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Tenebroum's Creeping Success

Well, I think it's safe to say that the new tier was indeed a success. Thank you to everyone that upped your pledges to see what was lurking in the dark...

I was notified by one of my new Patron's that I failed to properly set up discord access for Tenebroum PLUS, and they were totally righ...

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Tenebroum Ch. 66

Ch. 66 - Purified

It was on the next to last day before they journeyed north to Siddrimar that priest-candidate Verdenin had a vision. Not far from the warfs, where the squat and ugly toll tower that held the near end of the chain stood, he saw a beautiful temple to Siddrim rising up to s...

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Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 76

Ch. 76 - Saint Erdins Day

Even though he spared a little time trying to locate the mysterious priest that the young guard was quite certain he saw, in the days following his meeting with Brother Verdenin, he never did find anything else. It was as if the strange one-armed man had appeared...

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Death After Death Ch. 54

Ch. 54 - Rage

Simon didn’t return to his house to take anything with him. Nothing he’d left behind was worth the ghosts he would see there. He had his sword, and that would be enough to get him where he needed to go. There was nowhere in any world he could find solace...

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A Flurry of Motion that Changes Nothing

That title makes it sound like a bummer, but it's not. It's just - you know those weeks where you are constantly busy, but when you are done you look around and not much has changed? That's what this week feels like to me. Sound and fury signifying nothing and all that. 

You can see fr...

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Tenebroum Ch. 65

At long last, I have completed my backlog project. You know what that means: new Tenebroum Tier. So, if you want 10 more chapters, you can upgrade your Patreon pledge to Tenebroum PLUS, and if you're happy where you're at, that's fine too. I should also note that the $8 D...

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Tenebroum PLUS 66-75

If you talk about any of the below on discord,

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Tenebroum PLUS Ch. 55-65

Alright, so this is the first half the Tenebrou

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Death After Death Ch. 52-53

Alright - with this update Death After Death is now 10 chapters ahead!!! Took long enough, right?

This week I will be launching a new 20 chapter ahead tier for Tenebroum (because 80% of my patrons are here for Tenebroum,) BUT I noticed today that Simon is developing a small following himsel...

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Submissions: 10, Rejections: 0, Acceptances: 1

The title references my short story stats to date and does not include my novel. Re-Entry is at 2 rejections and counting, but hey - I can look on the bright side, right? Someone somewhere decided that a story I wrote titled Red Skies, was a good fit for their vampire anthology.  View Post

Tenebroum Ch. 64

Author's Note: You know, when I set myself the goal of a 20-chapter backlog... I had no idea it would take so long to get there. As of today, I am 18 chapters ahead, and this week, if I can find the time to write three chapters, my herculean task will finally be complete. (So, I ...

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Death After Death Ch. 50-51

Ch. 50 - A Quiet Life

It turned out not to be goblins. The villagers seemed to know that too, of course, but Simon hadn’t bothered to ask them. Instead, after a quiet ride to the source of the problem, he just tried the same trick he’d used last time. Suffocating them in their lair wo...

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Lessons Learned

So, in the last couple months I've been hanging out in some author-centric discords and I've learned a lot of things that have helped current stories and will help future stories. Things like Ads and shoutouts have really moved the needle on some of my existing stories. Tenebroum is closing in on...

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Tenebroum Ch. 63

Ch. 63 - City of the Dead

His walk ever deeper was a timeless monotony, punctuated only by death, as Krulm’venor slew each and every creature that crossed his path. Neither the slow-acting slimes nor the dreaded stone borrers could hope to match the fury he could draw u...

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Death After Death Ch. 48-49

Ch. 48 - End of the Road

They went south for three days, though they didn’t go particularly fast to avoid wearing out the horse. Given that now they were sleeping on the hard bed of the wagon between a row of crates and the wall, Simon considered this a real improvement. In his mind, no...

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A True Milestone

I did it. After three months of waiting patiently it finally happened: I got my first rejection letter for my unpublished Sci-fi novel, Re-entry. 

I don't say this with a trace of irony or self-pity. Rejection letters are an important part of the author's journey, and I'm happy to have...

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Tenebroum Ch. 62

Tenebroum is back to one time a week for a while. I plan another half a dozen bonus chapters during the rest of the year (1 for Halloween, several for the end of the arc whenever that hits, just like we did with Arc 1)

In the meantime, I am focusing on backlog. I finished Ch. 67 this week, ...

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Death After Death Ch. 46-47

Seven Chapters ahead! Just three more weeks at this pace and i will fall over dead (or finally slow down as we reach 10 chapters ahead. One of the two!)

Ch. 46 - A Walk Through Hell

Freya tried asking him questions several times as they navigated the small, slippery ledge through th...

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Happy Birthday to Me

Well, I did it. I made it another year, and for the first time in my life, I didn't let writing stay something I would do later. Later it a dangerous thing, and I for many years it was always when I was going to do my writing. After I'd read more. After I'd outlined more. After everythin...

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Bonus Content: Darkest Reflection Ch. 3-7 (complete)

This is the rest of the story if anyone feels like a spot of supernatural horror. 11,500. I rather like how it turned out. 

Ch. 3 - Just a Taste

Now the Marquess was leaning forward and hanging on her every word as Josephine continued to tell her story.

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Tenebroum Ch. 60-61

Ch. 60 - A Public Spectacle

Though it was hard, Todd forced himself to watch as his superiors put the people of Fallravea to the question. It was an ugly business that went so slowly at first that they could only redeem a few souls each day as the cultists and blasphemers denied they were...

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Death After Death Ch. 44-45

Ch. 44 - Like Old Times

As Simon took his time killing the two encroaching zombies and moving the table to re-enforce the broken window before more could join them, he tried to remember what had happened next the last time he was here. Even though he’d have sworn that e...

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Bonus Content: Darkest Reflection Ch 1-2

Royal Road is having a contest for the month of June, and the grand prize is a $1000 advertising credit, which is enough to run an ad for about... 1.3 years. It would be nice to have, since I would never spend so much on advertising. So I decided to write a short to take a shot at it. 

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Tenebroum Ch. 58-59

Ch. 58 - A Fitting Sacrifice

This was the second time it had caused the city of Fallravea to burn, and it was glorious. The Lich had done little else but watch things unravel once the Templars had made their appearance. The fighting and the dying had been interesting in their own way, but...

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Death After Death Ch. 41-43

Alright Death After Death is now 5 chapters ahead, as promised! This number will continue to rise by about 1 a week until we are 10 full chapters ahead in about a month. Thanks for reading!

Ch. 41 - Keeping Him Safe

For Simon, killing goblins was easy. Staying safe ...

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A New Letter of the Law Cover

Anime wasn't my first choice for Jon, but what can you do right? The original cover was hopelessly dated for these sites, so hopefully this will see some new interest into Letter of the Law. Whatever it is they say about books and covers... it's not true - at least not on the internet.&n...

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The Long Way Down (Preview)

This story is one of the candidates for my next story. I don't actually plan of working on something new for a few months, but sometimes I need to start something just to get it out of my head. 

The Long Way Down is meant to be a fast-paced thrill ride of a story, so it's pret...

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Tenebroum Ch. 56-57

Too much? Not enough? I like how Ch. 56 turned out, but I welcome feedback!

Ch. 56 - The Under Temple

They continued deeper into the darkness after that. As the sound of water got louder, the hair became more humid until water began to drip from the ceiling of the narrow winding pas...

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Death After Death Ch. 39-40

Two chapters brings Death After Death to 3 ahead of the public. I have three chapters on my schedule for next week, so if everything goes well, then next week Death After Death will finally be 5 ahead. I will of course keep posting extra chapters until it is 10 chapters ahead. 

Ch. 39...

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A Quick Round of Updates

Some quick story specific updates below. I also have two half-finished first chapters for future projects that might yet be my next project. I will post them sometime in the next weeks for feedback. The Garden Path is the yin themed xianxia I mentioned previously, and The Long Way Do...

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