8 - Fatigue
With the sun threatening to breach the eastern horizon, I gazed upward. “... Barry?”
“Yes, Fischer?” he replied, standing right beside me and also staring skyward.
“Have you t...
2024-03-07 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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7 - The Alchemist
With the sun’s approach, the sky’s color was starting to change. As Barry and I crossed the sand flats on the south side of the river, I marveled at the sea of stars above us. They’d soon be ...
2024-03-06 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post6. Frack Around and Find Out 2: Electric-Otter Boogaloo
“Thanks for your hospitality,” I said, not missing the ugly look the two nobles shared as we strode into their home.
“Of course,” the woman replied, her voice sickly sweet. “I am Jo...
2024-03-04 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post5 - Rude Awakening
“To define enlightenment is to shackle the fledgling meditator with an unfair burden. What it means to be enlightened is subjective, and it falls upon each child to traverse this path alone, ...
2024-03-01 10:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post4 - Evolution
I blinked to clear my vision, but the words remained.
New Village established!
Scanning...
“Scanning?” Barry asked. “What does—”
...
2024-02-29 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post3 - Frack Around and Find Out
Beneath a blanket of stars, I took a deep breath, delighting in the scents of salt spray and fresh air that assaulted me.
“Are you sure this is necessary, Fischer?” Barry asked from behin...
2024-02-28 06:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2 Adjustments
Hello, friends.
I come bearing fixes and adjustments!
They're spread out over many chapters and Patreon's formatting is unhinged so I've linked a google doc with headings and subheading...
2024-02-26 10:21:59 +0000 UTC View PostA short break
Hello, friends.
I'm taking a week off from posting new chapters.
There are two reasons:
First, I'm editing book 2, and I want to smoothe out some inconsistences / add som...
2024-02-21 08:31:57 +0000 UTC View Post2 - Fantasy Land Kool-Aid Cult
I jumped down to the sandy soil as we crept toward the giant tree
Its trunk was as wide at the base as a house, and its canopy reached high into the sky before fanning out. Large chunks of ea...
2024-02-19 09:25:35 +0000 UTC View Post1. Home Sweet Home
When I arrived at the meeting place, a blur of blonde hair and cute freckles flew at me.
“Oof!” I said, bracing myself as Maria slammed into my chest.
“How did it go? Is everyon...
Next Animal-Pal Poll
Here it is, friends.
Some of your ideas were honestly hilarious.
May the best animal win.
(More in the comments because we hit the Patreon limit)
2024-02-15 08:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostPrologue
Corporal Claws grinned and puffed out her chest as adrenaline coursed through her tiny little body.
She was the most powerful otter in all the lands and seas, and now she had tamed the sky. 2024-02-15 08:13:49 +0000 UTC View Post
An invitation for feedback.
Hello, dear friends.
The epilogue for book two has gone up. Now that I'm going into the whole-book editing phase, I wanted to ask if you had any constructive feedback for me. I have a lot...
2024-02-14 08:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostEpilogue
On the outskirts of Tropica, Lieutenant Colonel Lemony Thicket's canopy shook in anticipation.
Most of her friends were on a mission far, far away. It was the perfect opportunity.
M...
2024-02-14 08:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhat should the first animal pal of book 3 be?
The epilogue of book 2 will go out tomorrow, which means book 3 approaches.
We haven't done a poll for a lil while, and I thought it would be fun to have you guys throw out ideas, then make a...
2024-02-13 00:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post92 - Resounding Success
Beneath the sea of birds still milling over the capital city of Gormona, I trudged along with a smile on my face.
As I glanced back, I saw that my wares were still in order. It hadn’t taken...
2024-02-12 08:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post91 - Shooting Star
Of all the secrets Ellis expected to uncover during Operation Sticky Fingers, the king of Gormona taking steps on the path of ascension wasn’t one of them. Ellis’s mind worked to unravel the im...
2024-02-09 07:51:28 +0000 UTC View Post90 - The Theft
High above the streets of Gormona, Corporal Claws commanded the sky.
Evening air rushed past, tickling her whiskers and making a toothy grin cross her face. She stood tall on her noble steed...
89 - Unveiled
Barry’s breath caught as he took in the royal library. Shelves stretched three meters up to the roof, running in long lines he couldn’t see the end of. The purple light of Borks’s portal was ...
2024-02-07 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post88 - Conqueror
As I fell toward the grove below, cold night air rushed past me. The crescent moon was high in the sky, and I bathed in its light, intent on soaking up as much as I could before Bill and his army o...
2024-02-05 09:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post87 - Full-blown Assault
Augustus Reginald Gormona, ruler of every tree, stone, and building below him, gazed out over his kingdom. He stood atop a balcony in the highest spire of the castle, leaning on an ornate metal rai...
2024-02-02 08:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post86 - The Calm Before the Storm
I woke to the sun beaming in through the tent’s opening. A barrage of tiny licks rained down on my chin.
“Cinnamon?” I asked groggily, squinting against the morning light.
I wasn...
2024-02-01 08:02:57 +0000 UTC View Post85 - Disarming
“There is an arrow trained on your head, stranger,” the camouflaged man warned, glancing at me.
I had Borks gripped by his scruff, stopping him from insta-murdering the misguided spearman...
2024-01-31 08:17:41 +0000 UTC View Post84 - Ambush
With the morning sun peeking its orange-hued rays through the trees above, Cinnamon wiggled her cute little tail. Small as her task may be, she was excited to be included in the mission. She took o...
2024-01-29 09:03:52 +0000 UTC View Post83 - Something Brewing
Riding unseen currents of air high above the coast, Warrant Officer Williams—affectionately dubbed ‘Bill’ by his master—let out a mighty yawn. Pelly had taken the night shift, allowing him ...
2024-01-26 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post82 - Potent
A breeze blew through the surrounding trees, their leaves rustling softly. Ethereal moonlight shone down from above, illuminating the lake’s surface. Flames licked at the campfire behind us, its ...
2024-01-25 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post81 - Four-Legged Monstrosities
Night had well and truly descended within the forest, the light of day having slowly bled over the western horizon. The campfire was both a welcome source of heat and light, the latter of which was...
2024-01-24 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post80 - Brotherly Love
Beneath the pink and orange sunset of a beautiful winter’s day, two brothers stumbled arm in arm along a seldom-traveled dirt road.
“We’d better get back to the farm,” David slurred a...
2024-01-22 08:14:43 +0000 UTC View Post79 - Oaths
Beneath the descending sun, Sue’s and Sturgill’s eyes were distant. Dual waves of power flowed from them as they entered their names into the System.
“Happy?” Maria asked, giving me a...
2024-01-19 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post78 - Fever Dream
Beneath the shade of my deck, I cut into the tuna. Recalling the memory of a particular video on Earth, I did my best to emulate the movements of a Japanese master of his craft. Surprisingly, the f...
2024-01-18 08:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post