The funeral left a bad taste in John’s mouth. Part of that was from being forced into going in the first place. He didn’t feel bad about putting those men down, nor did he care about their fami...
2024-05-21 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJohn walked back into town with the deer slung over his shoulder. He had made sure to dress it before taking it back, but some blood had still stained his jacket.
That was a bit annoying, but...
2024-05-20 12:12:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman sighed and pulled out a wooden box from behind her desk. “Not as much as I would have liked.”
Curious, John looked inside and saw a collection of parts. Parts that he recognized...
2024-05-20 11:34:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20 of BSE is up! A little past the thirty days I gave myself, but not by much. Hard to believe I wrote over 115k words between Tarnished and BSE in a little over a month. Crazy! That's th...
2024-05-16 00:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander found it hard to care about anything for the next few days. He simply went through the motions like he had back when he worked for Yuri. By shutting himself off from the outside world and...
2024-05-15 23:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander was just finishing up a work order when Mingyu Na came through the door followed by five security officers.
He put down the tool he was holding and looked at the Captain. “So this...
2024-05-15 01:33:30 +0000 UTC View PostMingyu sighed as he exited the conference room. It had been four long hours of back-and-forth discussions. While he despised Omni and everything they stood for, he would give the Omni representativ...
2024-05-14 00:52:27 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Captain Na had left, Alexander got it into his head that he could just repeat his success with Sinorus engines instead.
After doing some research on the Omni competitor, Alexander scrapp...
2024-05-13 01:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostMade it to Chapter 20 of Tarnished just in the nick of time. This will be the last chapter I post of Tarnished until the series goes live on RR on the 20th. I plan on doing two chapters a day for t...
2024-05-12 01:14:36 +0000 UTC View PostWith some of the armor retrieved, for study by Travis the artificer, and the unknown group seemingly vanishing into the deep wilderness, John wasn’t sure what to do.
There was the option to...
2024-05-12 01:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostJohn helped to remove the remaining corpses from the suits. He wasn’t a stranger to moving corpses around, unfortunately.
The bodies were all piled up near the first one that Travis had bis...
2024-05-11 00:35:24 +0000 UTC View PostLet me apologize for not getting these chapters updated to the lower tier sooner. I had so much going on this morning with the RR launch that it completely slipped my mind.
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2024-05-09 23:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostAfter finishing a recent repair job, Alexander decided to take a break and head down to the terminal to order some supplies as a few of his printer materials were running low. And maybe check his m...
2024-05-08 22:46:25 +0000 UTC View Post“I can’t fix that scrap, but perhaps, with some luck, I can make you a new one,” The man relented after John vehemently complained. “But don’t expect something as crude as that firearm. W...
2024-05-08 00:17:11 +0000 UTC View PostJohn followed the trail back through the hills until he came to a fork in the path. There was a fresh tail leading straight south, he tugged his horse to follow the trail. About an hour after that,...
2024-05-06 23:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostTheodore Pembrooke smiled when the ramp to his ship finally closed. There were two reasons for his happy mood. The first was he could finally remove the ridiculous helmet and vac-suit. Despite the ...
2024-05-05 22:12:54 +0000 UTC View PostMingyu stomped down the ramp of his ship, steam still billowing off the cooling thrusters. He was annoyed. More than annoyed, he was angry.
His ship the Moonlit Destiny had planned for a six-...
2024-05-05 21:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander tossed the six bent and twisted pieces of junk that had been weapons into the smelter. After almost having two customers accidentally stumble upon him making one of the restricted weapons...
2024-05-05 01:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostWilkes walked up to stand next to the Captain. It had been about a week since they arrived but it was finally time to leave. The robot had just finished the last of the repairs and packed up his pr...
2024-05-05 00:58:17 +0000 UTC View PostJohn was awoken by someone nudging his leg. It wasn’t the nudge that got his attention though, it was the flare of pain from his still-injured leg that did that. He immediately realized he had pa...
2024-05-03 23:57:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You done?” John asked. He knew he looked like hell warmed over. His outfit was chared and torn where it wasn’t covered in dirt and pine sap.
“Almost,” The man chuckled. “So, Mr. ...
2024-05-03 00:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander peered into the engine cone of the Zephyr. It had been perforated in a dozen places and a large chunk was missing off of one side.
He was pretty sure he could fix it if he had a big...
2024-05-02 00:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe Zephyr limped into Pertrov Station trailing a thin line of smoke from its port engine. The smoke came from the ruptured electronics systems along the side of the ship and not the fuel system, t...
2024-04-30 23:51:04 +0000 UTC View PostJohn was surprised to see the Sheriff ready and waiting for him as he rode up the next day.
The man flicked his cigarette on the ground and crushed it underfoot. “You’re late.”
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2024-04-30 01:14:36 +0000 UTC View PostJohn didn’t know who this Jacob fellow was, but he had to have some presence about him to con forty-plus workers into following him in the wrong direction.
Considering what he knew so far, ...
2024-04-30 00:49:06 +0000 UTC View PostJohn walked into the Foreman’s bedroom alone. The Sheriff had left shortly after the Doc, taking the Deputy with him to wait outside for the undertaker.
That was probably for the best, espe...
2024-04-29 00:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostAfter rounding up the bodies and securing the guns, John found a fallen log to sit on. He grimaced as he sat down, finally acknowledging the pain he had been in for most of the fight.
John mi...
2024-04-29 00:29:25 +0000 UTC View PostYulia returned a few days later. He didn’t ask why she hadn’t shown up the prior day, and she didn’t offer. She just sat back on her stool and started talking.
Initially, when the girl ...
2024-04-28 00:38:45 +0000 UTC View PostAs you can probably imagine, the breadth of knowledge a seven-year-old has about history isn’t great. Despite that, and the fact that Yulia liked to go on random tangents, Alexander did ...
2024-04-26 23:23:46 +0000 UTC View PostJohn knew using himself as bait was a dumb idea, but he had no better options. At least none that would allow him to get to his horse before getting shot in the back. Things weren’t all bad, he s...
2024-04-25 23:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post