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Quinn Chapman and the Altar of Evil I

Quinn Chapman and the Altar of Evil The flames of Hades flickered off the rough hewn walls of the cavern as I stumbled my way deeper into the earthen maw. Acrid, black smoke invaded my eyes, blurring my vision and clouding my lungs. Dark voices shouted in a rhythmic chant somewhere beyond the hall of fire through which I now walked. My body was cut and bruised; my clothes turned to rags barely clinging to my sweat glistened flesh.  What maligned road led me to my current state of depravity? My mind flickered back to that fateful day in the warrens of Singapore, to one of the myriad of seedy opium dens lining the alleys. It was there that I found the remnants of the infamous Anglo explorer Sir Percival Covington.  I pushed back the shoddy veil of the curtain to find Sir Percival upon his back, clad in sweat-stained khaki and a weeks' worth of grime. So much for the hero of the British Empire. His glazed eyes alighted upon me, and a flicker of recognition danced across his ...

Another Writing Sample from theProse.com

There was not a prompt this time, just some free writing. I do not know why I thought of this, but it just flowed out like snot during a cold (NOT COVID! CALM THE F DOWN!). 

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Funeral Ship


Crossing on the water, I feel the world relax. I stand outside myself watching as I drift upon the cerulean sea. The wind is blowing, but I do not feel it. The air is cold, and the ground is held firm in the grasp of frost. Snow will soon join its icy brother.

I will not be there to witness the long dark of winterā€™s shadow.

I will not be there to draw swords with my clan.

My blood is spent in this world.

My body may no longer join my brothers on the field of battle, but my fight is not over nor is my spirit lost.

A fine ship bears me onward, from this world of flesh to the world of the soul.

I have my axe and I have my sword. There is my shield and my spear. My iron mail, glimmering. A golden torc rests upon my head and a horn of war hangs by my shoulder. Barrels of mead line my flanks.

I am well set for the afterlife.

I go to the eternal halls of Valhalla where I will await the final battle.

The world is alight with darts aflame.

My body, my ship, erupt in an orange radiance, opening the gateway.

I feel the world grow hot as I am pulled into the light. Then it is cool until my journey ends.

I fade away into the roaring cheers and warm embrace of my ancestors.

For now, I feast in might company.

Until Ragnarƶk.

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