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Bret Jordan
Bret Jordan Plague: Online Novel of Dark Fantasy

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42 years old
Vidor, Texas
United States



Last Login: 9/24/2009
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GeneralDrawing, Writing, Reading, Motorcycle Riding, Camping, Hiking, Computer Programming (Visual Basic, HTML, Wonderware)
MusicNickleback, Creed, Foreigner, Billy Joel
MoviesThe Lord of the Ring, Chronicles of Riddick, 300, 10,000 BC, Gladiator, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Star Wars, Appleseed, Braveheart, Iron Man
TelevisionFirefly, Battlestar Galactica, Surface, Boston Legal, Family Guy, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Bionic Woman
BooksThe Lord of the Ring, Dune series, Shannara series, The Chronicles of Thomas Covanant, Pet Semetery, I am Legend, Shara, The Shining, The Stand, Carrie, The Road, World War Z, Alas Babylon, To Kill a Mockingbird
HeroesIt all came back to her. Tomay flirting, his surprised face, the black hand... She began to scream, but a filthy cloth filled her mouth. She tried to sit up and fell back. Her hands bound behind her. The thing smiled, teeth as black as night. It pushed her flat against the wall. "Ud watch."

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Status:Married
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Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Vidor
Body type:5' 7" / Athletic
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Religion:Agnostic
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Smoke / Drink:No / Yes
Children:Proud parent
Education:Some college
Occupation:Programmer/Instrument Tech
Income:$60,000 to $75,000

   Plague's Schools
Lamar University
Beaumont,TX
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Other
Major: Graphics Design
Minor: Instrumentation
 

1986 to 1990

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Publishing - Writer - Novelist
Currently working on my Dark Fiction Novel, Plague. Have had several short stories published.

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Petrocon Systems
Beaumont, Texas US
Programmer
Systems
 1989 - 2002
Lower Neches Valley Authority
Beaumont, Texas US
Programmer/Instrument Tech
Information Technologies
 2002 - Present



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The creature burst into movement. Bony hands waved across the dark water. Back and forth the hands worked. From one end of the obsidian bowl the claws traveled back to the other. Not a sound could be heard within the room except for the rustle of cloth and occasionally a shifting of feet.
by Alex McVey

The five lepers stopped and stared at him with pale milky eyes. Filth stained bandages left their faces blank other than a small hump in the center of their faces. A wet, sickening yellow stain around the nose-shaped hump tarnished the soiled bandages

Gasping for breath he wiped the back of his hand across his open mouth. His hand shook as he gazed, wide eyed, at the thin film of blood coating the back of his hand. Fear crawled like a spider up his back. He had never vomited blood before. He retched again. This time the blood flowed freely, painting the front of his leather armor red and soaking into his vomit stained britches.

Within seconds the house began to disintegrate. The wood blackened and charred, as if burned, yet no flame appeared. More seconds passed and the roof collapsed with a thunderous crack. The walls became black dust that didn't drift with the breeze, but fell straight to the ground. Within moments the home had become a pile of black ash that seemed to be untouched by the wind. It was almost enough.

Drummen stood in the dark, staring straight ahead as drops of water fell from the ceiling. The dirty water had risen halfway up his thigh in the last half hour, almost over the lip of his worn leather boots. The water didn't concern him; he hardly noticed it. Only food concerned him now. Only flesh could satisfy his hunger, and blood to quench his thirst.

She didn't know if her reputation was going to help or hinder her. Many of the citizens of Renier loved and respected her, but just as many called her a charlatan. With a hint of hesitation in her voice, she answered, 'Madam Rachelle. Yes, I'm Madam Rachelle, the seer.'

Piet Lithor crawled to the end of the bed, where an immaculately polished and carved table sat. Standing upright on the table stood a sword, a holy artifact, the sword of Tyrmra the Just. Its gleaming, etched blade and intricately wrought handle almost calling to him. Rising to his knees, he grabbed the artifact by its golden handle and scooted back to his hiding spot behind the bed. He knelt with the sword between his clasped hands, as if in prayer, the blade pushing against the tiled floor with his forehead touching the pommel.

Stiles stomach clenched with panic as Gorney stuck his arm through the bars, hand open to accept the keys. He couldn’t identify anything about the sight that caused his fear, but something about the scene seemed horribly wrong.

When Piet Lithor stood between the priest and the gate he ran. His heavy frame hadn’t moved so fast in years, and he gasped for breath, pushing the ache that painfully formed in his side. As he reached the gate, he turned to see what the priests were doing. Brother Rayne, his bloodstained robes now filthy with mud and grass, stumbled toward the high priest along with the recovered Brother Foster. Other priests, ones that Piet Lithor couldn’t see from the entryway, shuffled through the yard in his direction. He knew each lax face that swayed in his direction and felt a twinge of betrayal. He had known all the men for years, and now they were after his flesh, his blood, maybe even his soul. After all of the things he had done for them year after year, this was the payment he received. He shook his head, reminding himself that they couldn’t control their actions before turning back to the gate.

Wellan remained quiet, letting his friend speak, allowing him to release some of the anger and frustration that filled his soul. 'I had to kill my own men, Wellan. I had to kill them with the very sword that is sworn to protect them. I had to order the rest of my men, the ones who weren’t afflicted, to kill their comrades, to throw any dead victims over the walls. Is this what my city has come to? Is this where I have led my people?'

Tears streamed down her face as she raised her own bow and released an arrow into the crowd. She didn’t look to see whom she hit, if she even hit anyone. As soon as the shaft left her bow her gaze focused on the weapon and she notched another arrow.

He pushed the dark memories to the back of his mind and watched his two companions step off the ship. They were an odd pair. The first one looked like a wolfhound that had been crossed with a saber tooth tiger, a massive creature whose shoulders stood almost chest high. The beast carried itself like a predator, shoulders swaying with each step, sniffing the air and constantly glancing back and forth as if in search of something to hunt. Huge fangs stretched and deformed its lips and jutted below its lower jaw. Faygen would have thought it was alive if not for the gray, mold-covered skin showing through the creature’s thin hair and the milky eyes that didn’t miss anything.

The beast and the stranger moved through the liquid water, the black void. They moved by him, an arms length away. The predator splashed through the water; proud, daring any of his brethren to approach him. The other one moved with a fluid grace, a smooth wake ripped through the waters behind him. The beast and the stranger moved with intent, a hunter’s stride.

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Chapters 1 to 16 of PLAGUE are posted and ready to be read.
Story Synopsis
Renier is a port city that stands as a glorious gem on the edge of the kingdom. The people are justly ruled by their beloved Duke with the assistance of a benevolent wizard and a self-involved priest. Within twenty-four hours everything changes as a small group of strange lepers enter the port and cause a mysterious and deadly illness to rage through the city, killing most of the residents. Violent illness and gruesome death isn’t the end of the horror for the residents of Renier. Not by a long shot, as thousands of dead bodies rise from the cobblestone streets in search of living prey. Sword and sorcery battle against an unstoppable hunger as the few living residents try and escape the walls of an undead nightmare.
"Bret Jordan's Plague blends dark fantasy and zombie horror with genuinely chilling results. You won't be disappointed - get hooked on this serial!"


~David Dunwoody, author of Empire

"Bret Jordan has created an intriguing medieval world where blood & guts zombie mayhem is delivered with the brutal edge of a sword, not the barrel of a .45. Read it - you'll dig it!"

~Vince Churchill author of The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth & The Blackest Heart
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Imaro Author Charles R. Saunders

Charles R. Saunders



 Sep 24 2009 8:17 PM

Thanks for accepting my add. I wish you all the best.
faruk

faruk buzhala



 Sep 11 2009 4:57 PM

pëR Të qenë dinak,nuk duhet shumë mjeshtri,vetëm merreni një lëkurë të dhelprës dhe barteni pas shpinës.
JUDGEHYDROGEN

JUDGEHYDROGEN



 Aug 6 2009 3:16 AM

Greetings my friend. Have a splendid day.
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Tasmaniac Publications

Tasmaniac Publications



 Jun 11 2009 10:46 PM

Thanks for the add Brett,

Good health & great writing,
Steve.
Myrrym Davies - Horror Writer

Myrrym Davies - Horror Writer



Apr 25 2009 4:15 PM

Thanks Bret! Glad to be a friend of the Plague, lol!
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Feb 6 2009 5:23 PM

Thanks for adding me
xo
Beth
Robert Elrod Illustration + Monster Portraits

Robert Elrod



 Jan 12 2009 11:49 PM

Thanks for the friendship. All the best in 2009!
Dylan J Morgan--Horror/Dark fiction author

Dylan Morgan



 Jan 12 2009 11:35 AM

HI BRET,

THANKS FOR THE ADD.

DYLAN.
The Author With Hopes & Dreams

The Author With Hopes & Dreams



 Dec 26 2008 4:54 AM

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

- Dave
Shrews

Steven Shrewsbury



 Oct 28 2008 5:01 PM

Have a great week and a killer halloween
Steven
Tracy DeVore

Tracy DeVore



 Oct 14 2008 4:01 PM

Thanks for the add! :)
~Tracy
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Dale Murphy



 Aug 23 2008 10:44 PM

Hey Bret I dig the new layout. I saw this only one other time and thought it was very cool (I believe it was a friend of yours). Who did the new drawing?

I think it would be awesome if there was a way to have a similar layout for online novels.

Have a great weekend bro!
Justin Holley - Horror Suspense Author

Justin Holley



 Aug 8 2008 2:15 PM

Thanks for the friendship and keep with the great art work.

~Justin
JUDGEHYDROGEN

JUDGEHYDROGEN



 Jul 31 2008 4:32 PM

Greetings. May this week find you well in these horrific times-JudgeH
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Rhonda Woolsey



 Jul 30 2008 9:20 PM

thank you. I will check out your art work asap. hope you have time to check out mine
Adele Cosgrove-Bray

Dark Fantasy Author



 Jun 12 2008 11:20 AM

"Ruins Metropolis" available now! Edited by Eric T Reynolds, published by Hadley Rille Books, this anthology offers 35 new Fantasy & Sci-Fi tales.

It also features my story, "Old World Magic". A visit to her local New Age store brings Tracy into conflict with the notorious Fae of Caldy Hill!
Kristy Tallman - Mystery & Thriller Author

Mystery Thriller Kristy Tallman



 Jun 6 2008 12:16 PM

We made it to Friday - It's all good!

Have a great weekened...

Much love,
Kristy
Daphne Maidstone

Daphne Maidstone



 May 30 2008 2:59 PM

Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!

Keep rockin and rollin and writin!
Daphne
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Horror Church



 May 16 2008 12:44 PM

THANKS FOR THE ADD! CHECK OUT OUR NEWEST EPISODE!
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Ron Breznay

Ron Breznay



 May 29 2008 2:53 AM

Thanks! It was fun.
JUDGEHYDROGEN

JUDGEHYDROGEN



 May 2 2008 6:05 PM

May you have a most splendid weekend-JudgeH
Cornelia

Cornelia Amiri



 May 1 2008 7:24 PM

Beltane Blessings
Malvasya

Malvasya



 Apr 10 2008 4:35 PM

Thanks you too....cheers
Lisa Kessler Writer

Lisa Kessler Writer



 Apr 10 2008 3:07 PM

Hi -

Thanks for finding my page!

I love your drawings! Wow!

Stop by and read my fiction blogs when you get a chance, I'd love to hear from you!

Lisa
DERDIAN

DERDIAN



 Nov 21 2007 10:10 PM

Thanks for the add!!!! :-)
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