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Morgan, her voice deep and resonant, spoke the invocation between my repetitions.
“Isis, goddess of the fertile land, we call to thee. I call to thee.”
Isis nudjerit en enus bu. Amma Iset.
“Wife of slain Osiris. Mother of Horus ascendant. We call to thee. I call to thee.”
Isis nudjerit en enus bu. Amma Iset.
“Queen of love, queen of mercy. We call to thee. I call to thee.”
Isis nudjerit en enus bu. Amma Iset.
“She whose love brought Osiris back from the dead, we call to thee. I call to thee.
Isis nudjerit en enus bu. Amma Iset.
“Great Isis. We beg that our beloved be given reprieve. Let your husband refuse her. Let her stay with the living.”
Isis nudjerit en enus bu. Amma Iset.
The prayer spoken, we both fell silent as the echoing words faded. I felt another shift in the air. Closing my eyes, I detected a warm wind, the smell of running water, the sound of waves rippling, the gentle splash of oars. Extending my arms, palms down, I felt ghostly river reeds brush my fingertips.
She had come.
— My Babylon, Book Five: Beast
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
The Beast transformed me into a creature burning with rage. Fire filled my lungs and flame came from my mouth as I spoke. A guttural sound passed my lips through gnashing teeth.
“Away! We recognize no authority here. Your master has no power over me.” Only later did I realize I had spoken those words in Enochian, the language of angels.
— My Babylon, Book Five: Beast
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
As I turned the card, I swear I heard a thunder-clap and felt the floor vibrate beneath me.
Flash. The Tower.
A tall white tower on a cliff, falling into ruin. Fire burns in three windows. Two of its occupants have leapt from it to their deaths on the rocks below. In the picture, a stroke of lightning has caused the tower’s collapse. Idiots fear the Death card, some fear The Devil. The worst card by far, if you ask me, is The Tower. It represents a stroke of truth that destroys all your preconceived notions. It tears down your beliefs, and leaves you defenseless. It will not be a gentle transition. This would be the outcome of our struggles.
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
“To love me is better than all things. If under the night stars in the desert, burn incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the serpent flame therein, and you will come to lie in my bosom.”
That sweet and powerful voice, how could they not put her on high? I wanted to run to her myself.
“Gather goods and spices, wear rich jewels, or carry only your love for me, and you will exceed the nations of the earth in splendor and pride, and so you will know joy. For one kiss, you will sacrifice all. Those who release to me but one particle of dust will in turn lose all their treasure.”
These old hoary rituals, written before the advent of modern propaganda, were often more amusing than inspiring. But this one was spot on, or at least she made it so. I admit it moved me.
“I charge you earnestly to come before me, if it be in a single robe, or covered in your finery. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or dark, veiled or wanton, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendor within you: come unto me!”
She was changing the words. Most were subtle changes, taking out the thous and ye shalls, that grate on modern ears. There were changes in substance as well, a more egalitarian tone to it. I glanced at the audience. No one seemed to take offense. Ezra’s eyes adored her.
“Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you. I am the blue-lidded daughter of sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.”
– My Babylon, Book Three: Risen
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
“What are you?”
The creature, the girl, the thing that had once been a dead body, lifted onto her hands and knees inside the magick circle where I had summoned her.
“I am what you made,” she said.
– My Babylon, Book Three: Risen
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
First stop on the My Babylon blog tour, the website of indie writer Anthony DeRoun, author the series, A Show for the Gods.
Head over to http://www.anthonyderouen.com/ to read about the inspiration behind My Babylon. Yes, Crowley gets mentioned.
While you’re there, check out his new book Precipice, available now in paperback and soon on Kindle.
“The creatures that appeared that night were different. Most were not humanoid. Some seemed to be of immense size, yet they still fit in the triangle prepared for them. The Legematon describes Orias as a man-like being with the head of a lion and snakes for arms, astride a great horse. The Orias that answered my call could be said to resemble something like that, in the same way constellations are said to resemble bears and crabs. He had the same gray skin and eyes like a pools of ink as his emissary, but his oozing limbs and twisted features resembled nothing human.”
And goetia.
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
“It only got worse after that. This record could become an unholy litany of the myriad acts of pain and pleasure I inflicted on her. I’m tempted to do just that, to somehow discover the secret of my downfall by pinpointing the moment she injected her poison in me, and made me think of nothing else. But that would be pointless. There was no moment, it was always all of it, all of her.
Have you ever been skydiving? Have you ever been shot at? Have you ever been in a fight? In the book Fight Club, the narrator explains, “After a night in fight club, everything in the real world gets the volume turned down.” I’ve never done any of those things, but I understand why some people keep going back into the fray until it destroys them. Rose turned me into an addict with just one hit. This convinced me more than anything else that I was not like normal people. Who could have sex like that and go on living a normal life?”
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.
“She turned several more shades of crimson and looked at the floor. That’s when she had me. That look of deference, that posture that goes right to my predatory instinct. The tilt of her neck, the slope of her shoulders, her entire demeanor said, I submit. Do what you will. I want it. I’ll do it. I’m defenseless. Take me.”
Yes, it has sex too.
My Babylon – A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
My Babylon Complete, containing all five book is now available on Amazon Kindle and in print.