And here we go, with the first set of questions and answers! There's definitely more on the way, don't worry! And we'll be back to proper short stories next month.
What if Talia had actually developed a fire affinity? (Asked by Bingus.)
Here's the final issue of Basilisk Street!
This one's... a bit of a mess. I tried to fit too much in, too quickly, without giving things time to breathe. I included too much just because I thought it was cool. (I apparently thought sword canes were cool at that point? Eesh.) I didn't stick ...
2024-08-29 09:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostSorry no vote this months, folks, I just don't have the energy for catching up on short stories after finishing the new book. So it's What If time instead!
No real rules or restrictions, ask whatever questions you'd like! I'll collect the questions that most intrigue me and write up answers...
2024-08-23 06:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo, good news, bad news, and... regular news? Ambivalent news?
Anyhow, good news: The City That Would Eat the World, book 1 of my new trilogy More Gods Than Stars, is now with beta readers! Initial reactions have been positive, which is a huge relief to me. (Starting a new series ha...
2024-08-23 06:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey hey, it's time for Basilisk Street Issue 4!
This issue is the main reason I didn't want to share Basilisk Street until Mage Errant was done.
Also, I kinda forgot how batshit insane the speed and level of escalation was in Basilisk Street! Just... wow, that's a lot, young me. S...
2024-07-21 10:54:28 +0000 UTC View PostThis story is set on the moon of Ishveos, the setting of my upcoming series More Gods Than Stars. It shows off a small part of the magic system, and an even smaller part of the setting. This story was heavily inspired by the works of Craig Childs.
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2024-07-13 13:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostTime for the monthly short story poll! Just two options this month, I'm in the final stretch on More Gods Than Stars book 1! (If everything goes as planned, should have it to my editor and beta readers in August!)
Sunken Gods (Ishveos): At the mouth of the Santrich river, where the ...
2024-07-06 15:16:20 +0000 UTC View PostAncestral Relics is set on the world of Limnus, and begins approximately one year after Mage Errant’s conclusion.
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No one in the village of Six-Bridge knew the dying man.
Six-Bridge was an unusual village in ...
2024-06-18 05:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostTime for the monthly short story poll! This month I've got a trio of heavy hitters for y'all, and I'm genuinely super curious what's gonna come out on top. Usually I have a pretty solid guess, but not this time!
Ancestral Relics (Limnus): When a dying stranger stumbles out of the io...
2024-06-15 07:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostTime for Basilisk Street Issue 3! Things start to really escalate here.
You can absolutely see early forms of many of the ideas and tropes I love exploring today- weird superweapons, bureaucratic shenanigans, etc, etc. Just... in clumsier form than I'd write them today.
Regular short ...
2024-06-04 13:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostTime for Basilisk Street Issue 2!
It was a struggle for me to not correct minor issues as I reviewed the script, hah. I would do this story very differently if I were to write it today.
But, as is, happy to leave it as an artifact of my earlier writing.
Next mo...
The following short story is a non-Aetheriad, second person horror story inspired by a bout of insomnia I had one night a couple months back, and by the sleep paralysis a couple people in my life have. I mostly try to stick to Aetheriad short stories for the Patreon- I know what y'all are her...
2024-05-10 12:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostBasilisk Street was a graphic novel script I wrote around 2011-2012. Pretty standard "secret government agency" story in the first few issues, specifically an agency dedicated to monitoring, controlling, and shutting down exotic weaponry- linguistic weaponry, d...
2024-04-23 17:48:53 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, proper poll time! So, this month, we're voting on the order you're gonna get this non-Aetheriad stuff. (Thanks for voting to let me focus on the book!) Important note, all the "Old Comic Stuff" votes are going to be collected together- to see whether it or Alarm Clock will go first. (So ...
2024-04-14 12:08:56 +0000 UTC View PostSo, got a question for y'all higher tiers:
Right now, I'm making fantastic progress on More Gods Than Stars 1, and writing is going better than it has been in months. (Much of that has just been things going better in my personal life.) I'd like to double down on the book and try to get it...
This incident report is set on the continent of Gelid, one year after the events of Mage Errant. It is an excerpt from a text on magical urban design, intended for advanced students from the subject.
The Haeverian Fountain Incident is little known outside its immediate surroundings...
2024-03-14 16:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go again! Y'all know the drill.
The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories: A Mage Errant Anthology, is out now on Amazon and 2024-02-27 17:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Promised y'all a status update on Patreon stuff, here we go!
So, as is, I'm pretty happy with this Patreon. I love writing short stories, this Patreon keeps me writing them, thumbs up all around! Got the first Mage Errant anthology coming out here in a couple weeks, which I may have mention...
2024-02-14 13:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Sea a Cave is set on the world of Raigon, first introduced at the end of Mage Errant 7.
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This is the story of how I died.
Newcomers to Raigon are often surprised to learn how easy the common tongues are to learn. They think that,...
2024-02-13 13:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostTime for this month's short story poll! And I actually got it done on reasonable time this month!
Stone's Not Real is set four years before Mage Errant, and most of a year after Sand's Not Real.
Also, quick PSA: The short stories due to be included in 2024-01-29 13:01:20 +0000 UTC
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Time for this month's short story poll! Sorry it's so late this month- it's been a rough month, writing-wise! (Life enjoys getting in the way of writing.)
Also expect an upcoming "State of the Aetheriad" post where I discuss my future plans for the Known Multiverse, my upcoming trilogy More...
2024-01-28 11:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostThese notes will be included at the end of The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories anthology, out in late February, so I'll have to take them down at the end of January. At the end of this list will be notes for Murder in Ras Andis and Gram of Clan Castis, which were included at the end of Mage...
2023-12-18 11:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn case anyone hasn't seen it yet, the Gorgon Incident and Other Stories is now available for pre-order on Amazon and 2023-12-18 11:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This story is set six months after Mage Errant.
The instant Asa the Banisher was out of earshot of the village longhouse, she began interrogating her apprentice.
“Elemental or spirit?” she asked, toying with the thick copper bracelet around her left wrist.
<... 2023-12-16 14:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostSo I was rummaging around my old writing, and I found a project I'd kinda forgotten about- Shattered Earth, an ecoterrorism mystery comic pitch that Image rejected back in 2019, with multiple pages of completed art and everything.
I'd be happy to share it, but given that rather than a story...
2023-12-03 12:12:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlong Came A Dragon is set a decade before Mage Errant. (Also, I've come to realize that I really enjoy writing short stories about fools.)
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Xandrefax Sphinxslayer had soared through the ...
2023-11-28 10:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostPolls should start coming earlier in the month again starting next month, I finally got my buffer built back up! And will this be the month that Basilisk Street finally kicks off? (Lol.)