showing though, they had to keep their cool or people would start putting pieces together. The witches had heard David saying Nolan’s name andContinue reading “Recognition Pt. 4”

When they got to the mounds, Nolan and his classmates went and lined up outside by the path. Near the mound that housed the ancient temple there were burn marks on the ground. Of course, there were no bones left from the night before. The local sheriff had taken the remains to small farm nearbyContinue reading “Recognition Pt. 3”

Nolan’s carpool ride arrived as reliably as always. Mrs. Howard was always on time and she was just as sweet as honey when she spoke. Nolan sat down between Tory and her brother and looked down at the floor to prevent showing how embarrassed he was about their shoulders touching in the car. His shoulderContinue reading “Recognition Pt. 2”

Nolan was glad to see the sun rise. It had been a long night and he didn’t understand any of his dreams so the whole torturous night carry any meaning. It was just another night of troubled sleep. Outside Nolan’s window, he could see the sign to the movie theatre and the Red Lobster. HeContinue reading “Recognition Pt. 1”

After the witches finished cursing Nolan, they prepared for the sacrifice. It was a hot spring night in the south. All you could hear was wind, bullfrogs and cicadas screaming in the night. The noise would cover the sounds of the screaming around the fire. They were close enough to another human being to beContinue reading “The Supplanting Pt. 4”

As the gathering for the witches holiday got started, Nolan was drifting back off to sleep. The gathering had over 200 witches and leaders of coven from around the state. They met occasionally to organize drug trafficking in the area and tonight they spent a quick few minutes discussing drop points, then they got toContinue reading “The Supplanting Pt. 3”

At that same time, right at midnight, there was darkness brewing to the south. The governor was meeting a group of people in secret in the basement of the hubcap burger place near the state park. That place had been a secret meeting spot for a hundred years, since the bootlegger days. The bootleggers wereContinue reading “The Supplanting Pt. 2”

A few miles south of Nolan there was a state park with some Indian mounds and an old plantation. People could go see the cotton fields and slave quarters from the 1800’s and some of the first farming equipment that was invented in the industrial revolution. Most people didn’t visit the plantation side of theContinue reading “The Supplanting Pt. 1”

There were fallen angles in many of the stars in the sky, including the dragon himself, the highest Satan. These were the leaders of what would become thought of as good. Then deep inside of the earth there was the holding place of the dead. The lowest Satan who went by the name of DeathContinue reading “Tale of the Demigods Pt. 3”

After the flood the prophet and his children began to reestablish the earth. But within just a few years, the sin system invaded again. The demigod who were now demons and ghosts wandering the earth, found an opportunity to strike. One of the prophets sons committed an act of unrighteousness. The prophet responded by speakingContinue reading “Tale of the Demigods Pt. 2”

Training was a form of fathering and the gods had used it to father most of mankind. After that they became greedy and decided to actually father physical earthly children. These children became giants and monsters, kings and warriors. These became the great legends of the ancient world. They led the people into war, theyContinue reading “Tale of the Demigods Pt.1”

Now the sin system was hard to see on this side of the veil. Because of the sin system there were the two deaths, blessing and cursing, rules and accusations, and of course the veil itself. Anyone who broke the rules of the supernatural world could be isolated and separated from the creator God, theyContinue reading “Beyond the Curtain Pt.4”

The older legends of the gods and demigods of the various religions of the world are a lot like the legends of the great humans. Thousands of years ago there was a group of angels that had left the one original kingdom of light and life and created a kingdom of their own. One ofContinue reading “Beyond the Curtain Pt.3”

The beings of the unseen dimension each had a body that could travel between dimensions. These had come to be known as angels or gods on the visible realm. Even God himself had one of these for times when he needed to wield absolute power. The angels of each kingdom would work closely with theContinue reading “Beyond the Curtain Pt. 2”

Now most people don’t know this but there is a world that drives our world. Sometimes we catch a glimpse of this world out of the corner of our eyes, or we see a ghost or have a dream that takes us to the other side. All religious beliefs come from the other side, allContinue reading “Beyond the Curtain Pt.1”

Nolan didn’t know about the governor or the airport but he was enthralled with this conversation. There was something almost supernatural happening as the two men spoke. Nolan felt like a fly on the wall inside the halls of power and he was about to learn that not all the business inside was on theContinue reading “The Old Roads Pt.4”