"You damned bitches shot her full of holes!" Mako seethed as she examined the outer hull of the bottom third of her ship. There were indeed a lot of holes, many of them from sixteen-pound balls, but at least half were from the smaller ammunition used by the steam cannons on the Iron Orca...
2024-10-02 03:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe Courier who delivered the letter from Emperor Gustavus to House Franklin wasn't a family member. While every Franklin served as a Courier, they weren't the only ones and others were recruited from all over the Empire. House Franklin tended to produce the best and most well-known Couriers. But...
2024-10-01 23:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostA helpful person gave me a tutorial on how to notify lower tiers when a story became available. Trying that today, and hopefully, it works. Many editing steps to make it work around the lack of Patreon infrastructure. And they noted that during the month someone upgrades from the five-dollar tier...
2024-09-30 20:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fairy lights that illuminated Sedgewick were glowing bright, illuminating the town. Some of the regular residents looked out their windows to see the Baron's Workers running everywhere, hauling wagons and barrels. While it wasn't unheard of to find them working late into the night, this was e...
2024-09-30 03:27:14 +0000 UTC View PostHopefully, if I did things right. People in the Butcher of Gadobhra Tier got an email message about PM letting you know this chapter was available to read. Please let me know if it worked.
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Milo woke up, with his lungs screaming at him as his last tan...
The Sharks who were left in the casino were the youngest and most inexperienced Scavengers in the clan. So while they outnumber the dozen Engineers and six crew of the Leviathan, it was no contest as to who would win in a fight. So when closing time came around and no one moved from their seat, t...
2024-09-27 02:54:00 +0000 UTC View PostI've been wanting to add more early-access chapters to the benefits and I'm finally getting the time to do it. Before, I offered 5+ chapters of both stories for five dollars. I'm increasing that to 10 chapters now, so close to double what I offered before.
The 10.00 Tier will get any earl...
Milo knew the direction to find his headstone, which was straight out from the beach and pointing downward at a sharp angle. He knew he had little time for his scavenging expedition and didn't want to come into conflict with the Sharks or another crew of scavengers. But he wanted the Sharks gone,...
2024-09-26 23:05:09 +0000 UTC View PostJonathon took a break from hauling two-hundred-pound bags of groats into the barn to look at the sky. There was one lonely dark cloud and a few whisps, but no sign of a storm. It was going to be clear until late tomorrow, but a little colder. Around him, the rest of the people of the hamlets kept...
2024-09-25 03:08:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe courtyard where Rastfian Earth-Master held command of one of Wolfsguard's Tier 5 teleport stones was slowly coming back into order. The events of the day had worried the crowds of travelers milling around the edges of the courtyard or in the streets. The dozens of mages called in to help with...
2024-09-23 20:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe Master of the Market looked down from his lofty perch atop a maple branch at his work and found it to be good.
Work was progressing well. The market was laid out with brightly colored stalls being erected by some lesser fae while others showed up with large wagons of goods tha...
Rolly knew he shouldn't be arguing with a pregnant woman who already had eleven children, but Dora had a habit of getting on his nerves. First, she'd complained to him about the taste of the water after the wyverns took a bath in the pond. Then he'd spent half a day looking through the thickets l...
2024-09-19 18:28:31 +0000 UTC View PostA lot going on here, and I'm sure I have some of the tenses and wording wrong. I'll take a better look at it on Thursday.
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In the Empire's Capital, High Mage Ostenhoffer stood as still as a statue, monitoring the other teleport stones still active, seeing the surges of ...
Arthramax got as much of himself as he could near the teleportation stone. Teleportation for someone his size was a slower process, and uncomfortable. It was one of the reasons they preferred to fly and sneered at other modes of travel. The mana density of the chamber was increasing nicely, swirl...
2024-09-17 02:29:13 +0000 UTC View PostAnother rat chapter for you, and possibly one more this weekend, depending on how many Butcher chapters get done.
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Mako had stared at the unflinching eyes of the ratkin that now owned her casino and her docks with unconcealed hatred. But as much as she wanted to p...
Short and Raw, but when the words are flowing, I keep writing.
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Mako stared at the off-suit queen and felt like she'd taken a cannonball in the gut. Her dealer, Abigail, was white and sweating. Whale's mocking laughter hurt far worse than her twice-busted hand. From the floor o...
Look, I drank a pot of coffee and had a slice of cheese. Words appeared.
Might have some typos, I was having fun and probably need to go through it again. But on to the next chapter.
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It took Milo nearly an hour to figure out how to read the back of the cards used for th...
Professor Tallsqueak appeared calm and happy as he sat at the Captain's table. The well-dressed ratkin was casually paying attention to the game and playing very calmly. He mostly seemed interested in spreading the correct amount of cheese on his cracker, striving for a thin and even layer that m...
2024-09-12 23:02:09 +0000 UTC View PostA heavily built wagon appeared in the center of the Tier 6 master teleport stone in the Empire's capital. Dalnir, one of the dozen Mages surrounding the stone retrieved the sheets of paper on the seat, scanned them, and sighed happily.
"Rastfian of Wolfsburg is in communication with Rowan Kee...
Deep beneath the frozen ruins, Arthamax the Valiant struggled to free himself from his prison of ice and rock. It was slow going, but he was making progress. Famished from long weeks of little food, he'd lost weight and was able to slither upward towards the goal of the chamber holding the telepo...
2024-09-09 16:03:31 +0000 UTC View PostDamien nudged a chunk of rock into position with disgust. He hated puzzles that were missing pieces, and this collection of heavy rocks that used to be a Tier 5 teleportation stone certainly counted as that. He and Vladimir had been arranging the rocks in their proper position for two days now. V...
2024-09-06 23:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostA couple of Milo chapters for your enjoyment before I go back to working on throwing Ozzy and crew into an icy blender.
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Milo had figured out the main problem with the casino: No one was supposed to win.
All the games of chance offered in the casin...
Mako watched the next two hands. Tallsqueak quietly folded in the first one, not drawing any cards. On the second hand, he played more aggressively right from the start, raising twice before taking two cards. The Captain of the Shark Clan watched the game, trying to see each player's cards, it wa...
2024-09-03 00:01:49 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the Battle of the Eels, as the events of the day were being called, the seas were quiet and the town seething with excitement and chaos. The fishing fleet moored at their docks and unloaded their catch, followed by Captain Pike's ship arriving with his latest catch, towing a large eel behin...
2024-09-01 17:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostA little rough. I may work on the gambling section some.
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For Milo, the luncheon felt like eating in the Hollow. Lots of people around him, plenty of food, and a buzz of conversations going around him. Ignatius had invited him to sit next to him, and he'd accepted, m...
Despite a terrible death being nibbled to death by small dragon snakes, Milo was in high spirits. Death in the game was inevitable at some point, especially when taking risks like he did. He'd fought against the eels with spells until he was out of mana and then slashed them with his claws and ta...
2024-08-29 00:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostAbraxius hadn't advanced through the ranks of the Winter Council through magical strength. It was his talent at planning, organization, and anticipating his enemies' moves that were his greatest skill, and what he secretly prided himself on. Creating a stronghold in the Duke's city had taken mont...
2024-08-26 21:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostA little on the Raw side. Have some more writing in me and will edit tomorrow.
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After looking at the state of his shredded clothing, Ozzy ducked behind his wagon and quickly changed clothes, donning his kilt, before leading the squads of soldiers to his butcher shop. An a...
A frosted teleport stone greeted Caldrius as he arrived in the courtyard where Rastfian coordinated the arriving and departing groups. Currently, the people leaving were forming a long line that wasn't moving. Rastfian was taking no chances with a malfunctioning stone. Several people had arrived ...
2024-08-24 23:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostAdvanced Clog-eaters have many uses, but they get excited about only one: Eating Clogs. Part of their simplistic artificial thinking remembers a time when that was all they could do, and the task holds a special place in their mechanical hearts. Luckily for those hard at work in the domain ruled ...
2024-08-19 21:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post