Before the Initialization, preparation was the key to surviving any engagement. In the new world, though, it is often overlooked and discarded in favor of overwhelming power. This is a mistake,...
2022-11-02 13:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostI have killed thousands of people. Some deserved it. Others decidedly did not. All were, at least in my mind at the time, justified. But it does beg the question – why do I get to decide? Wha...
2022-11-02 13:13:00 +0000 UTC View PostConsequence. It is the only thing keeping humanity in check. Before the Initialization, breaking the law meant arrest, a trial, and incarceration. After, though? For the longest time, the worst...
2022-11-02 13:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostSlavery doesn’t look like people imagine. It’s not a bunch of prisoners walking around with collars around their necks. In reality, the bonds of slavery aren’t physical. Instead, they’r...
2022-11-02 13:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostI won’t claim that my life since the Initialization has been all bad. I am continuously amazed by the many miraculous things that are now possible. But sometimes I feel like I’m the only on...
2022-11-02 13:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostI am not and have never been a hero. I have saved people. I live in a brutal world, and in turn, I’ve been forced to become a ruthless killer. Channeling that into saving people doesn’t mak...
2022-11-02 13:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Mirabelle’s mother died, I took it upon myself to raise her. At the time, her father was still around, but he couldn’t even take care of himself, much less a little girl. Two years la...
2022-11-02 13:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo many people refuse to understand that every great accomplishment requires incredible sacrifice. Be it time, tears, or sweat, the cost is always high. But that feeling you get when you truly ...
2022-11-02 13:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostI pity those who were born into a post-Initialization world. Sure, there’s the glitz and glamour of all the new technology, but it’s all an illusion. Pretty, useful things that make us that...
2022-11-02 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostI had plenty of advantages going for me. Training. Experience. Skills. But even then, I often found myself woefully outmatched when I went up against the aliens. My potential was higher, but th...
2022-11-02 13:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey home was a depressing one, but I had to know who had survived the Initialization. When I got there, I was unsurprised to discover that, of all my friends and family, only my sister ...
2022-11-02 13:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone reacts differently to battle. Some people freeze. Others surrender to the adrenaline. Still others react indifferently. I always counted myself amongst the last category of people, but...
2022-11-02 13:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostStupidity and overconfidence cost us more lives than anything else. Entire generations had been raised on games, and they all thought that their familiarity with similar systems would give them...
2022-11-02 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I first gained my skills, I thought they were underwhelming. Minor increases in fire rate and damage. However, when I reached the fourth tier, I realized that I’d barely scratched the su...
2022-11-02 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSome of you might've noticed that one of the upcoming chapters for Mistrunner was released a day early. I'm really not sure how I flubbed it that hard, but I've removed it. It'll be bac...
2022-11-01 15:04:46 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s amazing,” said Zeke, holding up the breastplate. Like his previous armor, it was red, but it had white highlights along the ridges. Otherwise, it was unadorned, but the metal had a pear...
2022-11-01 14:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostZeke sat cross-legged on the bare earth, his eyes closed and his breathing steady. Nearby, Pudge lay on his back as he grappled with a giant crab claw and trying his best to turn it into a proper c...
2022-10-31 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I found out that many humans were working for the aliens, I didn’t want to believe it. Even with the evidence staring me in the face, I couldn’t fathom how someone could sell out their...
2022-10-30 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe are exactly a month away from the release of book one of Death: Genesis on both Kindle and Audible. I got the audio files last week, and I'm super happy with how it turned out. Eric ...
2022-10-29 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostCarlos sat at the bar, staring down at the brown liquid in his glass. His shoulders were slumped, and his dark hair made a curtain around his face. He didn’t usually drink, but it was a special o...
2022-10-28 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostJariq was a strange place, and it was wholly different from Talia’s home city in a number of ways. Some, like its location in the center of an unforgiving desert, were obvious. The sandstone cons...
2022-10-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn preparation for publishing the first ten chapters of Mistrunner on Royal Road (when I do, I'll be dropping extra chapters here, too, so you all stay ahead), I've created the temporary cover art ...
2022-10-27 01:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostMy training gave me an advantage, but even that wasn’t enough to guarantee survival. To survive the Initialization, I had to become something more than a soldier. I had to become an unrepenta...
2022-10-26 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWith a sharp exhale, Zeke emerged from the pool of the orange, semi-liquid substance. It had the consistency of pudding, and it had a habit of clinging to everything. However, over the last month, ...
2022-10-25 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“T-that…did that just happen?” mumbled Carlos, mouth agape. Abby could sympathize with his reaction; she’d seen the aftermath of Zeke’s last explosion of power, so she thought she was pre...
2022-10-24 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHumanity had grown soft. Pliable. Weak. The Initialization drove that point home. So many people had no idea how easy their lives really were. When society collapsed, they found out.
Alright, so this arc is about to come to close, and I have to admit that I was really happy with how it turned out. I'm sure it's not perfect, but I enjoyed writing it. I hope you've al...
2022-10-22 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs he swung his mace, fire coursed through Zeke’s veins. Every contraction of his muscles brought with it a cascade of agony that even his pain tolerance couldn’t begin to handle. It didn’t m...
2022-10-21 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTucker watched as Talia blurred toward the giant demon. Even as she darted forward, Abby loosed an arrow which blazed a silvery path through the air, striking the gigantic creature in the eye. It r...
2022-10-20 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMoney. Power. Influence. It’s all the same thing, and its pursuit is the one constant across the entire universe. In that arena, humanity is a collection of amateurs.
Jeremiah ...
2022-10-19 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post