October 2022 Short Story Poll
Time for this month's short story poll!
If you pick the completed story, it will be up in a few days (and it will make my life easier), if you pick one of the other two, you'll have to wait...
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Book 7 update
In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, I posted an update about book 7 on my blog, along with a few other news items!
2022-10-04 00:07:36 +0000 UTC
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Subscription Change
Just as a heads up, I just switched to Patreon's new subscription billing model. That means that anyone who signs up in the future will have a billing date each month on the day they sign up, rathe...
2022-10-03 06:40:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe Long Wait
The following short story is set on the world of Kemetrias.
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Many years ago, long before Emperor Anekhten had taken the throne of Hebrast and...
2022-09-24 03:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 2022 Short Story Poll
It's time for this month's short story poll! As mentioned, from here on out, I'm opening up the multiverse for short stories!
Also, in case you hadn't heard yet, 2022-09-12 19:06:46 +0000 UTC
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Voting Changes
Now that the Mage Errant short story collection is completed, we're going to have a bit of a change in how voting works. Namely, the voting tiers will now be voting on Aetheriad short stories set n...
2022-09-07 03:06:25 +0000 UTC View PostBeyond Fire's Grasp
This story is set thirty-five years before Mage Errant.
There are even more stories about magical fortresses than there are about magical bank vaults, but I’m not interested in ma...
The Castle Thief
This story takes place during the events of The Lost City of Ithos.
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Lane always struggled with normal gravity— they hadn’t stepped ...
2022-07-16 04:46:55 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 2022 Short Story Poll
Time for this month's short story poll! Just a reminder, we're doing something a little different this month: since we're dealing with the final stories to be fit into the Mage Errant short story a...
2022-07-05 22:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Throne of Highvale
This story is set three and a half centuries before Mage Errant.
The ascent of King Harahld, uniter of Highvale, is an epic one, full of great battles, epic feats of mage-...
2022-06-12 22:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostJune 2022 Short Story Poll
So, changing up the drill a little the next few months. These are the final three short stories I intend to include in the first anthology, so you're really just picking their order. We'll have ano...
2022-06-09 02:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostBook completion poll
I'm wondering how many of you have already finished reading Tongue Eater- not just out of curiosity, but also when to start offering short story options that involve spoilers for book 6.
2022-05-24 19:28:58 +0000 UTC View PostWho Killed Seltivor Cloudscale?
This story is set two years before the fall of the Ithonian Empire. The city of Greywise is long-since destroyed and abandoned by the time of Mage Errant, but its ruins can be found in the hear...
2022-05-17 07:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostMay 2022 Short Story Poll
So I've made some changes to how I'm running the short story poll- nothing that should affect y'all, though, just back-end process stuff. Most notably, I'm trying to build up a buffer of short stor...
2022-05-11 22:09:23 +0000 UTC View PostMage Errant 6 Release
If anyone hadn't seen already, Mage Errant Book 6: Tongue Eater is out now!
Hope you all enjoy!...
2022-04-24 21:28:47 +0000 UTC View PostQuick Announcement
When Tongue Eater gets uploaded, Gram of Clan Castis is going to be at the end of it! This means it's getting pulled down off Patreon before then, so if you haven't read it yet and would prefer to ...
2022-04-20 01:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostOn Magical Swords
This exchange of open letters occurred at the Ctesian Enchanter’s Society thirty-five years before the events of Mage Errant.
Open letter from Kanderon Crux to the C...
2022-04-14 21:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostApril 2022 Short Story Poll, redux
(Accidentally messed up the original poll, made it available to all tiers- this one should only be available to the correct tiers.)
I'm back in civilization from the depths of rural...
Quick Update
April's voting poll should be up on the 10th or 11th, and the short story itself near the end of the month. I've got very limited internet access at the moment, and busy with a lot of stuff for the...
2022-03-31 22:36:54 +0000 UTC View PostTongue Eater Preview
Time for the Book 6 Preview! Tongue Eater will be out sometime next month. (Exact date TBA)
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Hugh Stormward wasn...
March 2022 Short Stoy Poll
Something something you know the drill!
- The Castle Thief: Solintus the Patient is ironically named, because he’s anything but patient. What he wants, he gets, and he’s sent hi... 2022-02-23 05:27:07 +0000 UTC View Post
God Doesn't
God Doesn’t is the single oldest short story that I’ve written (from 2015) that I consider good enough to share with the public. (Well, if when I visit my mom later this spring I can track ...
2022-02-20 08:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 2022 Short Story Poll
So, just saying, since I'm getting closer to finishing work on Book 6, if you pick the already finished story (God Doesn't), it means less time away from working on Tongue Eater... (Though definite...
2022-01-31 01:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostTest of Magic
This story is set four centuries before the events of Mage Errant.
There was sulfur in the air as Kayro’s wagon rolled through the grey stone city of Alikea. Admittedly,...
2022-01-19 14:11:10 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 2021 Short Story Poll
Time to vote on the first short story of 2022!
- The Castle Thief: Solintus the Patient is ironically named, because he’s anything but patient. What the colossal great ... 2021-12-23 11:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ghost Ship Part 2
Link to Ghost Ship Part 1.
Ghost Ship is set four and a quarter centuries before Mage Errant....
Ghost Ship Part 1
Unfortunately, no Glory Days this month. Like I warned before, sometimes short stories just... don't work out for me. (Maybe one in six or seven? Don't really keep close track.) Glory Days turn...
2021-11-30 10:24:28 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 2021 Short Story Poll
Note: Whoops, forgot to, you know, include the actual poll on the last version of the post. (I swear, I'll get it right one of these months, lol.)
Time to vote on next month's story! You'll ...
The Battle of Lothal
This story takes place during The Siege of Skyhold, shortly before the climatic events of that book.
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Ampioc was arguing with a talki...
2021-10-25 12:15:03 +0000 UTC View PostOctober 2021 Short Story Poll (Redux)
Sorry, had to redo the vote- accidentally made it available to everyone last time. Time to (re)vote on next month's short story!
- The Battle of Lothal: Ampioc defends Lo... 2021-09-26 19:22:58 +0000 UTC View Post