Heya,
As you've seen, the new story choices are both humor-focused LitRPG, albeit with major differences. They're both meant to be something of a breather after more serious stories (and a way to scratch that litRPG itch that just won't stop haunting me). As forewarned, the winner will begin soon after CE concludes in November, so I'm gonna leave the poll running for some time.
I'll likely offer the losing choice as an option later for a future poll (alongside Stars of Sirius<...
2024-10-22 09:21:18 +0000 UTC
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Aaand here's the other story pilot. I'll be posting the poll tomorrow with the links.
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It was on a Tuesday that Martin landed the most important job of his life.
The day started like many others, with him desperately browsing through LinkedIn offers like an addict desperate for a fix. He had taken to praying to God, Buddha, half the Hindu Pantheon, and even some neo-pagan divinities; and each time a deity failed to listen to his prayers, he added...
2024-10-21 08:10:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
I'll be in a plane when that post comes out, but updates will resume as usual once I land tomorrow. I'm proud to announce that I've been able to work on my chapter backlog during the break and that the Commerce Emperor trilogy should be completed in November.
As promised, while I intend to focus on Dungeon Wreckers (which, like Gunsoul, should be a shorter work)&nb...
2024-10-21 08:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
I hope you spent an excellent week! That break has been a lot busier than I expected but also quite resourcing, and I'll be returning next week with new and exciting chapters.
First of all, I'm happy to announce I've been able to advance on Commerce Emperor's chapter backlog and the trilogy will indeed conclude in November. As a consequence, I'll first be posting new story pilots for you to check tomorrow before updating a poll later ...
2024-10-20 20:01:56 +0000 UTC
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A/N: surprise! As I warned on the discord, I'm dropping this chapter early because I'll be on a plane to the USA tomorrow, and not only will it fly off early, but I'm unlikely to have access to internet for a looooong while.
In any case, I'm now on break until October 22nd, so no ch...
2024-10-11 20:03:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
Just a quick update and general news on this week's updates and news now that Gunsoul is done.
As I've warned earlier , I'll be on a break starting from the 12th of October (after posting B&F's newest chapter) to the 22nd, as I'll be moving to an author retreat to the USA and then m...
2024-10-07 08:33:10 +0000 UTC
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A/N: This chapter includes a NSFW scene; I marked the non-storyline important bits with — ^^^ to make it easier for you to skip it, if you'd prefer to (some readers suggested it might be less flow-breaking than the NSFW warning).
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The gods had smiled on me for once.
Though I feared discovery when they recalled m...
2024-10-05 07:57:02 +0000 UTC
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Ayatsuri Kenta was driving for his life, his product screaming in the back of his car. He could still hear the gunshots ringing in his ears.
The desert ahead was hot and unwelcoming, while only death awaited behind him. He could see the plumes of smoke rising from the Sa...
2024-10-02 06:05:57 +0000 UTC
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The dead dreamed of guns.
He was back at the Nowhere again, falling into deep and impenetrable darkness. He knew that it was no unconscious dream this time. He remembered the biting cold and numbness of nothingness all too well. His limbs no longer answered him, his lungs were empty, and his spirit drifted downward into th...
2024-10-01 07:23:45 +0000 UTC
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The bullet blasted through the back of Revolver’s skull and came out of his forehead.
Yuan’s revolver exploded in his hand, its broken pieces flying across the desert and its shrapnel piercing his palm. The weapon that signaled the beginning of his Gunsoul half-life had served its purpose.
Not even the iron s...
2024-09-30 07:22:06 +0000 UTC
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My heart was a furnace.
My once paltry Teyolia now burned with the intensity of a blazing crucible. Its flames hungrily flowed out of my ribs in waves of searing heat. My veins brimmed with the sunlight of life. I had grown strong enough to crush skulls like grapes or crack stones within my palms. I knew, I had checked. I had ...
2024-09-28 08:10:31 +0000 UTC
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His right arm exploded, as did the Barrier around it.
With the threat of Orient and Holster’s lives on the line, Yuan poured most of his qi into his cannon. The power he had accumulated across his short half-life of cycling burst out of him in a mighty detonation that vaporized his metal bones and annihilated his fingers. The leyline’s qi ...
2024-09-27 08:07:30 +0000 UTC
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Phase 2 Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NApN0GduuwM
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The Gun manifested in its full parody of divine glory.
A Recoil Shockwave of immense power erupted from it with the sound of a heavenly gunshot. The building on which...
2024-09-26 07:55:36 +0000 UTC
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A battle music to keep you pumped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww53Lr4rtIY
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The bullets flew across the highway like shooting stars in the night sky.
The Gun was quicker on the draw, but Yuan had anticipated the shot...
2024-09-25 07:34:43 +0000 UTC
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Orient’s alarm whistle screeched with dread.
The spirit-train had entered the city, riding phantom trails across the remains of a railroad crossing the entire settlement. She drove as fast as she could, smashing through debris and wrecked vehicles that blocked her path at blinding speed; but it wouldn’t be enough.
The Gun ha...
2024-09-24 08:07:35 +0000 UTC
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Arc had been right: altering himself came easier now that he had crossed the Fourth Coil.
Since his soul and body were now aligned with the concept of ‘firearm’ and all of its components, shifting from metal to gunsmoke felt like water being transformed into steam: almost natural.
As he cycled inside the metal wa...
2024-09-23 07:56:52 +0000 UTC
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I ascended to the land of the gods.
I flew through the clouds of volcanic smoke upward into the searing skies. The dead world below me vanished through thick layers of ancient ash carried by mighty storms. They pressed against the Cloak of wind shielding me. So much dust blew into my face at one point that I couldn’t see Tlaloc...
2024-09-21 08:19:34 +0000 UTC
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Yuan watched Battletown sink below the oil waves from his window, with Holster clapping her hands on his lap.
An earthquake had followed the triggering of History Road’s last ritual, one strong enough to shake the entire region. The spirit-train had long departed the area by then, but they could still feel the tremors from miles away. <...
2024-09-20 07:54:54 +0000 UTC
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Kaguya took his hand, turned her umbrella, and then they were gone.
The shift happened so suddenly and so seamlessly that he hardly noticed the location had changed until he saw piles of debris turn into small sunbaked walls surrounding weathered stone dwellings. Battletown was gone, replaced with a small village’s entrance.
A mo...
2024-09-19 08:15:40 +0000 UTC
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Yuan,
If you’re the one reading this, then I’m likely dead and you somehow pulled through. I can only think of a few scenarios with this outcome, and I hope it’s the one where you managed to recover the cube. If you haven’t… well, you better get off your ass and snatch it. That thing has to go.
2024-09-18 08:07:32 +0000 UTC
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For a while, Yuan thought he had returned to the Nowhere again. That his half-life had come to an end in a flood of nuclear light and returned to nothingness.
But he had already tasted death once from the barrel of his own gun. He did not recall a core pounding in his head when the darkness beckoned him to reincarnate, nor the...
2024-09-17 08:19:57 +0000 UTC
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They all ganged up on Manhattan in a desperate last stand.
Mel and Hardy formed a connecting thread of qi between their hands, which Yuan recognized as the same technique they used to cut Duckman in half during the race. He himself grabbed his revolver with his free hand and held the cube with the other. He fired a volley of ...
2024-09-16 08:10:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
Just a quick update to give news on my update plans for my current stories, plus a break announcement in October.
As Commerce Hero patrons have noticed I haven't been able to update Commerce Emperor for a few weeks. The reason is that I've been swamped by the Blood & Fur launch, Gunsoul and news on the Perfect Run front (nothing signed yet but we're in discussion with a publisher to help fund...
2024-09-15 09:24:30 +0000 UTC
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I left Xibalba a conqueror, holding my father’s skull in my hand and with Mother following in my wake.
I didn’t look back.
The city opened its gates through the mist and let us walk through its dark doors. The desert surrounding the House of Fright stretched across the horizon, the statues of destroyed totems s...
2024-09-14 08:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Slash’s head exploded atop his shoulders.
Yuan’s bullet-core pounded with satisfaction inside his skull at the irony of his murderer perishing from the very same way he once put the Gunsoul into the ground. Payback at last.
However, his joy only lasted until his foe’s corpse hit the ground. Slash’s blood and brain matter...
2024-09-13 08:11:10 +0000 UTC
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Yuan’s core pounded so hard it hurt to think.
He had rushed to Battletown as fast as he could without overtaxing his Gun Demon Incarnation, since he would require it for the battle ahead. While Arc had insisted that he leave her to fight Manhattan on her own so his group could prepare their trap, he refused ...
2024-09-12 08:22:05 +0000 UTC
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A nuclear punch hit her in the chest at lightning speed.
Arc would have been more than fast enough to dodge in her heyday, but she had grown rusty and was too close to Zoa to dodge properly. A fist imbued with radiation melted the outer surface of her iron belly and threw her back. She landed on a field of lead summoned by her own Authority an...
2024-09-11 07:53:23 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
It is with a great pleasure that I announce the launch of Blood & Fur's first volume, The Last Emperor, on Amazon and Audible!
2024-09-10 06:45:51 +0000 UTC
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There were moments in the life of a man that seemed to go on forever.
How much time did I spend looking into my father’s empty eye sockets, desperately searching for a hint that the skull within my hands was a clever forgery? My heart wished to believe in a lie, when my reason knew the truth well enough. I sensed no soul in ...
2024-09-10 06:45:27 +0000 UTC
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Arc ascended through the atmosphere at phenomenal velocity.
She moved so quickly that her cloak had burned away at the friction of the air. She had lost her hat too, which annoyed her. It had been a gift from Jim long before he became the Gun.
But Jim had died long before that poor Revolver put his spirit to rest...
2024-09-10 06:45:17 +0000 UTC
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