“Oh, Archangels above and Thrones below, you’re alive,” I said, rushing over to them. I slipped my arm under Hadiya’s other side, helping lift her up with Rhys’ help. We pulled her over to where a large, collapsed piece of rubble was flat enough to let her rest on it. With her situated,...
2025-07-25 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs the crystal splintered up into the sky, I saw Archmage Davalier stagger back, and I raised my gun. I still had one bullet left. The strange northern man glanced around, then raised his hand.
“My deal done. Helped stop Thrones. Politics… You sort out on own.”
Blue ...
2025-07-24 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience with me, in this... Rather unique and interesting time. Some time ago, I posted this teaser image about an upcoming project. I've also been somewhat more open about it on my Discord, in case you're curious!
Essentially, after the ending of The Res...
2025-07-23 20:57:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Is that all?” Kene asked, and Dusk she made a sound like the wind in the trees as she agreed it was. It had been mainly targeting shipments due to them having food, and in her realm she could get her hands on plenty of it. Not to mention, there weren’t that many land based predators in her...
2025-07-23 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis story is set over a thousand years before Mana Mirror, in the Empire of Death that Orykson crushed. It was intended to be a one shot, but given that I only got to the inciting incident, and was already at 2,500 words, it seems likely that this is going to be a trio of short stories? ...
2025-07-22 21:45:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe bridge was old brick, weathered by years of use and river rising. The once vibrant red color had turned to a soft brown, and ivy clung to the sides of the bridge, emanating a soft glow of lunar magic, a minor source of lunar mana. The river beneath the bridge was a large one, stretching sever...
2025-07-22 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI plucked the Misphere up and sent it into Dusk’s vault, then turned and spoke to Sarah’s mother. We spoke a few moments longer, as I allowed her to reminisce over the memories of times years past, many before I had even been born. Eventually, however, she let me go, and I left to meet up wit...
2025-07-21 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhile having a general plan was great, the actual crafting of the magic was going to be far more complex, and far more uncertain. Though the ritual for banishment was pretty simple, as the modifications needed were ultimately nothing more than expanding the range and number of targets, and poweri...
2025-07-18 12:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHadiya backed up, stepping out into the hallway, grabbing Rhys by the arm.
“What are you doing?” he hissed.
“Helping,” she snapped back. “We can’t exactly set up a ritual circle in there, not with her blinking around so fast I can’t even see her movements, de...
2025-07-18 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMy car's battery acid leaked and corroded through the battery wiring! I've spent the last two hours trying to get this fixed, but there's still no sign of being done.
As such, there is a good chance that tomorow's chapter of The Restored will have to come out on Saturday, or perhaps get a ...
2025-07-16 16:08:25 +0000 UTC View PostAfter seeing the look on all of our faces, Meadow sighed and led us through the winding, mushroom-lined streets and to a cafe called Toxic Heart and Noxius Halo. Despite the name, the roof of the business was dappled with moss that gave off slight swirls of mental energy, and the entire thing ema...
2025-07-16 11:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostI spun my mind through all my options. Foxstep was the most obvious pick, but it also barely counted as a non-combat spell. Sure, it was arguably a utility spell, but I used it so much in battle that it felt like trying to select it would be lying to myself, or trying to hoodwink Fortune. That sa...
2025-07-14 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the chaos and difficulty of getting everyone into the Wandering Path, herding everyone out of it was surprisingly simple. Several of the people were able to recognize that Devi was a druid in the employ of the Chairman, and nearly everyone could feel the weight that being in another realm...
2025-07-11 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMemories exploded throughout the Malapert as Kelly projected them into the minds of everyone in range.
Memories, not images.
Pulling things out of memories was a different skill than constructing images from imagination. Imagination, for one, tended to be more perfect than...
2025-07-10 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostOn that somber note, we left the hidden basement level of the tower behind, this time stepping through a hidden trapdoor that went through the stone of the tower’s insides, and out through the front door.
With Ikki already summoned and ready to train me, Kene peeled off to get a fee...
2025-07-09 11:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostContent warning for horror, mentions of suicide, and other adult topics.
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The following text is extracted from a recording crystal, found in a pile of clothes within the Highmist Range, six hundred miles north of the Ferret Sisters Mountains, and eight hundred miles north of ...
2025-07-08 23:35:03 +0000 UTC View PostDusk laughed, and it sounded like the rustling of leaves in the wind, and she immediately bolted off toward the house. As she did, she called out behind her that we would have to wait until after the house tour was over!
We passed through the front doors and through into the kitchen. ...
2025-07-08 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostDusk shook her head and called out with the sound of water burbling in the riverbed, saying that this was Edgar’s quest, and she thought that trying to take it for ourselves would be a phenomenally bad idea. I nodded in agreement, and I felt some sort of tugging at the winds.
Jinwei...
2025-07-07 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostA look of confusion crossed the Arenamaster’s face, as well it might. Even setting aside practical concerns, like why I’d even ask that in the first place, it was a difficult question. I was certain the Arenamaster had memorized a map of the city, but we’d moved around a bit while started, ...
2025-07-04 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBecoming an archmage, breaking Odril free from her long-holding seal, and fusing with her felt like it should have been enough to allow me to instantly blow apart the Arenamaster with a single shot.
It wasn’t.
For all that we had managed to stall Alyphize and the Arenama...
2025-07-03 12:46:27 +0000 UTC View PostIn the city-state of Larkbridge, off the coast of Vinopae, there is a saying: never give a time mage nothing to live for.
As sayings go, it’s a simple one. In these days, few enough even know its origin. It’s even shortened to ‘never give nothing’, as nonsensical as that is to the e...
2025-07-02 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThey gathered together, all as one, for one final meeting.
The Blade pulled the spear from his spirit, and for the first time in seven years, felt the power of a magi joined alongside his own. He closed his eyes for a moment, exalting in it, and then snapped them open.
“...
2025-07-01 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey! I'm on vacation, but I wrote this short story some time ago, so you'll get it this week. It's something, at least!
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The Blade of Flame, The Weaver of Terrors, and The Moonlit Snow gathered together. Each of them was the master of a Great Sect, t...
2025-06-30 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHave a free short story while I'm on break!
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Cai Dao cycled his mana meditation while flexing his harvesting spells. Physical and Telluric mana surged within him, where it was immediately caught in the whirlpool like meditation and pushed upwards.&nb...
2025-06-26 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThough we technically landed in Delitone the following day, we did so at a secondary port. I didn’t even have the chance to say hello to Oli
Though we technically landed in Delitone the following day, we did so at a secondary port. I didn’t even have the chance to say hello to Olive, Ka...
2025-06-25 11:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post