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Vigil's Justice - ARC is HERE!

Hey everyone! Here is the complete book 1 ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) all nice and formatted and ready to be read on your preferred device. Just click the link below, download your copy and give it ...

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Vigil's Justice: 40 - Afterparty

We partied for two days straight. We used Gustav’s manor, his booze, his food, and his quarters. The whole town was invited. Everyone except the snooty turds that called Pithom Row home. They had...

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Vigil's Justice: 39 - Just Rewards

I pulled a small golden marble from the pouch at my belt. It thrummed with a soft but potent power. The True Form Transformation Token. I knew exactly what kind of monster Annelli was—it was time...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Nine

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Logan walked out onto the balcony of the Arena Suprema’s party room which overlooked the arena itself. He needed a break from the pr...

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Vigil's Justice: 38 - Rematch

The Hexblight was fast—too damned fast, given its size—and thrust a meaty hand forward, summoning a shimmering dome of arcane light, which easily absorbed my enchanted round.

“You’ll ...

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Vigil's Justice: 37 - The Reveal

It was full dark by the time I was ready to rock and roll. A small army of town guards, led by Commander Arendu were secreted away in every shop, home, and tavern inside a half mile radius of the T...

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Vigil's Justice: 36 - Connecting the Dots

“It was all right here,” Arturo said, a manic grin stretching across his face as I walked into his private living quarters. The room was a mess—liquor bottles laying everywhere, crumpled ball...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Eight

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It was two weeks later when Professor Suresh took the Ninth Circle into the Tartarucha Cells to prepare for the upcoming Crucible. Log...

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Vigil's Justice: 35 - Waiting Game

The next five days passed in a hazy blur, tension and fear slowly building in the air of Ironmoor. The creature was coming. Everyone knew it from the meanest street urchin to the folks hiding behin...

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Vigil's Justice: 34 - Confessional

There was a flash of movement in my peripheral vision. I slammed the hidden compartment shut while simultaneously searching for a pool of shadows to blend into.

False alarm. It was only Cal.<...

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Vigil's Justice: 33 - Breaking and Entering

“You’re on interference,” I growled into Arturo’s ear, “I can’t afford to get pinned down by Gutav or Stigge.”

The Magistrate was sweeping toward me, a false smile plastered ont...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Seven

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Logan and the Terrible Twelfth hurried through the root ceilings and muddy paths of the Cruelwood Dungeon. They were running a bit lat...

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Vigil's Justice: 32 - Party Crashers

Arturo and I milled around the chapel for most of the day, comparing notes and talking over theories. Even after a few hours of going over our suspect list, we didn’t know anything more than we h...

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Vigil's Justice: 31 – Re-Spec

The rest of the trek back into town was uneventful, and eventually we split ways. Cal retired to the Etheric Realm to recuperate. Arturo headed over to the chapel to get shitfaced—no surprise the...

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Vigil's Justice: 30 - The Bannermen

I stowed all of my newly acquired items in my Soul Vault—thank the Good Lord Almighty for Fae Tether—then we dragged our tired asses out of the cave. We didn’t talk much as we navigated the w...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Six

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“You’re not serious, Marko, are you?” Inga stopped in the middle of the stony corridor on their way to their next class, Cru...

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Vigil's Justice: 29 - Royalty

“Might be best if you hang back, padre,” I whispered, while pressed up against the unnaturally smooth stone wall. I stole a peek around the corner. The gloom was hard to penetrate even with my ...

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Vigil's Justice: 28 - Mask-Shaped Clue

“I think I’m going to need a drink,” Arturo said as we squeezed our way through the crevice and into a chamber beyond. Unlike the rough limestone walls that comprised the rest of the cave sys...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Five

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Hiro “Hardclaw” Shirazi had known the truth about dungeons, dungeon cores, and Apothos ever since he’d first joined the dungeone...

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Vigil's Justice: 27 - Stone Spiders

The heavy iron gate was clearly designed to keep the Stone Spiders in, not the miners out, and though the lock was beefy, it wasn’t made to stand up against a Soul Bound mace. One hard swing smas...

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Vigil's Justice: 26 - Into the Dark

Arturo was about as happy as a wet hen about my decision to head into the mines, but I was the holy Vigil, summoned by the god he revered, which made me the de facto shot caller. Renholm on the oth...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Four

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Logan decided to do some decorating before the real work of the schoolyear began. It was always important to have a space just for you...

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Vigil's Justice: 25 - Brews and Clues

I blinked against the glaringly bright light streaming in through the stained-glass windows of the chapel.

Arturo was waiting for me, looking haggard and even worse for the wear than I did. H...

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Fresh Shadow Alley Art — Comin' At You!

One of the things I love the most about running Shadow Alley is all the awesome art I get to commission for all of the amazing books we produce. J.D. Astra (author of VGO Firebrand and Bastion Acad...

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Vigil's Justice: 24 - Soulsmith

I grabbed my hobo sack, slung it across my back once more, and crawled into the Forge. I could practically hear Drill Instructor Screw Y’All thundering at me to keep my chin up and my ass down, <...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Three

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At the welcome dinner that night, Logan and the Terrible Twelfth sat at their usual table near the back of the Golden Serpent Hall, wh...

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Vigil's Justice: 23 - After Action

I woke up to Arturo slapping me across the face. I reluctantly blinked my eyes open and squinted against the glare of orange candlelight from the chapel’s chandelier. I groaned and immediately wi...

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Rogue Dungeon 6 - Celestial Citadel Art!

That's right, folks! Rogue Dungeon 6, Celestial Citadel, is finally done and we even have art for it! I couldn't be happier with the way this awesome piece of art turned out. Seriously, it looks in...

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Vigil's Justice - Part 1 of 2

Hey everyone! I've been working my butt off to get Vigil's Justice fixed up and ready to go and I'm happy to say it's FINALLY finished. I'm also pretty happy with how it turned out. With that said,...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Two

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CHAPTER TWO:

Logan swiped a fresh cup of coffee from one of Treac’s walking steampunk trays. He was pretty su...

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