“Anybody bring a light?” Jeb asked into the void.
The response was the chittering of insects and a whoosh of air as something big went right past his face.
“Hit the deck!” Corporal Stevens shouted, and Jeb complied. His FMO shields were magic, but he didn’t...
2021-04-11 17:07:45 +0000 UTC View Post“There you are, you…” While unlocking a door via telekinesis was easy as balls, unlocking a huge-ass vault door was significantly more difficult. The bolts were locked in place without electricity, after all, and Jeb only had two strands of Myst.
I should work on that.
...
2021-04-04 18:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostHumans were streaming like ants toward the east side of the air force base, and the ants…they were forming ranks.
Small caliber bullets pancaked ineffectually off the heavily armored forelimbs as the creatures marched forward in lockstep, commanding the space in the streets. Ev...
2021-04-04 18:11:57 +0000 UTC View PostNellis Air Force Base was originally three hundred miles away from L.A., give or take, but because of The Stitching, Earth had been haphazardly slapped together with Pharos half a year ago. Any long-range travel had been doubled in length and tripled in duration. Roads ended in dead-ends with swa...
2021-03-28 17:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the restaurant did not have ketchup, but they were happy to try and whip up an approximation.
Jeb once again took in how fabulously wealthy the eatery was, and observed just how comfortable Vresh was sitting there being waited on by men wearing literal gold trim. Old m...
2021-03-28 17:46:54 +0000 UTC View PostVresh had given him an ultimatum to meet him at a neutral location alone where she would brief him on ‘the mission’, by tomorrow noon, or else she would…I dunno, she was vague about the ‘or else’ part.
“You watched her saw a man’s head off.” Smartass pointed out, as...
2021-03-21 22:12:40 +0000 UTC View Post“This way!” Ari said, motioning Kezdorn to follow her up the side of the mountain.
“Easy…for…you to…say.” Kezdorn panted as he tried to keep up with the little fairy flitting her way up the crusted mountainside. Already the coating of faradan was beginning to crack as na...
2021-03-15 20:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostI'm concerned that the detours to vegas and alcatraz are slow reading, and they don't advance the plot at all: they don't even work as a chekov's gun that he pulls out at the last minute, so they just sit there doing nothing like an appendix.
Here's the paragraphs : 2021-02-25 03:45:36 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_2IdybTV0
There's a lot of work to do before the book is Kindle ready, and I want you guys to know how I'm going to be spending my time.
I plan on spending at least <...
Jeb froze in front of the throne, feeling like a very small animal in front of a very large snake…with cheerful yellow plumage.
“Without this information we wouldn’t have exposed this level of corruption in our local government, and for your help excising this tumor from my empire, I ...
2021-02-21 23:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post***Brett***
Brett was no stranger to a party.
He’d never been to a party with naked bird-women carrying trays of hors d’oeuvres, but still, you’ve been to one orgy where everyone’s wearing a big-bird mask, you’ve been to them all.
Amanda and Brett split apart like hunt...
2021-02-21 21:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostBeing a Roil Chaser was dangerous work, but it was rewarding, in more ways than one.
The empire needed to know immediately if the living storm made any unexpected movements, and Gale liked knowing that the advance warning afforded by him and his companions was literally saving lives from th...
2021-02-21 21:10:15 +0000 UTC View Post
So I Commissioned some art of Jess for the cover of Book 1 along with art of Smartass for Book 2. This represents three days of work on the part of the artist, and I think it looks fantastic. The finishe...
2021-02-15 00:13:29 +0000 UTC View Post***Emperor Pikaku, Uniter of the Continent, Ruler of Mestikos, Level 327***
Chains rattled as Pikaku’s father moved his hand, telegraphing his next move.
Pikaku chose discretion, allowing his father’s Waluigi to sprint far ahead. The former emperor had chosen the character because...
2021-02-14 21:09:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Any interest in going with him? Jeb asked Smartass as Eddie left, his drone taking off and flying high above his creator, keeping an extra eye on the situation, albeit golden retriever smart.
“You know what the normal response to a fairy in the halls of government are?” Smartass aske...
2021-02-14 21:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe lens merchants looked at Jeb like he was going to get everything dirty and/or plot some kind of terrorism, but when Zlesk walked in covered in wounds, they bent over backwards to accommodate him as soon as they saw his Citizen club card, selling him whatever he wanted without questio...
2021-02-07 22:32:31 +0000 UTC View PostJeb charged up the stairs, heart hammering as he did. At the top of the spiral staircase, he paused long enough to look left and right, keeping an eye open for homicidal Keegan.
There, on the left, was a room with a splintered open door. Jeb barreled down the hall, his prosthetic foot c...
2021-02-07 21:34:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you…are you serious?”
“Unless you wish to retract your scurrilous statement! You have insulted me, and the only way out for you now is to retract your words or face your death in combat!”
“First of all,” Jeb said, holding up a finger. “It was a scurrilous question...
2021-01-31 21:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostThey spilled their guts in every way but the literal way.
The judge’s name was Mirzos Elkor, and he’d suddenly grown a give-a-shit for the sanctity of human life sometime between the night before last and now. Out of nowhere, the keegan judge had leaned on the detective’s boss, who ha...
2021-01-31 21:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostSo I need to make an author bio for Amazon, especially once book 2 comes out, or I'm basically shooting myself in the foot. People wanna follow my author page, which doesn't exist yet. To that end, i'm making an author Bio, and I want it to be jazzy.
I noticed that the vast majority of Lit...
“Children?” Zlesk whispered, clenching his fists. “This man you’re hunting is reaping children?”
“Yeah, I mean, why did you think I started an orphanage?” Jeb asked, raising a brow.
Zlesk’s expressive brows furrowed in thought, then he shrugged. “Be...
2021-01-24 22:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t like the scar test.” Nancy griped, rubbing the burnt line of skin on the back of her hand.
“I mean, who does, but they numb it up first, so it doesn’t hurt.” Casey said, inspecting the back of his hand, which was perfectly clear of the brand. Casey had been here a full ...
2021-01-24 21:58:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey, Zlesk!” Jeb exclaimed upon seeing the keegan sheriff gracing his doorstep. “How’s it going?”
Sure is nice to see him again. He’s a good guy. I wonder what he’s doing here, though? Him taking a vacation that soon after me leaving doesn’t sound right. He seemed to re...
2021-01-17 22:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Boss!”
“Ngeh!” Jeb grunted, peeling his eyes open to stare at the ceiling. Principles of Myst sensors and behavior programming 101 lay open on his chest where he’d simply dozed off somewhere halfway through the night.
“There’s some kid at the door!” ...
2021-01-17 22:02:40 +0000 UTC View PostNancy’s eyes popped open and she sat up, her heart beating so fast.
Where am I? she craned her neck, looking around the room. The walls and ceiling were clean looking except for the smudges above the lamps, which seemed to be made of shiny gold. The walls they attached t...
2021-01-17 21:36:38 +0000 UTC View PostRon glanced over at Jeb clomping down the road, patting his forehead with the damp towel. Then the Mystic Taxidermist did a double-take.
“Holy shit!” Ron dropped his hoe and leaped over the waist-high fence, landing on the dirt path outside his land and sprinting toward Jeb at ...
2021-01-10 19:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re serious?” Jeb asked.
“No humans allowed.” The hulking melas said, holding up an orange palm in front of his face. “Surely you can read the sign.” He motioned to a big white sign with scribbles on it.
“This is usually the part where the bribe works,” Jeb mutte...
2021-01-10 19:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post“This must be the place,” Jeb said, glancing up at the sign. ‘Otto’s Slave house’ hung over the door according to Smartass, but it wasn’t sleazy and written on a plank of wood, it was carved into marble and gold, hung above the fancy looking building by thin strands of some kind of in...
2021-01-03 20:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostJeb loomed over a map of the west coast, practically butting heads with Smartass as they both surveyed the details.
“Okay, here’s the P.O.I.” Jeb, said circling the three oil refineries in California, Alcatraz off the coast of San Fran, the candy factories between here and L.A, Silico...
2021-01-03 20:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Shit!” Jeb stopped, dropped and rolled, lumps of armor plating flying above him. He rolled under the lifted Jeep, heart hammering in his ears.
Jeb whipped his forty-four out of the holster. He was too busy to feel the pain of the asphalt scalding his skin, or where the sudden jerk had ...
2021-01-03 20:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post