Smoking Mirrors
Added 2025-10-07 00:43:23 +0000 UTCNow that Dire Contingency has been released and the Halloween poll has concluded, I’m starting the next story. This one takes place in the Goetic Justice setting, and features a museum archivist who disturbs an ancient Aztec artifact, releasing the trapped spirit of a war deity. Read at the page below:
https://snekguy.com/stories/goetic-justice/smoking-mirrors/
Due to both time constraints and quality concerns, I've decided to do the Jaguar and Anubis stories separately rather than combining them into one as I initially suggested. The Jaguar story will be ready around Halloween, and a separate Anubis fantasy story will follow.
Artwork courtesy of SickJoe: https://www.deviantart.com/sickjoe
Comments
The ebooks have been made and uploaded to stores, release probably tomorrow!
Snekguy
2025-11-06 00:28:58 +0000 UTC20,000 words edited, and finished! Just gotta run it through Grammarly, then I can make the ebooks. I can probably get all that done tomorrow.
Snekguy
2025-11-05 02:47:18 +0000 UTC30,000 words edited, chapters 1 to 4.
Snekguy
2025-11-04 06:50:36 +0000 UTCGoddamn, you got this finished FAST. Kudos! I especially love all the cultural references, it was so cool reading some of this while I was visiting Cancun and actually seeing some Mayan archeological sites!
Dreadcrown_of_Swarms
2025-11-02 07:44:34 +0000 UTC1700 word update, new content at “Are you sure about this?” Finished! The final word count tops out at just over 50,000. I'll get to work editing the story next week, and I expect the ebook to be finalized and published within 4 or 5 work days.
Snekguy
2025-11-02 06:45:36 +0000 UTC2700 word update, new content at 'The weight that had left him soon returned
Snekguy
2025-11-01 07:09:17 +0000 UTCMight help with editing, bcs i dont think this sentence works: " A sensation so paralyzingly wonderful that he could hardly keep from groaning assailed him as she dragged them down his spine.“ groaning assailed him doesnt sound right I do rly like this short story btw
Noximilien l'horloger
2025-10-31 07:12:44 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at 'She lay down on the sheets beside him'
Snekguy
2025-10-31 02:50:05 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at ‘She extended a claw’
Snekguy
2025-10-30 00:13:42 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at ‘Tez let out a low growl of encouragement’
Snekguy
2025-10-29 06:04:41 +0000 UTC2200 word update, new content at “That depends on what you actually want,”
Snekguy
2025-10-28 02:59:55 +0000 UTCIm working my way through this one, and just wanted to say fantastic work as always. Ive always had a fascination with ancient Native American cultures, and this story has been fun to read!
D-Man
2025-10-27 14:28:48 +0000 UTC3000 word update, new content at ‘She was peering beyond the mirror’
Snekguy
2025-10-26 05:38:06 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “Almost certainly,”
Snekguy
2025-10-25 03:34:33 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “The squash?”
Snekguy
2025-10-24 05:37:35 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at ‘He began to open the next box,’
Snekguy
2025-10-23 03:42:36 +0000 UTC2200 word update, new content at “I’m gonna go ahead and close this now,”
Snekguy
2025-10-22 05:29:07 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “I figure that’s enough for one day,”
Snekguy
2025-10-20 23:31:40 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at 'Charles knew this part of the city well'
Snekguy
2025-10-19 05:52:36 +0000 UTC1600 word update, a tad short today due to art stuff taking up a lot of time. New content at 'We have this thing called wireless communication'
Snekguy
2025-10-18 06:04:37 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “I suppose you’ll have to adapt to your new environment, then,”
Snekguy
2025-10-17 04:55:49 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at 'He left the bathroom and headed downstairs'
Snekguy
2025-10-16 05:12:43 +0000 UTC3000 word update, new content at “What do you make of this?”
Snekguy
2025-10-15 03:53:24 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “Cease your quibbling,”
Snekguy
2025-10-14 02:25:54 +0000 UTC2200 word update, new content at ‘“You think!?”
Snekguy
2025-10-12 01:26:08 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at ‘Either way, she was gone now.’
Snekguy
2025-10-11 01:37:01 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “My prison. My refuge.”
Snekguy
2025-10-10 00:35:38 +0000 UTC2500 word update, new content at: 'He drank the rest of the now flat soda'
Snekguy
2025-10-09 01:53:27 +0000 UTCRIP for that man’s pelvis
aerolyte
2025-10-08 06:11:54 +0000 UTC2000 word update, new content at “This exhibit is a lot of responsibility,”
Snekguy
2025-10-08 01:12:49 +0000 UTCYeeees!! Lets gooooo! I love the Goetic Justice series! It actually got me into demonology lol
D-Man
2025-10-07 13:10:51 +0000 UTCVery nice. I look foward to more stories
Lord Frostdraken the Deranged
2025-10-07 01:16:27 +0000 UTCSounds great
vetro 26
2025-10-07 01:15:22 +0000 UTCYay!
Jim Billy
2025-10-07 01:06:58 +0000 UTCThe Orc harem story is also coming up, yes. I'm not intending for these to be very long. I only have time for 30-40,000 words before Halloween for example.
Snekguy
2025-10-07 00:52:42 +0000 UTCAs interesting as these stories are, i'm still curious. Does this mean you're aslo going to write the ork harem story or just go back to your pinwheel seires after the halloween story?
mraanonymous
2025-10-07 00:50:53 +0000 UTC
