Jack Flash Archive

  • Timeline 23: Future Fight (Long Hot Summer Epilogue)

    Timeline 23: Future Fight (Long Hot Summer Epilogue)

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm Jack Flash opened his eyes to a broken city. He recognized the remains of Aesir Park around him, but even Valhalla proper seemed faded. The buildings were old and in ill repair, most of their exterior paint gone. The streets were deserted....

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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 7: Flash Back

    Long Hot Summer 7: Flash Back

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm Images swirled around Jack Flash’s head. It seemed as though the whole world moved around him in shifting vectors of light and sound. The motion would have made him sick, but he wasn’t even sure if he had a stomach anymore. He...

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  • Long Hot Summer 1: Opening Shots

    Long Hot Summer 1: Opening Shots

    by Nicholas Ahlhelm This world is a strange and wondrous place. I have watched it for thousands of years, but still I cannot understand the idiosyncrasies of its people and their movements. A hundred years ago, I delivered a light of hope to this world....

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