The next night passes in a surreal blur of heat and the rhythmic drumming of Poppy’s footfalls as we race across the desert. The loose sand begins to become more firm, gradually giving way to cra...
2024-12-20 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun rises and we get ready for bed, I notice a problem. There are five of us and only two tents.
“The others were destroyed by the reapers,” Quell says, apologetically. “Bu...
2024-12-18 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI gradually wake to a pounding headache and the sound of hushed voices. A fire is crackling nearby and warming my face. I risk squinting an eye open. It’s dark out.
My mind swirls wit...
2024-12-16 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe arrive at Peakshadow the following evening, an hour or so before the sun will slip beneath the surrounding hills. The town is murmuring with quiet, everyday life.
I don’t recognize any o...
2024-12-15 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post[Crimson Aegis removed from Inventory.]
The wyvern’s jaws smash into the shield, crushing me into the ground.
The Aegis’s conscience bursts into my mind at the same moment, briefly ...
2024-12-13 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostQuell had been busy while I was asleep. After waiting for the guard rotation to pass us by—a schedule Quell had apparently spent some time deducing—we leave camp and make for a cluster of rocks...
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2024-12-09 21:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostDespite Quell’s clear interest in the report on his sister, Captain Darian leaves with her guard to go examine the evidence of the Moonfall’s trail. Quell’s face falls as she leaves, and he a...
2024-12-09 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostEach afternoon, Caecius tells me to come back the next morning to work on a new piece with her, so I do. It’s not exactly how I intended to learn about glass magic, but I suspect I’m getting a ...
2024-12-08 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, come on,” Quell says, heading for the front of the tent and holding the flap open for me.
Outside the sky has turned purple, pink clouds swallowing up the stars. The sun is still h...
2024-12-06 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! If you're reading this, then the first book of Friendly Fyre is complete on Patreon! Thank you all SO MUCH for reading, and for all of your support!
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2024-12-05 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostPink and yellow sunlight spills over the palace as we drift silently over the arctic. All the guards, all the harpies, all the Fyrethians, from the original and lost colony alike, step outside to s...
2024-12-05 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe shield appears in the air before me, immediately lashing itself to my arm like a handsy kid afraid of being dropped.
Oh! We’re in a tent now? How did we get inside? Is it time to ...
2024-12-04 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostUsing the throne’s spell network, I don’t need the Dungeon Core’s interface in order to “see” across my kingdom. I can intuit the exact inflections of my rudders. I know how much lift the...
2024-12-03 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe arachnoid guard Xamireb holds the flap of the tent open for us. I roll my shoulder and crack my neck, the aches of the battle finally starting to catch up to me, then duck inside after Quell. 2024-12-02 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm approaching the end of the first draft of the Kanin Fodder (Book 3 of the Kanin series). Based on the first poll results, I will be giving a name to the predator. I've narrowed it down to a han...
2024-12-02 04:14:44 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s no time to fight off the predator and the thugs at once, so I pick my battle. If I can’t convince the predator from the outside, maybe I can direct it from within.
We sidestep the...
2024-12-01 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs the remnant’s influence spread through the fortress, following the instructions of its organic companion, memories tickled at its mind. It had once been interfaced with the fortress in such a ...
2024-11-30 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI let my head fall back on the sand and exhale my relief. I can feel my heartbeat pulsing through my entire body, adrenaline still pumping through my veins, exhaustion and soreness aching through m...
2024-11-29 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMirzayael stabs forward as I step back, diving into the Dungeon Core’s interface to access the throne room’s spell circuit. It takes me three seconds to find what I need.
I grab the spell...
2024-11-28 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDespite all evidence to the contrary, Prince Quell displays he does, in fact, have some common sense in him as he skids to a stop just short of the nearest cactus limb. I catch up to him half a sec...
2024-11-27 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI duck down beneath Ollie’s spine ridges as a spray of ice and stone showers us. My legs are squeezed tight around his neck, and my hands have a death-grip on his scales—even my wings are wrapp...
2024-11-26 17:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostI run across the desert, swearing at every little inconvenience that has become my life. Sand is in my boots, making every step annoying and uncomfortable.
“Stupid sand,” I growl, s...
2024-11-25 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostIn the telepad square, I find a job board, which is probably where I should have started. The wall has several messages pinned to its surface, some of them magically affixed, some of them mundane. ...
2024-11-24 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs Dizzi begins organizing the harpies and laying out our plan, I turn to Fyreneth’s throne. I should be able to finish the remaining stone conversions from here. Connecting to the spell network ...
2024-11-23 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“On your feet.” The arachnoid soldier prods me as I still lay there, mind whirring a mile a minute.
Someone out there—gods, or demigods, or whatever—knows why people like Hans a...
2024-11-22 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Jorrian troops send vibrations through the ice as thousands of armored boots stomp against the ground in time. Through the Dungeon Core, I count them by the number of footfalls. I determine the...
2024-11-21 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI groan, managing not to fall forward onto the sword.
“Throw down your weapons immediately,” the woman orders, still keeping the sword level at my throat.
My vision is startin...
2024-11-20 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy mind moves through the stone, buoyed along by the Dungeon Core. The Core is delighted by all the work I’ve been giving it of late. We zip through veins of rock like electrons on a circuit, fla...
2024-11-19 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post[Sanity Level: 100%]
Eyes wide, the prince opens and shuts his mouth. Then he opens it again. “Are you, um, quite sure you’re not here to kill me?”
His voice is quak...
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