The second Hamlet to be founded near Sedgewick, West Farthing, has an important decision to make. While North Farthing (a mile away) got a Pub, their neighbors get to choose either a Small Pub or a...
2023-04-07 01:42:34 +0000 UTC View PostOzzy awoke to the smell of pancakes and strong tea. He normally only needed four hours of sleep a night, but drinking rum with his fellow captains had strained even his metabolism, and he'd slept i...
2023-04-07 01:37:51 +0000 UTC View PostFrom a balcony overlooking the 'reception hall,' Milo could see more than fifteen-hundred residents and over three-hundred employees of Manpower. It was the most people he had ever seen in one plac...
2023-04-06 21:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostJust because the Butcher is trying to finish the writathon doesn't mean we can ignore the Rat. Then again, he isn't even in this chapter!
"I am not wearing the stupid shirt. Nor the...
Late night in Gadobhra. A large and rotted squash was launched towards the head of the demonic statue sitting in the middle of the open square at the city's heart. Metal creaked, and a clawed h...
2023-04-04 01:48:36 +0000 UTC View PostWritathon continues, with extra chapters going up. I need to do 71k words in a month.
Theordis was greatly enjoying his dinner. Nothing added to the flavor of food like the glo...
Theordis had not expected such a fine little Inn in such a small, out-of-the-way town. They had been greeted by the Innkeeper and his staff as if they were nobility and shown to quite comfortable r...
2023-04-03 03:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostOver large bowls of hearty gopher stew, the new inhabitants of the Barony of Gadobhra discussed what to name their new Hamlet. Sloth Hollow was proposed, but it was quickly pointed out that there w...
2023-04-03 01:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostLater today, after the ribs are on the grill, I'm going to research how to post tables as an image on Patreon. A character sheet doesn't work on Patreon.
Milo woke up.
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Milo was mopping up the mess he had made by being inconsiderate and bleeding all over the floor. He was almost done when a small thought wormed its way out of his subconscious and into his mainstre...
2023-04-02 03:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostOzzy explained how gopher hunting worked. "I'm going to thump my hammer on the ground hard, and it will drive out all the critters living underneath. Most normal gophers won't survive, but there's ...
2023-03-30 22:43:36 +0000 UTC View PostOzzie was enjoying himself. He still wondered why Suzette and Ben had thought it necessary that he be the one to start leading families out to the open land by the unicorn fields. Still, he'd learn...
2023-03-30 16:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe first part of this chapter was originally going to be in Chapter 267, but the rest got pushed back. After someone pointed out Ozzy needed to grab his bag, I put up the new ending to 267 and...
2023-03-30 01:16:47 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Chapter 270 was already put up and is a stand-alone chapter taking place at roughly the same time as chapters around it.
"You enjoyed that far too much." Suzette was pouring s...
Slow this week. Much time taken up running children all over creation for four days while my wife is away. I have so much sympathy for single parents. I don't know how you do it.
They dreame...
Slightly rough draft. Lots of moving parts, no pun intended.
The time spent with the gang had gone better than Milo could have expected, although he wasn't looking forward to a long ...
2023-03-24 03:40:09 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon only. Never really meant to be part of the main story. Things like this help me with my background.
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Butch opened the door to Yumi's insistent knocking, and she barged past him, towing Ghost behind her. "Emergency. Ghost never saw the Matrix. We need your copies to watch." Butch slowly turned and ...
2023-03-21 23:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post I have some new adventurers showing up to Gadobhra who venture into the Pit of Butcher. Would anyone like to volunteer to die horribly?
-I can use your RR name, or something else.
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Yes, we haven't seen 269 yet. This chapter is independent of others around it. I almost made it chapter??, but it slides in good as 270 so I put it up here for you to read.
Baron To...
Suzette wished that the Fae Lords come with instructions. Every single one of them was different, with strange titles, habits, and ways of doing things. It was tough to figure them out and nearly i...
2023-03-18 00:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostFeedback welcome. This type of story is tough to write. I find interactions between real people are sometimes very hard to right. I don't want to make them trivial, but so much of 'normal' real...
2023-03-17 02:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A note on Unreliable Narrators. Firstly, I like them. Secondly, they cause me a lot of trouble when people misunderstand the situation because of what is being said. People lie. Sometimes w...
As pointe out, Ozzy hadn't retrieved his bag. And nothing like that can be simple. Here's the new ending to 267. The story of the refugee farmers finding a new home will probably be in Chapter 269 ...
2023-03-15 21:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Tavern was quite full as the taxmen entered. The men at arms each got a beer and went to sit in the stables with the horses. One scribe named Kenneth Higgins ventured to the bar at the order of...
2023-03-13 21:43:12 +0000 UTC View PostI'll be double checking this against the prior drafts, and making sure it's clear that the second part of this chapter occurs at the start of the day, before Suzette first encounters the taxmen...
2023-03-12 19:48:45 +0000 UTC View PostAs Geoffrey returned from looking at the flying ship, Manfred noticed his pace was quick, and his brow furrowed. "Let me guess, you saw something interesting and are trying to figure out how to mak...
2023-03-10 04:58:08 +0000 UTC View PostA hot mess of a rough draft that I make no apology for. Lots of stuff going on in this one.
KEPLER heard juggling described once as the art of keeping all the balls in the air. The ...
Just finished writing. A lot is going on in this chapter, and I will be going back to edit, make better sentences, etc. But I was also wanting to post it before I had to log off for the night.
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'This a very dangerous rune.'
Milo had separated the particular bone he needed from the horror of taxidermy he had bought from the Eels and was carefully examining it. The bone was ...