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  1. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Olona pulled open the front door of the Shifton Youth Outreach Center, and she entered. A hammer was hanging from her belt. “Well hey there, doll!” Auntie Peg called out to her. “Hi, Peggy. Is Sumi around?” Auntie Peg nodded toward the back of the center. “She’s gardening with some of the kids. Head on out there with them.” “Thanks,” Olona replied. She went through to the enclosed courtyard behind the center and called out, “Hey, everyone!” Nunyani ran up and gave her a h
  2. Adam Andrews Johnson
    AAAWWWWW you've gotten to know me so well! haha
  3. Adam Andrews Johnson
    From the broken door of Abernathy’s Apothecary came a loud banging that stopped as suddenly as it started. “What the blazes was that?” Croosen barked as Abernathy headed to the front and pulled open the door. He could smell that someone had just been there, but they were gone. Abernathy looked both directions up the street, but there was no one. A paper was dangling from the front of the door, held in place by a very large nail. Abernathy snatched the paper. “There’s a note!
  4. Adam Andrews Johnson
    “We went through Abernathy’s place,” Lahari informed Olona. “S’Kay and I searched his shop and residence, but he wasn’t there. It was nearly sunrise, so we ditched the plan.” Olona lit a joint. “I thought this was gonna be easy and done with,” she mumbled. She looked up at Lahari. “Will you two go back tonight? Should I go with you this time?” “We had to break in,” Lahari replied, “so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s now wary and prepared for someone returning.” She shrugged and the b
  5. Adam Andrews Johnson
    It was night. Abernathy was still in his apartment testing his enhanced senses, when Croosen returned. “This is miraculous,” he began to say, speaking about his enhancement. “I took the other mantis gland,” Croosen blurted out, “and I did something bad.” Abernathy frowned at her. “What are you talking about? I noticed it was gone when I looked for it earlier, but I just thought you either forgot to leave it here or wanted to hang onto…” He stopped speaking as she pulled
  6. Adam Andrews Johnson
    “You’re sure you don’t mind us coming with you?” Djaruki asked. The two older ladies who she, Tygo, and Filiou had met at Weirdo Beard-O’s offered the three travelers a place to stay at their house for the night. They spent the entire day at the café, and the sun was setting over the mountains to the west as Thoozu and Rhina led them up a pathway to a little cottage. “Of course we don’t mind,” Thoozu reassured them. “You three are welcome with us. We’ll let you stay in our son’s ol
  7. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Abernathy and his assistant, Croosen, were leaving Teshon City and headed north. They took the Pinewood Path toward the ruins outside of town that the people called Ilin, but before they reached them, the two were stopped by a pair of highway robbers. “Empty your pockets!” a man in front of them ordered. “And whatcha got in that purse, lady?” another asked from behind. Abernathy did not wait to see where the exchange was headed, and to the two men’s surprise, the small machi
  8. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Dozi placed the two clusters of moonshrooms onto her cutting board, and she began taking the other required ingredients out of the cupboards. “I know this will be a small batch,” she said to Tchama, “but it’s just the start of the season. These are good-looking mushrooms, and I think this year has promise.” “The tinctures always turn out great,” Tchama encouraged. “Do you want to set things up while I chop the mushrooms?” Tchama smiled. “Sure!” She put a pot to boil with two
  9. Adam Andrews Johnson
    “Bring me Abernathy!” The Demifae commander, Gilnik, was furious. “How dare he go out on his own without our authorization? He knows we’ve been working in hiding since the fall of the Messiahs and their tower! Who does he think he is?” Gilnik was with two other members of the Demifae leadership, and they were both silent while he raged on. “I want to murder Shift filth again too, but now is not the time. We are on the rise behind the scenes, and Abernathy has focused unwanted attention on
  10. Adam Andrews Johnson
    I'm sorry to have upset you also! 💗
  11. Adam Andrews Johnson
    I'm sorry! There's no more of it in the rest of the book, and writing it surprised even me 💀
  12. Adam Andrews Johnson
    The word I've been using for them is "vile" but ghoul is a particularly good one!
  13. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Filiou stepped away from Tygo and Djaruki, and she approached the big bearded fellow. “Well, aren’t you a unique individual?” Bivon declared to the spiny Biological Shift girl. Filiou’s multifaceted eyes glimmered. “Can I see? Can you make your hand disappear again?” Bivon gave her a curious look. “I wonder if your hand can disappear!” Filiou did not know what he meant. “But I can’t do that.” “Hmm…” Bivon replied to her, “let’s see. Hold up your hand.” He leaned
  14. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Abernathy was heading back through the Teshon City streets toward the Spritehood. He grinned at the thought of his new weapon. The process Olona performed caused no pain, and now Abernathy was armed with something on par with a Shift’s power. He was very satisfied with his trip to the First Organic Mechanic of Teshon City. The sun was beginning to set as he turned onto one of the main streets in the Spritehood, and he was appalled by what seemed to him an assault. A parade of protesters w
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    Dozi and Tchama were headed to the Teshon City airstrip. Even though it was early morning and springtime, the old tarmac was already scorching hot. The women crossed it to a section where broken boulders made it easy for them to climb down onto the walkway that led along the water’s edge. Dozi and Tchama descended and followed the narrow path. They passed behind Bloodwater Falls, and as they approached the Breakneck Shipwreck, Dozi slipped into the cave where she collected mushrooms. She often f
  16. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Oh I see, her power is not to make time last longer, she just wished the moment could last and everyone could stay together, and her powers twisted everyone and everything together, but when the building fell, that moment in time ended. Do you think I need to explain that more? She's just excited, and her powers reacted with the terrible results that occured.
  17. Adam Andrews Johnson
    I totally dig this song
  18. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Is it not clear that with the building's collapse, the Shift girl died, along with everyone else onset? I can certainly add a line about her dying if it's not clear, but yeah... they're all dead 💀 haha
  19. Adam Andrews Johnson
    I'm so glad you know the show and this chapter felt authentic 💀 When I reached out to him and Darcy, they were very excited and amused by my plan to kill them 😂
  20. Adam Andrews Johnson
    No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
  21. Adam Andrews Johnson
    In the beginning were the powers. On the initial day of the Advanced Era, when everything changed, life on planet Earth was bustling in the way it had on countless days before. Everyone was oblivious to the abruptly approaching end of the world they all knew, and none of them were prepared for it. The first four Shifts’ photonova glands activated within minutes of each other. The youths were unrelated and had never met, and in fact, they were on four separate continents when it happ
  22. Adam Andrews Johnson
    He had a great recommendation for chapter 13, so it'll be up as soon as I finish making the adjustments
  23. Adam Andrews Johnson
    My editor had these same thoughts about this chapter 😊
  24. Adam Andrews Johnson
    Abernathy closed the door to Olona’s shop. “I hear you are skilled at using machines.” “I am,” she replied. “What can I do for you?” Abernathy began to give her the explanation he had prepared for when she asked. “I have a place down by the waterfront.” “Oooh, nice,” Olona replied. “Yes, it would be, but I’m struggling with an infestation of wharf rats. Do you have a trap or a weapon you could set me up with?” Olona raised an inquisitive eyebrow. “A weapon would require
  25. Adam Andrews Johnson
    You are absolutely right about Djaruki's feelings! She would be devastated; she was just trying to stop them from doing what they were doing... but don't worry, she's never going to find out 💗
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