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Katalepsis, Eusebeia Epoche - placid islands; black infinity - 2-1.5

Chapter dresses in benighted cloak, takes up a blunt-ended sword, and strides out into the rotting jungles.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/04/18/placid-island-black-infinity-2-1-5/

This week's password is: hoofing

Epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

Maisie, Maisie, Maisie - I don't even know what to say, for once! Maisie has so completely taken the...

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Necroepilogos, utero - 14.3

A hurricane rages out in the real, and Elpida is deep in the network, beneath a simulated storm of steel. But who sends these ghosts to dog her heels?

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/04/17/utero-14-3/

Password is: enfilade

Epub of the chapter is attached below, as well!

Another week, another chapter, another meaty chunk of arc 14! Things are heating up, Elpida is well and truly stuc...

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Katalepsis, Eusebeia Epoche - placid islands; black infinity - 2-1.4

Chapter clings to the sea-greased hull, tipping and tapping with hidden claws, peering in the portholes when nobody's looking.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/04/11/placid-island-black-infinity-2-1-4/

This week's password is: windlass

An epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

And ... here we go! More Book Two! More Eusebeia Epoche. More Mai...

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Necroepilogos, utero - 14.2

Zombie girls come in many forms - physical media, digital storage, or raw parts. Fun fact, one zombie can be all three! Elpida would rather avoid the third, though.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/04/10/utero-14-2/

Password is: wraith

An epub version of the chapter is attached below, as always!

Arc 14 pushes onward, deeper into the meat! Despite some notable departures from my outli...

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Necroepilogos, utero - 14.1

Deep in storm and tomb and networked lattice, what is a zombie to find? Who lurks at the center of this widening gyre?

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/04/03/utero-14-1/

Password is: debugging

Epub version of the chapter is attached below, as well!

Arc 14 arrives with a gurgle of blood and guts! Surprise, it's not an interlude; I did in fact plan an interlude, but the charac...

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Katalepsis, Eusebeia Epoche - placid islands; black infinity - 2-1.3

Chapter stalks the nighted hallways, peering into blackened chambers, claws clicking on bone-chilled marble floors.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/03/28/placid-island-black-infinity-2-1-3/

This week's password is: coppice

Epub of the chapter is also attached below!

Chapterrrrr three! Here we go! Here Maisie goes, completely beyond my control; okay, n...

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Katalepsis, Eusebeia Epoche - placid islands; black infinity - 2-1.2

Chapter snuggles down deep in a bed of loam, dreaming of moles and earthworms, and gnawing on stray roots.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/03/21/placid-island-black-infinity-2-1-2/

This week's password is: lure

An epub version of the chapter is attached below, like always!

Woo! Second chapter of the second book! An auspicious number? Okay, well, perhaps I'm getting...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.14

Ghosts are just the weight of history; bad memories made crystal and clear. And zombiegirls have so much history, too much to bear.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/03/19/tenebrae-13-14/

Password is: treason

An epub copy of the chapter is also attached, as always!

And this! Is! The final chapter of the arc! For real this time, arc 13 ends with chapter 14, this is it!

This m...

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Katalepsis, Eusebeia Epoche - placid islands; black infinity - 2-1.1

Chapter emerges from the cave of hibernation, into the deep, dank, dreary woods. It raises a snout full of teeth and hunger, and howls at the open sky.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/03/14/placid-island-black-infinity-2-1-1/

This week's password is: obsidian

An epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

Here it is! The very first chapter of Ka...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.13

Zombies may be bruised and battered, but undead flesh is just so pliable.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/03/13/tenebrae-13-13/

Password is: carnality

Epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

Wooooooo, okay, okay. Oh. Kay. Things have gotten out of hand again; I should have expected this! This chapter is no longer the final chapter of arc 13 - 13.14 will in fact be th...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.12

Zombie girls aren't the only souls ripped from the sleep of death. Unquiet spirits walk the night, clad in more than just naked revenge.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/03/06/tenebrae-13-12/

Password is: absolution

An epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

And we are back! Woohoo! Thank you all so much for your patience, dear readers; I didn't intend such a long bre...

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Necroepilogos hiatus will continue for one additional week.

Hello everyone!

First off, the short version: the current Necroepilogos hiatus will extend for an additional week. There will be no Necroepilogos chapter on the 27th of February. Necroepilogos will return on the 6th of March!

And now the long(er?) version.

So, I am back from my ‘quest’ — the long-postponed task which I had to go take care of, which involved travelling rather far away. For the first time in over two weeks I am not acces...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.11

Zombiegirls aren't like lego bricks; they don't snap together so easy, but once they do, good luck ever prying them apart.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/02/06/tenebrae-13-11/

Password is: luxate

The epub version of the chapter is attached below, like always!

Another chapter, another shining example of zombiegirls refusing to follow my outlines. I've well and truly lost control...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.10

Happy is the tomb who's doors are shut and barred; but no bonds can hold the undead for long, none but in the mind.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/01/30/tenebrae-13-10/

Password is: polemic

An epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

Arc thirteen rushes onward, to perhaps unexpected places! Yet again, I have been bamboozled and blindsided by the zombie girls - things...

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Katalepsis post Book One Q&A

Hello there! This is the Katalepsis Book One Q&A post!

What does that actually mean? Good question!

As the conclusion of Katalepsis Book One approached, several readers and patrons suggested that I should make a publicly accessible post for readers to ask questions. So, that’s what this is!

I’m not sure if this post will be of much interest to that many readers; over on the discord I already answer random questions all the time, but I do figure it’s nice to have so...

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Reflections on Katalepsis, Plans for Book Two, and the future! (And a Q&A!)

Hello everyone!

This is probably going to be a really long, meandering, self-indulgent post — mostly reflections on Katalepsis and how far I’ve come since the beginning, my plans for what’s up next and thoughts on Book Two, as well as some minor administrative stuff at the end. I’ll put little headings to try to separate out my ramblings, but it’s still going to be a lot.

So, please don’t feel any obligation at all to read all this! I’m sure some of this will be of i...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.9

Zombies might get lost in the dark, but can the undead ever truly be alone, with an infinity of time before them? No? Oh dear.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/01/23/tenebrae-13-9/

Password is: macerate

Epub version of the chapter is also attached below, as always!

Another night in the tomb, another cold floor, another lost memory for all the zombiegirls sheltering from the storm....

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.8

In who's guts is the meat being digested? Does the grave itself possess a stomach, or is eating only the preserve of the undead?

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/01/16/tenebrae-13-8/

Password is: jejunum

An epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

Hoooo this chapter. This chapter ... actually didn't go off the rails, much to my surprise, but it went further&nbs...

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Katalepsis Book One Epilogue - E.2

Chapter settles into a comfy armchair, a book propped open in her lap, ready to start the next story.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/01/10/epilogue-e-2/

This week's password is: monozygotic

Epub version of the chapter is also attached below, as always!

Heather's epilogue, part two - the end! And very well-earned rest for our lovely scrungly squid-girl. But what of Maisie? Read on, and ...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.7

When the commander is away, the mice will ... mount a punitive expedition to hunt down their ideological foes? Watch out for stray cats. They make bad zombies.

https://necroepilogos.net/2025/01/09/tenebrae-13-7/

Password is: penetralia

Epub version of the chapter is also uploaded below!

Hoooooo, things are getting very spicy over here in arc 13; I'm actually not sure how many mo...

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Katalepsis Book One Epilogue - E.1

Chapter strolls through the ruined gardens, spinning cobwebs from steel, hunting oil-slick flies among the iron leaves.

https://katalepsis.net/2025/01/01/epilogue-e-1/

This week's password is: restoration

An epub of the chapter is also attached below!

Happy New Year! Surprise! It's an early chapter! Or ... a late chapter??? But also early!

Ahem. Seriously, since I ended up ove...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.6

Elpida isn't the only one with a terrible hangover after an evening with an undead maiden. But not everybody enjoyed the dance.

https://necroepilogos.net/2024/12/26/tenebrae-13-6/

Password is: abandonment

An epub of the chapter is attached below, as always!

Arc 13 gets complicated. I'm actually growing increasingly uncertain how long the arc will be, or if I might short...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.5

Die, die, and die again - isn't that just what zombies do anyway? Most of them give up eventually, but not our Commander.

https://necroepilogos.net/2024/12/19/tenebrae-13-5/

Password is: scuffle

An epub of the chapter is also attached, as always!

Huzzah! It's another chapter of arc 13, and things are humming along very nicely. I hope you enjoy this one, dear readers; the pot is ...

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??? - ?.?

Chapter bares tooth and claw, red as nature can be, down in the forgotten maw of the world. But she's not alone.

https://katalepsis.net/2024/12/13/6108/

This week's password is: betwixt

An epub of the chapter is also attached below, as usual!
(But the epub is named "unknown" because it's impossible to name a file with question marks!)

Hahahahaaaaa! You thought it was the epilogue?! Think...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.4

What's a little death, to a Necromancer? No laughing now, Lykke, this is all too serious for that.

https://necroepilogos.net/2024/12/12/tenebrae-13-4/

Password is: tango

Epub of the chapter is also attached below, as usual!

One war goes on beyond, while another one unfolds inside. If you're stuck down in the mud of one battle, you might not be able to see the others. That's a bi...

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bedlam boundary - 24.38

Chapter sails the open seas of interstellar space, singing solar whalesong to the great grey grazers in the void.

https://katalepsis.net/2024/12/06/bedlam-boundary-24-38/

This week's password is: submergence

Epub version of the chapter is also attached below!

Aaaaaaaaaand - that's it!!! Really! Yes! Dear readers, we are actually, seriously, finally here, at the very last ch...

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bedlam boundary - 24.37

Chapter peruses the dead-shrouded streets, greeting vampires and ghouls and werewolves alike, a friend to all the spookies.

https://katalepsis.net/2024/11/29/bedlam-boundary-24-37/

This week's password is: kaiju

An epub of the chapter is attached below, as always!

And! We! Are! Back! Once again, Katalepsis returns, and with a ... crash? Ahem. But! We're not quite over yet,...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.3

Some zombies are up and about; some zombies are down (and out). But other zombies are elsewhere, lost between the cracks.

https://necroepilogos.net/2024/11/28/tenebrae-13-3/

Password is: desynchronized

An epub of the chapter is also attached below!

Arc 13 gets stuck into the meat of the motions now, chewing and gnawing and swallowing and belching and ... you get the picture! I'v...

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Necroepilogos, tenebrae - 13.2

This can of zombies is all shaken up; who wouldn't be, after that blast? But not everybody's paying attention. Somebody's out to lunch.

https://necroepilogos.net/2024/11/21/tenebrae-13-2/

Password is: truant

Epub version of the chapter is attached below, as always!

Arc 13 pushes onward into the murky darkness! Ohohoho, this one ... well, actually, this chapter is the first time ...

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bedlam boundary - 24.36

Chapter sneaks through the bowels of the ancient castle, plucking fungi from the stones and scraping mold from the wood, cooking up a witches' brew.

https://katalepsis.net/2024/11/15/bedlam-boundary-24-36/

This week's password is: neptunian

Epub version of the chapter is attached below, as always!

Screaming! Screaming and shouting and throwing things about! Um, here we are...

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