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Questers Valley - Chapter 2: Beetles and Trolls

Camille jumped when the ground shook again. “What was that?” she asked for the second time. Zack probably didn’t know any better than she did, but his tense expression didn’t ...

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Rough Draft for Web of Secrets Cover

Hey everyone,

I just had a Zoom meeting with the cover designer, Jeff Brown, and this is the rough sketch that resulted from our talk (he did it while we were talking.)

The basic idea f...

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Questers Valley - Chapter 1: The Lost Tunnels

A/N: This is the first chapter of my new cozy litRPG, Questers Valley. It's a bit different from my others series; I'm aiming for more humor, slightly less action, and much lower ...

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Questers Valley Blurb

Here's the WIP blurb for my upcoming litRPG project. Basically, it's the short summary that might appear on a Royal Road or Amazon page.

The book is still in the outlining stages right now, b...

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Upcoming Projects, and a Break from the Web of Secrets Series

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for reading Web of Aeons! Overall, I was happy with how this book ended. I set out to make a more Akari-centric entry after giving Kalden and Relia so much page time...

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Web of Aeons - Epilogue: Immortality

A/N: Last chapter of Book 4!

Ashur Moonfire stepped through a portal into the heart of the storm. Lightning flashed all around him, and the tides rose higher than skyscrapers...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 44: Advancement Part 2

The pain subsided with time, and even her burning crystal soul receded to a dull ache. Akari’s new body had healed the damage, and only the echoes remained in her mind. How much time had passed? ...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 44: Advancement

They regrouped with the Solidors later that day, and Rosintar made them a portal to the cult’s safe house. It looked like somewhere in Northern Espiria, judging by the snowcapped mountains on the...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 43: Sufficient Power

Glim zipped through the streets of Koreldon City, searching for a familiar face. She passed dozens of mana spawn along the way, and she left clouds of pale blue mist in her wake. It felt good to ki...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 42: The Dragon’s Throat Part 2

Relia staggered forward. The world spun around her, and she lost all sense of up and down. She collapsed on the street, and phantom pains surged through her arms and legs. Her condition was long go...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 42: The Dragon’s Throat

Akari ran outside and found Relia kneeling in the street, cradling her sister’s head on her lap. The strike had crushed Elise’s sternum, caving in her ribcage, and distorting her entire torso. ...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 41: The Time for Justice

Valeria Antano chased her prey through the city. Blasts of fire propelled her forward, from the dark skies, above to the narrow streets below. Her Master senses guided her movements, and she crosse...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 40: A Cord of Three

Kalden watched as Akari stepped onto the balcony. Knowledge mana flowed between their link, and he saw the world through her eyes. He felt the mana rushing through her channels and the pressure tha...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 39: Nowhere to Run

Mana spawn swarmed around them, leaping from the shadows in whirls of bright blue energy.   Relia and Zukan conjured shields around the group, and Kalden and Elise joined them a heartbeat late...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 38: The City’s Fate

“This way,” Relyn said as they stepped beneath a stone archway. The remains of the terminal’s concourse lay beyond. Rubble and shattered glass covered the floors, and hundreds of civilians ha...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 37: The Solidors

“No way,” Elise said. “That can’t be right.”

“It’s never killed a Mystic before,” Relia added.

“I don’t know,” Arturo replied. “Just tellin’ you guys what I he...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 36: Mana Spawn

Akari led her team across the city, crossing rooftops and balconies along the way. Rain struck her cheeks as she ran, and the wind bit through the gaps in her armor. Their destination was more than...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 35: Trust

Akari watched as the fire mana closed in around her team. Radiant bursts of color and heat spread across the horizon, climbing hundreds of feet into the air. It moved with unnatural speed, and the ...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 34: Death and Destruction

Space warped around Kalden, and his body spun through the air. One minute, he’d been sitting on the sofa, holding Akari’s hand and making small circles with his thumb. His brother sat in the se...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 33: Undefended

Akari’s chest tightened, and her fingers turned to ice. No. This was too soon. They’d lost their first interschool match, and the later matches were postponed. Her team never got a cha...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 32: Time to Advance

Akari stepped off the lawn and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Two weeks had passed since they’d built her new wrist launchers, and her team had to ramp up their training accordingly.

Di...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 31: Expectations

Elise stepped down the curved marble staircase and found her father waiting in the vestibule. As the senator of Koreldon, Ashur Moonfire typically wore suits of dark gray or navy, but not today. View Post

Web of Aeons - Chapter 30: Pocket Dimensions

“So let me get this straight . . .” Relia took a long drink of her coffee and blinked the sleep from her eyes. “You talked with your dad . . . in the past?”

“No,” A...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 29: Battle Revelations

Akari blinked. Was this actually happening? She’d commandeered a flashback, and her father was just going along with it?

Focus, she told herself. Don’t mess this up.

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 28: Displacement

Akari crept down the staircase, carefully avoiding all the squeaky spots. Her father was in the kitchen, braising the pork for dinner. The scents of garlic, onions, and ginger reached her nostrils,...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 27: Mirrors

Relia closed her laptop when the doorbell rang from downstairs. Great. Let’s get this over with.

Not many things could dampen Relia's spirits these days, but her blood still boiled...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 26: Unstoppable

Weeks passed, and Akari spent more time with her teammates every night. By the end of the second week, she and Kalden could exchange thoughts with ease. Not just words, but images, sounds, and abst...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 25: Mental Mana Arts

They won their match the next morning. And no, it wasn’t with the power of love and friendship. The other team just sucked.

Akari’s team started in an open grassland, with their opponents...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 24: A True Leader

“Talk to me,” Irina said. “Tell me the rest of your dream.”

Akari frowned. “I don’t get it. Talking about the dream will make things better?”

The older woman spread out he...

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Web of Aeons - Chapter 23: Trauma

Akari’s eyes shot open. She’d been dreaming of Emberlyn again—some nonsense about the power of love and friendship. Her heart thundered in her chest, and sweat covered her skin, soaking throu...

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