The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 33)

“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms.” – Jeremiah 51:20 “I’m winning,” A’rock whispers to himself.  He watches the battle going on below as his army ravage the united forces of angels and daemons.  The warring Arch-beings are working together, but it is […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 32)

“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” – Mark Twain “Pride, watch out!” Michael yells as he pushes Lucifina out of the way of Beelzebub’s blast. Neither was aware at that Pata had such abilities. She thanks him and they both descend upon the King of Gluttony, but stop to fly around […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 31)

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare Lucifina leads the group down towards the battleground, past many clashes between daemons and angels. Her white bat-like wings flap quickly, outpacing even the large feathered ones of Michael. Noella finds difficulty keeping up with the group, which causes Azale and Petra to […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 30)

“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.” – 1st Corinthians 15:55-57 Michael dips his head when he feels Zadkiel lose his life. Unlike the Demon Kings, the death of Archangels is so rare that Michael in […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 29)

“You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.” – Davy Crockett A’rock is quickly making his way below the castle to the secret dungeons, where he’ll wait for Seraras and move out before anyone thinks to come after him there.  A’rock had lost his mind a little back in the auditorium. […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 28)

“Security is a kind of death.” – Tennessee Williams Asmodeus and his friends are nearly on the doorstep of Pluto’s Palace.  “Go over there! There’s a back entrance where we can enter unseen,” Alice tells Asmodeus. “Wouldn’t taking a back entrance make us seem… hostile?” Asmodeus asks his sister. Alice admits to him, “Odds are […]

The Hood: Violence & Prohibition Chapter 2

The Hostage  “Captain, what’s the plan?” I ask my police Captain Bianchi. “Plan?” he responds confused. “Officer Torrence,” when he refers to me as officer, I know I’m about to regret speaking, “You think there’s a plan? I have never been in a situation like this before, and neither has any other goddamn officer here. […]

The Hood: Violence & Prohibition Chapter 1

The Message Chicago. A living, breathing, cesspool. It’s gestating in the Midwest of the United States, the home of the brave, of freedom, and equality, if you live in the right place. I wonder if the rich-wig men who created this country would have expected their nation to be roughly the same over a century […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial By Fire (Chapter 27)

“And the tombs were broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.” – Matthew 27:52 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT A DAY PRIOR “Sooo,” Belphegor, the King of Sloth starts, “anyone here seen Seven?”  “What?” Mammon responds. “Nevermind, let’s move on, repeating myself makes me feel like a husk,” […]

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 26)

“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.” – Oscar Wilde TODAY Coldo crosses his arms as he asks, “Give me one reason why I shouldn’t fight you right now.” “You mean outside of the fact that I’m a Demon King and easily within the top ten most powerful beings […]