4.5 Eureka
Surprise sunday drop! I actually managed to get some writing done this weekend, so you're getting a third post for the week after all. Cheers!
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“It’s not about the stor...
2025-05-04 19:52:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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4.4 The Norhold Mages' Guild
“I mean, I get that he was a street hawker, but who charges for paper by the page? It’s practically robbery!” Bernt griped as they stepped into the Mages’ Guild. It wasn’t even very good ...
2025-05-02 20:10:09 +0000 UTC View Post4.3 Temple Shenanigans
I meant to get this out yesterday, but at least it's a long chapter. I ended up writing and rewriting it twice, and I'm still not sure if it's solid, but I'm going to let you guys be the judge ...
2025-04-29 19:56:13 +0000 UTC View Post4.2 Mirian Sorcery
Hey all, sorry for the wait, I got do a surprise drive across the country to sign a lease. I'm writing over the weekend, so I should get another post up shortly. I also forgot to mention in the...
2025-04-25 19:10:23 +0000 UTC View Post4.1 Registration
Bernt sat up, and rubbed at a sore shoulder. He’d managed to bruise it in his sleep, lying on the hard stone floor of the tiny room. He glared at the bed in the corner, mocking him with its perfe...
2025-04-18 19:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostBook 4 Prologue
Alright guys, here we go with the next book! First ever Grundrik POV in the prologue.
Posts might be a bit irregular for about the next 6 weeks, but I'm generally aiming to keep ...
2025-04-15 11:17:09 +0000 UTC View PostShort Story 1.3 - Familiar
Dzhorianath eyed the odd ball of fire warily. It just hung there in mid-air. Cautiously, she approached, dragging the food-thing she’d just killed behind her by its long tail. It was warm and bri...
2025-04-10 18:46:13 +0000 UTC View PostShort Story 1.2 - Familiar
Dzhorianath inhaled the familiar scent of smoke, crouching behind a loose pile of dirty, stinky stuff that filled this place. Something was burning over there, and fire meant warmth. Carefully, she...
2025-04-08 08:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostUnderkeeper Short Story 1.1 : Familiar
Hi all, I'm going to be posting the short story that I wrote for the release of book 1 over the next week. It is, as the title suggests, the story of how Bernt found Jori.
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<... 2025-04-05 07:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostArc 3 Epilogue/Interlude
Alright, sorry for the delay, still lots of stuff going on behind the scenes over here trying to manage a home sale, tons of apartment viewings in an insane market, driving long distances, you ...
2025-04-02 10:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post3.53 A Friendly Face
The smell of hellfire filled the room as the demon king’s enormous face split, revealing a colossal maw filled with teeth all the way down. While his master’s appearance didn’t phase Nuros, t...
2025-03-29 14:53:35 +0000 UTC View Post3.52 Treachery
Aelos cast himself through the night toward the distant, telltale red-orange flicker of hellfire. He’d been following his tracker for days as he pressed ever further south into the Phoenix Reache...
2025-03-26 10:55:33 +0000 UTC View Post3.51 Zijeregh
“Did it really have to be here?” great one Ed grumbled at Jori, looking around at the hellfire-pitted walls and floor of the tiny cell. He nodded briefly at the others, who were crowde...
2025-03-22 20:30:25 +0000 UTC View Post3.50 Side Effects
After checking to make sure that none of the bodies lying all around the confluence were still breathing, Bernt walked back to where the summoning circle had been to retrieve his bag. He was limpin...
2025-03-20 15:25:03 +0000 UTC View Post3.49 The Confluence 4
For a few seconds, the pressure built in Bernt’s head so much that he saw spots in his vision. Then, just as quickly as it had come, it was gone. The pain disappeared with it, as if it had never ...
2025-03-17 15:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post3.48 The Confluence 3
Hey all, got an extra long one for you today. It was a bit tricky to write and since we're starting the climax of book 3, I want to invite you guys to throw in any feedback about thi...
2025-03-13 15:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post3.47 The Confluence 2
Hi all, I'm going to be driving across the country to Berlin next week to look at an apartment (I'm hopefully moving soon!), so posts next week are going to be irregular. I'm not sure how many ...
2025-03-08 16:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post3.46 The Confluence 1
Edit 3/7: remembered that Bernt is supposed to use a compatible material for the elemental summoning circle, so I added that into this chapter.
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Bernt trudged across the e...
2025-03-06 19:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post3.45 Demonic Pact
Bernt watched from behind the temperature barrier that closed off his small stone shelter as fire rained from the sky, bathing the landscape in light from above and below. It was the second time Be...
2025-03-04 17:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post3.44 A New World
Zijeregh climbed out of the crack in front of her, emerging out into the light of day for the first time in days under the boughs of an ever-burning tree. She inhaled the hot air, letting it burn h...
2025-02-28 21:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post3.43 The Phoenix Reaches
To Bernt’s relief, the storm clouds did not prove to be an example of the Phoenix Reaches’ infamous burning rain. Bernt had read something once about how mountains were supposed to make clouds ...
2025-02-26 16:33:58 +0000 UTC View Post3.42 The Sunset Range
It was late by the time Bernt finally stopped for the night, curling up in his bedroll in a somewhat sheltered spot between a few large boulders. He slept fitfully for a few hours, plagued by night...
2025-02-23 13:48:28 +0000 UTC View Post3.41 Another Way
Bernt moved more slowly after encountering the goat demon. He couldn’t afford to keep getting into surprise fights. Sure, his banefire spell gave him a powerful advantage against demons, but soon...
2025-02-20 12:13:03 +0000 UTC View PostBook 1 is Published!
Book 1 is now available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible! If you'd like a copy, you can get it here. Of course, as...
2025-02-18 20:57:11 +0000 UTC View Post3.40 Wait Up
Bernt tasted blood in his mouth. His face burned, and something was pulling on his leg, dragging him across the ground. Rocks scraped across his back and head painfully – both had been scraped ra...
2025-02-18 20:49:35 +0000 UTC View PostCharacter List
By request, I'm posting a running character list. This is not complete, well organized, or even terribly well labeled, but it's what I use myself to keep track of who's who as I'm writing. I'll...
2025-02-18 07:07:27 +0000 UTC View Post3.39 A Rock and a Hard Place
Alright, let's get this party started.
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The valley continued to narrow as they progressed, and the land grew even drier. Tiny wisps of cloud passed by high overhead, but...
2025-02-13 11:15:42 +0000 UTC View Post3.38 A Word of Advice
Bernt extended his spirit into the circle and braced himself for the disorienting sensation of being in two places at once. Jori, who didn’t have any prior warning, stumbled, nearly falling befor...
2025-02-11 15:43:05 +0000 UTC View Post3.37 A Critical Weakness
So... I know we just had an exposition chapter, which leads me to the question -- is this too much exposition? You guys have to tell me if this is too much exposition, alright?
<... 2025-02-08 15:01:53 +0000 UTC View Post3.36 Magical Potential
Olly crouched in the door of his rickety shanty and poured himself a drink, bottle clinking a bit too hard against the small clay cup. The cheap liquor burned on the way down.
He was almost o...
2025-02-06 17:53:40 +0000 UTC View Post