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The Twin Trials: Chapter Thirty-Five

I turned and headed down the path of courage. 

Elio had told me it was better to die a happy fool, so courage seemed the right choice. It wasn’t like I wasn’t some wise old sage, and as Dusk happily burbled to let me know: I’d never made wise decisions. Why would I start making t...

The Archmage: Chapter Eight

It was slow work. I had to hide my sheets each time a guard came to give me good – the quality of which had actually improved slightly, presumably thanks to my cooperation. 

The worst part was when I smeared a line, and was forced to wash it out of the sheet. It meant I had to redo h...

The Archmage: Chapter Seven

I was woken up some time later by the sound of footsteps, and I dragged myself out of bed, dusting myself off and starting to make the bed – at least as much as it could be made. 

“I see you’re awake,” a calm voice that I recognized as Edward Elide said. I turned and gave him a...

The Archmage: Chapter Six

We dashed towards the entry, absorbing our familiars back into ourselves with streaks of power, and I let my divination spells spin. Again, I didn’t try to break the spell, just alter it. 

Creating a doorway sized hole in a dome was harder than shifting the wardlines, which had defin...

Mana Mirror: Final(?) Ebook

Hello to all my wonderful patrons! As a part of your tier, you get access to the full, completed, edited ebook before it's release! With Neo Cihi beginning the audiobook reading process now, this SHOULD be the final version!

As a reminder, the book is up for pre-order now: 2024-04-11 18:35:38 +0000 UTC View Post

The Archmage: Chapter Five

As the force thundered down on me, I realized why Edward was considered to be a good candidate for becoming the next archmage.

But so was I. 

I swept the power of my cloak out around me, running the divination spells on full blast until… There! With a surge of power, I engaged ...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Thirty-Four

Octavian didn’t bother to respond, though, instead dropping the multiple layers of forged mana and rushing in to help Travis and Liz.

The duo had done an excellent job wearing down the drake on their own, but with Octavian, Roh, and Araceli joining the fray, it didn’t take long for them...

What do?

The Twin Trials: Chapter Thirty-Three

Kene wandered around the garden, connecting to various trees to slowly recover his life mana, and then settled down next to the marigolds and spiritbalm. Before he began to overflow his gates, however, he removed the apple that Mallory had given him, and took a bite. 

He slowly chomped...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Thirty-Two

“Give him back his crystals,” I said. 

“I grabbed the hudau–” 

“Not that one,” I cut the thief off. “The recording crystals you stole. Stealing someone’s musical collection just because they’re rich and can afford to replace it? That’s just rude. It isn...

The Archmage: Chapter Four

“So, let’s discuss the problems,” Draven said, laying a map down over the table. “Edward Elide owns and operates a small manor-house in Avignon, and it’s well defended.” 

“I’ve snuck past the barriers to a noble house before,” I said neutrally. 

“With the...

The Archmage: Chapter Three

“Hi dad,” I said softly as I entered the tailor shop. It had been far too long since I’d seen Aldvarri. With the craziness of the faerie party the year before, we had missed being unable to come to the capitol to see him, and school had occupied my time during the actual year.

Now, th...

The Archmage: Chapter Two

There was a gentle wind that swept across the ritual circle, and a moment later, a tear in the fabric of reality opened. I leaned up and gave Osheen a quick kiss on the cheek, then stepped into the rift, appearing in the now familiar halls of Awell Meddal’s court. 

Halls… wasn’t ...

The Archmage: Chapter One

Nearly a week after Draven had agreed to help me keep myself human, I found Osheen, Oracle, Bridgette, Draven, Tara and myself all sitting in the depths of Yesgol, studying the spell array.

Draven’s vaults had contained almost all of the components for the ritual that were needed, so whil...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Thirty-One

Foxstep was not a spell built for medium or long distance travel. It was a short ranged teleport, one that had been designed that way through thousands of years of evolution. It drew on the life energy in my muscles to do a lot of the heavy lifting for the movement, something I wouldn’t have be...

What do?

The Twin Trials: Chapter Thirty

People were shouting, spells were flying – mostly detection spells, but also attacking spells. 

What kind of idiot was letting loose attacking spells?! 

Then there was a resonating clap, and a surge of powerful mana rippled over the room. Everything twisted and spun. ...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Nine

The inside of the auction house was broken up into a general assembly, with boxes for any team who’d collected at least three hundred points, and luxury boxes for those few who’d collected over a thousand.

The basic box that Kene and I were assigned was nowhere near as fancy as the one ...

Mana Mirror: Chapter Onne

This parody chapter takes place at the beginning of Mana Mirror. It is COMPLETELY non-canon.

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Malachi placed his hand on the crystal, and watched as one of the fourteen crystals lit up. Then another. Then another.

Before long, the entire array ...

Schedule Update!

Beginning this upcoming Monday (April 1st), there is going to be a schedule shift, to allow me to focus more on writing, while also having a stable day off.

Mana Mirror Chapters will release on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday now.

The Archmage chapters will release EITHER as 2 chapter...

What do?

Sorry, sorry. Left an option off by accident. That's what I get for doing it on my phone lol

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Eight

Kene used a quick solar spell to dry me off, then looked at the orb once I summoned it, turning it over. 

“What is it?” I asked. 

“Looks like a recording orb natural treasure,” Kene said. “Recording crystals were based on these, actually. They’re able to record y...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Seven

It took Kene half an hour to finish the repairs on my wrist and hand, but when he finished, I downed a healer’s heart imbued potion, and was really feeling much better. 

More importantly, I was feeling confident in my choice to flee. I wanted to go back, but I wanted to do so better ...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Six

“Let’s explore the caves!” I said, rotating my arm that had been broken the day before. It was slightly… off, but it seemed fully operational. I wasn’t entirely sure how to describe it, actually. Sore, but deeper than muscle soreness. 

“Alright,” Kene agreed. “When do y...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Five

I staggered back into Dusk’s portal and all but collapsed into the ground. I was absolutely exhausted, wrung out like a towel that had been soaked in water and then… Wrung out a bit.

I was too tired to think of any good analogies.

I didn’t intend to pass out, but when I came too...

What do?

Rusted River Gates

Since there were more than ten votes for both a meme and a look at other projects, I went ahead and decided to do both. A parody chapter will be put up on April Fools, but in the meantime, here's an intro to a book that I... have no idea if I'll ever touch. It's a decent quality, though, and mayb...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Four

Dusk watched as the crazed woman marched forwards to kill her older brother, and probably her too, and she made a choice, leaping off her brother and releasing the last bit of her mana in a shockwave spell to push the woman back, while re-sealing the gate behind her, locking them in her realm.&nb...

Mana Mirror Pre-Order

Just posting this here for those of you not in the discord!

Mana Mirror is now up for pre-order, and can be bought here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYHQG7L4

If you have the money, it would be a...

The Twin Trials: Chapter Twenty-Three

The lightning bolt lanced towards me, and was stopped by the power of the fox-bird creature.

The fox leapt into the air, soaring out on its own wings, its strange auric armor spell drawing the attack to it like a lightning rod, then breaking it apart, bit by bit.

I felt a surge of rel...