Heroes of the Alley

The Last Day: Heroes of the Alley

By Jashae Slaughter & Elias Blackwood
A Xero for Hire Production

🌆 In a forgotten suburb of Rivers, childhood is the last safe frontier.

The kids of Charlotte don’t have much — a few bikes, a cracked alleyway, and a world they build from imagination. Every summer afternoon, they become heroes: Iron Knight, Mars, Sailor Sarah, and Ghostwire, fighting invisible monsters and saving their small corner of the city from make-believe evil.

But when new neighbors arrive, strange noises echo from the woods, and glowing eyes appear at night, the children’s games begin to feel a little too real.

Something ancient has awakened beyond the treeline — and the grown-ups aren’t telling the whole story.

As the older brother Eric races with the Neon Knights, and his sickly neighbor Ryan starts seeing creatures no one else can, childhood dreams collide with the grim secrets buried beneath the city of Rivers.

🕯️ What You’ll Get

• Digital eBook (EPUB & PDF) – full story, formatted for phones, tablets, and print.
• Audio Book Chapters 1-13

⚙️ Themes

• Childhood wonder in a decaying world
• Family, faith, and the thin veil between play and prophecy
• The monsters that haunt cities — and the ones that hide inside us