The heavy rain burst the banks of the river Grave and forty thousand marching Faelen infantry turned the ground around the looming gateway to a muddy quagmire.
Riot struggled through the bog...
2025-05-29 10:59:34 +0000 UTC
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The manor belonged to a spinster, last in the line of a prominent family who had gifted her entire estate to Wikkan. Now it was in the possession of Master Quell. The mysterious figure that had giv...
2025-05-29 10:58:39 +0000 UTC
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Archives of the Wikkan Seat - Report from Haland marsh, Far West of Parthanea.
Year of Thrall - 188 years before the present day.
Mistress,
Forg...
2025-05-07 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Sorry for the delay, it's been crazy releasing The Last Man - back on track now.
The Faelen Queen was dead, and the funeral bells tolled all day long in Gravetree. ...
2025-05-02 10:58:59 +0000 UTC
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Riot’s head was pounding and his feet were in agony from the new leather shoes. The stiff uniform collar cut into his neck but at least it resembled a fighting man’s uniform, he’d managed to ...
2025-04-24 07:56:56 +0000 UTC
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Riot burst into the tavern sweating and panting to find Gwilhelm sat at a battered piano playing a janky tune. Around him a dozen hardened tavern brawlers were singing at the tops of their lungs, a...
2025-04-16 16:00:21 +0000 UTC
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The Last Man—a story that has lived in my head for years and has taken months of planning, rewriting, reworking, and refining to finally bring to life.
Now its finally here.
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2025-04-16 08:29:38 +0000 UTC
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The crashing noise that came from the chamber was followed by chorus of high pitched laughter. Halfway down the hallway, two young chambermaids who had been arranging the same vase of flowers for h...
2025-04-09 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Deacon tilted her head to let the cold rain sting her face, the water seeping into her dry skin. After two years in the blighted land of the Faelen Echo, she had almost forgotten the delight of the...
2025-03-27 05:17:23 +0000 UTC
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Archives of the High Wikkan- Report from High Ornestvale.
Year of Thrall - 188 years before the present day.
Mistress,
Runala, Silv...
2025-03-20 17:00:19 +0000 UTC
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Somewhere to Riot’s left, Loic cursed and stumbled in the dark. “Are you sure you told him where to meet you?” The young northman hissed.
“He knows where to be,” Riot replied, stopp...
2025-03-12 18:37:48 +0000 UTC
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Kickstarter update!
Still 15 days to go to get your signed copy of The Last Man. The book isn't print on demand, its a high quality book - get it while you can and help ...
2025-03-12 14:41:43 +0000 UTC
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The Kickstarter for The Last Man kicked off wit...
2025-03-09 16:09:58 +0000 UTC
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This Saturday, March 8th, the Kickstarter campaign...
2025-03-05 16:50:38 +0000 UTC
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The officers mess was a tavern in the town square that had been taken over by the well heeled commanders of the regiments. The innkeeper wore a wider smile than any of the patrons as he watched the...
2025-02-26 17:02:59 +0000 UTC
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Lieutenant Clarkson ducked out of the command tent. “I am sure you can go in at any moment, Riot,” he said, extracting another handkerchief and dabbing at his large nose. “Hay-fever,” he sa...
2025-02-19 17:00:20 +0000 UTC
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I'm running a Kickstarter for physical copies of The Last Man!
Exciting (and frightening). The Kickstarter starts on the 2nd of March 2025 and runs for four weeks. I'll ...
2025-02-19 13:34:21 +0000 UTC
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Antoinietta picked up the tattered remains of the boys uniform, running a finger over the name stitched in black thread. “Edward Vaughn,” she murmered.
The young man strapped to the appar...
2025-02-12 18:51:40 +0000 UTC
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The two hundred Leybound broke, fleeing swiftly up the hillside. Fifty feet from them, the driver of the prince's carriage cracked the reins and the white horses snorted and hauled as Worthy and th...
2025-02-06 03:25:43 +0000 UTC
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Riot thundered down the hill and as he jumped off of the horse it tossed its head around and tried to bite at him. He cursed at the animal and hurried forward to find Major Doyle in the centre of t...
2025-01-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Despite the chill of the morning, Colonel Tobias Worthy pulled his new bicorne hat from his head and dabbed the beads of sweat from his forehead with an already sodden handkerchief. The arcanum arm...
2025-01-22 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Gather round, friends, tip my hat with silver and hold close your babes to your bosom, for the Moon is full, and I would tell you of the Yega…
Our beloved full moon smiles on the western ma...
2025-01-22 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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The gray-eyed soldiers of the Erudoran army outnumbered the guild forces by almost two to one. A hundred thousand of them. Riot drew curious glances as he strode through the camp. His long hair was...
2025-01-15 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Well, that's it, book one is officially finished, what did you think? Best bits? Worst?? Any favorite characters or scenes?
There has been a lot of work going on behind the...
2025-01-15 11:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Moran stood and gestured for Riot to approach. “Take off your jacket, please, and roll up your sleeves.”
Riot took off the blue uniform. It looked like a rag now, and he had refused to le...
2025-01-08 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Riot kicked one of the stones from the pile that remained of the arcanist tower. It seemed like a regular stone, and he marveled at whatever art had made it impenetrable and able to stand for hundr...
2025-01-01 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
It’s about six hours from the stroke of midnight where I live and I’m rounding out the year that's gone by—and what an incredible journey it’s been.
First of...
2024-12-31 17:59:11 +0000 UTC
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The sky was beginning to lighten in the south. In her home, they called this the blue hour, but here it was more like the red hour, as the light of a new day illuminated the blood that ran in the g...
2024-12-25 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“Shh, lad, it's okay,” Riot said, gripping the young soldier's hand and feeling the strength leave it as he died.
“You should not have brought him here Riot, though he died well,” Pri...
2024-12-18 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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