Noah kept his eyes firmly on the mountains on the horizon as he directed the flying sword through the sky. The howl of the wind had faded to a distant whistle at the back of his head. It had been a...
2025-09-30 16:00:27 +0000 UTC
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Wallace and Koyu both woke not long after Uriel had left. Arwin was still standing there, Lillia cradled against his chest, staring at where the enormous suit of armor had stood just a short while ...
2025-09-30 16:00:27 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! I'm hyped to announce that Nightmare Realm Summoner is finally out on Amazon & Audible!
2025-09-30 14:29:07 +0000 UTC
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The first thing that Arwin saw when he came to was gold. It blurred before his face like a molten sea of wealth, fading in and out of view in an undulating dance. A distant headache pounded in the ...
2025-09-29 15:55:46 +0000 UTC
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“Is this meant to be an intimidation tactic?” Haley asked as Lillia sat down across from her in the back room of the Devil’s Den.
The dwarf’s two guards stood at her back — though a...
2025-09-29 15:54:45 +0000 UTC
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“Wow,” Sticky breathed. The small demon’s neck craned back as she stared up at the crisscrossing rows of dim paper lanterns suspended over the street before them. They dangled from worn ropes...
2025-09-29 15:53:42 +0000 UTC
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Alex and the others continued through the Mirrorlands for around half an hour before making their return to the Ancestry. The chances of Crimson having left someone on watch for their return were a...
2025-09-29 15:52:57 +0000 UTC
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Alex eyes snapped open. Warped stone rose overhead, riddled with cracks and broken sections that gave way to the churning sky overhead. Coils of red and purple smoke roiled in the distance and the ...
2025-09-28 16:00:21 +0000 UTC
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The dwarves were taking longer than Art had expected.
That wasn’t really too big of a problem. The mercenaries were certainly skilled, there was no doubt about that. But the Blacktongues cl...
2025-09-25 16:01:48 +0000 UTC
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Arwin lost himself in the song. His body moved to its own accord and the ring of Caldera against metal echoed through his mind like a distant drum. It was impossible to say for how long they’d be...
2025-09-25 16:00:53 +0000 UTC
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Lee clung to Noah’s back as they tore through the sky upon his flying sword. Wind howled past them in a keening wail as the left Frostlake behind, hurtling away from the town and the frozen mount...
2025-09-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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A loud crunch split the din as Alex’s enormous anchor slammed home into the Herdmaster. Already damaged carapace shattered beneath the weapon and it dug deep into the center of the monster in a s...
2025-09-24 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: I made some small tweaks to the chapter to improve the meeting between Noah & Lee. Nothing huge, but I think it makes the chapter a little more fun.
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Noah’s mind reele...
2025-09-24 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Arwin had just finished feeding Lillia’s food to the Infernal Armory when she rejoined him, Koyu, and Wallace in the smithy.
Lillia had retrieved the core from where it had been baking in h...
2025-09-24 16:00:21 +0000 UTC
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Caldera collided with the Golden Guardian’s head with an echoing crunch. The statue crumpled in on itself. Obsidian spikes of jagged, solidified magma tore out from beneath the hammer and sheared...
2025-09-23 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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“I’m bored,” Grim said.
“Oh, don’t you start on me now,” Moxie growled. Stones shifted beneath her feet and she pressed her hand against the wall of the cave — though perhaps ca...
2025-09-23 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Dinner came shortly after a bath — one which Arwin made absolutely certain not to be late for — and he joined the gathering members of the Menagerie in the bottom floor of the Devil’s Den.
2025-09-23 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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“What did you do to Spark?” Claire hissed, ducking as a ball of roiling green fire slammed into the wall on the other side of their barrier, sending necrotic fire spraying down all around them,...
2025-09-22 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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“These are cards,” Mordred said, waggling the deck in his hands with the patience of a seasoned teacher. “They have identical backs, but their other side is completely different. Each one is ...
2025-09-22 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Arwin and Lillia finished Rodrick’s armor before the sun had set over the Infernal Armory.
Like Arwin had expected, once the core was complete, everything else came far easier. It certainly...
2025-09-22 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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The hot stench of death drove into Alex’s lungs like a punch as he threw himself through the hissing Mirrorlands portal and hit the ground of the Ancestry in a roll. Wet earth squelched beneath h...
2025-09-21 16:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Cold wind screamed through Ice Wretch Mountain like the ghastly howl of a scorned demon. Sleet and snow slashed through the mountain pass in thick sheets. The storm swallowed the sky itself, leavin...
2025-09-19 16:00:30 +0000 UTC
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The echo of ringing metal rolled through the Infernal Armory. The Mesh might no longer have guided any of his strikes, but it didn’t even matter. The Nightiron was practically forging itself. Eve...
2025-09-19 16:00:30 +0000 UTC
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Kien’s prediction proved to be right. The sound of rolling thunder heralded Arwin’s advance through the dungeon as he rung the walls like gongs, tearing the poor skeletons from their sleep befo...
2025-09-18 16:00:23 +0000 UTC
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Seleth rubbed at her eyes. The cold night bit at her nose and lips. She wasn’t at all cut out for this environment, and the freezing mountain skin whipping her hair and slicing at her skin certai...
2025-09-18 16:00:23 +0000 UTC
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“So, what was it you were going to tell me earlier?” Lillia asked as they watched rivers of black magma slither through the lines running throughout the floor of the Infernal Armory.
“O...
2025-09-18 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Arwin returned to the Infernal Armory with a pile of black metal chunks clutched in his arms like a chunky, malformed baby. A very heavy one. One with a lot of sharp edges and layers of dirt caking...
2025-09-17 16:00:20 +0000 UTC
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The haggard man stared at Noah in horror, his lips working but failing to muster up even the faintest of noises. His eyes were so wide that his irises may as well have been peas swimming in a white...
2025-09-17 16:00:19 +0000 UTC
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Alex’s eyes snapped back open. He was mildly relieved to find that he was still slung over Claire’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes. The scent of blood lingered in the air to mark the signs of...
2025-09-17 16:00:19 +0000 UTC
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“Spare me, great Star Serpent!” There was a loud thump to Noah’s side as the haggard man threw himself to the ground and fell prostate before the enormous yellow eye peering down at the two o...
2025-09-16 16:00:21 +0000 UTC
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