23 Feb The Town Whispers – Chapter 17 – “The Misfortunes of Luck”
A church needs care and love to keep together - while Reverend Albit is away, James tends to his chores. James's coin is always lucky, but has it ever brought him misfortune?...
16 Feb The Town Whispers – Chapter 16 – “Echoes of Madness”
Tom is attempting to come to terms with coming face-to-face with Tom. Dreams and reality mix when madness threatens to consume Tom. Penny has her moment to share her strength....
09 Feb The Town Whispers – Chapter 15.5 – “The Sins of Childhood”
Reverend Albit arrived at the Riverside Sanatorium ready to bring down hellfire...
02 Feb The Town Whispers – Chapter 15 – “The Reverend and The Orphan”
Tom is safe at home while Reverend Albit arrives back at his church, where a curious character awaits an introduction, with an even more curious item in hand. Questions gnaw at Reverend Albit...
26 Jan The Town Whispers – Chapter 14 – “No Good Deed Unpunished”
Tom, nearly taken by the creeping long shadows, returns home, broken and battered, but alive. The righteous Reverend Albit reflects on the events of the evening, and those moments leading up to it. Meanwhile, Tom's secret stays safe...
19 Jan The Town Whispers – Chapter 13 – “A Truth of Children (Part 3)”
What lies in wait for Tom? The full weight of his past transgressions threatens to swallow him whole - mind, body, and soul. What will he find? Better yet...
12 Jan The Town Whispers – Chapter 12 – “A Truth of Children (Part 2)”
The dark depths of the past are fast approaching. Standing at the mouth of the cave, Tom peers into the darkness, not quite ready to face the mistakes and secrets of the past....
05 Jan The Town Whispers – Chapter 11 – “A Truth of Children (Part 1)”
Tom LaPonte is faced with terrifying words, and must confront the whispers which keep him up at night, and hear the words spoken by the Man in The Cave. Those words have begun to unravel the secrets of the past, and now Tom must face...
29 Dec The Town Whispers – Chapter 10.5 – “The Possession of Jacob T. Mortimer”
Meet Jacob T. Mortimer - Scholar, Recluse, and Doomed. Jacob, living in a cabin in the woods, searching for the truth, unknowingly set in motion events that will tumble forth like rotting trees for years to come. ...
22 Dec The Town Whispers – Chapter 10 – “The Secrets of Mildred LaPonte”
Mildred LaPonte visits an old friend, and Tom LaPonte is on a mission for knowledge. Some truths will not be told, some secrets will not be revealed. They must be found, and taken....
15 Dec The Town Whispers – Chapter 9 – “The Last Birthday of Peggy LaPonte”
All the answers are there, for those willing to look. Just the same as most people cannot see that which is right in front of them, being unwilling as they are, better did not notice that autumn had turned to winter, and with it has...
08 Dec The Town Whispers – Chapter 8 – “Peggy and the Spiderling”
There are plans in motion involving those who weren't even born, as they were being laid. Peggy LaPonte wants her mother's love and attention, but Mildred's attention is elsewhere. Meanwhile "The Man in the Cave" is never far away. ...
01 Dec The Town Whispers – Chapter 7.5 – “A Gravedigger’s Task”
A gravedigger's job is a lonely, but important one. They, who lay down the dead, are their final caretakers. There is a cleansing ritual to laying a corpse in the earth, but if those hands are spoiled with the filth of ill intent, so too...
24 Nov The Town Whispers – Chapter 7 – “The Shadow of Tomorrow”
There are ancient magics in the most unsuspected places, and for those who are pulled along by the strings of what can naively be called fate, that is a lesson often learned the hard way. An acorn is just alive as the ancient oak that...
17 Nov The Town Whispers – Chapter 6 – “In the Clutch of a Whisper”
Albit never asked to be drawn into dark designs, but now he lays in bed recovering, and becoming something more then anyone could have dreamed including Albit himself. The Man In The Cave has plans for Albit, but so does Mother Cyprian. What exactly has...
10 Nov The Town Whispers – Chapter 5 – “The Walls of Riverside”
Mildred is one who never asked to be seen by those without eyes, and she certainly never asked to see them, in fact she always refused. Unlike others in The Fort, Mildred was able, and was willing to see what was behind the walls of...
03 Nov The Town Whispers – Chapter 4 – “A Child Forgotten”
Not all who die are destined to rot in the earth, to be consumed by the trees, and the worms. Those who are forgotten by death, are reborn by dark magics then that which created the world itself....
27 Oct The Town Whispers – Chapter 3 – “The Man in the Cave”
Not all children are loved, and those children who aren't loved, fall much easier into the space between peering eyes...
20 Oct The Town Whispers – Chapter 2.5 – “The Sermon of Reverend Albit”
Before you can go forward, you must go back. There are many townsfolk in The Fort, and you cannot learn the story of one, without knowing the stories of many. This is an interlude, and an introduction, to the Dark Reverend Albit. ...
20 Oct The Town Whispers – Chapter 2 – “A Whisper Not Whispered”
A whisper is intent. A whisper can be a truth, or a lie. Sometimes a whisper is even a delicate secret. In The Fort, a whisper is something entirely of dark creation. You'd do best to close your ears to them...
20 Oct The Town Whispers – Chapter 1 – “A God Amongst Trees”
You'd do best to stick to the roads and worn paths. Those paths are worn because they are safe, but if you are safe you cannot see. There is an Oaken God, that is plain to see to those who look. Some folks though, meet...
20 Oct The Town Whispers – Chapter 0 – Prologue – “Welcome to the Fort”
Welcome to The Fort. Our humble little monstrosity of a town is always a pleasure, even when the screams echoing from over the bog keep you up at night. Don't be afraid though, just make yourself at home. You'll be safe with me, I promise....