The Saga of Me: Divine Justice

By Joel Puga

Heaven, Purgatory and Hell, the three realms of the afterlife. Agents from each side try to manipulate Man, making it do things it wouldn't normally do, to influence its final destination. All to get more souls and gain an advantage in the Eternal War.
I can't accept it. It isn't fair for the place of eternal rest (or torment) of a person to be determined by what a third party led it to do. And I fight to prevent it.

Here, I tell the stories of some of my battles in the constant war to impose divine justice in this world, where the deities themselves are corrupt.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joel Puga
• Release date: Oct 11, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310180316

Joel Puga

Joel Puga nasceu na cidade portuguesa de Viana do Castelo em 1983. Entrou em contacto muito cedo com a fantasia e a ficção científica, principalmente graças a séries e filmes dobrados transmitidos por canais espanhóis. Assim que aprendeu a ler, enveredou pela literatura de género, começando a aventura com os livros de Júlio Verne. Foi nesta altura que produziu as suas primeiras histórias, geralmente passadas nos universos de outros autores, cuja leitura estava reservada a familiares e amigos.Em 2001, mudou-se para Braga para prosseguir os estudos, altura em que decidiu que a sua escrita devia ser mais do que um hobby privado. Isso valeu-lhe a publicação em várias antologias e fanzines portuguesas abordando diversos sub-géneros da ficção especulativa.Vive, hoje, em Braga, onde divide o seu tempo entre o emprego como engenheiro informático, a escrita e a leitura.Joel Puga was born in the Portuguese city of Viana do Castelo in 1983. Since an early age, he has been in contact with fantasy and science fiction, mainly thanks to dubbed films and TV shows transmitted by Spanish channels. As soon as he learned how to read, he got into genre literature; starting his adventure with Julio Verne’s books. It was during this time that he produced his first stories, generally using other author's universes as a backdrop, the reading of which was reserved to family and friends.In 2001, he moved to Braga to follow his studies, a time in which he decided his writings should be more than a private hobby. This granted him several publications in Portuguese anthologies and fanzines of various sub-genres of speculative fiction.Today, he lives in Braga, where he divides his time between his job as a computer engineer, as well as writing and reading.Joel Puga nació en la ciudad portuguesa de Viana do Castelo, en el año 1983. Desde muy temprana edad, mostró interés por la fantasía y la ciencia ficción sobre todo gracias al doblaje de películas y programas de televisión para canales españoles. Tan pronto como aprendió a leer, se sintió atraído por la literatura de género, iniciando esta fascinante aventura gracias a los libros de Julio Verne. Durante ese período, produjo sus primeras historias, las cuales, por lo general, estaban inspiradas en el universo de otros autores. La lectura de sus primeras obras quedaba reservada a familiares y amigos.En 2001, se trasladó a Braga para continuar con sus estudios. En esa época, decidió que sus escritos deberían ser algo más que un pasatiempo privado. Como consecuencia de esta decisión, publicó varias obras en antologías portuguesas y revistas de varios sub-géneros destinadas a fans (fanzines) de la ficción especulativa.En la actualidad reside en Braga, donde divide su tiempo entre su trabajo como ingeniero informático, y su pasión por la escritura y la lectura.

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The Saga of Me - Divine Justice

by Joel Puga

Copyright 2023 Joel Puga

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Table of Contents

Vampires

The Council

Soul Business

Ghosts and Werewolves

The Children of Concordia

About the Author

Other Works by the Author

Vampires

It's two in the morning of a dark and rainy night. With quick steps, I approach an old abandoned house in the centre of Braga. In spite of the protection of my trench coat and leather gloves I'm drenched, and I wish I was within the shelter of a roof and four walls. Still, I can't help but notice the posters that cover the old ruin. Adverts for political parties, placed here at the time of the last elections. Elections; a mechanism created to give mere humans the illusion that they can control their own destiny. What they don't realize is that the leaders of the various parties control them first, through this political marketing, the speeches in which they talk a lot but say little, the appearances in public, the kissing babies campaigns, as I like to call them, and, sometimes, even the giving of hams to the voters. And the people, surrounded by all this paraphernalia, forget what really matters, the work done by the candidates, their curriculum, their merits and demerits, and vote solely based on sympathies. This is why I never vote. I do not believe in the current state of democracy, in the dictatorship of the majority, in which the majority is brain washed.

Seconds later I cross the door of the decaying building, and I find myself within a huge room lit by dozens of candles. Around me, naked men and women give themselves to the pleasures of the flesh, but their alabaster skin and long, sharp canines reveal that they are not human. Vampires. Creatures that once were human but that, after learning the truth about Heaven and Hell, came, like me, to the conclusion that neither of the two is a desirable destination and chose to use ancient rituals to indefinitely prolong their lives. Once, I considered becoming one of them, but promptly found out that they pay a high price for immortality, much too high for me. The curse, because I can't see the ritual as anything else, makes them vulnerable to sunlight, so they have to spend all day hidden in the dark corners of the world, and can only go out during the night. In addition, they have to regularly drink human blood or end up weakened or even losing eternal life. When found, they are hunted down and killed. Marginalized and persecuted, many