<<<< Author's Note: First, I wanted to say thank you all for keeping with the story this long. Note that I do intend to end book 5 here, as this seems to be the logical stopping point for a lot of reasons. But don't worry Book 6 will still come as there is a LOT more ...
2024-03-17 17:38:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 208
Bracket Buster (Part 2)
Some say evil wins, when a good person goes against their morals. I never claimed to be a good person, though I tried. I really really tried.
That said, I say the only time evil truly wins is when you see an injustice and let it fester. Opting...
2024-03-17 15:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27
“All right, I have found her pulse, now what?” Frank asked.
Hearing that Dr. Evans just stared at Frank with dumbfound confusion. This was meant to be a test to show the student that this beast, this monster wasn’t alive, but here he was saying words that seemed to co...
2024-03-16 16:47:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26
Frank felt no less than five sets of eyes turn to him and truly take in his measure. One set of eyes belonged to Dr. Evans who watched to ensure he understood the current task being provided. Then there were the eyes of Constance, the patient. A patient that seemed oddly calm all...
2024-03-16 13:56:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 207
Bracket Buster (Part 1)
I don’t know if it is me being paranoid, or if my paranoia is just alerting me to future potential problems, but I had one of those moments.
No, not a creating a new school of magic moment. Nor one of those, oh look I finally figured out how...
2024-03-16 10:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you all for your support.
As always, you get the inside scoop here first, with the cover reveal for book 2 of Alexa Thyme: Suiting Up.
Good afternoon everyone,
First I wanted to thank you all for continuing to stay with me for at least another month. In April I plan to once again enter the Royal Road Writathon, which as usual will mean I also plan to turn off auto payments for the month of April (collected on 01...
2024-03-14 15:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53
The Turn
(Shaman Bruce Jacobs)
Later that night, a restless Bruce feverishly comb through old tomes, trying to find the manual he was looking for. A manual that was half diary and half instruction manual for how to truly evolve as a Shaman.
The thing about being...
2024-03-14 09:03:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52
Camaraderie
(Darcy Renolds)
Darcy practically vibrated with excitement as the muscle car purred its way down the road. Honestly, before today, Darcy had no clue about basketball, why so many people watched it, or even how it could be entertaining.
But after toni...
2024-03-13 19:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51
A Team Game, With Team Blame
(Misha Tulley)
There was a faint hint of electricity and the scent of an autumn breeze that filled the gymnasium, swirling around the basketball fans that were in attendance for the day’s game and finally made their way to her. These wer...
2024-03-12 23:56:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 206
If Laziness Was a Verified Skill
“You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone work as hard as you do, to all but scream that you are trying to get out of doing work.” Mallory states, a note of awe in her voice as she speaks, while holding one of my new Outso...
2024-03-10 21:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 205
Monday Grind-Day!
Slink-slink, slash.
The weekend ended quickly, not as quickly as I had expected them to end, but quickly all the same. I did manage to perform most of the primary and a few of the secondary actions on my lists for the weekend.
Pri...
2024-03-10 15:04:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25
Honestly, Frank didn’t know what to expect when he heard that he would be going to facility number three. In his mind he pictured what had to be the third best healing facility on campus, which in a way would be correct in that assessment. For nothing about Facility three denot...
2024-03-10 02:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24
By the time Frank was cleaned up and ready for class, it was already past noon. At which point he was sent immediately to the mess hall, and while all the main servings of food were already removed to be cleaned and stored for later use, there were a few pieces of bread and servi...
2024-03-09 16:02:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 204
Cassiopeia’s Curse
You ever have one of those days? You know, where you just feel that everything is going to go wrong, but you don’t know why?
Little things seem to call to you.
The way people talk, seems distorted through a vacuum. You have a hard time fo...
2024-03-09 02:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50
Visitation Dreams
(Andrea Tulley)
The mind is a truly remarkable organ, capable of inspiring people to new and greater heights. It is also capable of helping to mask the pain that people feel by the death of a loved one by simply pretending that the loved one is still...
2024-03-08 10:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post<<<<Author's Note: Sorry about not posting for two days. Yesterday was my birthday and things were a bit hectic. Don't worry I should be caught up by Friday. Thank you all for your understanding and I hope you all have been having a great day and a better week.
Interlude XII
What Is Magic?
“Today we are on the scene with real live practitioners of Magic. That’s right, you heard it here. Whether you believe in the practices of magic or not, people are feeling a deeper connection to the world around them more so now than ever before. And t...
2024-03-04 02:55:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 203
Going Too Far
(Mallory)
Everything was stressful with running a guild. Everything from the paperwork, to making sure investors are happy, to making sure supplies are available, and that resources are available to every one of the eccentric yet highly capable members ...
2024-03-03 14:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23
“I don’t know if I like this.” Dr. Evans spoke out, the last words of wisdom before it was too late.
Having done as instructed, Frank walked forward into the dark tunnelway filled with moving miasma.
“Hey, aren’t these corpses…” Frank asked, but before h...
2024-03-02 21:36:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22
“No, that’s not it. He simply stated with a cold glare, ‘are you done creep?’” A tall slender male student with an ‘A-Rank’ tab on his uniform stated.
“That’s not true at all. He didn’t say anything. He just glared at Gallagher, before disappearing like ...
2024-03-02 14:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 202
Three Minute Crime Spree
“You’ve got to be kidding me.” Was all I said in three echoing voices before my body moved on reflex.
My use of three different slightly modified version so Voice Amplification magic should be explained here. Imagine th...
2024-03-01 04:04:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48
Putting the Pieces Together
(Amoni Jacobs)
Exhale.
If Amoni had to describe her current state right now, it would be frustrated. No, that wouldn’t be the word, obsolete? Maybe. Completely replaced? Definitely, though that still didn’t fully express ...
2024-02-29 00:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post<<<Author's Note: Warning this may be graphic for some readers. Depictions of simulated violence on a mobile phone. >>>
Chapter 47
Flickering Lights and Sights
(Alishia Stone)
Alishia didn’t know if it was her heightened senses, her la...
2024-02-27 13:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 201
Complications and Disqualifications
(Mallory)
The day had been going relatively well. It had been over twenty hours since Cass broke the world by coming up with a completely unique magical school, one that she created for the sole purpose of healing the world and try...
2024-02-26 01:56:20 +0000 UTC View Post<<<Author's Note: First I wanted to say thank you all for being with me along this long and magical journey to Chapter 200. A milestone that I am happy to have finally managed to overcome. Thank you all for being with me through this point, and here's to hoping that this...
2024-02-25 16:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
(Three Days Later)
Re-Evaluation
“Two weeks, that is how long has taken place from the day you initially awoke, to now. What does this mean for you? Well even though you have bulked out nicely due to your initial Life affinity, you still are and look young. Which wi...
2024-02-25 04:24:59 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude II
Behind the Scenes
Bethany Song
Bethany stared at the control panel in complete fear, as the feed to the delivery drone she had been piloting abruptly cut out.
“Oh, what happened?” Bethany found herself frantically asking, as the drone she had been charged ...
2024-02-24 14:12:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 199
Level Setting Expectations
“So what faction will you join the tournament under, the Mages who desperately need food, or the Cultivators who have won the last five tournaments for resources?” Zero asks.
Hearing the question, I can’t help but feel that it is a va...
2024-02-23 09:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46
Tautology
(Misha Tulley)
Odd.
That was what Misha first thought about when she was asked for her plans after the first game in Parkersburg. Not so much the fact that people would make plans after the game, but the fact that there seemed to be just one plan that ...
2024-02-21 12:04:30 +0000 UTC View Post