Milo shook off the stun from a near-miss with a cannonball and two falls. The damage was only from the explosion and three painful splinters, but he was running low on health. Strangely, no one was...
2024-08-19 21:17:16 +0000 UTC View PostVacation is lovely. Writing goes well. The only problem is a 15" screen when I'm used to working on a 32" at home. It makes editing more of a chore. So writing now, editing later. I hope you don't ...
2024-08-19 21:15:38 +0000 UTC View PostI'm taking an actual vacation starting in a couple of days, and traveling less than 100 miles to Ocean City NJ. I rented a house sort of by the beach and boardwalk in the quiet part of time. All th...
2024-08-15 18:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostQuite aware that I left the last chapter ending on a cliffhanger, I bring you a second chapter today. This one may need fine-tuning on the numbers, but the mayhem is ready to go.
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Claudia watched the preparations with some amusement as she ate a plate of food supplied by the Butcher. She had brought up half of her troops to the end of the narrow street, formed up and ready t...
2024-08-11 18:56:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhat had been an open-air market in a poorer part of the city was now a beautiful winter carnival, the tattered awnings, and fish stalls covered in a shining layer of ice and frost. The beauty was ...
2024-08-09 01:09:22 +0000 UTC View PostAboard the Iron Orca, Captain Annie swirled the rum in a half-finished bottle, drank down two inches of the potent drink, then cursed and threw it at the crow's nest. The lookout, a vetera...
2024-08-08 02:04:25 +0000 UTC View PostTwo men and a wagon traveled through the busy streets of Wolfsburg, talking as they went. Cauldius had just finished telling Ozzy about his life in the Mage Guild and the highlights of his latest c...
2024-08-05 03:47:57 +0000 UTC View PostHorridragh hadn't slept well lately, tossing and turning in his muddy bed, partly wrapped around a rocky outcropping. Over and over he had fallen into an exhausted dream, only for the dream to turn...
2024-08-04 03:15:38 +0000 UTC View PostEverything slowed to a crawl for Milo and things snapped into place. His annoyance with the Eel was recognized as the feelings of the great beasts in his dreams, and the lingering ant...
2024-08-01 23:20:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe runic formation wavered as he lost some of his concentration, then firmed again. Milo had become distracted by the last two crew to come aboard. Both were female dwarves dressed similarly to th...
2024-08-01 19:45:35 +0000 UTC View PostPantsing vs. Planning
This discussion pops up in writing groups for web serials almost weekly. 'Pantsing' or 'Writing by the seat of your pants' means just tossing down the ideas as they come to...
"Master Rastfian! Another pulse of mana, and I've noticed something odd. Frost forms on the stone after each pulse. It was hard to see at first, but it lasted longer before melting this time."
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Once again, Arthamax struggled against his icy prison. It was increasingly frustrating to be trapped here. True, the temperature was ideal and the flow of mana through his body quite invigorating, ...
2024-07-21 21:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostClimbing to the rooftops, Milo stayed as high as he could to get the best view of what was going on. After climbing to the top of the highest house near the docks, a large compound with a seven-sto...
2024-07-19 03:28:49 +0000 UTC View PostMilo is heading back to Shadowport. He hasn't been in the game much lately. Or has he?
Knight of the Jackelope was a tongue-in-cheek story I started posting on Patreon where Larry...
A short chapter, and then we dive back into the world of Genesis. I'm starting the next chapter immediately as well as a good Synopsis of the crossover for people who haven't read Butcher of Gadobh...
2024-07-16 00:06:58 +0000 UTC View PostOzzy was up early the next morning, long before dawn. Sneaking down the stairs, he grabbed a loaf of bread from the kitchen and started to head out the door to the butcher shop. An angry voice stop...
2024-07-15 16:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post"The beast is unhappy, complaining, and struggling against us."
"Of course it is. It's a Dragon. A Dragon hates to be confined, controlled, ordered about, or told what to do, even by another...
The smell of chamomile tea tipped Ben off to his guest as he approached the door to his home in the livery stable. To be honest, he wasn't totally surprised. Diego came by to talk on a regular basi...
2024-07-14 18:14:58 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D98Y54PL
And yes, the fur color is off. :) That was supposed to adjusted to grey when...
Everyone is tired. Milo, the Alphabet, and me. Somehow, the words start flowing the later it gets.
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Preparing Jeremy's pod took Milo an hour. His mobile...
Milo watched as Llama and Icarus got reacquainted. Hecate watched as well. She turned to Milo and Rusty, "What are your plans now?"
Rusty pumped his fist in the air. "Victory dance, and non-...
The Baron of Gadobhra dismissed the system message then stood and looked at the Knight. "Got a contract on you? And which one of you is a lawyer? You have to divulge your legal team when you come v...
2024-07-08 16:38:44 +0000 UTC View PostSo much going on in this chapter. I'm going to have to read it tomorrow to remember what I wrote. I started it near midnight and it just rolled on out for the next two hours. Certain things happen...
2024-07-08 05:39:19 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the electrical storm of the day before, the skies over Gadobhra were clear and the air brisk. A strong wind out of the north brought the smell of snow and the temperature began to drop. The c...
2024-07-07 23:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostLong after the rest of the family had gone to bed, Ozzy sat in the guest room, sipping on a bottle of Vassily's brandy. It was good stuff, and he was finally starting to feel the alcohol hit him. R...
2024-07-06 01:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostI've been trying to write this chapter all day. Didn't know where to start, only had parts in the middle. Finally started with Llama's perspective and things started rolling along after hours of no...
2024-07-02 03:14:57 +0000 UTC View Post"I bid,....I bid 125 thousand."
"126."
The auctioneer sighed. "Sir, as was stated in the rules of the auction: After bidding breaches the level of 100 thousand or more, all bids must be incre...
Ozzy got a few stares as he pulled the heavily laden wagon through the streets of Wolfsburg. Most people saw a man pulling a wagon, not unknown in a world where Teamsters and other specialized trad...
2024-06-30 20:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post