Short stories!
Hi guys! I have a short story coming out each Friday starting today until Invent comes out!
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Invent ~ 37!
Joe was still a Beginner at Enchanting, which made it highly unlikely that he would be able to figure out all of the intricacies of a Journeyman-level enchantment designed to force people ...
2022-06-10 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 36!
Two weeks went by in a flash, if a flash consisted of sleepless nights, intense training, and a relentless instructor. After those two weeks, Havoc finally said that enough was enough. Apparently, ...
2022-06-08 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 35!
“I have a proposal to make this way more dramatic than it needs to be,” Joe told the group of volunteers who showed up to help him install the Guildhall. “I just want to make sure that everyo...
2022-06-06 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 34!
Finally returning to the Shoe after… Joe wasn't actually sure how long he had been down in the landfill. It felt like a long time? He had done a lot of things, but the lack of day-night cycles ha...
2022-06-03 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 33!
A door appeared in the wall of a dark alley. Before this moment, there had been no indication that such a point of egress had existed, and—unlike what common sense dictated—the door did not ope...
2022-06-01 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 32!
He knew that the horde would be surging toward him like a tide, and yet Joe could not find it in himself to move from his current position, or try to fortify his location further. Joe took a look b...
2022-05-30 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 31!
Array layer complete: Common.
Class quest complete: Novice Reductionist III. Reward: 500 Uncommon aspects you can claim at any time, in any storage device that will accept them.<...
2022-05-27 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe tenth Artorian is live!
If you get a few seconds today, I would greatly appreciate a review on Amazon and/or 2022-05-25 18:11:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Invent ~ 30!
The last of the flames guttered out, leaving behind a scarred and pitted metal floor. Joe looked around hollowly as he inspected the damage, regrew his foot, three fingers, and his left arm; finall...
2022-05-25 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNew covers! ...?
Hi guys!!
You're the people that really and truly show that you want to be a big part of what I do, and because of that I really want to have your thoughts on a change I was thinking of makin...
2022-05-24 23:22:57 +0000 UTC View PostNew covers! ...?
Hi guys!!
You're the people that really and truly show that you want to be a big part of what I do, and because of that I really want to have your thoughts on a change I was thinking of makin...
2022-05-24 23:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 29!
Joe looked upward, seeing his glowing barrier rituals far above him. He had only gone down about fifty feet this time, not wanting to destabilize his work above, nor get too far away from the scant...
2022-05-23 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSurprise Artorian!
Hi all!
Check your email! If you’re at the $5 tier or above, you’ve got an ebook waiting for you - AA10: Acyrologia!
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2022-05-21 17:29:12 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 28!
The fortunate thing about having an excess of mana, or perhaps an unfortunate side effect depending on how Joe thought of it, was that he could continuously work for extreme lengths of time when he...
2022-05-20 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 27!
“Wait, this shouldn’t be happening…?” Coming fully to his senses, Joe managed to flip around in midair as he shook off the final lingering effects of whatever it was Havoc had dosed him wit...
2022-05-18 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 26!
Even though Havoc protested, the first thing Joe did when they got back to the settlement was take a nap. Something about combat, perhaps getting his foot chopped off, had really put him in a bad p...
2022-05-16 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 25!
Curling into a ball in a vain attempt to impact his attacker’s aim, Joe slammed into the wall and fell to the grounds as a dizzying array of projectiles were launched at him.
Fire, ice, pre...
2022-05-13 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 24!
The Dwarves began cheering, and Joe dropped to the ground panting as the attackers fled into the single remaining volcanic shaft that led back to Elven territory. Only moments later, dozens of tiny...
2022-05-11 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 23!
As his Ritual Orb returned to its standard icicle shape, notifications began trickling into Joe's combat log. At first, it was indeed a trickle, but it rapidly became a flood of notices te...
2022-05-09 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 22!
Joe fiddled with his table, joined a group of Dwarves that were gambling to try and boost his luck stat, and made a few more rituals for town defense. Each ritual that he made was ever so ...
2022-05-06 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 21!
It seemed to take almost no time at all for Joe to complete the next four Rituals of Minor Earthquake, as well as the associated receiving ritual portion of the Ritual of Remote Activation. Major C...
2022-05-04 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 20!
One of the things that Joe had learned during his time in the military was that engineers were only ever a gentle push away from shifting into full-blown sappers. Anything that promised even the
Invent ~ 19!
“Major Cleave, I’ve decided to assign my Intelligence to this Orb and hope for the best!” Joe declared as he began lightly coating the entire exterior of the Orb with the purest of white aspe...
2022-04-29 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 18!
Quest complete: Novice Rituarchitect II. You have created all ten of the buildings that you scanned in the first part of your quest! You sure can follow instructions well! Reward: 5,000 class e...
2022-04-27 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 17!
Fire poured out of Joe’s fingers as he traced lines in the air, using both hands to rapidly draw out the ritual diagram with light gray aspects. When that was completed, blazing white aspects rep...
2022-04-25 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 16!
Raising the smithy was far easier than raising the warehouse, since he was able to bribe a few Dwarves with no rent on the smithy for the next two weeks if they helped him out. After the forges wer...
2022-04-22 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapters updated!
Hi all! I've been doing a dev edit run through Invent, and updated all the chapters already out based on your feedback! That added in over 4k words in those chapters alone, so feel free to run thro...
2022-04-21 15:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 15!
Joe was originally going to attempt to raise the warehouse by himself, but when he looked at the overall schematics of the ritual, and the blueprints of the building, he grew concerned that the man...
2022-04-20 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInvent ~ 14!
Joe looked on wistfully as Havoc was struck by lightning and had acid spraying away from him in a nova. The Dwarf vanished, and the people maintaining the area swore heartily as they looked over th...
2022-04-18 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post