I followed Sakura and the other oni to a castle on a hill. The fortified pagoda-like structure reminded me of those flying ships the cultivators loved. Sakura entered and was escorted to a lounge. ...
2025-06-16 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSakura and I departed in the midafternoon. If our new neighbors were as heavily populated and loosely organized as my recent interrogations suggested, we could hopefully sneak in with returning sco...
2025-06-14 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI needed to stay on call in case one quest I’d issued triggered, but that didn’t mean I had to stay at home. There was still a lot to do getting my staff and armor battle-ready again, but I had...
2025-06-12 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I did when I returned to Crownhill was prepare to share my recent discovery. I found Frank in the same breakfast joint I’d seen him that morning, probably still enjoying a late br...
2025-06-09 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLooting diapers from the ruins of a department store was one of the last things I thought of when planning an adventure, but I knew our future selves would thank us for this.
The department s...
2025-06-07 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI stayed up late with Bridget, reading and speaking quietly by the fire. I felt my hand resting upon her belly absentmindedly the whole night long, though there was no bump to show for the pregnanc...
2025-06-03 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMyrina seemed to sense my mood. She bumped my shoulder as soon as I was dressed and smiled at me.
“Guess what? We found one room over from here? Treasure!”
Seeing her grin from ear ...
2025-05-31 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI dropped the trio I came with off, then came back to haul Cyra alone. She'd grown herself a little taller again thanks to all the fighting while on crusade, so she needed both arms.
When we ...
2025-05-29 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI've always enjoyed building things.
Before the integration, when the System came to Earth and destroyed the world, that meant nailing two-by-fours together into a barn. Or helping the team i...
2025-05-24 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMy name is Carter Smith. I was born to a normal family and had a mostly normal childhood, with one minor difference. Growing up, my best friend was secretly an Amazonian from a far-off planet. Befo...
2025-05-21 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, it's live on Amazon and KU! Book 5 is done.
Hard to believe that it's already been like three years since I started this series officially. And four years since you guys saw the fir...
2025-05-20 19:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys. I'm doing some worldbuilding for the next book. This is a minor faction.
Origin Myth of Camlaan:
In the beginning, Camlaan was beautiful. The world was a para...
2025-05-18 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post[This story follows another Earth Shard, far from Crownhill.]
Billy had never been particularly good with women. In high school, the one girl he'd asked out had laughed it o...
[The following occurs while Carter is busy training with Cyra in book 5.]
Misa's life changed when her aunt took over her family's auction house. She'd been young then, bliss...
2025-05-12 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post[The following scene occurs prior to book 1.]
Sakura arrived at the office an hour early, though she didn't actually enter the place. The smoothie shop across the st...
2025-05-09 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostJust finished the Sakura one, which will come out tomorrow. Post your requests for the next set. Also, feel free to comment if you have an idea you'd like to see.
I'm going to start sneaking ...
2025-05-08 17:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Well, you can't complete every quest. That last challenge quest from the System was simply too much," Jazon said as he looked over his downcast adventuring team. They were nursing their cups in a ...
2025-05-08 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAlright guys, I did the last one. Nothing is super jumping out to me as something I really want to write, so I'm leaving the next one up to you guys too. I'm adding the popular results from the las...
2025-05-05 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post"Welcome elders, one and all, to the Samhain extended family meeting," Kyrina said, arms spread wide.
The Samhain family held these gatherings every ten years. For the junior members of branc...
2025-05-04 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
In case I haven't said it yet, thank you so much for reading along with me for book 5. I check on the latest post pretty much every day and read every comment. (I sometimes miss old...
2025-05-03 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAlright guys, I promised shorts, so I'm doing shorts.
Vote on the ones below. I combined your suggestions from a previous post with some ideas of my own.
Also, feel free to add more sug...
2025-05-02 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs I've mentioned before, based on audiobook reader feedback, I've stopped including these in text. But they will continue to be posted at the back of the book.
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2025-05-01 15:10:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Goddess in Jade, after the battle with Vayly Vaust.
Jade lay on the unnaturally smooth steel tiles that made up the Vaust station while Hyacinth tended to her wounds. The place was little...
2025-05-01 15:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostI awoke naked and lying on the ground. Somebody had thrown down robes beneath me, but that was all. I reached for my waist, but Morgathor’s Satchel was nowhere to be found. Nor did I have any of ...
2025-05-01 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe Chaos Wolf and I charged one another, man against beast. He revealed sharp teeth and claws, but I spat fire in his eyes and tried to tear his guts out with Arcane Blade.
Arcane Blade foun...
2025-04-30 15:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Prince Herius and I returned, we discovered the other legions had slightly underperformed in taking out their targets, likely due to most of the enemy B-Grades being concentrated within striki...
2025-04-28 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostI killed the B-Grade leading these heretic forces swiftly. He came at me in a sudden rush of crimson energy. Tendrils emerged from his back, some buzzing like whirring saws, and others fired short ...
2025-04-26 15:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re the one who snuck into my vault. I will interrogate you long past your death until you reveal which of my rivals you work for. Your soul will know no rebirth,” Vayly Vaust said. Mana ...
2025-04-25 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Eternal Spring Sect teleporter failed. They must have disabled the teleporter on their end.
I figured something like this might happen eventually. Given the quest had appeared for me, the...
2025-04-23 15:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe next several rescue missions went far more smoothly than before. I ended up asking the Goddess in Jade for multiple coordinates at a time, that way I could get a whole assembly line going. Firs...
2025-04-21 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post