The Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.20
Chapter 3.20: Titanium
“Congratulations,” Lucy’s voice greeted me as I pulled the headphones from my ear with a slight pop. “How are you feeling?”
I stared, my thoughts ...
2025-10-27 16:50:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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The Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.19
Chapter 3.19: 237
It took the better part of four months for Charlotte to get her hands on a copy of cognitohazard 237, a process I thankfully didn’t have to witness as from my understandin...
2025-10-17 20:20:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.18
Chapter 3.18: Not My Problem
“And?”
“And nobody seems to care! The local sect representative refuses to investigate, and my fellow disciples just continue their sparring as ...
2025-10-17 20:18:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.17
Chapter 3.17: Paid Medical Leave
“I still vote six-eighteen.”
“Cal, we’ve been over this.” Charlotte swiped through the holo display we’d projected over our side of th...
2025-06-18 17:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.16
Chapter 3.16: Incident Report
The airlock we wound up at was a small shuttle dock, whatever vessel it served conveniently absent. The no-at didn’t fit, so Bill had to leave it secured...
2025-06-09 16:32:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.15
Chapter 3.15: Occupational Hazard
It took eight months, all told, from our arrival on the Right Eye for the conflict within the Urlitch household to finally end. None of us had been in ...
2025-06-04 17:13:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.14
Chapter 3.14: Celebration
“Sooooooo? What did he say?” I pressed a gin and tonic into Xavier’s hand the moment he set foot on the gangway. I’d wanted to ope...
2025-05-30 17:27:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.13
Chapter 3.13: Petition
“Xavier challenged Li Bo today. Broke his arm in three places.”
“That’s the last one, isn’t it?” I asked. “Finally done?”
“Fin...
2025-05-28 16:47:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.12
Chapter 3.12: On the Inside
2,614 matches found!
Micaiah groaned and flung the arm from which her holopad projected into the cushion beside her. Three weeks she’d been ...
2025-05-24 16:21:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.11
Chapter 3.11: The Mortal Life
“Exactly what part of ‘keep your head down’ did you not understand?” Charlotte’s voice rang in my ear as I stepped down Lucy’s gangway on my way to w...
2025-05-20 15:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.10
Chapter 3.10: Cultivator Bullshit
“…then Sun Buns turns to me and says—and I shit you not—‘the stench of sewage is back. I think there might be a second source.”
I sla...
2025-05-17 16:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.9
(A quick note that chapter titles are exclusively to help me keep track of what happens where in my internal files. Please refrain from groaning.)
Chapter 3.9: My Sect’s Life
“Cal...
2025-05-15 16:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.8
Chapter 3.8: Back to Work
Lucy’s lower deck felt lonely the next morning.
I didn’t lack for company, as Lucy and I amicably chatted while I nibbled away at a plate of eg...
2025-05-12 17:29:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.7
Chapter 3.7: Party’s Over
I cycled my lungs and heart to calm myself as partygoers around us rushed in for a better look or inconspicuously made for the door. I realized swiftly that ...
2025-05-09 19:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.6
Chapter 3.6: Immaculate Reception
“Are you sure I have to wear this?” I patted down black jacket Lucy had dug up for me, fingers tracing the high collar tha...
2025-05-07 18:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.5
Chapter 3.5: Staying Put
“I, Xavier Honchel, future champion of the Dragon’s Right Eye, challenge you to a duel!”
Micaiah suppressed a si...
2025-05-02 18:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.4
Chapter 3.4: Death
I still felt it.
I felt its presence, scratching against the edges of reality, ready to appear in all its ineffable glory sh...
2025-05-02 18:25:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.3
Chapter 3.3: Errands
The ostentatious doorway spat me out into an ostentatious-er departure lounge. Hardwood—real wood—floors tapped against my boots with a satisfying knoc...
2024-12-02 19:31:20 +0000 UTC View PostImportant: Patreon tiering changes
Hey everyone, this is long overdue, but the multitiered system for patreon chapters doesn't really make a lot of sense for series that aren't being publicly serialized, so at the end of October, I'...
2024-10-23 21:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.2
Chapter 3.2: Warm Welcome
The Dragon’s Right Eye, like any caged sun, was a marvel of engineering.
The station itself wrapped around the entire star, a dyson sphere built to capture q...
2024-10-23 21:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 3.1
Chapter 3.1: Into the Suns
Four days from our looming arrival at the Dragon’s Right Eye, I sat atop Lucy’s bridge contemplating impermanence. My musings weren’t anything special...
2024-10-23 21:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostTo Catch a Falling Leaf is available now!
Hi everyone! I'm incredibly excited to announce that book 2 of The Stargazer's War is finally out! It t...
2024-08-30 14:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.19
Chapter 2.19: Crucible
“Charlotte!” Xavier dove to catch her on her way down, cradling her head to keep it from the hard cobblestone. The dolt. She was weak, not unconscious. Despite hers...
2024-02-01 21:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.18
Chapter 2.18: The Dead City
“Cal,” Charlotte’s hushed voice roused me from my slumber. “You’re up.”
I nodded groggily, grateful they’d given me last watch even though Char...
2024-01-31 21:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.17
Chapter 2.17: Underground
I think the enchantments are changing. It’s insane. I know it’s insane. Enchantments don’t change. The complexity of maintaining stability through transiti...
2024-01-17 21:56:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.16
Chapter 2.16: Negotiations
Inspector Samuel Scorne was about to blow this whole case wide open. He could feel it in his bones, in his soul, in his gut, the latter of which had steadily grown ...
2024-01-08 21:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.15
Chapter 2.15: Bronze
I sat then and there, crossing my legs and straightening my back inches shy of the tunnel wall. I cradled the egg in cupped hands, my gaze fixed on it as Charlotte and Xa...
2024-01-05 21:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.14
Chapter 2.14: Hatching Day
Xavier rushed in to join us in Lucy’s upper deck with his shirt half tucked in and his hair still wet from the shower. “It’s happening?”
“Strap in,...
2024-01-04 19:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.13
Chapter 2.13: Ticking Down
I knew I couldn’t stay out there forever. I didn’t need forever, much as I shrouded myself in it like a security blanket. Behind its frigid pall, sappe...
2024-01-04 00:02:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stargazer's War - Chapter 2.12
Chapter 2.12: Past Time
“…and ’til the day my heart stops beating, my love for you’ll be unretreating…” Charlotte’s gorgeous if drunkenly over-frilled soprano resonated through ...
2023-10-05 21:09:26 +0000 UTC View Post