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Gotham's Dead End Bar INTERLUDE 5

[Night City 2076, Top of Arasaka Tower]

“Look, Mom… I’m here. Very top of Arasaka Tower.”

David knew he was gone at this point. A lost cause. He was riding the edge. So thrilling, so terrifying. N...

Gotham's Dead End Bar INTERLUDE 4

In a specifically prepared showroom attached to the Dead End, one of a jester girl’s dreams was coming true. That’s right, baby~! Harley Quinn had her own show now~! She was going to be FAMOUS famous~!

The set was only sparsely de...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.36

“-So I was drunk as a skunk at this point. Just completely wasted. The only thing that kept me from blacking out was the fact that cultivators are BULLSHIT. So instead of poisoning myself and utterly destroying my liver, the Thousand Venom Snake...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.35

Clark Kent didn’t quite know how to feel about one Sean Caine. The man was… vexing. As frustrating as he was likable. And just an utter walking enigma. He didn’t go against EVERYTHING Clark thought he knew about the world. But he did turn mo...

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‘Prepare, Sean Caine, Eternal Barkeeper! I have declared my interest in your legend! I intend to visit your establishment! We shall drink and fight and break bread and tell tales! A grand friendship starts with this letter! Do not resist!’

Gotham's Dead End Bar INTERLUDE 3 (Smut)

Sean gazed deeply into Kara’s eyes. Wide baby blues met stormy grays. Shock, disbelief, delight, and something akin to flustered panic shined from behind her eyes.

Sean’s hands held hers tenderly. Delicate fingers intertwined with his la...

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The girls and I followed the Kents into their dining room. There we were greeted by the rest of the family. Three people — a woman and two younger boys. Oh, and a dog. Can’t forget the dog. Krypto the Superpup barked happily in greeting.

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.32

Kara hummed to herself, flying high above her city in costume. National City was a big place. Not quite as big as Metropolis or Gotham but close. And while it wasn’t nearly as eventful as those two cities, it held a special place in Kara’s hea...

Gotham's Dead End Bar INTERLUDE 2

Weeeee~!

Mew was enjoying itself. It had never regretted coming with the trainer that finally ‘tamed’ it. Though it would protest against that specific wording. Mew wasn’t tamed. It was quite free to do whatever it so wished. And what ...

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Ciri laughed at the top of her lungs, thoroughly enjoying herself for the first time in recent memory. Nothing loomed over her head anymore. She was free from the Hunt, free from her constant flight between worlds. All because she’d heard a song...

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“We’re about ready, Mr. Barkeep,” Black Canary said

She came back up to the bar to tell me that. At the same time, she looked like she would rather be anywhere else. I clearly wasn’t making her my biggest fan in any sense of the word...

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I’ll admit to a bit of excitement. It was happening. And it couldn’t have picked a better night. Entertainment was written in the cards tonight, and for once, it didn’t have my stories’ name on it. Live music at the Dead End, featuring Bla...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.28

A great darkness clouded the land. Cruel. Menacing. Terrifying. And utterly adorable. Cass had turned to the dark side. To evil. She threatened everything we held dear! Who, oh, who would stop her?!

I had no choice but to step up to the plat...

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Contrary to the usual norm, the Dead End didn’t wake with the rising sun. Instead, we stirred when it began to fall below the horizon. The ultimate effect was still the same, especially when it came to Harley.

She groaned, “Uuuuuuugggghh...

Gotham's Dead End Bar INTERLUDE 1

A lone woman stood before seven screens, arranged in a semi-circle around her. Each screen projected a silhouette, obscured entirely by light. And though the expressions of the people on the other side of the screens were impossible to make out, i...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.26

Kara was having the time of her life. She knew she was being slightly naughty at the moment. Breaking the Watchtower’s rules and all that. But there was something about flying around the station’s halls that had her tingling with excitement an...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.25

“Barbara. Just file your own damn report already,” Batman growled.

Barbara rolled her eyes for the umpteenth time since she came up to the Watchtower to visit Kara and put herself in Bruce’s range of nagging, “Flash filed one. Isn’...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.24

The expressions in the Dead End wouldn’t have looked out of place on soldiers returning from WWI. Nearly everyone was practically shell-shocked. Flash. Captain Cold. Riddler. Catwoman. The Bat Family. Countless mooks and goons. Even I didn’t e...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.23

The staring match of the century took place in the Dead End — Bat Mom vs. The Flash. The kids were just thankful for the respite from their familial embarrassment via group hugs. Well, except for Damian. He was a good kid and seemed to genuinely...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.22

“Sean Caine. Designation: Mr. Barkeep. Alignment: Neutral. Threat Level: Cosmic,” Batman said somberly.

Flash snorted, “You’ve got a Cosmic threat running around in your city and you haven’t done anything about it?”

“Yes,...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.21

Kara’s visit got me thinking. It was successful. Kara was, and I think always would be, a delight. It was nearly impossible to hate her. She was just so positive and wholesome.

Barbara called her ‘farm-girl’. As in the female equivalen...

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Kara thought she knew what she was getting into.

“-And-! And-! He’s such a bastard! A sexy, stupid, sexy, insufferable, sexy bastard!” Barbara raved. “He’s made more work for me in a few months than Dick has all year! And you know ...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.19

On an otherwise routine night, the Dead End received two visitors. They were unexpected. And they required special attention from me. Mostly because I had them banned on a technicality before they showed up.

Thankfully, the two mystery guest...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.18

Two-Face was fuming mad. Everyone in the Dead End could tell. So mad he wasn’t even flipping his trademark coin. He was just glaring at Catwoman with a rage to match the sun.

“Oh, calm down, Two-Face,” Catwoman said, rolling her eyes. ...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.17

“I accept,” Black Alice intoned gravely.

She probably put more gravitas into her acceptance than I did for my formal offer of sanctuary. But this was magic and there were certain rituals to be observed. Strangely, I didn’t think Alice ...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.16

The Dead End was empty. It was closing time, about 5:30 in the morning. The sun would be coming up in an hour or so. What passed for sunshine in Gotham, at least. I kept the bar open late — or early, more accurately — to cater to my prime clie...

Gotham's Dead End Bar Ch.15

With a grin on my face and a song in my heart, I surveyed my kingdom. Oh, that was a thought. Maybe I should see about getting live music for the bar.

Maybe I could get Black Canary to sing here. Or get John Constantine to resurrect the punk...

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[AN: You can skip the second half of this chapter if you want to avoid smut (for whatever reason)

Also, credit to Roy Marax on my Patreon for the mirror idea. I really like how it turned out.]

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