Church of Hope Archive

  • Long Hot Summer 13: Heroes & Villains

    Long Hot Summer 13: Heroes & Villains

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm “I think I found something over here!” Cyber threw another piece of the former Church of Hope and Truth building in to the disposal unit over a hundred feet away. He scrambled to push other pieces of the rubble aside as he...

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  • Long Hot Summer 12: Hell on Earth

    Long Hot Summer 12: Hell on Earth

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm Jack Flash fell out of the sky and crashed hard to the pavement below. He struggled to his feet. Heat radiated off his body on to the already hot pavement. He looked up in to the shining sun high above. He looked...

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  • Long Hot Summer 11: War Drums

    Long Hot Summer 11: War Drums

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm Susan awoke in a strange bed in a strange room. It felt like she slept for days, but she knew it had only been a few hours. Ever since she escaped the Church, she felt nothing but exhausted. Her dreams came with...

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  • Long Hot Summer 10: The Oparian Eye

    Long Hot Summer 10: The Oparian Eye

    Last stop and it’s right next door to our new home, Legend thought. Leave it to the newest and fastest recruit to be in Baltimore. Legend flew across the city’s skyline at top speed. He landed in a nearly empty city park. Dreary weather and...

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  • Long Hot Summer 9: Running

    Long Hot Summer 9: Running

    “Susan, you know better than this. I don’t know how many times I have to say it, but you know better than this.” “Screw you, Dad! I can do what I want! I’m sixteen and it’s my life!” “Haven’t you already messed up your life...

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  • Long Hot Summer 8: Encyclopedic knowledge

    Long Hot Summer 8: Encyclopedic knowledge

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm For the second time in a week, Nightbird showed up on his doorstep. Lance opened the door to her in full costume. Despite being nearly one at night, the heat remained unbearable. The mid-August temperatures remained well over a hundred degrees as...

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  • Long Hot Summer 6: Breaking Through

    Long Hot Summer 6: Breaking Through

    Annabelle Montalvo leaned against the door of her prison cell. She wanted to knock. She wanted to tell them to summon Elijah; tell them she was ready to join the Church. The white walls and lack of human contact pushed her slowly over the edge....

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  • Long Hot Summer 5: Savior

    Long Hot Summer 5: Savior

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm Annabelle Montalvo sat in an eight by eight white-walled room. She had a bed and a desk, and nothing else. No paper, no pencils, no books, no sign of human life. A large metal door sat across from the dead. Three times...

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  • Long Hot Summer 4: On the Inside

    Long Hot Summer 4: On the Inside

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm “You are a foul-mouthed, aberrant thug.” “Thanks,” Freedom said. The cat o’ nine tails struck down across his back. Each metal tip tore a rivet of skin from his backs. His torturer grabbed him by the back of his head and yanked...

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