Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 120 After sending their recruit Bev on his way, Peep went to the main church to get Mariola’s belongings. Of her followers, the single women and their children were sleeping together in the church pews. They roused themselves excitedly when Peep aproached them with her candleholder. “Hush up … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 121 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 119 In Peep’s cell, Mariola was sitting in the dark on the one stool with her buck knife still clenched in her hands. There was just enough moonlight through the slit window to make her out. “Is this over?” Mariola asked. “Is what over?” Peep asked as she … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 120 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 118 Peep jogged through the side streets of Spitzer through the dark, heading through the residential area towards the pleasure quarter’s intersection with Fort Road. She was thoroughly covered in blood. It was just past dinnertime and the night was warm, so there were a few folks out … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 119 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 116 It was mid-afternoon, so the joints in the pleasure quarter were just starting to open up. Mariola and Peep went up and down the strip, going around the back of several of the bigger places to find women to talk to. As far as their supposed purpose, … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 117 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 115 Peep’s follower was indeed waiting with her nephew just outside the kitchen door at the back of the church. She fluttered around nervously fussing over the boy when Peep and Mariola joined them. The lad was perfect: about ten, he was just a little taller than Peep, … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 116 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 114 Peep and Choke left Father Morrenthall’s office and went to the church kitchen for their lunch. This took them from the left transverse, through the church proper, to access the right transverse. The worshipers were still there, although their number had thinned out somewhat. Of course, Peep’s … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 115 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 113 The access to the church’s catacombs and dungeon was through a wide door just opposite Father Morrenthall’s office in the transverse. This led to a wide, stone spiral staircase. With Father Morrenthall leading the way with a small, bright, magical lantern, Knuckle and Choke dragged Waters kicking … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 114 →

Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 111 Not fifteen minutes after Father Morrenthall had lit Billy’s heart on fire, he and the Pekot squad rode up to the sheriff’s office on Main Street. As they tethered their horses to the hitching posts outside, they could hear Sheriff Waters inside his office yelling: “No, you … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 112 →