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(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CXCI: Binary Friendship

You'll find out why this title is a pun later in the chapter. And also a bit more literal than it seems at first glance.

2025-03-27 15:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXIX: A Promise Fulfilled

This...has been a long time coming. It's been part of the plan for ages. Back when I was first imagining some of the pivotal scenes in the American Singularity, this was one of the ones I came up w...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CXC: A Familiar Face

CXC is 190, but this is technically, like, the 205th chapter or something like that when we count interludes. Speaking of, are we ready for one of those yet? Maybe soon. The Coil interlude wasn't t...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXVIII: A Quarter's Admission

Still haven't found a solution to my invisitext problem in markdown, and apparently, it's not working as intended across all devices even with HTML and epub files. I'm doing what I ca...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXIX: A Promise Fulfilled

I think...I can say that this is the end of Act 1 of this Singularity. You'll see what I mean by the end of the chapter.

2025-03-15 04:46:25 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXVII: Faustian Bargain

I didn't get quite as far as I planned to in this chapter, and that's solely down to a certain someone actually taking up more screentime than I originally expected. Totally worth it, though, so oh...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXVIII: A Quarter's Admission

Still don't have a name for this one, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.

EDIT: Yeah, I like that title.

2025-03-08 11:51:42 +0000 UTC View Post

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXVII: Faustian Bargain

This might wind up being a two-parter.

Link.

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXVI: An Old Flame

More and more of the mysteries of the Singularity begin to unravel before Taylor's eyes. Questions get answered, and the implications continue to paint a strange and unfamiliar picture.

And i...

[Hereafter] Interlude C.2: Coiling Serpent

Yes, that's who this interlude is going to be from. I know some people were hoping for Jackie, but I'm afraid that this really was the only spot I could put this, so this is where it had to go.

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXVI: An Old Flame

How awkward can it be, meeting up with an ex-boyfriend in a world where he never even met you?

2025-02-22 08:49:36 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXV: Hitokiri

Who is that, uh, unmasked man? Why, of course, it's a certain manslayer from the era of the Japanese revolution!

There's also some more stuff learned about the goings-on of Brockton Bay, and ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Interlude C.2: Coiling Serpent

This...has been a long time coming. It's been sitting, half-finished, for something like a year, because I planned for it that far in advance, and it's finally time to bring it out.

2025-02-14 13:42:28 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXIV: Palanquin

So this one got away from me a little bit. I had to chop the end off, because it felt a little disconnected from the rest of the chapter. That's why this got renamed.

In any case, there are s...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXV: Hitokiri

So as I said in the last one's edit, I had to split off a part of that chapter to make it feel more coherent, and as a result, the title had to change. That split off part became the start of this ...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXIV: Palanquin

Perhaps there'll be a little bit more excitement and action this chapter...

EDIT: Been a little while since I had to split a chapter like this, but for the sake of coherence and keeping thing...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXIII: Friends, New and Old

There's a lot the team has still to learn. Where did the Singularity truly first diverge? What's happened as a result of that? How did Coil come to be the de facto leader of the entire eastern Unit...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXIII: Friends, New and Old

After how emotionally charged last chapter was, we get something a little calmer.

2025-01-27 20:59:20 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXII: Jamais Vu

"No punches pulled" is my motto for this Singularity. None at all. Every bit of emotional weight I can wring from the story, from Taylor, and from you, o readers mine, I'm going to wring. The edito...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXII: Jamais Vu

This is coming sooner than usual because I started this chapter sooner than usual. Normally, I try to get at least 1K into a chapter before releasing the CiP so that you guys have something to sink...

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXI: No Place Like Home

Did your stomach sink at the end there?

There've been a few theories going around after the last few chapters about what and when this Singularity's deviation occurred, and some of them get k...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXXI: No Place Like Home

There's a part I'm really looking forward to...but I don't think we'll get to it this chapter. Maybe next chapter.

Link 2025-01-14 04:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXX: Strange Bedfellows

The plot thickens.

I feel like I haven't shut up about the surprises yet, but there's still a lot in store and a lot Taylor and you guys have to learn about what's going on in this Singularit...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXX: Strange Bedfellows

This is another title that might wind up changing by virtue of the fact I'm not super happy about it, but we'll see.

2025-01-07 07:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXIX: An Accord

Oh man, I've been waiting to get to this part. There're so many other really good parts to come and so much deliciousness upon which I might feed from your reactions, but this is the first major cu...

America teaser

Merry belated Christmas and Happy Holidays!

This took some work, and it was actually quicker and easier to do for the sole fact that it's all done in silhouettes. The actual character designs...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXIX: An Accord

Just because it's my "week off" doesn't mean I can convince myself to laze about and do nothing.

2024-12-24 23:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXVIII: Bargaining Chip

Changed the name for this one quite late in the game, because I didn't quite get as far as I intended to, and it's still over 7K. Next chapter, for sure, will be "An Accord."

Th...

(CiP)[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXVIII: Bargaining Chip

The plot deepens.

EDIT: Didn't get quite as far as I intended, so the title needs to change.

2024-12-17 09:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post

[Hereafter] Chapter CLXXVII: The Black Rose

...is a real place, but has no connection with either myself or this story. I worried a little bit about it, seeing as it is...technically being used as a front for a crimelord, but when that crime...