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 […]

Christopher Knighton

February 16, 2021

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. […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

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 […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

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,” […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

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 […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 25)

“Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.” – Sophocles Clayton wasn’t exactly prepared for Noella, but then again, who would be? It’s just extra worse because he was eighteen, an orphan, had just learned about his daemon abilities, and now suddenly he was engaged to […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 24)

“Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.” – Tryon Edwards “Ah, like an adopted sister?” Talon asks. “No, we’re related by blood,” Alice replies. “Half siblings?” he asks this time.  “Nope, we’re 100% brother and sister, same parents,” Asmodeus assures him. “Also, this goes without saying, this […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

The Hood: Legacy & Immortality Chapter 2

The Captive The Golden Age of piracy, the seven seas, true freedom. I’ve known what true freedom tastes like for longer than all of my crew have been alive, but I was always alone in that experience. I have spent many eras not caring what the world had to say about me. Others, with their […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

The Hood Legacy & Immortality Chapter 4

The New Contract “Hermanos, we really are rolling in dough now,” Jose says as he grins. Cassidy reminds him, “Something tells me you don’t really know how much everything is. This will last us a couple months. Maybe only one.” “A month that we don’t have to get shot at,” Jose reasons. He can always […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

The Hood: Legacy & Immortality Chapter 1

The Bounty It’s 1883, the Wild West of America. A never to be forgotten time, full of people and places who will assuredly be forgotten. The Wild West is a time of cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, and victims. I said cowboys and outlaws separately. Take notice. Cowboys are the kind of people children are told about […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

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