Mage Errant What If 1
And here we go, with the first set of questions and answers! There's definitely more on the way, don't worry! And we'll be back to proper short stories next month.
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Basilisk Street Issue 5
Here's the final issue of Basilisk Street!
This one's... a bit of a mess. I tried to fit too much in, too quickly, without giving things time to breathe. I included too much just because I th...
2024-08-29 09:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostMage Errant What If question post
Sorry no vote this months, folks, I just don't have the energy for catching up on short stories after finishing the new book. So it's What If time instead!
No real rules or restrictions, ask ...
2024-08-23 06:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostPublic News Update
So, good news, bad news, and... regular news? Ambivalent news?
Anyhow, good news: The City That Would Eat the World, book 1 of my new trilogy More Gods Than Stars, is now with beta re...
2024-08-23 06:30:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Basilisk Street Issue 4
Hey hey hey, it's time for Basilisk Street Issue 4!
This issue is the main reason I didn't want to share Basilisk Street until Mage Errant was done.
Also, I kinda forgot how batshit ins...
2024-07-21 10:54:28 +0000 UTC View PostSunken Gods
This story is set on the moon of Ishveos, the setting of my upcoming series More Gods Than Stars. It shows off a small part of the magic system, and an even smaller part of the se...
2024-07-13 13:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 2024 Short Story Poll
Time for the monthly short story poll! Just two options this month, I'm in the final stretch on More Gods Than Stars book 1! (If everything goes as planned, should have it to my editor and beta rea...
2024-07-06 15:16:20 +0000 UTC View PostAncestral Relics
Ancestral Relics is set on the world of Limnus, and begins approximately one year after Mage Errant’s conclusion.
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June 2024 Short Story Poll
Time for the monthly short story poll! This month I've got a trio of heavy hitters for y'all, and I'm genuinely super curious what's gonna come out on top. Usually I have a pretty solid guess, but ...
2024-06-15 07:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostBasilisk Street Issue 3
Time for Basilisk Street Issue 3! Things start to really escalate here.
You can absolutely see early forms of many of the ideas and tropes I love exploring today- weird superweapons, bureaucr...
2024-06-04 13:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostBasilisk Street Issue 2
Time for Basilisk Street Issue 2!
It was a struggle for me to not correct minor issues as I reviewed the script, hah. I would do this story very differently if I were to write ...
2024-05-24 13:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostAlarm Clock
The following short story is a non-Aetheriad, second person horror story inspired by a bout of insomnia I had one night a couple months back, and by the sleep paralysis a couple people in my li...
2024-05-10 12:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostBasilisk Street Issue 1
Basilisk Street was a graphic novel script I wrote around 2011-2012. Pretty standard "secret government agency" story in the first few issues, specifically an agency dedicated to ...
2024-04-23 17:48:53 +0000 UTC View PostApril 2024 Short Story Poll
Alright, proper poll time! So, this month, we're voting on the order you're gonna get this non-Aetheriad stuff. (Thanks for voting to let me focus on the book!) Important note, all the "Old Comic S...
2024-04-14 12:08:56 +0000 UTC View PostMeta-Poll!
So, got a question for y'all higher tiers:
Right now, I'm making fantastic progress on More Gods Than Stars 1, and writing is going better than it has been in months. (Much of that has just ...
Urban Planning Case Study: The Haeverian Fountain Incident
This incident report is set on the continent of Gelid, one year after the events of Mage Errant. It is an excerpt from a text on magical urban design, intended for advanced students from the su...
2024-03-14 16:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostMarch 2024 short story poll
Here we go again! Y'all know the drill.
- Old Comic Stuff (Non-Aetheriad): Includes the Basilisk Street script and the pitch (including art!) for Shattered Earth, a... 2024-03-13 16:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Mage Errant Short Story Collection Release!
The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories: A Mage Errant Anthology, is out now on ...
2024-02-27 17:06:15 +0000 UTC View PostState of the Patreon
Promised y'all a status update on Patreon stuff, here we go!
So, as is, I'm pretty happy with this Patreon. I love writing short stories, this Patreon keeps me writing them, thumbs up all aro...
2024-02-14 13:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Sea a Cave
In the Sea a Cave is set on the world of Raigon, first introduced at the end of Mage Errant 7.
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This is the story of how I died.
Newcome...
2024-02-13 13:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 2024 Short Story Poll
Time for this month's short story poll! And I actually got it done on reasonable time this month!
- Old Comic Stuff (Non-Aetheriad): Includes Basilisk Street and th... 2024-02-10 13:48:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Stone's Not Real
Stone's Not Real is set four years before Mage Errant, and most of a year after Sand's Not Real.
Also, quick PSA: The short stories due to be included in 2024-01-29 13:01:20 +0000 UTC
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January 2024 short story poll
Time for this month's short story poll! Sorry it's so late this month- it's been a rough month, writing-wise! (Life enjoys getting in the way of writing.)
Also expect an upcoming "State of th...
2024-01-28 11:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors Note on Science in Mage Errant
These notes will be included at the end of The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories anthology, out in late February, so I'll have to take them down at the end of January. At the end of this list w...
2023-12-18 11:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Gorgon Incident Anthology announcement
In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, the Gorgon Incident and Other Stories is now available for pre-order on 2023-12-18 11:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Respect for the Dead
This story is set six months after Mage Errant.
The instant Asa the Banisher was out of earshot of the village longhouse, she began interrogating her apprentice.
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2023-12-16 14:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 2023 Short Story Poll
- Old Comic Stuff (Non-Aetheriad): Includes Basilisk Street and the pitch (including art) for Shattered Earth, an ecoterrorism comic. Basilisk Street was a graphic novel ... 2023-12-10 11:52:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Poll about Poll
So I was rummaging around my old writing, and I found a project I'd kinda forgotten about- Shattered Earth, an ecoterrorism mystery comic pitch that Image rejected back in 2019, with multiple pages...
2023-12-03 12:12:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlong Came A Dragon
Along Came A Dragon is set a decade before Mage Errant. (Also, I've come to realize that I really enjoy writing short stories about fools.)
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2023-11-28 10:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 2023 short story poll
Polls should start coming earlier in the month again starting next month, I finally got my buffer built back up! And will this be the month that Basilisk Street finally kicks off? (Lol.)