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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.11

Chapter 2.11: The Search

I slept for fourteen hours that night. I still awoke with a headache, because apparently the universe has a cruel sense of irony, but it turns out that’s just what ...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.10

Chapter 2.10: It Doesn’t Go Away

It was technically morning by the time my work began in earnest. The faintest glimmer of predawn light yet to breach the canopy as I sat crosslegged in Lucy...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.9

Chapter 2.9: New Objectives

“Xavier, what in the ever-loving fuck was that?”

I froze. My brows shot up in surprise, less at the anger in Charlotte’s voice than the fact s...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.8

[Hey everyone.  I-um... originally intended to be publishing book two right around now.  That obviously hasn't happened.  Since January really I've been struggling a lot with keeping...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.7

Chapter 2.7: Kindred Spirits

“Where did you find it?”

“About three hours northwest of here,” I answered Charlotte’s question. “Some half dozen ebonleafs are just withering a...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.6

Chapter 2.6: I’m Worried About Cal

Hope is the first real casualty of sleep deprivation.

People talk of dwindling energy, of drifting through the days as little more than a specter, a...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.5

Chapter 2.5: Ilirian

“I got it!” Charlotte’s cry echoed across the jungle floor as she darted in to meet the argentivore’s charge. Her rapier flashed through the air as she parried it...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.4

Chapter 2.4: The Cracks in the Bureaucracy

Three weeks passed in the comfortable haze of routine, of training and meditating and studying and training some more. I managed, for the first time...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.3

Chapter 2.3: The Waiting

I let my wooden practice sword fall to the floor as I rubbed the spot where Xavier’s axe had struck my chest. “That’s match to you.”

Xavier grinned and ...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.2

Chapter 2.2: Holding Pattern

“A little to the left… there. Perfect.”

I slid my palm across the poster, pressing the adhesive into the wall. A pale tendril of qi joined me, guiding...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.1

Chapter 2.1: Beneath an Ebon Canopy

Micaiah Ferendin scrunched her nose against the smell as the cultivators in front of her butchered their kills. The entire process bothered her. She watche...

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A Break From Dungeon Devotee

TL;DR at the end

Hey everyone,

This post is long overdue and probably no great surprise to any of you.  Missed deadline after missed deadline month in and month out isn't how I wan...

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To Flail Against Infinity, Book 1 of The Stargazer's War, is available now!

Hello everyone!  I'm super excited to announce that Book 1 of The Stargazer's War is available now on amazon. As always, I'd l...

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(NOT NEW) Dungeon Devotee - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: When it Rains

(Deleted this on accident.  Just reposting.)

Edmund’s gear never got a chance to dry.

Raindrops pelted his body as he emerged from the darkness be...

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Dungeon Devotee - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Through Biting Thorns

Edmund barely caught a glimpse of blue sky and false sunlight before a familiar voice pulled his attention away.

“Wait a minute. I know that oppressi...

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Dungeon Devotee - Chapter 27

[Hey everyone, I'm really sorry this is so late.  I had a bit of a crisis of motivation coming off of the high of finishing The Stargazer's War 1 that made it really hard to focus on the story...

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The Stargazer's War - Book 1 Epilogues

Epilogues

Maria only made it to her feet as she felt the whirr of thrusters quake the floors beneath her. Her hands shook as she moved to the window, pressed her face up to the glass to watch...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Took You Long Enough

Maria couldn’t keep the smile from her face. She had him. She had him. She almost wished she’d taken a picture of the looks on the would-be fugit...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 34

Chapter 34: A Penchant for Shadows

[Man, if you thought that earlier cliff was bad...]

There’s a hideous temptation the nothingness offers to those in pain.

Escape is t...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Nick

I hope after all the ice cream adventures and the scathing quips and the grand mysteries, after all the close calls and the glorious victory, after how, for so long now, ever...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Bao Long

[Cliff ahead.  Proceed with caution.]

Normally, this would be the part where I tell you I tossed and turned throughout the night, plagued by restlessness and d...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Time’s Up

“I still can’t believe Xavier beat me to copper,” I muttered to myself as I stacked a handful of apple seeds with a pair of tweezers.

“How are you still ...

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Dungeon Devotee - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: When it Rains

[And in the greatest plot twist since the Sixth Sense, I actually have this month's chapter a day early! Enjoy!]

Edmund’s gear never got a chance to...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: You Again

[Quick note: This chapter directly follows up on events from a chapter I intend to add but haven’t written yet. All you really need to know is that shortly after the v...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Trying it Out

I slammed my head into the sitting area table. The reinforced resin against my forehead made a rather satisfying thud, even as I let out a groan. “It’s not w...

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Dungeon Devotee - Chapter 25.5

[This is the part where I apologize for the del

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Dungeon Devotee, Now on Amazon!

Hello beautiful people!

I come to you out of schedule with some exciting news: Into the Darkness, book 1 of Dungeon Devotee, is now available 2022-11-26 02:41:39 +0000 UTC View Post

The Stargazer's War - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Tin

I bounded across the rooftops of Fyrion, leaping over peaks and valleys in the contiguous mass of metal that separated the city from the vacuum beyond. The dwarf planet’s gr...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Back to Work

I wish I had an interesting story to tell about clearing my brain meridian. After all that excitement, it feels wrong to just open my final meridian without a hitch, ...

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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Recovery

“Cadet Rex? Cadet Rex, can you hear me?”

My eyes blinked open to a bright light shining into them. I groaned.

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

The l...

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