"I'll be—"
"Don't you dare just say 'I'll be right back' and leave me here with these two!" Josh cut me off before I could finish my sentence, and I couldn't help but groan in frus...
2021-10-30 16:40:15 +0000 UTC View PostSword fighting in media always has a kind of primal charm to it. Arcing swings meeting in the air, sparks flying, and combatants gracefully stepping out of the way of incoming harm. The back and fo...
2021-10-27 21:30:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Dear Readers.
Just a bit of a heads-up: my publisher came back to me with the edited manuscript of the first volume. It's ready for publishing... except they want me to manually 2021-10-26 21:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post
"I finished the inspection," Sir Griffon declared with frankly unnecessary gravitas after making the rounds inside the small Purple Zone. "I've found no anomalies that could prevent the commencemen...
2021-10-20 20:27:56 +0000 UTC View Post"Make sure you stay safe."
"That's my line," my dear assistant deadpanned back at me as she straightened the XXL-sized coat strewn over my armor. For the record, I tried to buy one in a diffe...
2021-10-16 15:51:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning commute to the school. It was one of those classic backdrop things that you couldn't help but take for granted after a while, like brushing your teeth before you go to bed. It was one o...
2021-10-12 14:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post"Good evening, Melinda."
"Welcome, future young master."
The braided maid greeted us the moment we entered the foyer of the Dracis mansion, and she held out her hands towards us. Josh l...
2021-10-08 09:20:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe sword in my hands felt weightless and yet simultaneously heavy as a mountain as I slowly raised it over my head. My hands tensed, and the breath trapped in my chest burned like a bonfire. It on...
2021-10-06 17:34:10 +0000 UTC View Post"Morning!"
Angie's greeting practically exploded into my face the moment I opened my front door. It wasn't just her though; the rest of the gang was also behind her, including my girlfriends ...
2021-10-02 19:31:31 +0000 UTC View Post<<Author's note: This bit is slightly spoilerous for the $1 folks. Proceed with caution.>>
"I can't believe you did this…"
The deadpan yet at the same time scat...
2021-09-30 19:05:57 +0000 UTC View PostCheap faux-Persian carpets, simple kit furniture, and some of the most garish bright yellow wallpaper in existence. As far as cheap motel rooms were concerned, this one was definitely one of the ta...
2021-09-22 21:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Do we really need snacks for an emergency meeting?"
I considered my question entirely reasonable, but I yet my girlfriends were looking at me like I was some kind of weird space-alien.
The last lesson of the day ended with the same unceremonious finality as it tended to do every day. The rain outside eased into a light drizzle sometime after lunch, and while things were relativel...
2021-09-18 12:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post"The weather forecast said it's going to rain all week," Josh noted absent-mindedly, and I responded with a similarly half-hearted grunt.
"I guess that means rooftop lunches are over for the ...
2021-09-14 17:49:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a quiet, unassuming morning inside the study of one Amadeus Endymonion, at least as far as the clock on the wall could be believed; peeking out through a window to check would've been a litt...
2021-09-10 19:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post"How?! How did you become so powerful so quickly!?"
"I'm not that powerful," I answered humbly, but apparently it wasn't satisfactory enough.
"Not that powerful my ass! I leave...
2021-09-03 12:26:15 +0000 UTC View PostAfter leaving the classroom, I quickly checked the location of the old badger, and to my surprise, I found him in an office on the ground floor instead of his usual hidey-hole in the School. Since ...
2021-08-30 21:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Morning."
My greeting sounded soulless even to myself, and Josh returned it with a lazy wave of his hand as I sat down at my desk. I was honestly feeling a little under the weather, and quit...
2021-08-29 17:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhy did the island have so many French restaurants? No, seriously, there were about as many of them as there were secret underground bases and hideouts, which was… kind of a strange comparison, n...
2021-08-24 16:16:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe face looking back at me in the bathroom mirror had definitely seen better days, but on the bright side, it was nowhere near as awful as I expected it to be. … Wait, that wasn't a silver linin...
2021-08-16 19:29:55 +0000 UTC View PostMoving a soul was tricky. That might've been the understatement of the century, but it wasn't untrue. Here's the thing: the giant metaphysical yarn balls I called 'souls' weren't just the intangibl...
2021-08-14 22:21:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you, like, sleepy or something?"
The question made me open a single eye and glance at the girl in the driver's seat. Honestly, this was one of those 'just how the hell did I get into thi...
2021-08-12 15:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt was around half past eight in the evening when I reappeared in my living room without even bothering to announce my arrival. I didn't exactly need to either, as the only other person in the room...
2021-08-06 18:51:32 +0000 UTC View Post"Continue as you were," I said offhandedly, and the Fauns (plus Rinne) all nodded in unison and returned to their hand-eye coordination training with renewed vigor. That was, of course, still the c...
2021-08-04 15:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post"Your home is commendably inconspicuous," my slightly unwanted guest stated as we walked into the living room. I was about ninety percent sure it was a compliment, but I couldn't be sure. I had a h...
2021-07-31 14:11:13 +0000 UTC View Post"Leo! I think they're done!" my sister announced without looking away from the front window.
She, along with the tiny miko, was glued to it since the early morning, when the repair crew arriv...
2021-07-27 22:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Dear Readers!
Pop the champagne, guys! I'm FINALLY done with the re-editing, and now I can return to writing new stuff again. It's been way, waaaaay more of a hassle than I could ever ...
2021-07-25 18:59:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Sister Penelope. Your conduct was… foolish."
Following the red knight's remark, the bare room housing the round-ish table descended into a tense silence. The four Entitled Knights seated a...
2021-07-13 12:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post"... In summary, today's date was a rather pleasurable experience. Four and a half out of five stars," Judy concluded on our way home from the restaurant. We originally planned to come home by car,...
2021-07-03 21:30:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Here, let me show you again. First, you point one foot where you want to go, and then use the other like this to push against the ice, and presto! You're skating!"
To demonstrate, I kicked o...
2021-06-30 21:07:50 +0000 UTC View Post