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The Perfect Run 100: Past Fragment: No Planet for Old Men

November 20th, 2004, Vatican City.

An atheist had once told him that though he never believed in God Almighty, the Chapel Sistine made him doubt.

How could an...

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Kairos 35: Marching to War

Queen Medea returned Nessus to his natural form last.

One by one, she had the beast crew of the Foresight bow before her, under the shadow of their living ship. The sorceress looked ...

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The Perfect Run 99: How I Met Your Daughter

It was May 8th for the seventeenth time, for Ryan Romano had died happy.

Or he could have, as he woke up in a king-sized bed and in Livia’s arms. Ryan had beat up Ghoul again in his sleep, ...

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Kairos 34: Themiscyra

Themiscyra appeared before Kairos’ eyes, and the [Hero] had to stop for a moment to admire it.

Protected by an illusory veil making it undetectable to the outside world, Achlys’ capital w...

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The Perfect Run 98: White Night

He found Livia waiting for him at the Deadland motel.

Ryan drove to the meeting spot in his Plymouth Fury, having repaired his car after the Land wrecked it; though he had to drown it with pe...

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Kairos 33: King's Jest

The Foresight crushed trees as it walked, a giant beast prowling the woods.

Kairos watched from atop the deck, as the Foresight sent beasts and birds fleeing. Thick, crablik...

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Slowing Down

As I write these lines, I've just finished writing tomorrow's chapters, both for Kairos and The Perfect Run. They're rushed, unedited, will need to be reworked, and I still haven'...

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The Perfect Run 97: A Breath of Fresh Air

“Sorry, I can’t do that.”

Ryan scratched Eugène-Henry’s back while watching Dr. Tyrano on his computer screen. The A-bomb laid on the desk, right next to the late Fat Adam...

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The Perfect Run 96: Beast of the East

Ryan went straight for the killing blow.

“CIA!” His hand moved inside his trench coat, and brought out a fake badge he had prepared for this day. “Arrest this man! The senate impeached ...

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Kairos 32: Burden of Command

The morning amazon patrol came earlier than the last, and they had brought a yellow tiger bigger than a horse.

Hidden under the cover of an oak tree and a veil of [Invisibility], Kairos watch...

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The Perfect Run 95: Double Date

Ryan drove his Plymouth Fury through dilapidated streets, while his partner-in-crime explained the plan in the back. He had put on the bowler hat, like a crown of pain and destruction.

“Whe...

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Kairos 31: I Live, I Die, I Live Again

All Travians learned to swim as soon as they could walk.

Most sailors on the Sunsea were city folk, youths in search of adventure, or non-professionals looking for work. But seafaring was in ...

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The Perfect Run 94: Cheat Code

It was May 10th. Psyshock would attack the orphanage any minute now, and a rabbit had hanged himself in the kitchen.

“Come on…” Ryan muttered to himself in consternation. The world-dest...

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The Perfect Run 93: Defenders of the Realm

“You don’t believe me?” Ryan asked Len, his feet dangling from the edge of the orphanage’s roof. The stars shone brightly in New Rome’s polluted skies, their light piercing through the da...

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Kairos 30: Danse Macabre

The Foresight sailed along the Achlysian coast, and the Argo pursued it.

The distance between the two vessels was great, but the undead ship moved with unnatural speed. Whet...

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Perfect Run Interlude Poll: Western or Disaster?

Choose this month's Perfect Run Past Fragment interlude!

1) Leaf & Seed: A Superhero Western

2020, Nevada. The United States have collapsed, torn apart by supe...

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The Perfect Run 92: Best Laid Plans

In the end, all of Ryan’s loops started the same way.

By ramming his car into Ghoul’s back.

“You know, you have become a fixture in my life,” Ryan said as he exited his Plymouth...

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Kairos 29: Deadly Tactics

Autumn was the season of storms.

A merchant galley usually took nine days to travel from Travia to Achlys. Rhadamanthe estimated it would take six with the Foresight, whose oars coul...

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The Perfect Run 91: Bloodline Empire

Len put her hand on the aquarium, and Bloodstream’s putrid eyes looked at her. The sight filled Ryan with scorn and disgust.

“How?” the courier asked, his own breath shortening, a sharp...

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The Perfect Run 90: Past Fragment: The First Run

The world turned purple, as time slowed down to a crawl.

Raindrops froze in midair, never reaching the ground. A lightning bolt coursed through the skies, a scar of light in the heavens. Ryan...

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Kairos 28: Household Chores

The Foresight reached Histria’s shores with a fleet at its back.

In total, Kairos’ allies had provided him with ten more galleys: two whalers specialized in sea monster hunts, th...

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The Perfect Run 89: Past Fragment: Bloodstream's Last Stand

  • 2016, Italy.

“Our target,” Leonard Hargraves faced his team in his human form, “is Freddie Sabino, alias Bloodstream.”

Pictures of the man that the Psyc...

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Kairos 27: Purchased with Blood

The wedding’s disastrous conclusion had killed the mood.

Kairos had never seen Sertorius so furious. The man had always looked icy and emotionless, but his angry glare could kill the faint-...

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The Perfect Run 88: Atom Smasher

Atom Smasher wasn’t one for words, so he went straight for the kill.

His glowing hands unleashed a stream of red particles at the presidential guard. Sarin reacted quickly enough to retalia...

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The Perfect Run 87: Medical Care

They crashed into Dynamis’ HQ, like Fat Man into Nagasaki.

Vulcan had been kind enough to equip the Saturn Armor with a small jetpack, but Len’s aquatic suit had no such boon. The beefed-...

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Kairos 26: The Wedding

Kairos’ parents had once debated about when a child turned into an adult. His father had argued a boy became a man with his first kill. His mother, when he married and started a family.

Wel...

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Update: Kairos, April Break, Vainqueur Webtoon...

Hi everyone! I've got news!

First of all, I'm proud to announce that I've signed a deal with Aethon Books to adapt Kairos into an Ebook/audiobook trilogy. As such, the story...

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The Perfect Run 86: The End Times

“I don’t know,” Alchemo said.

Ryan Romano slouched on his chair, the Saturn Armor’s sheer weight making it cringe. Vulcan sat at his side, checking a portable computer with a frown on...

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Kairos 25: The She-Wolf of Lyce

The Foresight reached Lyce by sundown.

The greatest city in the world ruled a vast empire across the Sunsea, claiming dominion over almost all known western islands. Dominating a mas...

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Kairos Poll: Ghost Ship or Artifact Hunt?

Since I intend for this month's Perfect Run Past Fragment to be the long-promised Bloodstream's Last Stand interlude and Kairos has been picked for an indie publishing de...

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