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Weekly Update - 2/22/23
I pushed out the most recent chapter of McCallister's Madness on Monday because I sort of knew I was going to be taking a little bit of extra time with the most recent chapter of Breakpoint because of research, so that'll be out probably very late tonight or sometime tomorrow.It's been w...
Quaranteam: McCallister's Madness - Part 4
Part four - “An object lesson”They had finally brought him a meal, if it could even be called that. The soda was a flat Coca-Cola, although he was only going by the logo on the can. The paper plate had held a sandwich of some sort, although that term was more than a little generous for the excus...
The Seven Secrets Of Mr. Magpie - Part 6
Part Six – GoldWhen I went to start at Ordinary Exotic Games, the name that Marc had given to the game company, I almost expected that one of the g’s in GG would stand ‘gold,’ since that was on schedule for very soon, but as it turned out GG stood for Gilbert Guttierrez, and he was as cheerf...
What Am I Writing? - 2/28
So you can't choose Morgana's Gift again, but everything else is on the table, so vote for what you want to see, because February's a tight month, so there's only so much space!I haven't been able to get to profiles this month, so I'm letting the tier 3s vote on just one of t...
Weekly Update - 2/15/23
Thanks for indulging me and letting me do another Silversmith story for Valentine's Day. I had a kernel of an idea rolling and sometimes you just have to let those things loose. I was very happy with how it turned out. Part of the fun of the last couple of Silversmith pieces is that the titular ...
Three Days In February
Three Days In February(a Jonas Silversmith story)Feb. 14, 2015Maybe I’ve never told you this, but I truly hate Valentine’s Day. I get that it’s meant to be a romantic holiday and a celebration of love, but in thirty plus years, I’ve had someone to celebrate it with exactly once. But every ye...
Morgana's Gift - Part 15
Intermission Six – The StairsMuch of the next month of Kevin’s life was spent hip deep in work, although he certainly made time to enjoy himself here and there. The film was scheduled to be content locked in just a few days’, and that meant endless amounts of tiny twiddles. He was starting to ...
Weekly Update - 2/8/23
Is it just me, or does it still feel weird writing "2023" on dates of things? I know there's a little bit of that every year, but this year feels particularly egregious. No idea quite why.Spent most of today writing in things that either you won't see (i.e. internal reference notatio...
Brewster's Brood - Part 26
Part Twenty-SixDanny Garney – 3/9/2017 – Friday – 5:48 pmHe’d had to be keeping tabs on these kinds of events for weeks when they were doing early research and study on Max, but it was truly a security nightmare, and they never seemed to get any better. In fact, with this one, basically peop...
Quaranteam 2:4
Chapter FourDecember 11th, 2020Brunch had been about as tense as Andy had anticipated it would be, with many of his partners voicing concerns about bringing Melody Park into the family, but in the end, Piper laid them all quickly to rest by pointing out that if she could give the woman a second chan...
Weekly Update - 2/1/23
I actually feel pretty good about where I'm at right now, and how much I got done last month. I'm late on a few remaining commissions, but should have those done within the next week, will probably be late on Friday's post because of other obligations (I'm a judge for local Magic: Th...
Quaranteam: Book 2, Chapter 3
Chapter ThreeDecember 11th, 2020It was incredibly uncommon for Andy to get up before dawn, but this particular morning his body just would not let him sleep, and he knew exactly why. He was going to have to have one of the more difficult conversations he’d ever had to have in his life. Skipping it...
A Pack Of His Own - Part 2
(a commissioned work)Chapter TwoThe next week or so, he was constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never really did. He figured since Lacey had gotten off with him, she'd fall back into her familiar patterns and distance herself from him as far as possible as quickly as possible. ...
C.A.R.P. - Part 3
Part Three – Freshman Year, Spring SemesterWhen spring semester rolled around in my freshman year, things were already starting to evolve and I wasn't entirely sure what to make of any of them. A handful of students had left CARP during the winter break and that meant the campus wasn't qui...
Weekly Update - 1/25/22
I had fun writing the most recent chapter of 7 Secrets, so hopefully else had loads of fun with it as well. I'll have another chapter next month and then the final chapter in March, just so we have that one thread wrapped up. I also had a blast with the most recent Breakpoint which I know had a ...
Seven Secrets Of Mr. Magpie - Part 5
Part Five – SilverSo, by this point, I think we can agree I'm not a complete idiot. I'd recognized there was a pattern in how long things were in between their occurrences and it was descending. That meant I should expect the fifth gift or secret or whatever to be springing up sometime in ...
Breakpoint - Part 5
Part FiveRin“It's a big fucking thing, innit?” Rin asked Len. “They aren't supposed to be this big, are they?”“I'm not an etymologist, but–”“Entomologist,” she corrected.That seemed to throw him, because he paused for a long moment before he turned to look at her. “Wa...
Weekly Update - 1/18/22
Ah, an entire house to myself for a couple of weeks. The flatmate is away traveling, meaning I don't really even have to put on pants if I don't want to. I even have the fridge stocked with Mezzo Mix, so it's all good in Mr. McTaggart's neighborhood.Yesterday I posted a previously co...
Poll for everyone!
Hey, it's time for everybody to get to take part in a poll! So I was looking at scheduling today, and we are now officially 6 months ahead of public releases of my work.As you fine folks are all supporting my writing endeavor, I want to ask you if we should hold here (i.e. make some public weeks...
Brass In Pocket (One Shot)
Brass In Pocketa one-shot commissionHe didn't realize it was going to be a particularly interesting day when he woke up in the morning, but today was going to be a day that Shawn Horley wouldn't forget any time soon. Shawn was in his third year of thaumaturgical engineering at Grimcandle Uni...
Morgana's Gift - Part 14
Chapter Six – Always SaturdayThe next few weeks passed relatively without incident before Kevin got the sort of one-two punch of a day like he couldn't possibly have anticipated. It started off relatively light, with him having a meeting with Alice Karteaux with a few final notes about last mi...
Brewster's Brood - Part 25
Part 25Danny Garney – 3/9/2017 – Friday – 3:22 pmIt had been nice, hanging around the club, not having to worry about Max in motion, but all that was going to change in a few hours, as the food truck headed back out into the city with Max behind the cook's station. That was when things wer...
Weekly Update - 1/11/23
Noah's Journal, Day 23: Very glad I didn't think God was joking when he suggested I build a big-ass boat.So here's where we are, folks. I've been with off-and-on power for the last day or so, and the rain is still fucking coming. We're not in any danger of being flooded, but ther...
The Devil's Details - Chapter 6
Chapter SixThere was something incredibly lush about the entire surroundings as they descended from the main auditorium into the belly of the building that held the backstage meet and greet. The entire walk felt like being in the long tracking shot in Martin Scorcese's “Goodfellas,” with suc...
Weekly Update - 1/4/23
Cutting it close, huh? Well, folks, what a crazy month it's been so far. Hopefully you all had great holidays, but believe me, I seemed to hit nearly every misstep I possibly could.I headed back to the Midwest, and caught stuck in a hotel for a night since driving the last leg back to the family...
Quaranteam - Book 2, Chapter 2
Chapter TwoThere was a certain level of expectation that had been building up around tonight for the past several weeks. While he and Jade had been sexually intimate several times now, they'd both sort of been dancing around the subject of her virginity, until last week she'd come to him wit...
Before The Storm - Part 5
Part FiveThe surface of the planet was nothing but dead rock and mausoleums as far as the eye could see, and if Helen was to be believed, there wasn't another living soul basically within ten minutes flight in any direction. The defenses were all automated, and many of them were basically antiqu...
Weekly Update - 12/21/22
I'm still working on Before The Storm 5 but travel has been massively complicated by two things: the winter storm decimating the Midwest, and the fact that my laptop's battery no longer seems to hold a charge for shit (some of this may also be attributed to cold weather). The laptop's an...
Breakpoint - Part 4
Part FourHarryWhen he opened his eyes, he was in what could only be described as a 'clean room,' as the overriding theme of the entire place was white. White walls, white benches (including one that he was strapped to), white doors and an abundance of white lights all around the room to infe...
QT Profile - Mali - also new poll
So here's the poll for the next person I'm writing a profile about from the QT universe. Also, here's the profile for Mali, who should start appearing in QTB2 within the next few chapters. Consider this your introduction to her!
