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RD: Chapter Six - Recruitment Efforts

Morning mist hung over the trees as Dolli, Rufus, and the three new monsters they’d convinced to join the cause walked back to town. Moko, another goblin like Boji, spoke the common tongue, but t...

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RD: Chapter Five - Fortifications

After a few hours of bellyaching, Dolli got everyone in the new dungeon working towards their goals. Greg supplied axes to the Golems to chop wood, then went back to the forge to start crafting wea...

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RD: Chapter Four - Hero Attack!

Dolli popped up from her seat with a thought and dashed through the door to the square outside. The townsfolk, all monsters, held tight to one another as they watched the advancing threat. Not the ...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! Once again, I've got that clear splashy drink, but I'm eyeballin another clear spashy on top of the fridge that is not refreshing and is actually poison... delicious reality bending...

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RD: Chapter Three - Mistakes

The village, strange yet familiar, materialized around Dolli. She could look down again from a single vantage point, and when she did, she saw the ghostly white hand of a child of smoke. Her form s...

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RD: Chapter Two - The Accidental Dungeon

Little Crossroad came into view through the trees as the timer in Dolli’s vision hit [0:10:00] with a bright red flare. Her head throbbed from the lingering effects of the concussion. How she wis...

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Reluctant Dungeon: Chapter One - Wyverns in the Window Box

Dollitrice Grandmeir sipped her favorite tea from her favorite cup and surveyed the sprawling garden outside the window of her hut. She was in a foul mood. The icon in the corner of her vision blin...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! It's that time again. I've got water, but boy am I eyeballin this bottle of tequila on top of the fridge. O.O

Monster Haven: Reluctant Dungeon

Chapters start TOMORROW ...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo dudes. Keeping it short because deadlines, deadlines, deadlines.

The Project Formally Known As Witch Hut

It's done... ish... RPG screens to-do. It's now called Reluctant Dungeon...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes.... how is it already thursday again? I've got a tall mug of ice water, staying well hydrated for this HUGE push.

Bastion Academy

Book 3, Subterfuge, has launched! TADA...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! I've got a big 'ol tumbler of water beside me. Much thirst quenching.

Bastion Academy

Subterfuge comes out NEXT WEEK Y'ALL! I'm so excited for this ^_^ Can't wait to g...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! It's a scorcher and I'm craving something refreshing. I've got ice water currently but maybe a watermelon mojito is in my future....

Project Witch Hut

This story has e...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo dudes! I'm having iced coffee with macadamia nut milk... NUT MILK. Very weird words to put together.

Bastion Academy

As y'all know, there's a release date set! ...

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Street Heat CH4: Dickbag's and Duels

"Well?" Samantha sighed, gesturing for Reese to come up to the counter.

Reese contained his groan and brought his gear up. Samantha gestured with a bulky AR glove, registering the items in he...

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Very Belated Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo dudes, I apologize for missing another one. I'm sure y'all know how crazy life is right now, you're going through it, too. I'm sipping some coffee at the moment, and getting ready to write so...

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Street Heat CH3 - New Kid in Town

Morning came all too soon for Reese, and he found himself stuffing his tablet and supplies in his backpack with just minutes to go. He spared a half second in the bathroom to brush his teeth and co...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Deep breath...

Let it out...

Henlo, my dudes. It has been an experience the last few weeks. Right now I'm having lots of wine out of a very small cup. ...

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Street Heat Ch2 - Never a Snitch

The cops converged on the four of them kneeling in the park.

“Disengage your game avatars,” a tall, mustached officer said.

They all complied, and Reese saw Samantha’s avatar wasn...

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Street Heat - Chapter 1: Racer's Rush

Reese vaulted over the low concrete wall in the parking garage and grabbed the digital icon of a hammer and anvil from the air. A notification appeared in the upper left of his AR-goggles stating t...

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BA3 - Chapter 41

After four claustrophobic days onboard the Valeria, we made it to an unlikely safe harbor. An island just south of Kokyu controlled by the Yumemo—the same clan Ko-nah had been raised by. Ko-nah...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! Tonight I'm drinking plain old water... I had my first COVID vaccine shot and it really worked me over, so I'm trying to rehydrate.

Bastion Academy

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BA3 - Chapter 40

It hadn’t taken us long to catch Yin and the others, then run another false trail north west—as if we were making a loop around the school. We couldn’t risk keeping the Enjiho with us and som...

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BA3 - Chapter 39

The Enjiho circled up, arms raised.

Dokun’s voice boomed from all ten of the bots. “Surrender yourselves and no one will get hurt.”

I transferred Hana to Yin’s waiting arms, but...

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BA3 - Chapter 38

Within minutes, Woong-ji had led us all the way back to Anbura. We were cloaked in a strong ry glimmer, dampening our sound and hiding us from sight. The grounds was teaming with Anbura students, a...

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BA3 - Chapter 37

“But the broadcast!” I protested.

If we didn’t show the people of Kokyu what a villain Dokun was, this could all be for naught. Discovering his plan was important, but if he took contro...

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BA3 - Chapter 36

Woong-ji crept around the side of the Enjiho control building in front of me, completely invisible aside from a faint purple shimmer. I followed, pressing myself hard against the warm, sunbaked met...

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Like maths?

Henlo my dudes... I like to do maths for my LitRPG because I really enjoy a well-balanced game system, but I ROUND because I also do NOT like reading decimals in my LitRPG... who knows why.

S...

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BA3 - Chapter 35

Yamamotto set the train down on the rubble of the auditorium. From my vantage on the crumbling balcony, I could see red splashes painting the windows of the used-to-be train car. My hands trembled ...

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Bastion Academy 3 Final Cover Reveal!

Henlo my dudes! Soooooo excited about this cover! WOOT WOOT!

Bastion 3 just went to copy edit, which means we're just a short wait away until that one is ready to meet the world. We're aiming...

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BA3 - Chapter 34

My knee bounced, emitting a tap-tap-tap from my heel smacking the stone floor. My shoes felt two sizes too small, as did the rest of my compressed body. Cho towered beside me in the plush ...

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