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Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 95-96
Ch. 95 - The March to WarIn a world of darkness, a man with a little light was king. That’s what they said about him, though Brother Faerbar downplayed it. No matter what accolades his brothers tried to place upon him, he would only accept Paragon. That was why they marched, after all. They were a...
Death After Death Ch. 72
Ch. 72 - Lives Worth SavingThat was how Simon spent the better part of the week, more or less. They didn’t linger in the dressmaker’s shop long because it wasn’t very defensible and because it didn’t have much in the way of food. The fact that the room with the blood-covered dolls freaked hi...
Broken System Ch. 53-54
Ch. 53 - DiscoveredBenjamin was dreaming about fast food when he awoke to a short, sharp shake in the darkness before dawn. As he opened his eyes, at first, all he saw was a silhouette, but it quickly resolved into his friend Matt’s face. His finger was pressed to his lip as a warning for silence ...
On Writing (By Stephen King)
I've been reading books on how to write better lately. While I'm pretty happy with my overall voice, there are several things I need to work on. Right now, I think my biggest problem is I have turned the virtue of "simple, fast paced prose" into a bit of a vice. Reading back through ...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 93-94
Ch. 93 - Ten Thousand CandlesEven with the great dome of the temple toppled and the sun missing from the sky, the surviving leaders of the church would not listen to him. He, like so many of the other veterans who had survived the onslaught of monsters they’d all faced, urged their leaders to act ...
Death After Death Ch. 71
Ch. 71 - AftermathWalking upstairs was a little more challenging than he’d expected, so instead of immediately heading out, he changed his mind and decided to take a quick nap in the innkeeper’s bedroom since that was the safest part of the whole inn. He slept fitfully as he struggled with his r...
Broken System Ch. 51-52
Well - now to be the most unpopular man of the year. Broken System has slowed down to 2 chapters a week on RR so it will be here as well. Baring unforeseen circumstances that means this story will finish the second book sometime early next year and the third book... next fall-ish.Will the story end ...
Happy (Belated) Halloween
I hope everyone is enjoying their spooky season. I wanted to share a couple things with all of you.First is that I and a couple authors I know sponsored a small Halloween short story contest. One of my fine readers even joined it, so if you like creepypastas, give them a read (and vote for a winner!...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 91-92
Two chapters for everyone! Forever! (hopefully)Ch. 91 - Safe HarborTagel-by-the-sea was burning on the horizon well before they reached it, creating a macabre lighthouse of sorts. Even though that was the case, they were still going to have to stop, however briefly, to try to find something to eat a...
Death After Death Ch. 70
Fair warning: Extra brutal chapter.Ch. 70 - Devourer of Flesh“Did you kill her?” Simon demanded, “Or did you let the zombies do it for you?”“I… what?” Brenna said, confused.“Freya! Did you fucking kill Freya?” Benjamin shouted.That was enough noise to attract attention, and he hear...
Broken System Ch. 46-50
You know - even though I know in my head that I have a buffer, and there's nothing to worry about, when I go to post large blocks of chapter to Patreon I always worry: did I write all these yet? Did I finally out? I did not though. I have still written through 53, and plan to further increase th...
Well, It Finally Happened
After 14 months of regular writing and posting, for you, my beloved audience, a publisher has shown interest in some of my stories. Specifically, in Tenebroum and Broken System. They are a small gamelit-style fantasy publisher, and there's no associated advance on offer, so I'm not at all su...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 90
Ch. 90 - An End for AbenendAs a fifth-year apprentice, Jordan would never be privy to the conversations that the venerable mages of the Collegium would have had the day the sun didn’t rise. They’d cloistered themselves away in the Chancellors office while the trumpets had woken everyone else as ...
Death After Death Ch. 69
Ch. 69 - Finishing a LevelThe rats weren’t even the faintest threat to Simon anymore. He stomped one, kicked two, and skewered three on his sword in a series of precise thrusts. Then he spent a minute looking for the seventh rat before he decided that only six had spawned this time.“I wonder why...
Broken System Ch. 44-45
Ch. 44 - Snow Day“So we’re just going to jump because she says so?” Emma asked.Benjamin noticed that she hadn’t let Matt heal the cut on her throat, and the red scabbed-over line stood out in sharp contrast to the pale skin of her throat. The wound was an accusation as much as her words, and...
The Subtle Art of the Comments Section
When I started writing a year ago, I was thrilled by the trickle of comments that I got. Even if they were mostly just corrections, or people pointing out that X or Y didn't make sense, I still loved them all. They were like a tiny bonsai tree that I trimmed carefully every day.Now my comments s...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 89
Ch. 89 - The Infinite DarkTenebroum slept as the world burned, but it still dreamed, and through those dreams, it watched fitfully as events played out. It couldn’t help it. The Lich was both the darkness at the center of its domain, controlling everything like a spider in a web, as well as every ...
Death After Death Ch. 68
Ch. 68 - A Moment of ReflectionSimon woke slowly, unsurprised, to find himself in his own bed. He didn’t even leap to his feet to check the mirror. He already knew what he’d see. His hair would no longer be gray, his hands would no longer be wrinkled, and his life would no longer be at its end.T...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 88
Ch. 88 - A Night of Blood (part 2)He’d been awake to watch the sunrise stop and transform into sunset, unleashing a wave of apoplexy upon the assembled priests and acolytes. Brother Faerbar had only spent a few seconds taking in the panicking and the disbelief before he left the Courtyard of Retri...
Death After Death Ch. 67
Did you think I was going to skip posting this week because I dropped two posts last week? I'll bet you did. But going a week without an update is a disappointing thing, and the fault was entirely mine, So, in a few months when I start posting twice a week, I will use that time to readjust the s...
Lessons from Launch
So, this week I'm launching my new story, Broken System, as many of you already know. On the one hand, it's been a great success. It got more followers in a week than Letter of the Law got within a year. On the other hand, though, it has disappointed my expectations.This is a graph of the nu...
Death After Death Ch. 65
Ch. 65 - Just One LifeSimon quickly found a clean cot and moved it into the shade of a building far from the corpses, then he picked up the stranger and carried him over, and then he started to evaluate the stranger. Simon knew very little about medicine. To be honest, physiology and anatomy were th...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 87
Ch. 87 - A Night of Blood (part 1)For a brief moment, there had been hope. Despite the fact that gates were in flames and dead lay in the streets, the sun was rising, and the goblins would not stay once they faced the light of day. Markez had not joined in the cheers when the bloodthirsty raiders ha...
Death After Death Ch. 66
Ch. 66 - A Single MomentThe swamp was gone, just like the forest had been before. Simon could see that, but he had no idea why that was the case. He definitely wasn’t remembering it too well. If you had told him that last time it had been swamp then plague city, he might have believed it - but it ...
Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 86
Ch. 86 - The End of Days (part 2)Their invisible, twisted struggle occurred in an arena spanning dozens of square miles in the physical world. It stretched from the heavens to deep underground as the two entities fought their battle of wills in the ether. No one but the most sensitive could have eve...
Death After Death Ch. 64
Ch. 64 - Dead CityThere were a lot of parts about his last journey this deep that were a little hazy to Simon. For instance, it wasn’t until he was standing at the block of ice that he could really remember if the swamp level or the plague level came first. One thing he was certain of, though, was...
Sorry for the Mess
Recently I've gotten feedback about the messiness of this Patreon.I've been told that lately that people have trouble finding what they are looking for. I'm sorry about that. It is an unfortunate byproduct of writing more than one series and having more than one pledge level for a series...
