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Death: Genesis - Book Three Cover Render

I just got his earlier today, and I thought I'd share it with all of you.  This is the preliminary cover for book three of Death: Genesis; it might change a little, and it still lacks the logo...

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Chapter 220 - Loss, Gain, and Reward

Zeke stood over what was left of Carlos, unsure of how he was supposed to react. Of the former assassin, there was only a half-melted skull that, if Zeke hadn’t known what he was looking for, he ...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 55 - You Can Never Go Home Again

I’ve always known that I wouldn’t go without a fight. All I can hope is that when my life catches up to me, there won’t be too much collateral damage. View Post

Chapter 219 - A True Test

As he hammered his mace into the wrym’s snout, Zeke tried to ignore the pain coursing through his body with every minute movement. It was impossible, though, to push the agony away. His entire bo...

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Chapter 218 - Glass Cannon

Carlos peeked out from behind the car-sized boulder, his heart pounding and his breath coming in short, quick pants of excitement and trepidation. Adrenaline coursed through his veins as Zeke’s r...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 54 - The Journey Home

I have made so many mistakes over the course of my long life, but with Mirabelle, I feel like I’ve finally gotten something right. Only time will tell, though.

Je...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 53 - The Grieving Templar

I was doomed the moment I was born. The deck was always stacked against me. A young, black man growing up in the deep south. No father. No money. Just a burning desire to escape. I tur...

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Weekly Check-In (1/7/23)

Well, we're officially a week into 2023, and it feels...remarkably similar to 2022 for me.  Almost like the demarcation between years is arbitrary and doesn't really change anything.  Any...

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Chapter 217 - Not Your Average Monster

Zeke studied the monstrous creature in the cavern before him. The cavern itself was enormous, made of the same porous rock as the rest of the cave system, but in the center was a veritable mountain...

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Chapter 216 - Worms, Wurms, and Wyrms

“It’s always got to be underground. Why does it always have to be tunnels and caves?” Zeke muttered, staring at the smoking hole in the ground. His initial assessment that they’d reach the ...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 52 - The Importance of Preparation

I know that, sooner or later, my lifestyle will catch up to me. It may happen tomorrow or a hundred years from now, but it will eventually happen. That’s one of the reasons I chose t...

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Chapter 215 - Abandonment

“We should have stayed,” mumbled Carlos, who was trudging along a few paces behind Zeke and the rest of his companions. Abby strode beside him, Pudge was a little off the path and darting from ...

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Chapter 214 - Good Riddance

Zeke sat on the bed, his broad back bare, and his elbows on his knees as he looked out of the open door leading to his balcony. The tower – and his bedroom – were positioned just well enough th...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 51 - The Cost of Victory

Happy New Year, everyone!  Enjoy today's chapter:

Every victory comes at a price. Sometimes, that price can be paid in advance, via preparation and ...

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Weekly Check-In (12/31/2022)

I thought I'd scheduled this post to drop yesterday, but for whatever reason, it kind of glitched out.  Either way, better late than never, I guess...

In Death: Genesis news:

Book ...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 50 - Delving the Rift

Sometimes, I wonder what the future will hold. Then, I remember how everything else in the world turned to shit, and I find myself dreading the calamity coming our way. We cann...

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Chapter 213 - With a Whimper

Talia’s claws raked through what felt like her thousandth zombie, slicing its spine neatly in two. It collapsed, still moaning in unquenchable hunger and hate, only for her boot to find its head....

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Mistrunner (Book 1) Finished!

For the last month, I've been on what feels like a continuous writing sprint.  Not only am I keeping up with my 4-5 chapters of Death: Genesis, but I've also been keeping my nose to the grinds...

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Chapter 212 - Process of Extermination

The sound of a gong ringing echoed through the desert as Zeke’s mace slammed against Rumas’s hastily raised shield, but the smaller combatant used the resulting momentum of the rebound to aim a...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 49 - Resolute

I don’t know how the system came to be. Nor do I know much about the nature of Rifts. Because of the quarantine period between the Initialization and the Integration, specifi...

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Chapter 211 - Unstoppable Force

Zeke stood atop the wall walk, watching the approaching army of undead, an unreadable expression on his face. He was of two minds on the upcoming battle. On the one hand, he hated that it was neces...

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Chapter 210 - Hammers and Anvils

“This is a mistake,” said Talia, following Carlos through the tunnels of the Nest. She had a decent idea of the layout, but the former assassin had spent months navigating the twisting corridor...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 48 - Control

Truly effective oppression is societal sleight-of-hand. Provide distractions so that the oppressed do not even realize that they are the victims. In the pre-Initialization worl...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 47 - The Dead Zone

The ruins of a dead civilization haunt me. So many things that we used to take for granted have faded into memory. Even more have been forgotten entirely. Just like billions of...

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Chapter 209 - Not Much of a Planner

Zeke stood atop Jariq’s wall, looking out over the desert, and frowned. Marring the landscape was a cancerous mass of writhing undead, marching toward the city with unceasing resolve. Even at a d...

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Chapter 208 - Pests

Elijah’s bare feet slapped against the rocky ground, which had been worn smooth by generations of heavy traffic through the twisting corridors of the Nest. Behind him, his slower brethren followe...

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Mistrunner - Chapter 46 - Coming in Hot

I have lost a lot of people over the course of my life, but none hit me quite as hard as when Adelaide was killed. At the time, I thought I was accustomed to loss. Her death le...

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Chapter 207 - The Undead Menace

Zeke slept for the better part of eighteen hours, and even then, when he finally woke, it was to a sore and still-exhausted body. He could push through it, though. Even awake, so long as he didn’...

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Chapter 206 - Regrouping

With heavy footsteps, Zeke strode through the halls of the Seat of the Sultanate, splatters of blood and gore dripping from his blood mithril armor. The name felt appropriate, given the carnage he...

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Weekly Check-In (12/18/22)

I apologize for this being a day late.  I was doing Christmas stuff for most of yesterday, and then I ended up going to see the new Avatar movie in IMAX.  The only problem with that is th...

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