They Call Me Charleston

By Latino Slant

Hola everyone! Paulie here. I started the Latino Slant in the summer of 2020 to celebrate and spotlight the achievements of Latinos in the entertainment field. Since then we have interviewed some incredible talent from acting legend Edward James Olmos to rising stars like Andrea Munoz.
The past few years I realized I'm hearing a lot of the same questions. "Where are our stories?"We want stories that are new and exciting. Bold and entertaining. Well that's the main reason why we are stepping into the creative area with our first novella, They Call me Charleston.
Since I'm passionate about great stories, instead of just complaining about Hollywood's ignorance and lack of creativity, I put my pen to paper. By giving you the audience some new works to be excited about, Latino Slant now has an answer to "Where are our strories?"

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Dec 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798350937886

Book preview

Table of Contents

Forever Now.

The Healer.

The Dapper Revolutionary

The Heart of the Hummingbird

Feo

Lather of Evil

Gibberish.

The Track Star

Bobo.

The Lonely Pine.

Sunday Dinner Massacre.

Fallen Son.

Time To Crossover.

Time To Stand Still.

Damn This Hate.

Yuma Bound

Time traveling.

They Call Me Charleston.

I am Charleston

Forever Now Universe Glossary

Lord God the Creator

Ancient Gods

Xochli(Sow-Cheell)                          The Toltec Queen

Mictlantecuhtli(Micte-caci-hu atl) King of Mictlan

Mictecacíhuatl(Mik-te-ka-si-wat)      Queen of Mictlan

Yaotzin The Dog(Devil, cave guardian) Keeper of Dark Lords. He cannot be killed, only counterbalanced.

Bravo, The Stone Arm, Toltec God of all Worlds. The chosen one. Descendant of  Xochil, Bravo teaches would be Gods their potential.

Celestial Beings. All have long life spans. Shorten by use of powers and divine intent.

The Collective

Composers. They have the power to dictate universal math and patterns. They do not emotionally have the power to control but can guide. They can emotionally guide sleeping spirits by the millions.

Healers. They deal with emotional beings. They can heal physical ailments. They can reset mental and emotional states. The beings have to be physically close and awake during any healing sessions.

Scouts. They are human and other beings. They can time jump but each jump shortens their lifespan. They find potentials, in their travels of space and time.

Observers. Human protectors and gatekeepers of time portals. They assist Scouts and Healers.

The Dark Cousins

The Dark Cousins lose all capacity to heal when they accept the ways of Yaotzin. They also possess humans as soldiers.

Dark Lords. They have the same powers as composers but implore kaos for a means of control.

Disciples. Generals that serve the Dark Lords.

Scavengers. Assassins. Fueled by anger and hate.

Scallywags(Wagers.) Super strength humans. Some are captains over others.

Human Bottom Dwellers also known as the Undead. The Horde. The Children of Son/Lost Humans.

Book One Characters

Charleston            The Healer.

Citlali Lala Coates      A potential Composer.

Bonita Coates             Deceased Observer and Mother to Lala.

Joanna Coates            Aunt to Lala.

Harold Coates            Uncle to Lala.

Nico Coates            Cousin to Lala.

Bobo Freehand            Friend to Nico, a Wager.

Tio Vicente            Great Uncle to Lala.

Cousin Georgie             Observer and mechanic.

Ti-ti Reyes            Cousin of Charleston, a Composer of the Yuma Desert.

Fallen Son/ Jose Sorrells      Dark Lord and ex-Member of the Hot Five.

More from the Appendices

Bravo’s Lands, school for the collective, resides in the Aztec Underworld as gifted by the King and Queen of Mictlan. All Collective and dark cousins have trained under Bravo’s tutelage. When they are of age, they accept assignments or live a mortal life span.

While attending Bravo’s school, all celestial beings are highly trained in hand to hand combat and weapons.

The Hot Five.  A musical band of both light and dark cousins that balanced the universe for a time.

Pumpkin. The Hummingbird. Protector of Bravo’s lands. Mother of Charleston.

Forever Now.

Q-vo. Before we begin, let me give you a little Forever Now universe rundown. Take the glossary above and pay attention. My time is valuable, yet time and