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Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 11

To say Lady Mabel was flustered would be a horrible understatement. Blushing and unable to decide between turning away and covering her eyes, she sat there making noises like a fish out of water. She didn’t stop until Alvin finished pulling up his pants.

There was no good way to explain why she’d literally caught him with his pants down, so he decided to just ignore it and press on.

“Ah, Mabel! I was wondering when you’d come to see me!” Alvin said, forcing good cheer in...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 10

Count Grandhill or his daughter had come to see him since his capture. He’d been left in his room as though forgotten, and only his window told him any time at all had passed. Alvin knew they were playing games. Isolation could drive a man mad as surely as torture, and he had little doubt Count Grandhill wanted the upper hand in negotiations when he spoke with his prisoner.

It was a good plan. Enough time like this, and Alvin would be desperate for someone to talk to. They could sneak...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 9

Alvin was quite humiliated to be tied by the hands and ankles and thrown over Lady Mabel’s horse. She glowered at him the whole time she tied him up, insisting she do the job herself instead of letting one of her soldiers or knights do it.

“You let me win,” Lady Mabel accused.

“Perhaps I’m not as good a swordsman as you remember,” Alvin said, speaking truthfully.

“No one who’d been through a day of training would let their sword be struck from their hands wit...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 8

"Crap." Alvin lurched to his feet.

His head pounded like there was a blacksmith in his skull trying to hammer out a tune to the pulse of his heart.

He'd gotten hit in his dream. Why was his head sore in the real world?

Alvin didn't know. What he did know was that he was going to be in a lot of trouble if that invading army showed up at the manor and captured him. He wasn't sure what the local procedure was for capturing nobles and taking all their land, but Alvin wa...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 7

“Come on, we’re leaving,” Alvin said as he grabbed Ella by the wrist.

“Yes, you’re right! You still have your hunting cabin! Very few know about that. We can go there!” Ella said.

“Right. That was my plan exactly. Gather some food, supplies, and horses. I’ll probably need it in a bit. I have to do something extremely important,” Alvin said.

Heavens above, this was a pain in the ass. Alvin needed to contact Aldrich as quickly as possible. Alvin was no master...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 6

With the crucial stuff done and his whereabouts scouted, Alvin decided to get some profound relaxation done. Bertha brought some village girls into the castle to entertain him, which Alvin appreciated. They stayed with him for two whole days entertaining him in all sorts of ways. He even managed to learn a little more about the local town, though that certainly hadn't been his area of focus while they were concentrating on learning about other things.

Yes, the people of this world were ...

Paladin 2: Paladin of the Shield Audio Release

Hey guys, Paladin of the Shield is out on Amazon!

Get it here!: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0B8F5ZYY3 

I've got a couple of codes to give away for the UK and US stores. Let me know if you want one (and if you use the US or the UK store) and leave a message!

First come first serve with the codes. Once I run out they're gone!

I did get Audible to give me more book 1 codes too, so if you do...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 5

Any red-blooded man would feel blood flowing from his brain to elsewhere at the sight of a naked woman on his own bed. Alvin felt his hands creeping up his sides and a smile coming to his face.

But then he heard a little voice shouting in the back of his mind, several voices, really.

Some told him to pounce on her right then and there. But another more sensible series of voices told him to hold on. This wasn’t his body nor his world. He needed to do the smart thing, and sadly, i...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 4

The maid’s massage was terrific, and he got about a week’s worth of relaxing done in a few minutes. He also learned the lay of the manor and enough about the village that he thought he was ready to gogo outside.

He said as much to the maid, whose name he still hadn’t learned. She helped him get dressed, much to his embarrassment. Apparently, he’d been wearing those trousers and shirt backward. Both were designed to be laced up from behind instead of the front.

It was count...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 3

Awareness came slowly. In the night, dreams had turned to vague nonsense, and the world shifted.

Alvin remembered shaking hands with Aldrich in his dreams. They’d met at the crossroads of dreams where their minds touched. A moment later, the stranger stood where he had been a moment before, and he stood where Aldrich had been. When the dream ended, the Aldrich's consciousness returned to Alvin’s body, and Alvin took the Aldrich's.

The bed beneath him was comfortable, so even t...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 2

Alvin woke up with a start. He’d slid right off his bed while he’d been sleeping. Strange. A fall like that should have woken him.

He would have considered that harder if not for the broken lamp on the floor next to him. It had been a cheap thing of aluminum plated to look like brass. He’d bought it hoping to melt it down and sell the scrap, but when he realized it was just aluminum, he’d decided to use it as a bedside lamp. Now it sat on the floor in front of his face.

It...

Long Live the Emperor: Chapter 1

Work was hard, and sometimes the days were just too long.

That’s what Alvin thought to himself as he kicked his shoes off and flopped down on his bed in his cramped room. He just wanted to lie down for a few minutes. Surely closing his eyes for a minute or two wouldn’t hurt...

But the moment he closed his eyes, he fell asleep.

Things started normally enough. He was elbow-deep in dishwasher grease and putting in time for a bit of extra pocket change. The world around him ...

First person on third?

So I've seen this asked in general groups before, but you guys better represent my personal readership more than any other group. I've done both first and third at this point, so I don't think you should be too biased in either direction.

I will count your vote as three votes if you also explain why in the comments!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'm working on a short preview of a potential new series while my brain takes a break from Paladin 3 for a week, so this is leading u...

Paladin of the Spirit: Chapter 29

A few demons from deep below the waters tried to attack Darren and his newly free companions. But as soon as one of these demons showed their heads, either Darren or one of the other fourth-order humans would swoop down to skewer it with spear, sword, or arrow. All in all, they made quick work of their assailants.

On the way out of the city, the regular humans on the first ship had taken the highest casualties, but those with wings flew down and saved as many as they could. Even though ...

Need help picking a cover for Amazon Apocalypse 1

Hey, I need help again. I'm having trouble paying the first artist I showed you (sanctions), I can't get publication rights to the second cover I got (ended up being a partial tracing of Dandonfuga's work, so I can't use it) and the third artist fled to Poland (from Ukraine) and doesn't have anything to draw with right now.

So yeah, you could say my luck with AA's covers has been absolutely ter...

Comela riding her wyvern into battle! (Spellheart)

Guys, guess what finally came in?! The most requested piece of art you guys had for me!

This image depicts Comela riding on the back of the wyvern queen.

She is admittedly sexier than I imagined. She is Theo's kid, so I kinda imagined her as a dopy-faced teenager. But she is technically an adult by elven standards, and I suppose if you order a dozen drawings of sexy babes from an artist, he won't take you seriously when you say, "make her attractive, but not too hot. This young wo...

Paladin of the Spellheart: Chapter Covid

Theo stepped into the dark, damp, dreary confines of Hell for the second time that day. The roots above trickled down thick streams of viscous reddish-black fluid, and Theo pulled the hood of his cloak of concealment.

Sava, in contrast, seemed overjoyed at the sight of the roots. “Look at this stuff! What an incredible alchemy resource! There has to be some use for it...”

“Eww, it’s sticky!” Eltiana said, spreading her fingers and letting the thick gooey stuff spread acr...

Spellheart 8: Web of the Timeweavers now live!

Some of you may have noticed that the Spellheart chapters vanished this afternoon.

I expected to wait a few more days, but somebody at Amazon just have had some extra pep in their step today because this book came out right away!

This is the final version, with input from you guys, beta readers, and myself all added in. There are a few new or modifides scenes and chapters here, although you should still be able to read book 9 of this series here on this patreon just given the vers...

What do you like and want to see more of in Amazon Apocalypse?

Quick note about Paladin 3 first:

I have now disabled the tier restrictions on all publically available Paladin 3 chapters (Let's be honest, I kept forgetting to restrict them anyway). Anyone who can read this should be able to read chapters 1-6 and catch up with the story. Releases will pick up soon at 3 per week, then go to 4 once I Publish Spellheart 8 and have more time to focus. After that I will push to accelerate further.

Amazon Apocalypse:

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Paladin of the Spirit artwork: Asuriel!

You guys requested this a while ago, but I've been holding it back for when Darren's story picks up again.

This is Asuriel, from Paladin of the Shield! We will see a lot more of her this book.

For those who haven't caught up with the Paladin of the Spirit novel yet and are still on Spellheart, here's a list of links to the chapters that are out to everyone so far:

Prelude 

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Pick a favorite blurb!

A bit of last Spellheart content for you guys.

Hey guys, if you could pick one of these and tell me which one sounds the most interesting, it would be helpful for me. It would save me time some time scratching my head and trying to figure out which one to put on the product listing.

Blurb attempt 1:

Theo's old friends are just out of reach, but it's past time he went looking for them.

With the world safe and the Hearthwood Clan p...

Comela riding her wyvern sketch update!

So we talked about this a few months back, but it got delayed quite a bit due to certain geopolitical events in the artist's home region. Now he's back to work though and the drawing you guys voted on is coming along nicely!

When completed, this picture will depict Comela riding into battle on her wyvern!

Normally, I wait for the completed sketch to show you guys. But it's been months since you guys asked me for this, so I just wanted to provide an update.

Thanks for read...

Help me pick a narration style for Amazon Apocalypse!

Hey guys, I’m recruiting your help for a decision on Amazon Apocalypse. I’m a bit stuck here. It’s supposed to be my next project, but I’m feeling indecisive about some things. I am hoping you guys can vote on some stuff so I can finally get this project moving again in the right direction.

The first thing I need is a second opinion on the best narrative style for the story. I have my own opinions on what’s best, but in general, these are the four I was considering for the boo...

Alternative outfit Cassandra

Hey guys!

I had this piece done initially to swap out the backup cover for Paladin of the Sword to something less skimpy so Audible would (hopefully) let me pull the audiobook from the erotica categories (where it sadly has very low visibility and unfortunately gets far fewer sales than it would if it was in science fiction and fantasy like most harem novels.)

Unfortunately, I think "less skimpy" was lost somewhere in translation, so this outfit ended up even more revealing than t...

Definitely not an April Fools joke story:

Behold, the story you didn't know you wanted to read.

This is a sneak preview of what will definitely be a totally new story for me, and absolutely, positively not a joke, even though I am posting this on April Fools Day. Complete coincidence!

I present Wonderdick!

Thaddius Thundershaft was an ordinary IT worker with the exception of an eight-foot-four frame, jawline like a cinderblock, and a dong so large he needed to mail order custom-made underwear.

He thought the...

Paladin of the Shield Blurb Poll

I'm having a lot of trouble picking the blurb for Paladin of the Shield, so I'm recruiting help from you guys. Here are three blurbs I wrote that work reasonably well. If you've got the time, read them and let me know what you guys think is the best.

Note: A blurb is not the same as a synopsis. It isn't a summary of the story; it is a theme piece that gives readers the feeling of what kind of story they're buying.

Blurb 1:

He knows t...