I just got his earlier today, and I thought I'd share it with all of you. This is the preliminary cover for book three of Death: Genesis; it might change a little, and it still lacks the logo and everything, but it's getting really close to being done. It took a little going back and ...
2023-01-12 18:41:57 +0000 UTC View PostZeke stood over what was left of Carlos, unsure of how he was supposed to react. Of the former assassin, there was only a half-melted skull that, if Zeke hadn’t known what he was looking for, he never would have recognized as human. But he did know, and so, there was no mistaking the blackened ...
2023-01-12 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve always known that I wouldn’t go without a fight. All I can hope is that when my life catches up to me, there won’t be too much collateral damage.
Jeremiah Braddock III
“Dead?” I muttered. “You…you’re lyi...
2023-01-11 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs he hammered his mace into the wrym’s snout, Zeke tried to ignore the pain coursing through his body with every minute movement. It was impossible, though, to push the agony away. His entire body was a mass of blistered flesh, and his armor, though it had mostly held up to the sheer destructi...
2023-01-10 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCarlos peeked out from behind the car-sized boulder, his heart pounding and his breath coming in short, quick pants of excitement and trepidation. Adrenaline coursed through his veins as Zeke’s raw and ragged voice croaked, “Everyone ready?”
“I am,” Carlos called, his voice soundi...
2023-01-09 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI have made so many mistakes over the course of my long life, but with Mirabelle, I feel like I’ve finally gotten something right. Only time will tell, though.
Jeremiah Braddock III
Eager to be on my way, I left that shack before dawn the next morning. Fre...
2023-01-08 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI was doomed the moment I was born. The deck was always stacked against me. A young, black man growing up in the deep south. No father. No money. Just a burning desire to escape. I turned to the Army, not because I wanted to fight, but because it was the only option open to me. And a... 2023-01-07 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, we're officially a week into 2023, and it feels...remarkably similar to 2022 for me. Almost like the demarcation between years is arbitrary and doesn't really change anything. Anyway...
So, this week's been pretty cool, all things considered. The team at Podium is ba...
2023-01-07 12:38:07 +0000 UTC View PostZeke studied the monstrous creature in the cavern before him. The cavern itself was enormous, made of the same porous rock as the rest of the cave system, but in the center was a veritable mountain. Around the peak, which was probably three- or four-hundred feet from the cavern’s floor, curled ...
2023-01-06 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s always got to be underground. Why does it always have to be tunnels and caves?” Zeke muttered, staring at the smoking hole in the ground. His initial assessment that they’d reach the wyrm caves within a day had been woefully inaccurate, and it had taken them an extra three days befo...
2023-01-05 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI know that, sooner or later, my lifestyle will catch up to me. It may happen tomorrow or a hundred years from now, but it will eventually happen. That’s one of the reasons I chose to train Mirabelle. Even when I’m dead and gone, I hope that she can be my legacy. I hope that she ... 2023-01-04 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“We should have stayed,” mumbled Carlos, who was trudging along a few paces behind Zeke and the rest of his companions. Abby strode beside him, Pudge was a little off the path and darting from one obstruction to another as if he sought cover in a firefight, while Talia was at Abby’s shoulde...
2023-01-03 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostZeke sat on the bed, his broad back bare, and his elbows on his knees as he looked out of the open door leading to his balcony. The tower – and his bedroom – were positioned just well enough that he could see the mounds of undead burning in the distance. It had been four days since the ...
2023-01-02 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year, everyone! Enjoy today's chapter:
Every victory comes at a price. Sometimes, that price can be paid in advance, via preparation and training. But most of the time, the true cost doesn’t present itself until we’ve already committ... 2023-01-01 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought I'd scheduled this post to drop yesterday, but for whatever reason, it kind of glitched out. Either way, better late than never, I guess...
In Death: Genesis news:
Book one has been extremely well-received, and it continues to exceed my expectations (in terms of its ra...
2023-01-01 12:44:17 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, I wonder what the future will hold. Then, I remember how everything else in the world turned to shit, and I find myself dreading the calamity coming our way. We cannot win. We can only hope to survive.
Jeremiah Braddock III
I spen...
2022-12-31 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTalia’s claws raked through what felt like her thousandth zombie, slicing its spine neatly in two. It collapsed, still moaning in unquenchable hunger and hate, only for her boot to find its head. It exploded like an overripe melon, splattering bone, rotted flesh, and black ichor in a circle all...
2022-12-30 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor the last month, I've been on what feels like a continuous writing sprint. Not only am I keeping up with my 4-5 chapters of Death: Genesis, but I've also been keeping my nose to the grindstone with Mistrunner. My goal was to finish the first-ish draft by the end of the year, and as...
2022-12-30 03:04:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of a gong ringing echoed through the desert as Zeke’s mace slammed against Rumas’s hastily raised shield, but the smaller combatant used the resulting momentum of the rebound to aim a spinning, two-handed attack at the former paladin’s armored though. It landed with titanic force,...
2022-12-29 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know how the system came to be. Nor do I know much about the nature of Rifts. Because of the quarantine period between the Initialization and the Integration, specific information has always been thin on the ground. But what I do know is that it was all put into pla... 2022-12-28 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Zeke stood atop the wall walk, watching the approaching army of undead, an unreadable expression on his face. He was of two minds on the upcoming battle. On the one hand, he hated that it was necessary. People were going to die, regardless of how well their plans went. And given the chaos of any ...
2022-12-27 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“This is a mistake,” said Talia, following Carlos through the tunnels of the Nest. She had a decent idea of the layout, but the former assassin had spent months navigating the twisting corridors. According to him, they could walk right past the branch that led outside the walls and not even k...
2022-12-26 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTruly effective oppression is societal sleight-of-hand. Provide distractions so that the oppressed do not even realize that they are the victims. In the pre-Initialization world, it came in the form of smart phones, drugs, sporting events, and social media. In our new reality... 2022-12-25 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The ruins of a dead civilization haunt me. So many things that we used to take for granted have faded into memory. Even more have been forgotten entirely. Just like billions of people who were unprepared for a world in transition.
Jeremiah Braddoc...
2022-12-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostZeke stood atop Jariq’s wall, looking out over the desert, and frowned. Marring the landscape was a cancerous mass of writhing undead, marching toward the city with unceasing resolve. Even at a distance of a few miles, Zeke could see that the army was comprised of a much wider variety of undead...
2022-12-23 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostElijah’s bare feet slapped against the rocky ground, which had been worn smooth by generations of heavy traffic through the twisting corridors of the Nest. Behind him, his slower brethren followed, their pants of exhaustion and fear echoing throughout the underground passage. He ignored them, s...
2022-12-22 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI have lost a lot of people over the course of my life, but none hit me quite as hard as when Adelaide was killed. At the time, I thought I was accustomed to loss. Her death left a hole in my life that I never could have expected. Once I came to terms with it, I vowed to rais... 2022-12-21 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Zeke slept for the better part of eighteen hours, and even then, when he finally woke, it was to a sore and still-exhausted body. He could push through it, though. Even awake, so long as he didn’t strain himself, he would continue his recovery. It would take longer, but at least he would be abl...
2022-12-20 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith heavy footsteps, Zeke strode through the halls of the Seat of the Sultanate, splatters of blood and gore dripping from his blood mithril armor. The name felt appropriate, given the carnage he’d left behind. Abby walked beside him, with Pudge bringing up the rear. The sounds of fighting –...
2022-12-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI apologize for this being a day late. I was doing Christmas stuff for most of yesterday, and then I ended up going to see the new Avatar movie in IMAX. The only problem with that is that the closest IMAX theater to where I live is in Pensacola, which is about an hour-and-a-half away ...
2022-12-18 16:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post