Billiards, Bourban & Biker Bars
Happy Father's Day!!
A little late in the day, but I just want to extend my happy Father’s Day wishes to all the dads, granddads, and fatherly type personages out there. Hope you get all the love and attention you deserve today, guys! This post’s title is my attempt at doing what all the greeting cards do for this occasion. If it gave off just one commercial “dad vibe”, my work here is done. ;
Speaking of dads, here’s the teeniest of snippets from Moontide featuring a pretty cool character, and a really cool dad, to boot. Meet Shep, owner of Shepard’s, the headquarters of a secret organization that’s protected the female descendants of the moon goddess, Arianrhod, since ancient times, masquerading as a biker bar.
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Simm’s glanced up at him from behind her glasses. Shep frowned. God she was young. They all were. There was so much at stake. It really looked like the prophecy would play out this time, though. They could have an all out war on their hands and his organization consisted of a bunch of kids. All except for him and his brother anyway, but Shep was the main geezer in charge of everything. That made him responsible for all of them.
All the generations the Time Keepers had spent waiting for something to happen, to get some mystic sign from above, only to have it turn out wrong every single time, made him a skeptic. He had his reservations about sending any of his agents out on what could be just another attempt on the sacred treasure the Keepers fought so hard to protect every day. It didn’t help that treasure was also his daughter…
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Be sure to join us, here in the lair, for more of the story in our Moontide read along. You can start reading from the beginning here. I’ll be rolling out more chapters this summer, along with author commentary and the chance for readers to comment. Come join the fun!
