This was written on SB, and it spoke to me, spoke to me in words of: "Hey, wanna make Taylor's life worse/more complex? You know you do..." And yes, well I did. So it's canon.
And here's the...
2025-08-04 08:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostAbout three hours later, Dad came back. He looked tired.
“How are you, Taylor?” he asked.
“I’m… fine.” I looked at him, then glanced back at the TV, currently showing a fede...
2025-07-29 23:27:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I was aware of was a bit of pain. And beeping. And… I blinked. I was in a hospital room. Had I—
I tried to move up and was stopped by… straps, what the hell?
“Af...
2025-07-25 06:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostReina sat in Somer’s Rock for the second time. Only now it was different. Lung had called the meeting, but unlike Kaiser, he did not sit at the head of the table.
Reina understood why. ...
2025-07-24 03:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the Delay, some unexpected stuff came up. but the next (and final) interlude should be up by tomorrow.
2025-07-22 05:12:33 +0000 UTC View Post"Don't worry Heinz! Our Fuhrer has forced Orb Weaver to come out in the daylight! There will be no more tricks! No more hiding in the shadows! We will see our enemy!"
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"Huh."
Mark walked into the old neighborhood, looking around nervously. Mom was gonna kill him if she knew he’d actually skipped the bus to walk through here.
But everyone knew that if you had to ...
2025-07-17 07:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostColin felt one of Hebert’s ribs crack in the ambulance. He kept performing CPR. His new compact oxygenator was filtering her bloodstream, not just keeping it oxygenated, but removing the devi...
2025-07-17 00:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostDanny had been pacing at the PRT. He wanted to go find Taylor. He wanted to deliver Orb Weaver a case of murder. And then everything had gon
Danny had been pacing at the PRT. He wanted to go ...
2025-07-15 21:55:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe room dissolved in chaos, a few emergency lights doing little more than plunging the space into a hellish gloom while the bellows of my insects made it impossible to speak and be heard at anythi...
2025-07-10 21:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostSomething short I tossed up on SpaceBattles.
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Far away from Earth Bet, a mighty being observed the entities at work. Its power was great. Too great.
I must select a cham...
The most recent chapter should be available to all paid tiers. It'll go for free on the usual scheduel, but some people have had issues accessing it, even though they're on a paid tier. If you do h...
2025-07-09 00:25:48 +0000 UTC View PostOutside, my bugs observed, clustering on the computer monitor as my commands were answered. Geysers, only formed of insects, not water, exploded across the city, rising and coiling into the air.&nb...
2025-07-09 00:24:31 +0000 UTC View PostMitchell stared at the intelligence brief, like it was a letter of doom.
It might as well be.
Amos Forlough is a real person. I had never heard of his name before the misjump, and...
19 March, 2564
When Mitchell Calderon woke up, it was to see his mother's careworn face.
"Mitchell, thank God."
Mitchell blinked, looking around then surged upright. "The C...
When I woke up, the sting of a second shot receding, I kept my eyes closed for a moment. I felt insects, but not enough. Someone had gone over the building with care. There was a wasp nest on...
2025-07-06 00:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostJust as a note, there will be a little delay. The Legislative news that dropped today... well, to put it succinctly, we have several autistic family members who may be losing their aid and I have n...
2025-07-03 20:18:44 +0000 UTC View PostClaire fought. She slapped herself, screaming "get out of me!" But Morganna was too strong, had been in her ever since she'd used the staff to save the trolls from Gunmar. Had been using her. And n...
2025-06-30 20:19:38 +0000 UTC View PostNow it's the last day. Kaiser had been hiding, Medhall shut down due to “Air Conditioning Issues.” But I knew how to find him. A day of walking with my bugs out. And if he...
2025-06-29 21:25:53 +0000 UTC View Posta bit delayed on the next chapter of Wrath of God (have it up tomorrow, likely), so enjoy this:
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I sent my bugs swarming down to get Lung. I didn't know what children he was going t...
2025-06-27 20:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostThey moved quickly, my bugs detecting a motion from Hookwolf’s hand. Stormtiger’s winds kick up and Cricket wend to the window shades, looking out, before she looked back and shook her he...
2025-06-24 21:06:31 +0000 UTC View Postdon't expect much more from this, but enjoy!
Harry was sleeping in the Cupboard under the stairs when the voice spoke.
"Harry. Harry Potter."
"Who...who are you...
I was finding it hard to keep up the pace. Some of it was being tired, although my bugs kept me nicely warm, and a few abandoned houses had beds I could use. After all, I had no worries about lice....
2025-06-23 06:06:11 +0000 UTC View PostLuka Gonzalez had lived in the bay all his life. He’d been here before Empire, before the E88, hell, before the parahumans. He’d lived in the days when trying to fight a cop got you shot, befor...
2025-06-17 02:34:36 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t do much during the night. I needed to nap. Oh, a few homes I visited late at night, has some quick conversations, but the fact was that humans had an incredible ability to get used 2025-06-15 05:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Spent yesterday at a friends house trying to rescue some kittens in his cellar. Couldn't find them. Got out, hot, sweaty and covered in cobwebs to see the cat and kittens sitting on fence, mocking ...
2025-06-13 18:26:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a long and tiring day. I apologize for nothing in my shameless robbery of a fantastic internet series.
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"Soldiers of the E88!" Kaiser shouted into the great hall... Okay, modes...
When orb Weaver is done (or I hit a point where i need some time to unravel it), I had a thought for another, much more AU Worm setting:
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The indecision gripped her again. When ...
2025-06-12 03:57:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey Dad,” I said. I was close to my current objective. Someone went running past, talking about how “the bugs were just everywhere!”
Well, the owner of the bar shouldn’t have let h...
2025-06-10 03:43:19 +0000 UTC View PostI felt it before I got near home. Two blocks away… and packed suitcases. Including ones with my clothing and Dad was sitting in the livin—nope, he was now pacing.
What the hell? ...
2025-06-08 03:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post