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Wasteland Warlords Episode 3: Chapters 4 - 6
Chapter 4 - Hollywood Hills“You want to go into LA?” Alex said. “The epicenter of the Inhabited Zone? Where the monsters are so thick that the US government gave it up as a loss twenty years ago, and the Warlord of the West took over?”Clay stuck up his hands in a take it easy gesture. “It...
Vigil's Balance: Four - The Call
I raced down the steps of the keep and out onto the front lawn where things were about thirty seconds away from escalating into a knock-down-drag-out ass kicking. There were two newcomers, both very clearly not human, and blocking their way forward was a wall of Fae flesh. Butterfly-winged pixies fl...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Thirty-One
The next couple of weeks were… Well, the best, and only way to describe them was sad. The Terrible Twelfth had gone to all four memorials, where they had to watch Wintersylver shed crocodile tears in public and smirk in private. It was so obvious she didn’t care. Marko, by contrast, was as weepy...
Vigil's Balance: Three - Old Friends
I pulled out a crystalline sigil pendent, draped around my neck, and pressed it against the heavy-duty door that barred the way into my new office, situated on the third floor of the keep. Crafted from cold iron and Mortka-forged steel, the door would stand up against an artillery barrage and thanks...
Vigil's Valor - Release Day!
It's finally here! Release day! Super excited to say that Vigil Bound 2, Vigil's Valor, is live on Amazon and the Audiobook--narrated by the awesomely talented Luke Daniels--is also out today! I wanted to thank everyone for reading and supporting my work; your comments, feedback, and insight...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Thirty
Shadowcroft motioned for Logan to sit. Wintersylver was already in a desk next to Lolozi Webbs.Professor Suresh’s white suit brought out the orange in his tiger stripes. A diamond necklace glittered around his neck. Equally as well dressed was Yullis Rockheart, though he had gone with formal red a...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 3: Chapter 3 - Secondhand Books
As promised, bonus chapter number 2!No one spoke as they pulled into the Sooq and parked the dune buggy outside their little circle of tents. Clay hopped out of the back where he’d been riding as their gunner and offered his hand to Alex, helping her down from the vehicle. She accepted the proffer...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 3: Chapter 2 - Voodoo Throw Down
Surprise! In honor of Veterans Day, here's a bonus chapter coming at you and there's one more on the way later tonight. Happy Friday here's hoping you have a great weekend.Thanks to all the vets who served out there!Clay swung the door open. The throne room was dimly lit with can lights,...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 3: Chapter 1 - Relics of the Past
“If you’re not ready to lay it all on the line out here, you won’t make it a week. The wasteland’ll chew you up and spit you out.”Clay Jaeger finally has the chance to become the spellslinger he always wanted to be—the one his family needs him to be to survive the dangers of the wastelan...
Vigil's Balance: Two - Cleanup, Isle 10
“About time,” I grumbled, squeezing the stone as I dismissed the bounty notice.After defeating a team of corrupt Vigils, uncovering a vast cult nestled inside the heart of the Citadel, and saving the city of Wildespell from a political coup, I’d received some very generous rewards from the pow...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Nine
Monday morning, Logan went out early to the Akros Coliseum, well before six a.m. He hadn’t been sleeping anyway. The events of the previous day had made sleeping impossible. Even his moldy bed hadn’t been able to relax him.He got into a meditation pose in front of Chadrigoth’s carbonite cocoon...
Vigil's Balance: One - House Hunting
“Damnit, Renholm!” I hollered, dancing backward as a fury body launched itself at my head. I shot a quick look at the Pixie-turned-Pookah. “I could use a little help over here.”“You’re doing fine,” he drawled, not even bothering to glance in my direction. He was sitting on the back of ...
Updates Galore
Hey every, James here. It's been several weeks since my last post, but the dry spell is finally over and I'm glad to say I've got a lot more content headed your way. But first, updates!1. Fulfillment: I'm behind on benefit fulfillment, but I'm shipping out signed books this week ...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 13 Mission Accomplished
In spite of its collision with the Gearhead, the dune buggy was still in working order. Mostly. But Joe fixed everything that was wrong with a little elbow grease, a bucketful of Magick, and his handy-dandy, all-purpose screwdriver.In next to no time, their little party covered the distance between ...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 12 Incant Joe
“Is he dead?” a small voice oinked.“No, he’s just unconscious.”“I never know what will end you puny humans. At times you seem so fragile, and at others, you are harder to stomp out than an infestation of kokopelis.”Alex’s soft hands pulled Clay’s head into her lap. “Come on, babe...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 11 Aussie fight
In his whirring mech suit, Flynn “Gearhead” Lynes stood seven foot tall and looked like a half-human tank.Clay could vouch for the accuracy of that appearance, almost having been crushed to death by the angry Aussie in their last meeting.“It doesn’t need to go this way,” Clay said, putting...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 10 Sweet Tooth
Then Clay was on his knees with his cheek flat on the strike plate of the strength tester game. Joe was positioned the same way opposite him on the plate. This time instead of being tied down by cord cobras, they were locked head-first through a pair of guillotines. The blades glinted in the moonlig...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Eight
Through sheer determination of will, Logan pulled himself up from the floor, body mangled, pain beating at his senses like a drum. He stood in the middle of the pile of broken conveyor belt parts. The two raiders, Hellmutt and Petula were on the platform above, looking down smugly while their tortoi...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 9 Carnie Tricks
And immediately found himself standing outside the carnival’s heart shaped archway. Joe stood at the turnstile with Chonk on his shoulder, looking confused and a little annoyed.“Smilerfax didn’t have much of a grasp on what ‘fun’ meant,” he said when he saw Clay. “I’d even go so far ...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Seven
Logan had been worried about Mariah being stationed on the Good Ship Smartie. However, the Lupine Fury still hadn’t realized that she wasn’t a statue. Nor did they discover Inga’ s Golden Centipede Spartan hiding away in a secret compartment on the boat. A Kurrybooboo had healed him, but they ...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 8 Fun and Games
Clay took aim and led the tangled knot of cords that seemed to be the lead cobra. With his new level of dex, he probably could’ve made the shot, but it was hauling ass toward Alex. He let the M4 hang on its sling and ran for his wife, pulling his K-Bar.A thick coil whipped around Clay’s legs, ta...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Six
Shellex Aldabra and the rest of Lupine Fury found themselves in a long corridor—four doors on the left, four doors on the right for a total of eight doors. All were a bright pink and looked exactly like bubblegum. A sign, canted at an odd angle, declared the corridor the “Delicious Hallway of Bu...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 7 Welcome to the Carnival
In the dune buggy, the last ten miles to Soledad Canyon flew by. They weren’t going to win any stealth achievements the way that beast was growling, but they were covering a lot of ground. Not walking for once was great, but Clay hadn’t realized how much he’d missed cruising along at highway s...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Five
Shellex Aldabra milled about in his human form, though he wasn’t human. Never had been. That would be too gross. He was a shifter, an onyxback tortoise shifter to be exact. He’d come from the dry desserts of Galapaygus, a whole world of various reptilian shifters, and a place with several Celest...
Wasteland Warlords - Episode 1 Cover Reveal
Look at what terrible thing I am about to unleash upon the world! HAHAHAHAHA1 This cover art for Wasteland Warlord 1 makes me cackle uncontrollably. Just Joe and Chonk, chainsaw buddies for life. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments.
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 6 Tajira’s Totally Reasonable Request
“Can’t believe Griff got to be the one chained to a tiki bar,” Joe muttered for the thousandth time that night around the campfire. “I was right there!” He stopped sharpening Bertha’s chain to throw up one hand in disgust. “That could’ve been me forced to drink booze and eat peanuts ...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Four
Lou Shador, the A-Class Rank 1 cultivator of legend, stood in the newly refurbished Situation Room of the Scarlet Paradox Dungeoneering Guild. The clutter was gone. The magical crystalline holo table was at the center of the room, as it should be, and around it were a dozen high-backed chairs made o...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 5 Tajira’s Totally Reasonable Request
The idea of wading into a potentially hostile dungeon—even one composed of RVs and motorbikes—without their weapons made Clay’s skin crawl. Every survival instinct he had said this was a terrible idea, no matter how friendly the creatures in the Sooq seemed to be. But after a quick nod from Gr...
Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Twenty-Three
Inga finally relented. <Very well, Logan. We’ll call it a murder factory, but we can’t use the name Willy Wonka. Thanks to all of your culturally specific references, I’ve taken it upon myself to extensively study copyright laws throughout the multiverse. While dungeoneers are bad, IP attorney...
Wasteland Warlords Episode 2 - 4 Search for the Sooq
Their eclectic party headed deeper into the urban sprawl, following Bacon Bits’s directions. Instead of being overshadowed by taller and denser buildings the farther in they got, they found themselves surrounded by higher and higher piles of rubble. Huge swathes of the city looked as though they h...
