https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/categories/chapter-1--awakening/Recent content in Chapter 1 — Awakening on Chicago ChroniclesHugoen-usThu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/posts/after-the-fire/Sat, 23 Feb 1991 17:48:00 +0000https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/posts/after-the-fire/<p><em>Brighton Street, Capitol Hill</em> <em>Denver, Colorado</em></p> <hr> <p>Flash came up out of the dark without the small mercies of waking. No grog, no stretch, no slow accumulation of where. The body turned on. Eyes open, the radiator hissing too high, the streetlight bleeding brown through the shade. Saturday evening. The window said it. The cold in his hands said it. His hands knew the time before the clock did.</p> <p>The clock on the dresser said 17:51.</p>