“Which way to farm three?” I yelled as I sprinted back towards the door.
“The official entrance is outside and around the back of the warehouse but…” Edward stuttered.
“Spit it out Edward!” Skyler shouted.
“There’s an automated conveyor system that connects the warehouse to each of the farms. It’s narrow, but much closer. Out the door to the ...
2024-12-30 16:50:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
As many of you know I've been planning to release much more in the new year. I've done polls everywhere, jumping back and forth on what I'm going to release, but I think I've finally locked down a tentative release schedule.
Starting January 6th the schedule will be the following:
- Teddy Bears on Brigade - Book 3 - will be released Monday / W...
2024-12-29 02:50:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all. I'm planning to release indexes once a week, on Friday, but since tomorrow is Xmas, and my family is getting together boxing day, I probably won't get edits or Thur/Fri writing done.
Happy Holidays and Merry Xmas
See you on Monday.
2024-12-24 19:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough we all made pleasant small talk around the table, we didn’t really say anything important. Tess didn’t ask how our mission went, and neither Maria or I felt like sharing. Like usual.
When Maria got up from the table I grabbed her arm. “Use all the power we stole to pay off as much of your debt as possible,” I said quietly.
“But…” she started.
I just shoo...
2024-12-24 19:27:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe hive network was a lot more extensive than either Skyler or I realized. It covered several square kilometers, which we had to methodically burn out with a combination of enzyme gas and nanite injections. The combination of the two processes worked quickly, but even after splitting up it still took us several hours to destroy all the branching root systems, and the rogue antithesis ...
2024-12-24 16:15:19 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the sheriff left I noticed at least two other people keeping tabs on me. I wasn’t sure if I’d done something to rouse their suspicions, or if the locals were just naturally wary of strangers, but I considered myself lucky that I just got a talking to, and I wasn’t dragged to jail or something.
The surveillance was going to make it more difficult to get things don...
2024-12-24 14:03:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe tiny Deadbeat came tearing around the corner, leaping across the gap into my departing Kodiak. I just stared at her in amazement, she never would have tried to make that jump before, not with that massive pack of medical supplies on her back.
“Comrade Deadbeat you are aware that I’m heading to the front lines, to face the enemy head on, yes?” I asked.
“...
2024-12-23 20:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostAfter doing 4-2 on friday, feeling inspired, so may be two TBoB today.
I sent the Kodiaks to blitz the missile launcher. I knew whatever Helmar had couldn’t be small, considering the volume of fire it had chucked around the last few hours, but even I was unprepared for the behemoth that was awaiting my bear’s arrival. It was some sort of superheavy, one that dwarfed t...
2024-12-23 18:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostEven with the anesthetic getting the spine out of my shoulder felt unsettling. It wasn’t painful, but I could still feel the thing slowly dissolve, and then have my own flesh push out the residue as it knitted itself back together.
I could tell from the look on Skyler’s face, that watching the process wasn’t pleasant either.
Once the process, which only took abo...
2024-12-23 16:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostMaria and I snuck through the local checkpoints, and out of the area, before anyone even could report our presence. Thankfully, the checkpoints were meant to keep people out of an active Bleed, not keep people in.
The truck was a couple minutes walk away, and I spent most of that time looking over my shoulder, checking for a tail. It was probably unnecessary, but I’d always rathe...
2024-12-20 19:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostSince I STILL havent decided which two new stories to release at the start of next year, I wrote travelling tea house chapter 1, and updated the first two chapters of both Witch and Convergent. It gives me more time to figure out which I feel most confident about/enjoy writing the most. Feel free to give them all a read and let me know your thoughts, I'll make a decision early next wee...
2024-12-20 19:30:51 +0000 UTC View PostSo, here is the first chapter of the travelling teahouse. Slightly different than I originally imagined. A couple of my discord frens gave me some ideas, and I went with them. Although I like the idea, I'm not 100% sold on it yet. May do Convergent realities instead, but I have a couple chapters of that already, so I can give it some time before making a final choice. It won't all ...
2024-12-20 17:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Magic is illegal? What backwater bullshit is this?” I muttered as I entered my room.
Kaylee just popped her head out from her hiding spot underneath the pillows and looked at me quizzically. “Mow?”
“Yes you heard me right. I just watched the townspeople here drag two young girls into town for the supposed charge of being witches,” I huffed. “I asked around and a...
2024-12-20 14:14:18 +0000 UTC View PostSome of your may have already read my WWotWW initial draft when I posted the latest poll, this is the fixed version of chapter 1 + 2 that I stayed up WAY to late last night to fix
As soon as I stepped on the platform I was struck by a dry, oppressive heat.
It had taken me several days of non-stop travel to reach this point, and now that I was here I couldn’t...
2024-12-20 14:13:22 +0000 UTC View PostOnce we’d finished cleaning up the bodies it was easy for Skyler and I to figure out which direction to go. It turns out that when you have that many antithesis make an insane charge through an area, they don’t leave much left in their wake.
The horde had completely flattened all the underbrush, and deadfall, leaving a very clear, and easy to follow path. At least, once...
2024-12-19 23:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I can’t fucking believe this…” I muttered, as I watched the developing battle through one of my squirrels. The situation had degraded from a cautious stand-off into a full blown brawl in the streets. As soon as I released the delegates from the back of my Kodiaks, they’d scattered, and within minutes their forces were clashing.
As soon as I found out the fighting resta...
2024-12-19 19:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Forget the corpses, get back into the compound, now!” I yelled as Skyler and I ran towards the security team.
Andre just stared at me in confusion. “What the fuck are you yelling about? Why?”
“The antithesis are coming, now!” I explained. As I glanced back at the woods, I caught sight of Skyler sending her scouts into the darkness.
“So? We’v...
2024-12-19 16:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostI adjusted Kass’s miniature just a smidge, making everything perfect, It was time.
Calliope was the first one to enter the Games Room, eyeing up the table suspiciously as she approached. “What’s this all about Talia?” she asked, holding up the note I’d sent to everyone. “Come to the games room at five, bring snacks,” she read before looking my way. “It’s not our regular ...
2024-12-17 22:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostSo, my plan for January was to do alternate TH and TBoB, while releasing two other chapters every couple days.
Now last night I started worrying that people would like me to shake things up, so quick poll. (Thanks anxiety)
I'm splitting the poll into two parts. Story and schedule.
Primary story will be bidaily
Secondary Story will be pretty much TBoB s...
2024-12-17 16:52:33 +0000 UTC View PostAlright people, I'm supposed to be writing a new TBoB chapter right now, but I'm having serious problems figuring out what to write. Not really writers block, more storyline issues... as I've discussed before.
While I'm working through the issues, I thought I'd reveal the results of my new story poll:
It was pretty much a three way tie betweeen The Wicked Witch of the WIld ...
2024-12-17 16:29:24 +0000 UTC View PostI rewrote part of chapter 1, because although I really liked the idea of a subterranean base, but it doesn't make sense for a farm complex, or one that's under siege. That post has already been updated.
“Safe Arbour? What kind of name is that?” I asked.
“It’s a pun, like safe harbor, but for plants. It was actually samurai Death Bloom who gave ...
2024-12-17 00:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Ughhhh…. Someone shoot me, this is torture!” I moaned quietly as I watched the small group of people sitting around the conference room in front of me argue about the more inane things. In the corner of my eye I caught Deadbeat reaching ...
2024-12-16 18:56:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Do we have everything?” Skyler asked as we stepped into the garage.
“We have my weapons, your drones, armor and snacks,” I replied, holding up the small backpack full of food.
My girlfriend paused for a moment, placed her hands on her hips, then turned to face me. Her short blond hair perfectly framed her serious expression. “Reina we’re about to travel to the hea...
2024-12-16 16:40:15 +0000 UTC View PostKass and I left the Manor early the next morning, and took a carriage to the crypt district. It wasn’t really a crypt, but an entire area under the city which housed many of the subterranean races. It might have started small, but over hundreds of years it had been expanded enough to hold thousands of residents.
Narhas and her followers had been staying in the Spiders Rest, both ...
2024-12-13 18:55:54 +0000 UTC View PostWe stayed with my mother for another hour, partially because we wanted to make sure she’d be fine without us, and partially because my mother wanted to make sure the two of us ate something before leaving.
After my grandfather died, we only had each other to rely upon, so I guess we developed a habit of worrying about each other. Skyler just giggled to herself as she watched us fuss ove...
2024-12-13 16:49:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt only took a couple minutes to reach the city limits again, and once we did Skyler turned towards the commercial harbor. Unlike most mega corps Synthesis Systems didn’t have its headquarters in the business district, but instead my mother had built a massive harbourside complex. Research and development, manufacturing, even a surgical hospital, all within a few hundred meters of the main of...
2024-12-12 21:23:50 +0000 UTC View PostI arrived at the Stampede Memorial area just a couple minutes before ten. Based upon Mirage...
2024-12-12 18:05:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt took us about half an hour, and two dozen grenades to completely eliminate any trace of the hive. We actually spent most of that time trying to figure out how to get the enzyme grenades up into the top of the infected evergreens. At first I thought I could easily throw a grenade into one o...
2024-12-12 16:08:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Not going to update the index until friday (otherwise I'd be creating a new one every day) So here is a link to the previous one. The link is still valid, and all changes are in a single file.
2024-12-12 00:46:39 +0000 UTC View Post