Fiction to chronicle the end of the age
Award-Winning Author Jeffrey Allen mays
About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Allen Mays is an award-winning writer, speaker, and teacher. He is the author of the 2014 novel The Former Hero and other stories, essays, and poems. He lives and teaches in Austin Texas.
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A sweeping new chronicle of the old, old story like you never imagined
It’s the mid-20th century. The syndicate known as “The Priesthood” rules the city.
A popular political leader has been executed earlier that day, the one they called “The Mystic.” His rag-tag crew of followers is now in hiding from the authorities at a tavern, The Salty Trawler.
Mafioso Nicodemus Holloway met The Mystic a few months back. He hasn’t been the same since. Now, in the wake of his death, he seeks out the hippies and harlots of his entourage to find out more about him.
The followers tell incredible stories of their murdered leader and the people he transformed—the heroin-addicted harlot, the insane gun fetishist, the young lady healed of a humiliating 12-year menstrual affliction.
What will happen to the entourage now that he’s dead? Nick renounces his old gang and risks everything to help them avoid detection, to smuggle away Shayne Lazarus who has a price on his head, and to get back to his sweetheart and the son.
Musings
Writing for the City of Man
How should I organize this article? I’ll just go ahead and tell you the punchline: my novels and stories for the last 10-15 years are set in what could be called “The City of Man.” Let me explain....
Now, Allie! NOW!
“It’s time to go, Allie,” said Jack. He stood beyond the boarding gate looking at her; she had not yet followed him on board. “Where is this thing going?” “Away from here.” The steel platform on which she stood was...
A quick one
This is a writing exercise written in response to the prompt of the photo above. I have modified the description of the item in the picture for the purposes of the story. “David! Would you come here...