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Death After Death PLUS 318-320

Ch. 318 - Someplace New

The road continued, and four days after they left Ifrin’s Crossing, they reached the foothills that marked the true borders of this Kingdom. Chari...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 132-134

Side note, but I finished writing book 3 this week. On to book 4! How does it end? I guess we'll have to find out in a month or two...

Ch. 132 - An Impasse

The Iron ...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 184-185

Ch. 184 - Restless Peace

For the better part of the next week, things were mostly quiet. A few more nobles died, but this time neither Lucas nor anyone in his employ had an...

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Death After Death PLUS 315-317

Ch. 315 - Hero of the Day

After his orb disappeared into the darkness above, Simon sat just where his doppelgänger had been a moment before and waited. Instead of reflecti...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 129-131

Ch. 129 - Heart of Fire

“Me?” the Ebon Blade asked. “A sword can do nothing alone, but with the right wielder, anything may be accomplished.”

The group of sou...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 182-183

I don't want to spoil anything, but in the spirit of making sure people don't renew their patron subscriptions more than they need to, I will say that this book is only a few weeks from ending. Whi...

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Death After Death PLUS 312-314

Ch. 312 - The Long Way

Despite his hurry to leave Hepollyon, Simon was in no hurry to arrive in Ionar. That urgency had been caused by the growing discomfort of trying to l...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 126-128

Ch. 126 - Lost

Inch by inch, the blade was buried in filth. While it stood there, unused and embedded in the stone, the tiny demons built a terrible sort of nest around it,...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 180-181

Ch. 180 - Watch Out

Mage ambushes aside, on some level, Lucas felt safest when he was riding down a dark road at night. Given the number of monsters in this world that was ...

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Death After Death PLUS 309-311

Ch. 309 - Uprooted

After over a decade and a half in Ordanvale, Simon finally decided to leave and journey south to see the Oracle in her mountain-top city. He wasn’t loo...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 123-125

Ch. 123 - Smoldering Embers

When the tide of bottle up evil thinned into a fog, they strode forward. Now the blade could study the details of the plain stone corridor and i...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 178-179

Ch. 178 - What to Do

Seconds later, the two men succumbed, and he and Lord Torvin were all but alone amidst the limp bodies of his rivals. “Going straight for the throat,...

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Death After Death PLUS 306-308

Ch. 306 - A Stranger

Simon had been in Ordanvale for more than half a decade when he saw someone he was sure was part of the Unspoken for the first time. He was hardly the ...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 120-122

Ch. 120 - The Songstress

Lucian fell from the sky like a bloody comet, and as he did, the blade absorbed souls all along the way, devouring the lesser ones as best it could...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 176-177

Ch. 176 - Muted Celebration

No matter how much neither of them wanted to let go of each other, eventually they did, if only because Lucas was absolutely dead on his feet. T...

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Death After Death PLUS 303-305

Ch. 303 - Further Experimentation

Despite Simon’s near miss with the orb, he was undeterred. While it was fun to improve the lives of those in Ordanvale, and that summer ...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 117-119

Ch. 117 - A Real Challenge

There were no other hunters or divine attacks in the days that followed that terrible night. The Ebon Blade and its wielder made good time and de...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 174-175

Ch. 174 - The Perfect Ambush (part 2)

Lucas fell end over end for several seconds before he stabilized his fall. That gave him just enough time to decide how he wanted to l...

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Death After Death PLUS 300-302

Wooooo! Chapter 300! What a milestone. I love it.

It's amazing how quickly stories add up if you just keep going. If you go this far, thanks for reading!

Ch. 300 - Field Resea...

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Tenebroum is Complete... For Now...

Today, Tenebroum Book 5 is now available, in its final form 2025-08-04 20:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post

The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 114-116

Alright, we are back to three chapters a week, with (hopefully) no further commercial interruptions. Thank you for your patience!

Ch. 114 - The First Link

Part of the...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 172-173

Ch. 172 - The Tolling Bell

The bell rang nine while Skylara was getting ready, increasing Lucas’ anticipation. He felt more like bait than a dragon slayer, but he was com...

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Death After Death PLUS 297-299

Ch. 297 - A Short Delay

Simon spent the rest of the night hacking the little green monsters to pieces. He was in no hurry, even from the beginning, before the grim work exh...

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Continuity, and Other Topics

So first, let me preface this post by saying I'm just fine. To the best of my knowledge, I'm in perfect health. That said, last week I had a sort of thought-provoking scare.

One night after ...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 112-113

I'm making a post about it in a couple of days, but just to let everyone know, I plan to resume posting this story three times a week next week or the week after. While I will still be posting Brew...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 170-171

Ch. 170 - Last Chance

They reached the River Palace a few hours before dawn, which was even bigger than he imagined it to be. He’d heard both Heisenburgle and Skylara des...

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Death After Death PLUS 294-296

Ch. 294 - Never Alone

For the first few minutes, Simon just enjoyed the change of scenery. As the distant rumble of the volcano faded along with the portal, he listened to ...

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The Blood-Stained Blade Ch. 110-111

Ch. 110 - Impact

The young mage fell silently and invisibly from his perch toward the hard ground below. He tried to struggle and squirm, but the blade held him, twisting h...

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Brewing Bad Ch. 168-169

Ch. 168 - A Dangerous Liaison

‘My dearest Mr. Blue,’ the letter began. ‘I can see now that I might have been hasty in judging you. Perhaps we can arrange a rapprochem...

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Death After Death PLUS 291-293

Ch. 291 - Experiments 

Simon went hunting that afternoon, but more to practice with his bow than for the food. He was planning to stay for a couple more days to trace ...

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