Update! I've been locked out of my Patreon for a while now due to weirdness with the login information (I stopped posting for a little while due to family health issues/work issues and then lost access to the account through my own incompetence), but I am now back in. I apologize for the prolonge...
2024-02-26 06:17:33 +0000 UTC View PostSwords of the West is a progression fantasy novel that, unsurprisingly, focuses on sword martial artists. I really like the worldbuilding for the setting, and if you're familiar with Xianxia or Wuxia parts of it will seem thematically similar, but my goal isn't for it to be the same 'golden...
2024-02-26 06:16:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe stairwell barely tingled as Bruce ascended to the first floor. It was like receiving a static shock. For a second, the hair on his arms stood on end, and then he was back in the maddening familiar tunnels of the maze.
A quick scan with Eyes of the Void revealed the area arou...
2023-12-30 15:56:49 +0000 UTC View PostBruce shook himself, ridding his body of the last hints of disorientation from ascending the staircase. Finally, after what felt like weeks of struggle and flight, he was on the second floor. There were still auras that marked traps, illusions, and accumulations of psychic energy, but...
2023-12-30 15:54:57 +0000 UTC View PostBruce swirled his drink. Underneath him, his rope hammock creaked precariously. He leaned forward slightly, careful not to upset the delicate balance as he tried to grab hold of the straw with only his lips.
It bounced off, turning to the side slightly and forcing Bruce to shift...
2023-12-30 15:53:14 +0000 UTC View PostThey were everywhere, pouring in from side passages as they swarmed into the gaps in the air. On his run toward the trap hallway, the mites had been like rivers and streams, complete with flow and currents as they rushed toward him. Now, they were like an ocean surging toward Bruce. &...
2023-12-30 15:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostBruce activated Eyes of the Void the second his foot touched the ground of the third floor. Information poured in, and his eyes widened involuntarily. A cold chill ran down his spine, dousing the sore muscles and frayed nerves from his ascent up the staircase with a bucket of ice wate...
2023-12-30 15:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuras glowed dimly up and down the labyrinth walls. Bruce crouched next to a corner, perfectly still. It had taken him a day or so of hunting to fully realize that he was a psychic construct that didn’t need to breathe. Now, there was nothing to betray his presence as Bruce la...
2023-12-30 15:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I'm about to post a block of chapters, but I just wanted to let you know where things are/going. I've spent a good chunk of the last month on editing Somnus 4 and Dream 3. Right now I'm working on The Great Predator ( 2023-12-30 15:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a short story (~25 pages) that I wrote for an anthology. It'll have to come down when the anthology gets published (probably close to March/April) but I thought that I should post it in the meantime. It's self contained (not part of any of my other worlds), so if that isn't yo...
2023-12-01 06:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostSamazzar opened his eyes. Scales covered the snow around him, and the now cool corpse of the drake behind him seemed smaller. Much smaller.
He stood up, towering over the dead drake as well as the kobolds and saurians that were milling about. Crone Tazzaera didn’t even s...
2023-11-23 15:07:15 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 6, Wind (Noble) 4, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 6, Wind (Noble) 4, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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2023-06-16 17:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostI've officially started on Dream 3, Magus of the North. Given the popularity of previous indexes, I'm planning on continuing that here.
Chapter 1 - Reborn of Flame
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 4, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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2023-06-15 17:16:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends, enemies, and those in between.
I've reached my personal goal of 200 pages in The Great Predator which means that I will be moving on to Dream of Wings and Flame 3, Magus of the North.
I'm currently working on outlining now so anyone at the $15 tier that wants to have ...
“Okay,” Bruce said, hopping up and down as he tried to bleed off energy from his recent run. “Fourth floor. Can I finally try fighting and earning a little EXP now that I’m here?”
“Theoretically,” Kassar replied slowly. “I wouldn’t recommend it. Enc...
2023-06-14 16:33:12 +0000 UTC View PostBruce paused for a moment, keeping track of the three smudges of brown on the very outside limits of Eyes of the Void that marked labyrinth snails. He wasn’t sure whether it was the extra point of will or simply his additional familiarity with the layout and traps of the floor, but tracki...
2023-06-13 17:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostHe jumped through the ‘wall’ of the cage. For a brief second, Bruce felt a rush of vertigo as he ‘fell,’ but the illusion was unable to maintain the sensation for long. He landed in empty air above a roiling ocean and broke into a sprint toward one of the glowing boundaries of...
2023-06-12 18:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostBruce shook his head to clear it. The skin on his back still tingled from a near miss by one of the balls of sentient lightning, but the floor was a bit easier to navigate once he knew what to look for. A bit.
In front of him stood the staircase to the sixth floor. It was ...
2023-06-09 15:09:37 +0000 UTC View PostA jolt of pain ran up Kat’s arm, drawing a hiss as she adjusted the sling.
“Are you sure you’re ready to jump back into business so quickly?” Whippoorwill asked, her forehead furrowed as she leaned toward Kat. “You were just shot a couple of days ago. The doctors...
2023-06-04 17:12:26 +0000 UTC View PostDorrik stood perfectly still, their scales covered in swirling patterns of ceremonial white paint and their breath coming in short, even puffs. Sikka stood a couple paces away, her lower hands twisting and fretting together. Right by her side was Kaleek. At some point the desoph...
2023-06-04 15:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostKat opened her eyes to the adventurer’s hall. The institution on the ninth floor wasn’t nearly as large as the others she had grown used to, really more of a small shopping center with three vendors, most of whose customers were lokkel.
“Katherine,” a familiar voice called out...
2023-06-01 17:16:26 +0000 UTC View PostKat didn’t wait for the door to fully open, instead firing four flechette rounds at the metal in rapid succession. The first two warped and dented the doors, warping them to the point that they scraped to a halt as the elevator’s motors tried to pull them open.
The second two shot...
2023-05-31 17:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you seeing any movement from security, Chiffon?” Kat asked urgently, left hand on the bleeding hole in her sternum as she rolled off of the dead samurai.
“I could barely see them move,” the Haupt guard babbled.
“Nothing at the moment,” Whippoorwill replied, her ...
2023-05-30 02:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Cutting engines, prepare for silent gliding."
The words appeared on Kat’s smart panel a half second before the steady roar of the airship’s engine disappeared, jolting the entire vessel. Her harness creaked as the sudden movement rocked her back and forth, the clouds underneath...
2023-05-27 14:01:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe heavy hiss of rain on stone drowned out the quiet conversation between Jaalin, Toorvu and Stekat. Kat looked out of their cave at the barren, rocky landscape of the ninth floor.
There wasn’t much light, partially a factor of the thick, omnipresent, clouds that hung low in the sk...
2023-05-26 12:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostClick Click Click.
Kat’s e-stylus pattered on the glass table, tapping out a quick steady beat.
“That’s not going to speed anything up,” Whippoorwill remarked. “We will hear back when we hear back.”
Kat sighed, setting the pen down. She foled her hands in...
2023-05-25 22:21:58 +0000 UTC View PostKat waved her right arm back and forth, activating Water Jet and filling the air with mist that quickly caught the light. Above them, the Tyrant Vine was coiled tightly around the staircase, unmoving but foreboding.
She took a quick breath, trying to ignore the harsh chemical smell of...
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