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Part 1 of the NSFW side story is up!

Not linking directly to the smut, but you can find it on the Side Stories page on sunspot dot gay. For a little extra security, the page is password protected (shouldn't need an account). The passw...

Arc 4 Progress Update (good news!)

TLDR: Discount code to read 4.01-03 early; Arc 4 begins Nov 16, maybe 23; smutty side story this week.

Hi readers of Sunspot! It's the start of November, which means I've ove...

4.03 Patreon Release

One could say that my venture into the umbilical abyss of the hallway to reach my synthetic body was a reflection of the Flame-woven bridge across that solipsistic void my mind had crossed yesterda...

4.02 Patreon Release

CONTENT WARNINGS: Objectification, human trafficking, implied rape (in backstory, not on-screen)

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“Amane?” Alice called.

I heard the scuffling of a chair moving ...

4.01 Patreon Release

Hi public readers! 4.01 to 4.03 will release for patrons before 4.01 goes public, so if you want your fix of Sunspot a few weeks early, it's only $5!

The public NSFW side story is still comin...

3.12 Patreon Release

Yuuka took me to the rooftop.

It was a cold, clear afternoon in Tokyo, the kind I’d become somewhat used to by now, those pale-blue winter days that made the cityscape feel as though it wer...

3.11 Patreon Release

“Thank you for saving my life.”

Takagiri’s expression of gratitude was difficult to face directly. She bowed to a perfect ninety-degree angle, arms against her sides, black ponytail han...

Poster Comm Series #5: Yuuka

The fifth and last of the main Radiances in this series! Main version, eyepatch, and alt with her eye at full power.

Don't worry, we'll also be doing Ebi and Ezzen. Maybe Takagiri too. Also m...

Info on Delays, Yootie Life Update, Second Story

[TLDR: I'm moving! Expect some more delayed chapters for the rest of August, and afterward, I'll be starting a second story.]

Hi readers! Sunspot has had a lot of delayed cha...

3.11 Delayed One Day, Yuuka Poster WIP

Hi patrons! I'm super busy, so 3.11 won't be coming out for you guys until tomorrow. To tide you all over for those grueling 24 hours, I've elected to share the nearly-complete WIP of Yuuka's entry...

3.10 Patreon Release

None of the prosthesis prototypes were ideal. That wasn’t really the fault of the students who had made them; it was legitimately hard to come up with useful features to cram into the space of th...

Radiance Tier Perma-sale

Hi patrons & readers! Thanks for supporting Sunspot! This post is to notify you that I'm dropping the price of Radiance tier (the main advance chapters tier) back down from $10 to $5.

Why...

Arc 3 Cover Raw Art

You might have noticed that Arc 3 now has a proper cover everywhere you can read the story! I figured I'd post the full, title-less art here with a little director's commentary; I'm still working o...

[Repost] Side Story + Info

Hi folks! I haven't used Patreon for this kind of outreach before, but hopefully this will reach a bunch of readers who aren't in the ...

3.09 Patreon Release

(Sorry this is late! I think it came out strong, though)

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Ai’s students had been divided into six teams for the purposes of working on my prosthetic. Each team was a mix of undergr...

3.08 Patreon Release

The nature of the Todai “cuddle puddle,” as Hina affectionately referred to it later, was that most of its participants would leave in stages throughout the early morning, so I didn’t wake up...

3.07 Patreon Release

“An actual fucking ghost. Made of his Flame.” My head was buzzing with adrenaline from the last two minutes as I stared at the point in space where Sugawara had disappeared.

“Sure looks...

Poster Comm Series #4: Amane

Another poster by Mjeow! Her mech is not normally anywhere near this big but she's taken some liberties for the photoshoot.

Part of an in-progress series of seven: Hina, Alice, Ai, Amane, Yuu...

3.06 Patreon Release

Content warnings: Possession/spiritual violation

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I’d repeatedly heard Sugawara referred to as “comatose.” This was true, but what everybody had left out was that...

3.05 Patreon Release

Unlike what I’d seen of Ai’s premier magitech—Amane’s bionics and Ebi’s chassis—the coffin was not a pretty thing: a mess of plywood, sheet metal, 3D-printed parts, and exposed wiring. ...

3.04 Patreon Release

Ai initially seemed confused that everybody was yelling. She opened her mouth, said a few syllables in Japanese, saw me, hesitated, then switched to English.

“I just didn’t want to leave ...

3.03 Patreon Release

Making a mantle was a lot more involved than the instinctive immediacy of blood magic. I needed a full infomantic scan of my body, custom substrates, a lot of integration testing, and likely days�...

3.02 Patreon Release

[CW: unreality]

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If one were told that there was something in the corner by someone running on a life-threateningly severe sleep deficit, most rational people would find ...

Poster Comm Series #3: Ai

Another poster by Mjeow! Her necklace is a carbide cutting insert; not actual jewelry she wears, just a prop for the photoshoot. And how about those sweat patches in the alt?

Part of an in-pr...

3.01 Patreon Release

The next day, Alice finally found the time to sit me down and debrief the events of the Barbecue Inferno. It was a pale day; the clear and cloudless February sky held nothing to occlude the sunligh...

Poster Comm Series #2: Alice

A goodie for patrons to tide you over during the hiatus!

Part of an in-progress series of seven: Hina, Alice, Ai, Amane, Yuuka, Ebi, & Ezzen.

Poster Comm Series #1: Hina

A goodie for patrons to celebrate the end of Arc 2.

Part of an in-progress series of seven: Hina, Alice, Ai, Amane, Yuuka, Ebi, & Ezzen.

Blog Thing: Character DNA

In the Arc 1 Author’s Note, we talked about inspirations for Sunspot as a whole. This time, I’d like to instead talk about where individual characters come from, because it’s fun and I think ...

Arc 2 Retrospective

We made it!

Hello, readers! Welcome to another end-of-arc author’s note slash blog post slash postmortem slash peek behind the curtain. This is the early release of the public one; for yo...

Interlude: Memo Pursuant to PIR 5875

FROM: Adam Eckhart, Retrieval Operations

TO: Members of the Retrieval Panel

SUBJECT: A Chink In The Dermis

DATE: 22 February 2022

CLASSIFICATION: COSMIC TOP SECRET PARANATUR...