Chapter sits in the abandoned temple, sword across its knees, awaiting a worthy opponent.
Arc 23, here we go! At current, arc 23 is planned to be the final arc of Katalepsis Book One! (Not counting any epilogue material or side-content between Books One and Two). We're finally here, on the threshold of Wonderland, just outside the Eye's burning gaze. Arc 23 is likely going to be rather long, dear readers, with perhaps a structural surprise lurking just below the surface of the...
2023-12-09 16:09:11 +0000 UTC
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Grr. Argh. Bleurgh. Uhhhhaaaarrr. That's zombie dialogue. Let's hope our girls are better at communication than that.
Onward we go with arc 9! Things are getting even more complicated, we might have a couple of interesting POV switches coming up soon-ish, and very much hope you are still enjoying Necroepilogos as much as I am enjoying writing it! And I don't say this often enough, but: thank you for all your support! I just want to let all you readers and patrons know that it's you who ...
2023-12-07 16:04:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter plants itself in the valley floor, growing deep and growing strong, spreading fungal forest up the verdant foothills.
Last chapter of arc 22! Hooray! This one went a bit longer than I expected, but not by too much; I think I've perhaps gotten a little better at keeping the arc length under control? Anyway! For those of you who don't regularly check out the Katalepsis fanart page, there's now a bunch o...
2023-12-02 16:06:59 +0000 UTC
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Zombie girls aren't the only things that come back from the dead.
Onward with arc 9! Not much else to say this chapter, except, as always, I hope you are enjoying the story, dear readers. At current it does look like arc 9 is probably going to be a long one, maybe even the longest so far, with several POV jumps, probably. There's a lot of overlapping themes in the title of the arc, lots of pieces on the board all finally converging toward a sharp point.
2023-11-30 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Chapter swims the solar winds, kissing comets and grazing gas giants, singing to the dark planets that turn forever in the nameless void.
Chapter is here! Woo! And gosh, I do hope you, dear reader, are having a better time than our squid-girl; Heather is faced with the fact she may have been making many mistakes in many different spheres (assumptions! the Eye! Sevens!), but luckily Taika has yet more advice to offer. Hopefully Heather will listen closely. Meanwhile, next chapter
2023-11-25 16:05:37 +0000 UTC
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Elpida is out there making plots and plans and entangling her enemies, but haven't we forgotten somebody important? Or two somebodies? Even zombie girls get cabin fever. Let's crack that coffin.
Behind the scenes it is looking more and more like arc 9 is gonna be a long one, with perhaps the potential for several more POV switches. We'll see! Onward we go, back into the ash and the mud and the worm-ridden remains.
2023-11-23 15:53:31 +0000 UTC
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Chapter wanders the concrete canyons, drenched in acid rain, hunting late-night monsters beneath the flashing neon pain.
Answers at last, to the mysteries of ten years ago; but is Heather really going to find catharsis, or closure, or satisfaction? Would you trust the words of a goat-eyed witch? (Of course you would, because Taika is just so honest.) Nevertheless, onward we go, dear readers! A chapter for you! And, at current, I thiiiink there's probably 2 more chapters left in arc 22? ...
2023-11-18 15:57:47 +0000 UTC
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Zombie girls can play chess too; just don't touch the pawns, they bite.
New arc! Arc 9! I can't say much here without spoilers, of course, but it's time for Elpida to pursue her many plans. Get all her team lined up. Go for broke. Arc 9 is probably going to be a long one, or maybe arcs 9, 10, and 11 will be really short, but quite quick, combined? I'm not certain yet, not until the girls hit the page and derail all my plans, as usual. I know I say this often, but I dearly hope that you ...
2023-11-16 15:49:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter soars on scaled wings above the misty peaks, dueling with wraiths and dragons alike, air-dancing with punch-drunk cloud formations.
Mage fight mage fight mage fight mage fight! Uh oh. Heather wasn't prepared for this, right?! Or was she? She certainly seemed to think she would be the one doing the 'grilling', but now she is about to get roasted on the open flame. But then, well, hopefully she'll find the answers she was looking for in...
2023-11-11 15:59:47 +0000 UTC
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Surprise, it's an interlude! A very sticky, slimy, mollusk-y interlude.
I wasn't actually sure if this interlude was going to happen here, or later in the story, but the way things have shaken out make this the perfect point to include Interlude Number Two, without leaving everybody on a terrible unfair cliffhanger for two chapters. So! Anything more I can say would be a spoiler! Arc 9 begins next chapter! But for now, onward we go, out beyond the graveworm line, to see what strangeness...
2023-11-09 16:09:25 +0000 UTC
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Chapter hides beneath drifts of fallen leaves, cloaked in autumn's shedding skin, peering at the tangled gardens and the mansion beyond.
Here we go! Another chapter for you all! And a big step for Heather here, right? If she can keep her cool and make sensible decisions and ... oh dear. Well, maybe it's time to meet a mystery mage??? Let's find out! Let's hope Heather doesn't leap before she looks. Onward we go! And here's that link, as always!
2023-11-04 15:01:15 +0000 UTC
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Come in out of the cold, Pira; even zombie flesh will freeze solid eventually.
Last chapter of the arc, for real this time! Next week we're onto arc 9, and perhaps a change of tone, change of pace, and change of POV (though the last of that trio is not certain yet.) Arc 8 has been a real downtime arc, some much needed healing of both bodies and minds. But Elpida's got girls to save, pilots to investigate, giant robots to power up, and skull-wearing monsters to smash. And there's other i...
2023-11-02 15:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter turns to mist and moonlight, ghosting through the windows, sneaking into the sealed mansion and spooking the maids in the kitchen.
And we're back! Woohoo! Thank you all so much for your patience, thank you for waiting a whole extra week for this chapter. Even though I did not manage to publish as usual last Saturday, I have been working/writing this entire time and managed to push myself ahead a bit more than usual, which will hopefully help avoid breaks in the future! And now, ...
2023-10-28 15:05:18 +0000 UTC
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Pira's been holding out on her Commander, keeping deep secrets; what was The Fortress, Pira? What did you try to build, out there in the ashes?
Last chapter of the arc, I think! I always write these posts just before I start drafting, so right now I'm not 100% certain, but I am prrrrretty sure this is it, and with the next chapter we will be onto arc 9. (Okay, actually, no! Turned out that Pira had a hell of a lot more to say than I expected, so arc 8 is going to one additional chapter,...
2023-10-26 14:53:31 +0000 UTC
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Elpida sleep. (Sl)eepy sleppy Commander. Do nanomachine zombies dream of undead sheep?
Either this or the next chapter will probably be the final chapter of arc 8. At the time of writing this note I'm not 100% sure which it will be, but I'm about to find out, when the words hit the page. (And now, having finished, it'll be the next chapter! Huurah!)
And, with this chapter, Necroepilogos is now one year old! One year of this! Aaaaaaa I can't believe it.
Honestly, when I start...
2023-10-19 14:52:49 +0000 UTC
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Chapter dances in the empty chapel, singing to the pews and serenading the statues, waltzing with the friendly midnight shadows. And here we go! Here it is! Another chapter for you all, dear readers! Heather finally faces down one of the hardest tasks she has ever set herself; harder than facing the Eye? Perhaps. She can't use the same methods on her own parents as on everyone else ... can she?
And, a quick reminder of last week's brief announcement: there will be no Katalepsis ...
2023-10-14 15:05:30 +0000 UTC
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Elpida isn't the only zombie girl cradling a beloved voice in her undead brains; but Ilyusha's hidden friend is not very happy right now.
Onward we go! Looks like arc 8 is still gonna be another 2 chapters at least. Maybe 3? I'm not 100% sure about certain things which are about to happen, so! Not much else to say about this one, except that next week will actually mark one full year of writing and publishing Necroepilogos! I guess I'll say more then! For now, dear reader, I ho...
2023-10-12 15:15:22 +0000 UTC
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Chapter builds a nest beneath the floorboards, stuffed with fur and books and stolen socks, purring all through the night when the humans least expect.
Surprise, it's a new arc! Out of nowhere! Nope, this isn't the final arc of Book One, not just yet; arc 21 was getting very long and a bit thematically unwieldy, and I realised that if I kept going until the planned stopping point it would end up as the longest arc in the story so far. So, arc 22! You can think of it as the last intermis...
2023-10-07 15:09:49 +0000 UTC
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Don't lie, Ooni. The Commander wants answers. And she sees right through you.
Not much else to say here this chapter except onward we go! This arc has some serious steam left in it yet, I think. Arcs 6 and 7 were 10 chapters each (though I have had some feedback that 7 overstayed its welcome by just a tiny bit), and this arc is less 'fighty', so far. Elpida still needs to rest before she can risk the journey to speak with the pilot, Ooni needs deprogramming(???), and they haven't even g...
2023-10-05 15:11:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter crosses the mountain stream, into the heady mists of the land of the dead, to dance with skeletons and party with ghouls. Woohoo! Another chapter for you all, dear readers, and perhaps a slower paced one this time, a little wander in the woods with demons and lovers. Well, we can hope, anyway.
Heather sure does have a lot more to deal with in this arc than I originally expected, I'm ... considering splitting it into two! Haha! Oh no, we'll never reach the end of Book One at this...
2023-09-30 14:54:49 +0000 UTC
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What's worse than a zombie? A Nazi zombie. But this one's heart might not be in it. Elpida's got some interrogating to do.
Not much else to say this chapter! I'm still having an absolute blast writing Necroepilogos, and I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am. We're safe behind Pheiri's armour for now, and there's so much to learn, but girls are going to get hungry sooner or later. This chapter ended up getting gigantic, 6.6k words, but I couldn't get it to end earlier without inserti...
2023-09-28 14:54:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter creeps through the abbey dorms, scratching on doors and tapping on stone, disturbing the sleepy nuns within, until somebody chases it off with a broom. And here it is! Another chapter, another spooky Sharrowford sunset (well, okay, Brinkwood sunset), and ... Zheng is here. Zheng is hungry for revenge. Zheng is going to cause problems on purpose. A small crisis for our squid-angel! Let's see how she navigates this one, and maybe, just maybe, Zheng needs some attention too. Poor Zheng. ...
2023-09-23 10:37:38 +0000 UTC
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Commander, order thyself. Do you think Elpida is up to the task? She's not so sure.
Onward we go; not much to say here this chapter, except for, well, perhaps we have some interesting POV shifts coming up once again! We've already done Elpida and Melyn this arc, and there will be more to come. Our zombie girls are 'enjoying' some downtime, but that doesn't mean there aren't dangers lurking even inside Pheiri's hull. And Kaga and Vicky are still cut off, for now ...
2023-09-21 09:38:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter wades deep into the dripping swamp, clad in moss and mold and tarry black mud, to propose marriage and more to the swamp witch within. Woo! Another chapter for you all, dear readers! We're back, and back to normal; thank you so much for waiting! Seems like this arc might actually end up being a very long one, as there's so many things for poor Heather to do before Wonderland. Revelations and manuscripts, mages and dreams - but Heather's still got some practical matters to attend to. B...
2023-09-16 14:34:54 +0000 UTC
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Elpida isn't the only one whose world just got violently realigned; some of these girls have much more to lose than she does. But it seems like things might stay subdued for a while, if only by injuries, if not by choice. Anything more I could say here would be spoilers for this chapter, so, without any further ado, on with the show! Hope you're enjoying this, dear readers; I am still having an amazing time writing it.
2023-09-14 15:19:36 +0000 UTC
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Even the undead need R&R; but our zombies must make do with hard metal bunks and a little cold meat. At least they're safe for now, right? And somebody's going to need fresh stitches.
Arc 8, here we are! Gosh, I honestly never imagined this story would get this far; I doubted my skills at this kind of narrative, but, wow, well. I'm having great fun with this, and I hope you are too, dear reader. Arc 7 felt like a turning point, for Elpida, for the group, and for their goals. Lots of...
2023-09-07 15:18:58 +0000 UTC
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Hello all!
This week’s Katalepsis chapter will be delayed by one week — both the public chapter and the patron-only release. Katalepsis will continue as normal on the 16th of September.
My apologies! I never like having to miss a chapter update. I can’t express how much I live for writing; this is what I do and I hate having to interrupt the schedule. I haven’t had to miss a chapter in about six months and I’d hoped never to have to do it again, but some...
2023-09-07 02:48:31 +0000 UTC
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Chapter stumbles through the foggy streets, singing a shanty of distant shores, attracting an audience of curious rats along the cloistered gutters. Another chapter, here we go! And if Heather is right, she's about to get some answers, though perhaps she is the only one who could ever have understood them? Onward we go, dear readers. Heather still has so very many loose ends to tidy away, many allies to call upon, before the spell is ready. But we draw ever closer ... and I hope you enjoy thi...
2023-09-02 14:21:38 +0000 UTC
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Cadre, we are leaving! Time to make like a banana, and split. Zombies, away! Now if they can only make it to the door, remember where they parked the tank, and refrain from any more friendly fire.
Last chapter of arc 7! Woo! This has been a long one, longer than I expected, and our zombie girls have gone through some serious changes in such a short time. If they all make it out in one piece, they're going to have a lot of unpacking (and healing) to do. I'm still having an absolute blast...
2023-08-31 15:09:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter sits in the highest treetop, playing a jolly fluted tune, calling the passing rocs and wyrms down for afternoon tea. Here we go! Another chapter for you all, dear readers! A strange dream, of concrete and toilets and mages who would rather not speak. Perhaps Heather was hasty about this break in? Maybe she can sweeten the deal, or talk sense into this two-faced joker? In any case, she's not leaving without insight. And here's that link, to the chapter!
2023-08-26 15:12:01 +0000 UTC
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