“I need a wok,” Elijah said.
“What?” asked Carmen, looking up from her anvil. She’d spent the past hour trying to hammer a piece of armor into shape, and despite her best effo...
2024-04-29 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostZeke threw out his arms in an effort to arrest his fall. It was only marginally successful, so he also decreased his weight as much as possible. That helped, too – at least from his b...
2024-04-29 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI know a bunch of you all are new around here, so welcome to the Patreon. Hopefully, you'll enjoy my work.
So, this week was kind of up and down for me. Path of Dragons got bombed with li...
2024-04-28 22:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time since completing the Temple of Virtue in Argos, Elijah awoke with a sense of purpose. Nearly dying to a few overgrown birds was enough to cement his need to grow stronger.&...
2024-04-28 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostWind whipped against Elijah’s wings, threatening to send him plummeting to the roiling sea below. However, he’d spent enough time practicing flight to adjust accordingly. Still, he knew t...
2024-04-28 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostElijah ducked under the long arm of the sasquatch, following that up with a vicious uppercut from his staff. The blow connected with the monster’s chin, and the impact sent the huge creatur...
2024-04-27 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostElijah lay on his back atop the temple, his head resting against the statue of his sister as he stared up at the night sky. When he’d set the festival into motion, he’d hoped it would hel...
2024-04-27 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel slipped between two revelers, keeping his hand on his dagger. He really wished he’d brought his spear, but according to his mother, that wasn’t appropriate for a festival. As...
2024-04-26 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostElijah stepped up to the edge of the stairs and looked down at the crowd that had gathered at the base of the terraced hill. There were more than a thousand people present, many of whom were ...
2024-04-26 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe guardian of the deep – called a cueyatl – emerged from the pillar of flame and corruption like a storm of tentacles. Zeke met it with an overhand hammer-strike. In his titanic f...
2024-04-26 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMiguel raced down the empty street, spear in hand, as he heard another scream emanate from within the alley ahead. He skidded to a stop, turning to see three burly young men surrounding a sma...
2024-04-25 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Better hope he doesn’t find that little girl,” Elijah said with a shake of his head. “That’s trouble if I’ve ever seen it.”
“Not really a little girl, is she? She...
2024-04-25 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Come on! Why can’t I go with you?” demanded Miguel. “You always said that having someone to watch your back is important.”
“This ain’t that kinda city, kid,” Colt...
2024-04-25 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe mountain loomed, somehow seeming even larger than it had the first time they’d visited. By comparison, the temple at its base was small and insignificant. Yet, the only way to the...
2024-04-25 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, Elijah didn’t sleep much. Instead, he lay awake in his incredibly comfortable bed of moss, just staring up at the gently glowing flowers on his ceiling. Bioluminescence ha...
2024-04-24 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe dense ethera of the grove washed over Elijah as he reappeared on his island. Sometimes, it was easy to forget just how thick it was compared to the rest of the world. When he was el...
2024-04-24 15:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostA cool rain fell upon Elijah’s shoulders as he trekked toward the mountains. Without the multi-ton burden of his sister’s statue on his back, he felt physically unburdened. However,...
2024-04-24 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe last few miles of Elijah’s journey were the most difficult. Despite having traveled beneath his burden for weeks, once again resuming the weight of the statue left his back bent. ...
2024-04-23 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostTears fell upon the upturned stone face, then traced lines down the misshapen cheeks to disappear from Elijah’s sight. He knew it wasn’t his sister. In truth, it barely even resembl...
2024-04-23 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWith a roar, Zeke swung his hammer, but it did no good. The spectral monsters were completely incorporeal, and no matter how hard he swung, the attacks did nothing more than elicit a slight f...
2024-04-23 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of rot pervaded Benedict’s nostrils, cloaking him in a blanket of death from which there was no escape. It was difficult to remember a time when that smell didn’t cling to every...
2024-04-22 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostA bonfire blazed, casting the entire square in flickering light as the amassed people – each attired in high-quality clothing that marked them as members of the upper class – roared their appro...
2024-04-22 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe treant was large.
But in his [Titan] form, Zeke was much larger. And considering that Voromir had grown to match his new stature, when the hammer dropped on the enormous creature, i...
2024-04-22 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhew. Another week in the books, and it was an interesting one. I'm the rigorous schedule I've kept for the past few months is starting to wear on me a bit, so it's good that we're almost to end ...
2024-04-21 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe night air was pleasant, playing against Elijah’s skin with the cool breath of impending autumn. Yet, he didn’t really allow himself to feel it. Instead, he focused on the city l...
2024-04-21 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs Elijah descended upon the sleeping man, a thousand emotions flashed through his mind. Guilt. Shame. Regret. But overwhelming them all was the rage that had been simmering...
2024-04-21 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Elijah stepped into the room, his instincts went wild. Without thought, he threw himself to the side. Still, he felt something pierce his scales, embedding in his back hip.&n...
2024-04-20 15:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you hurt?” Elijah asked, releasing the girl’s wrist.
“I…I twisted my ankle,” she mumbled between sobs. “But…but it’s fine now. How is it fine now?”<...
2024-04-20 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t struggle,” growled Waldo, unbuckling his belt. “You want your parents freed, don’t you?”
The girl shrank against the wall – as if he was some sort of despicable mon...
2024-04-19 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostShame mingled with guilt to create a confusing miasma of emotions that Elijah struggled to reconcile with the bonfire of rage still blazing within his heart. He hadn’t set out to kill Fiona...
2024-04-19 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post