Connie looked around with shock on her face the moment we were all in the soul realm. “Whoa, this isn’t what I was expecting at all.”
“Yeah, it’s kind of strange here. I don’t really understand it, and w...
2025-12-01 07:09:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, I found the kids still asleep in the living room. Red was snooring loudly while sprawled on her back. Orglina was sleeping on top of her, with Chip and the hoary marmot cuddling on either sid...
2025-12-01 07:07:45 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the harvest, we had a quick meeting with the city council and decided to hold a festival in a week. Partially to give us time to go through everything we had managed to collect, but also so that I had time to ge...
2025-11-24 22:40:44 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up on the second day of my planned rest to loud sounds of Chip and several messages in the soul chat. Dammit, what was wrong now? I just needed a little longer, and I’d be able to cure Connie. Fighting through so...
2025-11-24 22:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostJohn
John did his best to ignore the pangs of worry he had about Maud. Logically, he knew she would be fine. He truly believed she could fight her way out of anything now if she really had to. Plus,...
2025-11-24 22:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostMaud
“So uh, what’s your guild like? Is it full of mana beasts? Do you have any other cats? What about moose?” Maud asked all of the questions rapid-fire as they walked down the street. These ...
2025-11-21 08:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostAlex
“You’re sure you don’t want to join us planet-side?” Yorela asked.
It hadn’t been the first time she had asked, and I had turned her down each time before. As intere...
2025-11-21 06:16:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. I've got a date for when my Ebook/Audio for book 1 will go live on Amazon. December 9th. To that end I'll be removing all of book 1 on RR (and wherever all it may be) on December 7th.
Next week I'll put up all the missing early chapters for Magical Engineering and get the linkages working before taking ...
Dave
At least this time, as I was lying in my bed recovering, I was more functional than the last. I hoped that meant my recovery time wouldn’t be as long as before, but even if it was, at least I...
2025-11-21 05:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostElody
Elody wasn’t happy at the presence of a weaver mother within Alexandria, still, even if it had been a pocket universe owned by Timon. The fact that she was now gone, back off to her own worl...
2025-11-17 06:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post“Why are they both looking at us, Dave?” Cecile asked as we stepped foot on their platform.
“They are part of you, and we have to solve exactly what they expect from either of you before we can move to the nex...
2025-11-17 06:50:14 +0000 UTC View Post“How in the hell do you have Korl?” Timon yelled in what looked to be more exasperation than anger.
After a quick relaying of the story, he just stared at us in disbelief for nearly a minute before speaking agai...
2025-11-13 05:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Honored mother,” Elody immediately replied to the voice, bowing low. I had no idea if she wanted us to do the same.
“Oh, it’s so nice to see someone who knows the pleasantries. As much as I e...
2025-11-13 05:18:20 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Network Principles
I considered killing him. It was probably the smartest thing to do right there. But he was here half dead, begging for help, and as much as I disliked whatever he was for...
2025-11-07 05:27:26 +0000 UTC View Post“So what do we do?” Rabyn asked as we walked across the bridge that led to his platform.
This was the first time I had done this with someone in tow to their own reflection. Not counting myself, of course. I act...
2025-11-03 15:38:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, Chip, we’re back. Try not to send too many crazy messages in that chat. I didn’t really think through the consequences of you having access to it,” I said, smiling at what Maud would think when she finally ...
2025-10-29 06:13:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Uh, hey buddy, you doing okay?” I asked as I stepped off the bridge onto the platform. In front of me floated the exact same face in the wall I had seen when I first awoke it. I didn’t have the slightest clue what ...
2025-10-29 06:12:05 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell was that?” I yelled, hoping to wake Otis. It had reminded me of the soul hunters that had been chasing me and Karlinovo. Were they back?
“I was wondering if they would notice us or not,” Otis ...
2025-10-27 23:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostRabyn
There was something new clinging to the back of his mind. It was similar to the holes he had realized were there after the jester incursion. But try as he might, he couldn’t brin...
2025-10-27 22:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostAlex
It had been a few days now, and I still didn’t understand how the moose had managed to sneak along with us. Even Mel had not managed to pick up that the creature was following along, somethin...
2025-10-21 06:10:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Am I going to have to fight that representation of Corey over there as well?” I asked, looking at Otis, who, for the first time, was looking on in what I thought was surprise. Had we finally started to hit things tha...
2025-10-21 06:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post“We both know that wasn’t there a moment ago, and I really doubt you’re as clueless to this as you’re pretending. So how about some actual honesty here?” I asked. I wasn’t annoyed with him exa...
2025-10-21 06:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, they had been more than happy to let us keep the mana orbs and were excited about their new mana beast. Apparently, it hadn’t been the only mushroom mana beast on the planet, and while they were shocked that...
2025-10-19 07:07:52 +0000 UTC View PostAs I was debating where to head next, a chat window popped up.
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>Beta: I found Elody. She was alone.
>Dave: Damn, that only leaves Glorp as possibly with...
2025-10-19 06:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostWe spent two hours with the jester, and learned absolutely nothing. All questions were met with some variation of trying to convince us to release it or a return to the same strange phrase of what would happen if we didn...
2025-10-17 21:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostConnie
Rabyn had been pretty out of it when he had returned that day, rambling about weird dreams, but the important thing was that he was alive. The surgery had been a success, even...
2025-10-17 19:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Look, it’s just like I told the president. I’m not sure you actually need a full operating room just to put in a simple pacemaker. But I get that this is pretty experimental technology, so I’m willing...
2025-10-13 02:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Timon and Roberts handled getting the man we needed, I took some time to have dinner with Elody. I was looking forward to seeing what she knew about golems while we had a quiet meal together. The little ...
2025-10-13 01:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re doing too much again, Glorp! Dave’s going to be mad!” Orglina yelled as Glorp shut the door to the room he had asked his family to meet them in.
He ignored her complaints, much like he ignored the fa...
2025-10-11 16:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post
