Read the first installment of John Crye’s The Elect Stories online for free! “An epic adventure told in thirty-six installments. Five young idealists commit themselves to a mission to bring peace to their warring nations. They fail.Twenty years later, as their old nemesis raises its head once more, the middle-aged adventurers must decide how – or whether – to take up their old quest once more.”

(Full Disclosure: John Crye is a friend of the Gutter and has written several articles for us. Yay, John!)