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Dungeon Mistress Characters [poll]
Hi!Bit of a quick impromptu poll. (Admittedly, I've got another set of somewhat-similar poll choices for Speedrunner that'll show up on Thursday. Apologies for inundating you all; I'm hoping contributing to the direction character development goes in is fun instead of feeling spammy.)Per...
A Tailored Release
Author's Note: As mentioned in one of my other recent posts, I'm still working on the final chapter of Hospital Stay; it'll be released in August at some point as a bonus to the usual cadence of Monday releases. But here's the second June poll-winner -- a stand-alone story, although ...
The Masseuse (Ch. 24C: Decisions)
Author's Note: if you've for some reason decided just to skip ahead, please understand that this chapter is one of four different endings to the story.They both blinked.Claire spoke first. "Are...are you sure?" She looked me up and down, obviously thinking that I was pretty turned on...
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 15: Good Dreams]
Author's Note: Well, the results are in, and voting puts Matt at a 1.7 on the 1 (forgiving) to 4 (over it) scale that I invented.So he'll land on the forgiving side of distrustful when it comes to Viv and Lauren, for now, at least.Thanks for voting. I may do other, similar, polls going forwa...
The Masseuse (Ch. 24B: Decisions)
Author's Note: if you've for some reason decided just to skip ahead, please understand that this chapter is one of four different endings to the story.---They both blinked.Claire spoke first. "Are...are you sure?" She looked me up and down, obviously thinking that I was pretty turned...
July 2025 -- What Should I Write Next?
It's mid-July!So far, this month, I've posted:The Thaumaturge, Chapter 14The Masseuse, 24A (the first of four endings!)Speedrunner 0.3Coming up in the second half of the month:The Masseuse 24B, 24C, and 24DThe Thaumaturge, Chapter 15A stand-alone story: a young man goes to a high-end clothin...
Speedrunner 0.3
Author's Note: In reviewing the first few chapters, I realized I've had some inconsistencies in one of the names of the stats; it ought to be called Performance, not Physical. I've tweaked the first few chapters to correct the inconsistency; just wanted to clarify any confusion.---Why no...
The Masseuse (Ch. 24A: Decisions)
Author's Note: if you've for some reason decided just to skip ahead, please understand that this chapter is one of four different endings to the story.---They both blinked.Claire spoke first. "Are...are you sure?" She looked me up and down, obviously thinking that I was pretty turned...
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 14 Poll]
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!Make sure you are up to speed on The Thaumaturgebefore reading further and voting in this poll, please!.....I just posted Chapter 14; read that first before proceeding. Also, this poll is only open for a week -- I've gotta get a second chapter done this month so I nee...
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 14: Too Much]
Author’s Note: Well, this one is exposition-heavy. The next few may be as well. But there’s still smut in there, don’t you worry. :)Poll going up alongside this – go ahead and vote!—Diana: FUCK, dude. You had me so worried. I’m glad you’re ok. Text me when you wake up.Blearily, I looke...
The Masseuse (Ch. 21-23: Contests)
Author's Note: If you haven't read this before, I've written four different versions of Chapter 24 -- four different endings for the story. That's why Chapter 23 ends where it does. I'm going to shoot for editing and posting one ending a week for the next four weeks, so you won&#...
June '25 recap, July '25 plans
I'm fresh off vacation (which hopefully went mostly unnoticed; I had everything scheduled out to go live at its usual pace!) and now raring to go.Here's what I posted in June:The Thaumaturge, Chapter 12 (and its poll)The Masseuse Chapters 14-20Speedrunner 0.1The Thaumaturge, Chapter 13 (and ...
A Hospital Stay [Part 7]
“Well,” Dr Carlson said, drawing the word out dubiously. “It’s certainly possible that the surgery didn’t work. We discussed that possibility. You feel some sensitivity, you say?”I nodded.I was doing my best to tell myself that what’d happened with Kate wasn’t, uh, dispositive.After ...
Speedrunner 0.25
Author's Note: Doing this as a short bonus post plus a poll as an addendum to Speedrunner 0.2. It's the first time any of the characters have “leveled up” so there's a bit of a mechanics-dump, and I'm going to treat this as a voting opportunity.If you're hoping for more sex-r...
Speedrunner 0.2
What's that? Ah.Yes, we gave it everything it asked for. Of course we did. Apologies if I sound tired, Diane, but I can see the moral hectoring coming from a mile away. That's the whole point here, the entirety of what makes this little experiment in entertainment interesting: AI led, human ...
The Thaumaturge -- Ch. 1-13 Reflections/Q&A
THIS POST IS A REFLECTION/Q&A POST FOR MY SERIES THE THAUMATURGE. IT CONTAINS A FEW SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS ABOUT THE SERIES TO DATE; IT WILL NOT SPOIL OR DISCUSS BEYOND CHAPTER 13. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST THIRTEEN CHAPTERS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO BACK AND FINISH THE SERIES FIRST BEFORE RE...
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 13 Poll]
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!Make sure you are up to speed on The Thaumaturgebefore reading further and voting in this poll, please!.....I just posted Chapter 13; read that first before proceeding.It certainly seems like there are some important, sensitive conversations to have in order to move forwa...
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 13: In Control?]
Author's Note: If this were an early-2000s television series, I think this would be the Season 1 finale.Author's Note: If this were an early 2000s television series, I think this would be the Season 1 finale. Or maybe the episode right before a midseason break.We've now kind of completed...
June 2025 -- What Should I Write Next?
Here we are, somehow most of the way through June already!Up top, I wanted to make sure you saw the forthcoming pricing change I posted about yesterday. TLDR: Consider staying subscribed as a Reader and lock in your $3/mo rate, because starting in July it's going to go up to $5/mo for new subscr...
Forthcoming update to pricing
Hi all,Apologies if this is a little verbose, but I'm making a few changes in the near future, and being transparent about changes is pretty important to me.First, the most important and most imminent change:The TLDR is that in a few weeks, I'll be moving the current $3/mo Reader tier to a l...
Speedrunner 0.1
Author's Note: roxas_duh generously sponsored this second chapter of Speedrunner with his story sponsorship last month. Thank you for your support!Also, there's a lot of...very specific formatting in here, as we get into the LitRPG mechanics. Will you let me know how the readability of this ...
The Masseuse (Ch. 14-20: Betrayals and Blackmail)
CHAPTER 14It was Wednesday night, now. I
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 12 Poll]
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!Make sure you are up to speed on The Thaumaturgebefore reading further and voting in this poll, please!.....I just posted Chapter 12; read that first before proceeding.This particular poll is pretty consequential; it's not like it's determining who lives and dies,...
The Thaumaturge [Chapter 12: Sparring]
Lauren was looking at me, steadily. "It's your call, Matt, I'm not about to pick for you. Which will it be -- getting her off, or finding some way for you to get off?"It was an easy choice, really.There was no way in hell I was going to sign myself up for making Elana orgasm.One, I d...
May '25 recap, June '25 plans
It's almost June!Here's what I posted in May:The Thaumaturge, Chapter 11Summer EndingsThe Masseuse, Chapters 8-13 (a remaster)Dungeon Mistress: Session 5 (the finale!)Dungeon Mistress Q&A/wrap-upSpeedrunner 0.0All told, without the Q&A stuff and the Masseuse chapters, it's nearly 40k wor...
Speedrunner 0.0
The training dataset? Astute question, Diane. Well, as you might imagine, we've got some proprietary things going on under the hood...The training dataset? Astute question, Diane. Well, as you might imagine, we've got some proprietary things going on under the hood, but AI’s competency at ...
Dungeon Mistress: Q&A and Wrap-Up Thoughts
THIS POST IS A WRAP UP FOR MY SERIES DUNGEON MISTRESS. IT CONTAINS A FEW SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS ABOUT THE SERIES. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ ALL FIVE CHAPTERS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO BACK AND FINISH THE SERIES FIRST!Greetings, intrepid heroes!I've been meaning to do a little more reflection on my ...
Dungeon Mistress: Session 5
Author's Note: Apologies on the delay on th
May 2025 - What Should I Write Next?
Well, this month's off to a raring start, but the things I'm most excited about haven't even actually landed yet!So far this month, I've released:The Thaumaturge, Chapter 11 (and its accompanying poll, which has now closed -- looks like Lauren needs to figure out how someone else mig...
Summer Endings
Authors Note: Well, I'm hard at work on Dungeon Mistress Session 5, but as mentioned, the finale is a real behemoth and I want to make sure to do it justice. As such, I'm releasing a sponsored story this week while I continue to work on it. Rest assured, I'm making good progress against ...
