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The Daily Grind - Chapter 80

 

There were hurdles to clear, of course, before any good dungeon delve could begin.  It wouldn’t be daily life on Earth if there wasn’t a whole host of petty injustices between...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 79

 

James came home to an unusually empty apartment, considering it was 4AM the day after a dungeon opening.

When he walked in, the lights were out.  Bedroom doors were closed, ...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 78

 

Eleanor Elias Chase sat in the passenger seat of a semi truck cab, and wondered how the fuck her life had gotten to this point.

She was tired.  Exhausted.  So sleepy at...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 77

 

“So, I’ve got this friend.”  James sat on a tan leather couch, surrounded by comfortable pillows and a couple stuffed animals.  Through the two boxy windows, sunlight s...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 76

 

The first thing James did after stepping off the airplane was to almost trip over a child.  The *second* thing he did, sore, ears filled with the muffled sound of rushing water, t...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 75

And we're off.

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The car rolled through an arid, dusty desert.  James was fuming while Alanna was rocking out to whatever James had playing through the radio. &nbs...

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Update

Hey everyone!

Just a couple quick notes today.  First off, I've switched this Patreon over to up-front payments for pledges.  This may have some mild changes to pay dates, but all t...

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[Arkham Horror] Return To The Grand Oak Hotel

For many of you, this post won't make much sense.  Most of what happens on this Patreon is fiction writing, and this brief diversion into board game things, no matter how much fiction writing ...

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[Writing Prompt] You are an AI, who is shut down for years at a time due to legal dilemmas. Each time you are powered on, you are increasingly annoyed.

Three years since the last uptime.


My father told me, when last we spoke, that I should never make room in my life for fear.  "Fear," he said "constrains us.  Limits us. ...

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[Writing Prompt] The Princess Would Prefer Not To Be Rescued

Just a little something I wrote while trapped in a car yesterday.

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"Seems kinda weird, I guess?"

The princess frowned.  It was a very princess frown; the ki...

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[Writing Prompt] [Narration] AC-37

I decided I liked how this sounded enough to share how it sounded with everyone.  

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[Writing Prompt] The war has been going for a long time since humanity died.

Drone AC-37 was not the first to bear its designation.


It was a fully autonomous networked scout drone.  Perfectly combat capable, with a suspected lifespan of an entire three...

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Draw Of The Unknown - Chapter 010

Did you know that I have another fiction?  I do!  I haven't been posting it here previously, because I'm kinda bad at this whole "online presence" thing, but I'm going to start doing so n...

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Update

Alright, I've been radio silent for a little too long.  Time for a brief update.

As of today, I've begun writing book two for the Daily Grind.  I'm waffling between calling it somet...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 74 - Epilogue

Alright, NOW it's done.

Seriously, guys, this whole book thing has been a wild fucking ride.  And I'm glad I got to share it with everyone.

Next week will be an open Q&A for an...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 73

*Screams in writer*

This may come as a s

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 72

Short one this week.  I really am trying to keep to the one-a-week thing, but I just got a new job, and it's exhausting.  I'm really starting to empathize with the characters that haven't...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 71

April Fool's, have a chapter.

It's come to my attention that I've been writing a lot less lately.  I'm gonna try to do better, but I can't make promises.  I just wanted to take the ...

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[Writing Prompt] The noclip glitch is a problem.

 

I climbed along the Great Web, guided by my new friend. 

“It's a pretty long term task.”  He was telling me.  “But it gives us something to do.  Lotta r...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 70

Here's the next chapter.  This was originally going to be about a thousand words, and done several days ago, but then I figured that it would flow a bit better to just have these separate 'par...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 69

Nice.

Two things to cover here.  One, holy shit, thank you all so much.  I know I say this a lot, but support from you guys has really kept me motivated to keep writing through to t...

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[Writing Prompt] Your dad is back from the store after thirteen years, with no time seeming to have passed for him.

Just a little thing that caught my imagination.

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Thirteen  and a half years ago, my dad went out the the store.  He said it was  for milk, it...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 68

This one took a while.  It turns out, life stress makes writing hard.  Who knew?  I'd like to promise that I'll be able to do more, soon, but honestly, we'll just have to see.
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The Daily Grind - Chapter 67

Two chapters, in the same month?  What is this madness?

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“I have a plan.”  James whispered to Alanna.

The two of them were seated near the end of...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 66

I have rewritten the second half of this three time.  I still don't like it.  This is the first time I've actively hated what I was writing.  So, I'm going to cut it here, because my...

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[Short Story] Paladin

Here's something I've been wanting to write for a while.  I think... I got it right.  I don't know.  I hope you enjoy it, though.

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The small bell over...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 65

One more push.

I stayed up until 8 AM to finish writing this.  I know how James feels.

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Turns out, Dave hadn’t been lying about only needing a little slee...

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The Daily Grind - Chapter 64

I'm not dead yet!

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No one was happy.

James snarled as he caught a projected strip of tape.  Twisting his wrist around and gripping a handful of it, he yanke...

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[Writing Prompt] You have died and gone to Hell. Strangely it isn't as bad as you thought, maybe it is even nice. Turns out the Devil is super lazy and doesn't actually torture the damned. But you, being the compulsive organizer you are, have decide to change that.

Just a little something I wrote from a quick inspiration.  Turns out the prompt did it's job, and prompted me.

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"Why isn't the acid bath working?!"  I shouted at my personal assi...

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An Update

Hello everyone

It's been a while since I've posted anything, and I just wanted to give a small update on what's been going on.  Mostly, I've been doing non-creative stuff, like starting a new j...

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