ericdontigney

Today's Chapters

Added 2023-06-22 13:07:14 +0000 UTC

Hey everybody, there will be two chapters today. The first chapter will just happen a little later in the day than usual. I was up stupid late doing edits on Vol 1 for the publisher, then got hit with some insomnia. So, I'm going to catch a bit of sleep, then get back to writing.

But, I do have a little something to tide you over. I got asked to participate in a flash fiction thing for a friend of mine. The theme was "writer's block," and it had to be 125 words or less. Since I've been writing thousands of words of Xianxia a day recently, that's where my brain went.

Since this is behind a paywall and shouldn't screw up their analytics or ping any duplication alarms, enjoy!

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The need was great. The problem insoluble by mortal hands. So, the plea was sent.

To everyone’s great shock, he had come. He took up station in the tea house, silently sipping, his eyes far away. None would meet his gaze, for they knew who sat at that table. The warrior of legend who once found enlightenment in the edge of a blade of grass. The man who had felled the demonic Black Well sect alone. He was the Sage of the Heaven-Sent Sword.

Then, as though impelled by the gods, he stood and strode forth.

There was a cry of, “Blade of the Sundering Sky!”

When the villagers dared to look, only splinters remained of what had once been the Squatting Devil Writer’s Block.