“Do we wait for the Bard?” Lily asked as they watched the possessed zombies begin to form into small groups.
“Can we assume he is actually coming?” Bud asked.
“Good point,” Lily pulled a face.
“We have this,” Bud said, pullin...
2023-12-06 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there nanite fans!
I just wanted to give you an early look at the cover for the second book in the Nellie and the Nanites series: Nanites at War!
First chapter as well as the catchup introduction for new readers will be up on Thrusday as usual!
Thanks again for all your support, and of course,
<... 2023-12-05 09:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure about this?” Lily asked Bud as he stared up at her.
Lily was fluttering about near the crystal ceiling of the Bear’s Fall restaurant. Strictly speaking, she had no reason to be up here. With her skills, Lily could keep an eye on things f...
2023-12-01 09:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post“How about we buy a cow, brand it, and deliver it to the farm?” Angela offered as they started down the far side of the hill.
“Not the same thing as finding this one,” Wendy said, but she was tempted anyway. The climb up to the crest of the hill had not be...
2023-11-29 10:39:46 +0000 UTC View PostWendy really wanted to kick something. That was the only problem with living on the Waystation. There was nothing to kick when you were frustrated. You couldn’t kick a wall, the floor, or anything without kicking the Waystation.
Not only would that be astonishing...
2023-11-29 10:38:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe fortress looked much less like a fortress than they had expected, which wasn’t to say it would be easy.
Trees and shrubs had been cleared and replaced with farmland and wide open spaces. Any attempt to sneak up on the place would be doomed to f...
2023-11-24 10:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe man was sat crosslegged on a barrel, playing a small wooden flute as if the rest of the world did not exist. He was dressed smartly, if flamboyantly, in moss-green trousers, a red shirt with voluminous sleeves, and a tight black waistcoat. His collar was ...
2023-11-22 07:51:15 +0000 UTC View PostMilly Light-Foot stood in the middle of the roadway, hands on her hips and a scowl on her face. On either side of her was an escort of extremely high-level personnel. A large carriage made of living wood rested on the side of the road as she glowered at the approaching Waystation.
I...
2023-11-22 07:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostClair DeLett hummed to herself as she closed up her shop for the day. She had sold three dresses this afternoon, which was quite a boon. Honestly, the shop was not doing well. She had moved to Avonburgh to take advantage of the cheap labor, but it just wasn’t enough.
When Rach...
2023-11-17 10:19:31 +0000 UTC View PostBert watched the reactions with no small amount of amusement. Carter Miller, the most friendly of the group so far and the least fake was desperately trying not to laugh, but even turning away wouldn’t hide his shaking shoulders. Abby merely looked stunned, while old man Mason looked...
2023-11-15 10:24:46 +0000 UTC View Post“I like it,” Bell said. “It’s cute.”
Bert had to admit the sparking little village was beautiful in the warm morning light. No high walls defended it; no giant keep took the center ground… It was the very picture of happy village life. Slate roofs edged in a pale green...
2023-11-15 10:23:47 +0000 UTC View PostSonny’s twin blades clanged against Bert's shield as an arrow bounced off his shoulder plate. He ducked behind his shield, releasing a blast of mana through it to send Sonny flying. The man was determined, however, and kicked off a tree in mid-air to strike at a different angle.<...
2023-11-10 09:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostLiquid metal bubbled in specially made vats around the room's edges, the heat causing the strips and panels of leather to sway and move as they hung from the ceiling. Bert took a specific size of cog from one of the many shelves arrayed above his crafting table and fitted it in plac...
2023-11-08 10:49:06 +0000 UTC View Post“What happened to being careful?” Bell yelled at Bert as soon as they came into sight of the Waystation. She stood with her hands on her hips, looking furious as the lights behind her lit her hair with a soft glow.
“Gods, you’re beautiful,” Bert said with a tired smil...
2023-11-08 10:48:01 +0000 UTC View Post“This just isn’t right,” Wendy said, horror written across her face as she stared through the open door.
“What is it?” Bert asked with a sinking feeling.
“There are no words,” Wendy said, backing away. “I’m not going in there, and you can’t make...
2023-11-03 10:22:36 +0000 UTC View Post“We didn’t think that Sonny had made it out,” The woman leaned on her tower shield hard, her features drawn and tense. Looking around the small space, Bert saw several people lying in corners, some sleeping, others just unconscious.
Everyone was covered in blood, wi...
2023-11-01 07:25:29 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m beginning to wish we had never found these damn ruins!” Abby hissed as Bert leaped over her shoulder.
His shield slammed into the security drone before it could fade into its ghostly form. The microsecond of hesitation that caused left it impaled on a long spear ...
2023-11-01 07:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostBert sank into the tides of the Waystation with a happy sigh. Collecting supplies and building materials seldom resulted in discovering a new mystery. His morning excursion had yielded more than just the seeds; it had opened up something that his people could solv...
2023-10-27 09:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostSlothy padded happily down the ramp from the Bear’s Fall and sat down to wait. It didn’t take long for Bud to come bounding out of the Waystation and give her a few head pats and scritches.
No one gave skritches like a skeleton. Bud’s bony fingers were perfect f...
2023-10-27 09:41:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe short story collection - The Lost Ones will have a new release schedule from now on.
I'll be honest, they are very fun to write but I just don't have the time for three different releases every week. With Nellie and the Nanites and Waystation being updated multiple times every week I just have to slow down on this o...
2023-10-25 11:24:08 +0000 UTC View PostBert felt the impact against his shield up in his shoulder. His whole arm was going slightly numb. He swept his arm up, his hand transformed into a crossbow as he did, firing a stream of steel bolts, each glowing with Heat or Chill runes.
He hit nothing. Again.
...
2023-10-25 09:35:35 +0000 UTC View PostBell cheered as the collector on the front of the Waystation, currently in the closed shape of a ram, smashed aside another boulder.
“I can see why they were having trouble getting people out this way,” Bert laughed as Bell directed the Waystation through the canyon.<...
2023-10-25 09:34:39 +0000 UTC View PostBert finished adding the chill runes to the storage carriage as the first supplies arrived. One of the advantages of coming across the Gardeners was the opportunity to get something they had been missing out on a lot.
Fruits and vegetables.
The variety of dishes and...
2023-10-20 06:23:46 +0000 UTC View PostNellie looked around the room and couldn’t help but chuckle. Even on a flying saucer, the fucking room was the same. She had seen several different races on the ship as she was led through the halls to be interviewed.
They called it an interview, but she was cuf...
2023-10-19 07:18:33 +0000 UTC View PostBert ate the cucumber sandwich, savoring the delicate little triangles that were a taste of home that he had never even realized he missed. They even had cracked black pepper on them! The lemonade was cool and refreshing, and it was all so strange.
He had been in nonstop m...
2023-10-18 09:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Dad!” Wendy called, her face almost pressed against the side window of the bridge, “Look at that! What are they?”
Bert leaned around her, finally seeing what she was looking at. On a rise to their left were what could be trees. Could be, except the thin black trunk...
2023-10-18 09:37:13 +0000 UTC View Post“You get out!” Edgar blustered, his blood running cold in his veins as Olivia wandered around the room examining his pictures and knickknacks.
“No,” Olivia said simply. “I waited a long time for this,” She shivered. “Stuck in a storm of ice for fift...
2023-10-17 09:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Damn thing,” Edgar snapped as knuckles screamed in pain. The poker he was using to jab at the embers of the fire dropped from his arthritic fingers, nading half in the fire. “Damn it!” He snarled, looking at the black metal pole lying against the grate.
Dave thought about what he had seen as he pushed his broom across the floor. Try as he might, he just did not get what the Entity was showing him in that vision.
Joe had been a deeply stupid individual; that much was certain. He wanted to make the world better,...
2023-10-17 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Cover for Volume Four of the Waystation, which starts this week here on Patreon!
Coming soon will be the cover for Book One as I am starting to prepare it for self publishing it over on Amazon!
2023-10-16 09:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post
