4k words, since I missed an update.
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“Hey, you good in there, Eva?”
“Don’t hit me, my lattice is preoccupied trying to ascertain your sudden cognitive dissonance!” Eva barked. She used the following pause to collect herself, her tone levelling out, but still edged with anger. “How can you like her!? She tried to whisk you away to a cathedral and threatened to eat your soul! Didn’t your mother warn you about women like her?”
“I was...
2024-10-31 04:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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Andreas held his combat ready stance, squaring off against two more imps scrambling towards him, cupping flames between their claws. The closest of the two moved into range of his improvised weapon, and as he prepared to swing, a harsh crack tore through the air.
The imp’s face from the nose up vanished, the demon stumbling two paces before the body gave out. Its accomplish froze in surprise, and then its head met the same fate as the first, a second crashing ...
2024-10-29 06:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Been a minute since we've seen some artwork round these parts, but I reckon our favourite Baron deserves some flare. Big thanks to https://www.artstation.com/karlbaldon for this peice! Here we have Sharrya showing off how far her skills with fire have come. Let me know you thoughts, I think her spooky look compliments the upcoming Halloween quite nicely.
2024-10-27 09:30:29 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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Steeling himself, Andreas quickened his pace, giving the Baroness a wide berth as he entered her vision, making sure she saw him coming. She met his eyes briefly before looking back between her hoofs, a troubled look on her face. His comment must have done more than stung, his guilt rising an octave.
“Oi, Sharrya, hold on a sec.”
“Prisoners do not dictate Hell’s pace,” the Baroness grumbled, Andreas taking his spot by her side. He could literally...
2024-10-25 12:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“All the way to my home. Well, home on this mortal plane. It is not the same without the backwash of Hell’s fumes lingering in the air, but my cathedral is secure, safe. It is there you and I will have much to discuss, safe and free from otherworldly distractions.”
Andreas didn’t like the hungry look she was giving him, like she was examining an alien specimen ripe for dissecting.
“Sounds… great,” Andrea replied, leanin...
2024-10-24 12:03:41 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Once I have you properly restrained, you won’t be anywhere but in my clutches, Andreas. And this time, you’re not getting away.”
Claws clicked against stone as several figures scaled over the highway’s railings, taking up positions around the demoness. Ten, eleven, twelve imps snarled and snickered as they prepared fireballs, and yet more were coming, a portal framing Sharrya’s curvaceous body as it bloomed open behind her, disgorg...
2024-10-22 03:54:04 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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Navigating the city at night was an unsettling task. The only light to see by came from the occasional streak of crimson electricity striking down from the low-hanging cloud layer, the resulting brightness as dim as a darkroom safelight.
Andreas’ night vision helped to offset the darkness, but navigating the endless back alleys and metal streets was even more difficult having to pick out details in the static green vis...
2024-10-20 00:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“First you, then your whole base,” Andreas snarled. “Come on!”
She met his challenge with a demonic growl, closing the distance between them in a blink. She seized him by the shoulders, tossing him like a sack of bricks across the room. One of the lounges snapped in twain as he landed upon its back, but even that wasn’t enough to dissuade the mortal, his eyes glaring up at her as he rose from the ground, wiping the blood from his face.
She held b...
2024-10-17 04:35:07 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Nonsense,” she eventually said. “This mortal may be just as dangerous, but he is more like… the discount Slayer. He is vicious, but he bleeds and tires like the rest of us.”
“You are right as always,” the priest said. “I was only theorising.”
Twisting ramps and looming archways flanked the aisle she strode across, her hooves rubbing on a crimson carpet that decorated the citadel’s atrium. Eighty-two rooms comprised her f...
2024-10-15 10:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post4k words. I wasn't happy with my first few iterations of this exchange between our two killers, so I redid it from the ground up. Since there is overlap between this and the last update, I upped the wordcount. Enjoy :)
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“Alright,” he groaned, staring at the gaping wound in the ceiling. Thick smoke trails rose into the sky from the library’s direction, curling at the top as the winds brushed them. “Alright,” he said again. “Time out.”
“That’s the least I ...
2024-10-13 06:59:32 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Oh. You killed them all. What about my cacodemon? I was sure I sent for one.”
She turned to give him a quizzical glance, Andreas pointing over her shoulder. She examined the radius of ichor spread across the roof, and voiced a solitary word.
“Bother.”
She made a snorting sound, then faced him once again, the impact of her heavy steps reverberating through his feet as she stalked closer.
“Bravo, Andreas, I must command ...
2024-10-11 07:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Who am I, Faith Conners? I don't jump off buildings, Eva...”
“You better be, because I’ve requested our good pilot friend for some support. This library will be coming down in about six minutes.”
“A little warning would have been nice.”
“I say that all the time about your deathwish plans. Now you know what it’s like. Better get going, Seargent.”
He waited for a break in the fireball volley, then made ...
2024-10-09 11:27:07 +0000 UTC View Post2k words. Sorry about no upload yesterday I had a long weekend.
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“See? I’m not just a pretty voice. Marking the location now.”
A transparent ping flashed on his HUD, Andreas detouring west to follow it. It was almost nighttime, the streets plunged into darkness as the sun receded behind the skyscrapers coring the city. Night vision was built into his visor, Andreas using his wrist-computer to dial it on, the world plastered with flickering shades of green. Without t...
2024-10-08 11:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Thanks for stating the obvious, Eva.”
An unhealthy cough drew his attention downward, Andreas’ bewilderment rising as the Baroness propped herself on her elbows, hacking into her fist as she struggled to form words.
“M-Minions!” she roared. “Stop gawking and assist me you cowards!”
“No one’s coming for you, lady,” Andreas said, her bright eyes fixing on him. “They’ve run off, you’re all alone.”
“You,” s...
2024-10-04 05:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Oh, how long it’s been since I’ve felt the sting of a cut,” Sharrya breathed, holding her injured arms out, letting the blood drip between her hooves. He expected her eyes to be full of fury, but her expression could only be described as excited. “Seeing my own blood is almost a novel experience to me.”
She brought one arm to her face, Andreas raising a brow as a long, slippery organ snaked from between her lips to lap at her wound. Her ton...
2024-10-02 11:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Stringy, hot, like overdone chicken.”
“As is everything according to you humans. I don’t imagine the nutrient content was sufficient. You should stop and fix that.”
“Alright, alright,” he relented. “In a minute. Need to get through that first.”
He gestured towards his north, the wide street walled off to one side by a hedge. Before him stretched a city block, but unlike all the rest, the cold metal streets had given w...
2024-10-01 10:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“Seargent,” Eva said. “you better not do what I think you’re about to do…”
He reached up, hitting one of the buttons built into the back of his helmet, his visor flipping up with a click. He cringed as hot air flooded his face, the stench of oil, blood and death mixing into a permeable miasma of horror.
Without warning, he brought the organ to his lips, and took a wet, pointed bite. Slick, unknown juices splashed against his gums, with a ...
2024-09-30 05:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“I’m handling it,” he replied, his tone nonchalant as he fired off a burst of his plasma rifle, mowing down a group of zombies on his flank. He was working his way through the lot one group of undead at a time, using the cars to block off his blind spots and create distance. A handful of imps lingered near the edge of the ravine, tossing wild fireballs in his direction, their aim inaccurate at this distance.
Andreas cut down the last pair of zombies in his...
2024-09-26 09:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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“You are quick to remember every simpering word in your dictionary, but your memory of your life escapes you? Try harder.”
He seemed to regain his memory remarkably quickly, clearing his throat before beginning.
“I was a… teacher,” he said. “for year seveners, if I recall correctly. They were animals,” he scoffed, his lips curling despite the insult. “Never shut up, never paid attention, this one boy used to make it a habit of locking me ou...
2024-09-23 06:45:53 +0000 UTC View Post2k words. Since someone wrote the wrong title last post, I've tossed some titles around. Consider Cavorting was a close second, but The Baron's Prize seems more appropriate. Enjoy.
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“We’ll be fine,” Andreas assured, placing the plastic explosives back in the pouch before setting off down the slope, his feet skidding on the loose rocks. Once the ground levelled out, he took off deeper into the ravine at a brisk pace, his rifle trained on the ravine’s upper rim.
He ...
2024-09-19 05:15:20 +0000 UTC View PostPublic release of the Warp Token Ebooks, with proper metadata this time for ease of use. Links below.
2024-09-18 04:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post2k words. I went out on a trip the last few days so i must have forgotten what the title of what i was doing was called
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“This place was hit hard,” Andreas mused as he slid over the hood of a wrecked car. The silence was uneasy and he felt the need to break it.
“Spain got off lightly, as morbid as that may sound,” Eva replied. “Recent sightings from Berlin and Paris confirm that whole cities have been overrun. Only the ARC camps in the tundras are meeting minima...
2024-09-17 02:49:59 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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Andreas crawled back into consciousness, every muscle in his body burning with pain. He tried to move, but something hard pressed into his chest, pinning him in place. His feet were cold, but everything else was burning up, where was he?
His ears were ringing, but behind this white noise rose the crack of a gunshot, the sound spurring him into blinking his vision clear. Was he in a warzone? As he took in his surroundings, the memories came flooding back.
T...
2024-09-13 02:23:54 +0000 UTC View Post2k words
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Cold wind rushed against his black combat armour as Andreas emerged onto the deck, tugging his helmet beneath his arm as he made his way down the gantry. Dozens of flight personnel rushed by, their shouts distorted by the sound of spooling engines and warning sirens.
Stencilled beneath his boots was a giant logo, the symbol emblazoned at the forefront of the steel runway. Three bars formed a wall around a sphere, the letters ARC written beneath it....
2024-09-10 03:46:35 +0000 UTC View PostFirst 2k words right here. Hope you all enjoy
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This wasn’t a war.
Placing her hands on the railing, she turned her snout up at the vista, her eyes narrowing in scrutiny. The continent sprawled in all directions as a sea of dirt and ash, broken up by clusters of charred protrusions that had once been settlements, now long since razed to the ground. These ruins curved up the continent like veins, terminating at a chain of crooked mountaintops that brought forth images of ...
2024-09-06 05:00:58 +0000 UTC View PostNo doom story update just yet (title pending) but just an update that I've cleaned up the ebook files on scbmstories.com
I noticed that they downloaded as 'unknown' with my real name as the author, not SCBM. No cover art either. They should now properly display all of that very professionally, PLUS artwork. I even made Panthea into an epub since I haven't touched that page since yonks ago. When Warp Token is fully out...
2024-09-05 10:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostDoom Eternal story has won out on the poll! Let me cook up and get you guys - and myself - back into the regular updates.
2024-08-31 01:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Editing is finished and I've converted Warp Token to ebooks. Thank you all for your support this story was a lot of fun if a little bit lengthy.
2024-08-28 01:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post