“I need you to do something for me, Captain,” the Quartermaster said, as they walked through the concourse.
“Which is?” It was still too welcoming for them to be near where this Uncle wanted to meet.
“You need to forget who I am.”
“Is him being related to you a lie?”
“That isn’t what I mean, but we are related. You need to forget I’m Xenial, your Qu...
2025-08-16 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTibs didn’t bother with the gate. Up the city wall, nearly running into a guard there, and in the air on the other side before they could react, their hooded lantern barely piercing the heavy rain caused darkness. He used the same to control his fall, then continued running. A few hours later, the storm had become light rain, and the darkness was that of the night.
By the morning, there...
2025-08-15 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWriting Stuff
This week was a regular week writing wise. Three chapters for Mind your Step, Three, no, sorry, four chapters for The Technician’s Fight, one session resulted in a chapter on the shorter side, with plenty of time left, so I fit a second chapter in. The Tourists and Harker got a chapter each.
For Harker, I realized that having only the Selection Period for where I sor...
2025-08-15 12:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post“This is your Captain,” the voice came over the large room.
“Come on,” Jeremy muttered. “Get on with it.”
“We will be at the station for five days, so ensure you don’t make commitments that will take you beyond that. For those who will engage in business with the station’s seller, ensure your permits are in order before you initiate the transactions. If you will be...
2025-08-14 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe rain was thick enough Tibs couldn’t make out his old teacher within his bubble of no-rain, but the dense Water essence stood out among the natural one surrounding them. His hope was to reach Alistair before he noticed him, then keep him unbalanced and…. He’d come up with something to take him out long enough he’d escape.
He wished the identity he’d created for his time here ...
2025-08-13 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Why not?” Toom asked, nibbling on a cube of meat. “You have the awakening, the realization everything was taken from her. Her promise to get back what matters to her. The hunt, and finally the reunion.”
“You’re stretching the definition of ‘awakening’ here.”
“They are interpreting it,” his friend countered.
“And the gods took what Merkeri had to test h...
2025-08-12 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTibs changed direction when sensed the Water manifest on the transportation platform. He’d planned on wandering the markets; on resting from all the reading that had provided him with nothing of use. The kingdom had a surprising lack of dangerous areas based on the books.
The essence was so dense, even before it was fully there, it could only be one person. Tibs was…unsure how he felt...
2025-08-11 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe city thins as we follow roads north and west. Not to the point I’d think I’m a town, but when we start on the road leading to Cynthia’s Flowers, I can see fields in the distance.
There’s an artisanal sense to the neighborhood. The buildings are clearly houses, most two stories, but on a lot of them, the front opens up to show the inside, with pottery on display alongside the p...
2025-08-10 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs the weeks passed, the weather turned ever colder. And the people in the camp’s attitude toward LRK warmed a little. The youngest were responsible for it. Unlike the adults, they didn’t have the time for nonsense like the revelation Derik was a wizard; LRK kept them safe, so he was a friend.
The adults not present for Derik’s demonstration were the quickest to warm back up to LRK....
2025-08-10 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJeremy moved on the dance floor, surrounded and often touched by a lot of other people. Someone would step before him, put their arms around his waist or over his shoulders, and they’d moved to the music for a bit before moving on. Some danced with him longer, and he thought he saw hope in their eyes, but eventually, most moved on.
There was a lot of changing of partners as part of Kels...
2025-08-09 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe display room at the university didn’t get many visitors. Tibs hadn’t bothered with it, or those in the previous ones, because they wouldn’t tell him anything about what he was looking for. Those that had essence showed what was possible, but Tibs still had no idea how to weave. Nothing came from his few attempts; not even hints as to how he could get them right. The few scraps about w...
2025-08-08 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWriting Related
This week, it was 2 chapters for Mind Your Step, and 2 for The Technician’s fight, on account of the Monday Holiday. There was a chapter for The Tourists, and 2…chapters is the wrong name for those, but 2 of them for Harker.
Writing adjacent.
All of Dungeon Runner is now available on its exclusive tier.
A Heart’s Life now had its own Tier, and The C...
2025-08-08 12:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Tell me they aren’t looking,” his Heart implored, face buried in his chest fur. “You’d know I lied as soon as you look up.” People weren’t
“Tell me they aren’t looking,” his Heart implored, face buried in his chest fur. “You’d know I lied as soon as you look up.” People weren’t
“Tell me they aren’t looking,” his Heart implored, face buried in his c...
2025-08-07 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe earnestness in the name made Tibs pause and not shove the man, and fist in the air, holding his wrist, coin still between his fingers. It gave him time to remember using that name, but not be certain when. Realize they were on a street with others passing them, and was happy no one was calling for the guards. They probably thought the man could deal with the thief himself.
The man was...
2025-08-06 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“And then me and Scar had sex,” Jeremy told Leiha, who nodded to acknowledge the statement. Bafflement was no longer his initial reaction to the acceptance he had sex with someone other than Gral.
“Your Heart,” she said, as if she knew he’d popped in his head, “mentioned you haven’t cooked dinner for the two of you recently.”
He shrugged, pushing the images down. “...
2025-08-05 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOver the following weeks, Karliak and Simtor played with what their creatures looked like. From changing what they were made of and dealing
Over the following weeks, Karliak and Simtor played with what their creatures looked like. From changing what they were made of and dealing with how that affected how they moved.
It was a few tried before their wood or stone hoppers could do mor...
2025-08-04 13:00:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhen me and Brandon leave Kranson’s compound, we are filthy and stink. Brandon’s still surprised we got out of there without any more fighting.
The first thing I did, once led to where we’d work, was change into the worse set of clothing I own. I’m glad I did, and now I want out of them, but I’m not switching equipment. Equipping my other set of clothing isn’t going to clean m...
2025-08-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Explain to me,” Gralgiran said, working at keeping his tone level while eyes locked on the hunter. “Why you had sex with a prisoner?”
“I didn’t get the chance when we had the other Earther on board. He was amicable to the idea and—” her ears folded back. “—I didn’t realize what he’d do.”
That was her reaction? “And how did you think what you did was acce...
2025-08-02 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Here you go.” Tibs handed the puzzle to one of the older children. “Be careful with it and don’t take the tiles out. They just slide. Do you know your numbers?” The girl rolled her eyes at him. She probably thought every child in the city learned their letters and numbers. “Then one of the thing you can do with it is to arrange the numbers from one to fifteen.”
She looked a...
2025-08-01 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know if that’s what I get for making notes as the week progressed, but it feels like a lot happened this week.
Starting with the writing.
It’s going to be the usual 3 chapters for Mind Your Step, and 3 for The Technician’s Fight. I also write the first chapter of what I call ‘the selection process’ for The Harker Project. This serves to introduce some of the char...
2025-08-01 12:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay,” Bob’s voice message began. “I’m going to start with. You should have told me. I shouldn’t have found out what happened to you when one of your friends sent me a message. We’re the only two Earthers on other species’ ships, so we need to stay in touch.”
“And yes, you heard that right. Turns out I missed you by two days. By the sound of it, I also missed my chanc...
2025-07-31 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDarna eyed him as Tibs leaned against the counter. She looked at his usual table, then him again. “It can’t bode well for anyone that you’re at the counter.”
Had he done anything when standing here to cause problems? The only time he stood here was when he went with Rachel. And the worse that happened then was they arguing. She still wouldn’t let him forage alone, even if...
2025-07-30 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHow they’d gotten what they needed to melt the control pad out of the wall was something Gralgiran was going to address once the Earthers were back in their cells. He opened the door the rest of the way and stared at the Earthers, struggling in their restraints on the floor. Adhesive covered their hands and feet and stuck them where they were.
Away from them, a nude Quartermaster was ho...
2025-07-29 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“What is combat?” Simtor asked. “Glad you asked.” Tibs smiled, having already come up with a way to explain it. “Have you and Karliak had
“What is combat?” Simtor asked.
“Glad you asked.” Tibs smiled, having already come up with a way to explain it. “Have you and Karliak had disagreements where either of you raised their voice at one point out of anger or annoyan...
2025-07-28 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI want to head out the next day, but the others aren’t done. Or, I figure, they want to soak up people for a bit longer. So much for
I want to head out the next day, but the others aren’t done. Or, I figure, they want to soak up people for a bit longer. So much for
I want to head out the next day, but the others aren’t done.
Or, I figure, they want to soak up people for ...
2025-07-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostJeremy scanned the relays, compared the readings to what they should be, and replaced those that needed to be changed. He hadn’t complained
Jeremy scanned the relays, compared the readings to what they should be, and replaced those that needed to be changed.
He hadn’t complained when the Engineer had sent him on another job that, he knew, Repair would deal with when they got to ...
2025-07-26 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe stone was gone, so, after hesitating, Tibs stepped within the dungeon’s influence. The silence stretched long enough he sensed to make sure he was over the core room, to be certain he hadn’t misjudged where the influence started.
“Why?” Karliak asked, and Tibs thought the neutral tone covered up anger. How long could a dungeon remain angry? They didn’t understand time the wa...
2025-07-25 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI am going to try to put these out weekly so those who only follow get a sense of what’s happening.
What was done, writing wise, this week.
Two chapters for Mind your Step and The Technician’s fight, were written, this is friday, before my writing starts, so there each will get another one.
The Tourists, which is book 10 in the Monsters and Bad Men series got a chapter. I ...
2025-07-25 12:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post