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The Third Step: Chapter Eight

The following morning, after eating at the ship’s attempt at a breakfast scone, Kene headed to their room to work on ingraining the last few spells they needed before they could work on breaking ...

The Third Step: Chapter Seven

I stared at the door, then let out a sigh and stepped through. There was no sense in not at least checking, but I also needed to balance my own health. If I thought I could easily take it on, great...

Minor Tweak to Dates

Hey! As previously mentioned, I'll be gone the first week of June to visit family. In order to best align with my writing cycle, however, you won't get any chapters of The Restored on June 26th or ...

The Restored: Chapter Thirty-Eight

The tires of the automobile screeched down the street, and Rhys let out a scream almost as loud as the tired were as yet another demon was dissolved by the magic of the spell components they were h...

The Restored: Chapter Thirty-Six

Hadiya’s eyes slowly opened, and she let out a groan of pain as she shoved herself to her feet and looked around. The entire world around her was glowing red…

No, that wasn’t right. It ...

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The Third Step: Chapter Six

I appeared on sand, and forced myself not to move. I’d never beaten the mid-fourth competition so far, but I had entered it twice before. The first time, I’d tried to take a step forward, and i...

The Third Step: Chapter Five

After Meadow grew tired and decided to take a nap, I flickered back to my room using a couple of Foxsteps, then opened a portal in my room and wandered to my scrying mirror. I tapped the glass and ...

The Third Step: Chapter Four

“I don’t suppose there’s any way I could fit the Cwn Anwnn spell in my death gate, is there?” I asked hopefully. “Between my Magister’s Body and the organshield providing some more tell...

The Restored: Chapter Thirty-Five

Slipping onto the Malapert was a strange mix of impossibly hard, and incredibly easy. 

Devi led them through the endless gray landscape until they stopped in the part of the Wandering Pa...

Release!

My first collaboration work is now out and released! You can read Loss of the Star's Tranquility here: 2025-06-12 17:35:07 +0000 UTC View Post

The Restored: Chapter Thirty-Four

The instant the three teenagers hit the ground on the other side of the portal, Devi was already pulling herself to her feet. Jin kipped up an instant later, and Kelly staggered to his feet. With h...

Poll Redux

Sorry, I missed an option on the original poll, and patreon doesn't allow retroactively adding options

The Third Step: Chapter Three

I found Meadow sitting on one of the top decks of the boat in a beach chair, with a large, floppy hat and cheap sunglasses on, reading a book and sipping on an iced tea that smelled faintly of shav...

The Third Step: Chapter Two

I flickered along the boat with a handful of short teleports, then unlocked the door to the room and slipped into Dusk’s realm – technically, I could have done it from the boat’s small traini...

The Third Step: Chapter One

I lifted a silvery shovel and slammed it down into the earth. With one final grunt, I finally ripped out the last scoop of dirt from my mana-garden. Power flooded through my entire garden, and I to...

The Third Portal: Chapter Seventy

After the ascension, things moved quickly. The city seemed largely unbothered, and it was a stark reminder that despite all the power that a high gate mage like the Amethyst Mask could wield, most ...

The Third Portal: Chapter Sixty-Nine

We were silent after leaving the shop until we had nearly arrived in the middle of the city, where Meadow explained a few key details about the masks. The magic they used was partially suppressive,...

The Third Portal: Chapter Sixty-Eight

Jinwei, Meadow, Kene, Dusk, Dawn and I all gathered together on the decks of Port Ruby, and Meadow tapped her cane against the thick, forged stone beneath her feet. I could feel a public teleportat...

The Third Portal: Chapter Sixty-Seven

While the rest of the world had their eyes locked onto the Crystal Cove, Vivian clicked down the halls of the vast tomb under the capital of Nightflock. In the nearly two centuries since she’d br...

The Third Portal: Chapter Sixty-Six

Weird thing: To fit with my schedule, I'm actually going to be posting five chapters of the Third Portal this week, and as such, have to skip the chapters of The Restored. Things will event...