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My Seraphim

Chapters 1-4


A new original story, this one is set in a world where angels, demons, and other spirit beings move in relative secrecy among humanity.  I say 'relative secrecy' because a small number of people are aware of the truth, and exploit the knowledge and powers of these beings for gain when possible.

The story follows Seraphim, an angel held captive by the church, after her escape from captivity, and falling in with a man who once moved through that shadowy...

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Who Endures: Book IX

Chapters 1-7

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The One Who Stayed: Darkness Before the Dawn

A brief discord exclusive, unedited, and a quick look at the spirit of what will go in to the next volume.

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Patreon Preview: Who Endures: Book IX

The first few chapters are here, and I'm going to be pushing hard over the next few weeks to get these out to you.  

Thank you everyone for your support.  I hope you enjoyed 'The One Who Stayed' and will enjoy volume 8 in the series once it's written.  :)

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown (ePub & PDF)

I finished putting together the ebook and pdf versions last night, here you go!  Thank you again for your support!  

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Who Endures: Trust & Betrayal is now on Amazon!

It's free on kindle unlimited (I think I'll start doing that for all my books) 

The paperback and hardback copies are currently in review and should be available in the next two to three days, but for now... the ebook version is out.

Next up, I'm going to start working on volume 9 while the artist works on volume 3's cover art.

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Draft #2 for the cover art of 'Who Endures: Trust and Betrayal'

Publication of the 2nd book is coming on fast, I wasn't actually expecting this for another 3 weeks, a few minor changes remain to be made.

But it won't be long now, and I will be ordering a few extras to let go as signed copies.


Also, unrelated, the next chapter of 'Slaughterlands' is now in beta.  

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3rd Attempt at posting all chapters of The One Who Stayed

Patreon keeps deleting links for some reason... Trying again.

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown is NOW COMPLETE

Here are all the remaining chapters!  Thank you to everybody who has supported me in this project.  Keep an eye on the discord, ko-fi, and patreon in the next 2-3 days for my next project announcement! 

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown C89-100

Enjoy the ride!  We're racing toward the end of the volume with it being up to 112 in beta!

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Evolution of a Nobody: Bad Dreams

Has now been released on Amazon.  I'm ordering a handful of extra copies if somebody wants a signed one.

I appreciate all your support and hope to entertain you for years to come.

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown C82-88 Added

Enjoy!

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown C78-81 added

Another patreon early release.  
Enjoy!

Discord alone is only up to chapter 60 something now.  I'm up to chapter 99 in beta and I should get 2-3 chapters more done tomorrow.  

By the way, for those who are early on in this story I should tell you, the elf King and Cerebrate are both characters here.  While I do not write 'overt' or 'pornographic' material, it is handled in such a way that you as a reader are aware of what is going on.  If you are sen...

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown C73-77 added

The patreon early access exclusive... enjoy.  :)  

This book is a lot longer than I planned.  :D 

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Patreon Sneak Preview: The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown C68-72 added

Enjoy!
(Also, just so you know, after a reader requested it, I've added an additional tier for $20 a month & $50 per month... not sayin you've got to or anything... just saying it IS an option)  :)

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I didn't make this... but I'm not going to lie... I feel like this guy sometimes

:D 

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown (Patreon Sneak Previews)

Chapters 57-67 added.

Discord is only up to 48.  So enjoy the head start and binge out!  :) 

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Patreon Exclusive Sneak Preview

Chapters 45-56 of 'The One Who Stayed'

These are still in beta.  Going forward in the new year I want to show some appreciation for those who provide the most direct and persistent support for my work, soooo I'll try to get y'all some early looks on a frequent basis that isn't immediately available on discord.  

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Early Holiday mass releases for you wonderful people

The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown Chapters (big drop) & Evolution of a Nobody: Bad Dreams (pdf & epub complete)

Volume VII in the series 'The One Who Stayed'  Chapters 1-41  

That's twelve more chapters or so, so enjoy!

And the complete downloadable Evolution of a Nobody: Bad Dreams, the 2nd book in the 'Evolution of a Nobody' series in pdf and epub formats.  
I wanted to have the cover art included, but that's not ready yet.

The year ahead is ...

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Chapter Bombardment ahead

:)  I've been writing as fast as I can, and as much as I can.

I know the holidays are tough for some of you, and though I still have to work full time job (I can't quit until I've got about 3-4 times coming in what I currently do) Almost every hour not spent at that, is spent pounding out chapters.


The result of this will be given to you on Christmas morning.  Since the holidays can be so rough for so many, especially now, this is all I can offer to hopefully ...

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Evolution of a Nobody: Bad Dreams

Complete book, PDF pending. 

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The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown

Chapters 1-22

23-25 in beta.

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The hardcover copy of the first book of the Who Endures series

This fills my heart with happiness to finally see it in print.  I began this story over a year ago, and the characters therein have been with me on a wonderful journey, and so too, have all of you.  It means so much to me to see that you've all enjoyed my work enough to support me through all this, I realize I have slowed down a little, being reduced to a chapter every day in the discord instead of multiples per day, but believe you me, I'm working tirelessly to ensure I remain wort...

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It's 2:36 AM on December 1st as I write this...

What you're about to read may begin with me, but it isn't truly about 'me'.  This is about 'you' and all that you could be, can be, want to be, and might be.

I wrote my first short story on a typewriter in the early 1980s, it was called 'Rusty's Adventures in Space' wherein the main character (Rusty) took a Wonkavator (see Willy Wonka) too high, ended up in space and met some aliens.  

I remember pulling the paper from the typewriter and asking my father if it was any go...

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New Chapters

The One Who Stayed: Bloody Crown C1-15 (16-19 are now in beta)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GRpPKv24vL6XCMH53_q-vk0dCYvGbD2g?usp=sharing 

Evolution of a Nobody: Bad Dreams C1-37

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/...

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Nanowrimo Success

Novel Writing November is an annual event where authors try to write 50,000 words in a month on a single story.  That's why there have been all these 'Evolution of a Nobody' volume 2 chapters coming out this month, because I've been trying to accomplish that goal while working on other stories as well.  The novel isn't quite finished, but I have now achieved my goal.  Thank you all for being part of the journey! :) 

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Evolution of a Nobody: Bad Dreams

Chapters 1-27
I'm nearly through with Novel Writing November, I'll reach the 50,000 word mark either today or tomorrow, in the meantime, enjoy, the next six or seven chapters are in beta right now, and there'll be more chapters of 'The One Who Stayed' as about four of those are in beta right now as well.  

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Who Endures: Strange Lands

As it appears in paperback form.  It came out great.  

Available here: https://www.amazon.com/Who-Endures-Strange-Robert-Butler/dp/B09LZZCQVH/ 


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New Chapters

Life has had me kind of overwhelmed these last two weeks, but I've done my best to produce as much for you as I could.  :)  I'll have a lot more coming in the next few weeks as things settle down, and I'm going to take some vacation time, five straight days, and write like nonstop!  Also... see the next post for something new.  Thank you again for all your support.  (Oh and for those wondering about Volume 9 of Who Endures, I'm doing EoN for nanowrimo, so I'll be back...

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Who Endures: Strange Lands

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M1DXM2L/ 

The first book is now available on Hardback, Paperback, or eBook (due to a preorder setup it will be a few days)

If you've enjoyed it, thank you for your support, you've been amazing, and I hope to entertain you all for years to come!

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