Happy Halloween guys!
A while ago, I've mentioned my intention to take my LitRPGs Never Die Twice and Vainqueur the Dragon to KU, now that they've been complete for years on RR and all. The dates for both are fast approaching, and in Never Die Twice's case, I'm currently working with the amazing Selkie Myth to relaunch it on Amazon around November. We've been discussing different new versions of the covers to update for the platform.
So, in the spirit of Halloween, I thou...
2023-10-31 08:00:54 +0000 UTC
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I flew back to the palace, the fading light of the setting sun casting long shadows on my path.
My excursion went surprisingly well. Although I couldn’t say with certainty whether Tlazohtzin would adhere to my instructions or reconsider his decision, I remained confident. The revelation of his brother being chosen as the heir on the morrow would cement h...
2023-10-28 07:35:13 +0000 UTC
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The midday sun rose on the Lake of Greed.
The place was breathtakingly beautiful in spite of its dreadful name. The lake nested among a patchwork of rolling hills and sunlit fields, its blue-green waters fed by the Volgova River. The warm wind blew across its surface, raising wispy clouds of mist and steam. I noticed an eagle swooping d...
2023-10-24 07:32:08 +0000 UTC
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A/N: this chapter contains an explicit NSFW scene (with some plot purpose); I've put warnings if you want to skip through it.
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As always, Nenetl proved undefeatable in battle.
Unlike the deeply strategic Tumi game, Patolli relied almost entirely on luck. When a player rolled the dice, their only real choice was to either advance an existing pawn...
2023-10-21 07:41:46 +0000 UTC
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The sickness in his stomach wouldn’t leave him.
It only worsened when they returned to Port Nguruh, where a crowd of Iremian colonists welcomed them with cheers and acclaim. Cortaner caught flower necklaces with his bloodstained hands, the Fiddler laughed as women threw themselves at him, and Captain Kheti saluted the civilians like a conquering hero r...
2023-10-17 07:48:10 +0000 UTC
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Sixty generals had come from all corners of the empire to die in my name.
With the inclusion of the four leaders of the warrior fraternities and Tezozomoc, who represented the priesthood, this brought the total number of advisors to sixty-five; sixty-nine with my consorts. I’d never faced such a large assembly of people since my cor...
2023-10-14 07:37:02 +0000 UTC
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A/N: as I wrote the Inquisitor interlude, I realized it just kept getting longer and longer (even more than the Artisan one) and I wouldn't be able to finish it by today, so... had to split it in two. I hope to finish the second by Thursday, but no promises since I've got to finish the next B&F chapter too.
A bit of a warning, while the second half will be more uplifting, this might be the story's bleakest chapter yet. Expect some gruesome violence ahead.
2023-10-10 07:52:10 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I gotta say, I HATE the new Patreon UI. It's a nightmare to get through on my side; I hope it's at least bearable for you readers.
Otherwise, that chapter has some very light NSFW content in the waking world, but it's short so not sure if it warrants a warning. If you've read so far I think you probably know what to expect.
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2023-10-07 07:34:46 +0000 UTC
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By the time dawn rose beyond the horizon, I could hardly stand on my own two feet.
The night had been won, but at a cost. When the Blight started to manifest, Roland revealed his face to his soldiers and managed to rally them away from danger. Though our army remained partly split by the Volgova River, pegasus riders relayed orders to t...
2023-10-03 07:44:43 +0000 UTC
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Ash rained relentlessly upon Tlalocan, each flake burning as if it came straight out of the oven.
The Land of the Dead Suns’ second layer was even more sterile and lifeless than the first. Mictlan had been an unliving city of the dead bustling with activity. The marshes and lakes of tears surrounding it had been gloomy, but hospi...
2023-09-30 07:41:56 +0000 UTC
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I faced my predecessor, my shadow, my opposite. She glided towards me on golden wings carried by an invisible wind, her feet never touching the ground. She offered me her marble hand and all the powers in the world with a godly smile.
I answered by throwing my dagger at her servant.
I knew it would most likely fail. The Devil of Gree...
2023-09-26 07:38:09 +0000 UTC
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Word of my ambush spread quickly.
The dead did not waste anything. By the night’s end, a new stand made from the Tzahualli’s remains would join the Market of Years. I had no idea what kind of goods someone would sell within the bones of a giant spider-totem’s corpse though. Trinkets made from dead bugs? Clothes made from colored webs...
2023-09-23 07:45:23 +0000 UTC
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I inhaled gaseous anger and exhaled fresh air.
My hand reached for the runestones within my purse and seized one filled with wind essence. I raised my weapon and unleashed the power within, allowing a mighty gust to pour out of cracked crystals. My tempest blew Sebastian’s berserk gas away from our troops and onto the Regent’s camp.
I had sav...
2023-09-19 07:30:34 +0000 UTC
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Once, when I trained to become a merchant, I received a wise piece of advice: the only thing worse than debt was being late for its payment. Especially once your debtor was called the Enemy of Both Sides.
When the wind blew on my face under dawn’s light, my body and mind tired from yet another night of terror and sorcery, I knew I would n...
2023-09-16 07:42:22 +0000 UTC
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My horse trampled wildflowers under her hooves to the tune of war songs and clanking armor.
Even after spending several years away in the Riverland Federation, I’d never forgotten the beauty of Archfrost’s countryside. Vast plains tinged with the golden hue of ripening grain sprawled before my eyes alongside seas of grass whistling in the wind. The occasion...
2023-09-12 07:35:31 +0000 UTC
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The palace’s temple reeked of blood and tar.
I had come to expect the former from all the vampires’ creations, but the latter had come to surprise me. From the Nightlords’ dark abode at the center of my palace to their secret altars, every plac...
2023-09-09 07:40:46 +0000 UTC
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The verdant Windmoon shone high in the sky, and the Firemoon followed in its wake.
The latter was no more than a small red glow in a sea of darkness and stars for now, but it was growing larger and larger with each passing night. It would slowly push the Windmoon out of the sky and then fully replace it to herald a new summer.
The A...
2023-09-05 07:39:19 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I'm back from my break! The next Commerce Emperor chapter will be up tomorrow on Patreon (a 7K words behemoth too) and Blood & Fur will follow shortly on Saturday. We're back on tracks.
This break has been an opportunity for me to take a step back, review some partnerships, plan for the future etc... I've especially reached a certain decision about old works of mine.
Namely, I have decided to bring Never Die Twice and ...
2023-09-04 16:24:52 +0000 UTC
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A/N; hi guys, as warned, I'll be taking a short week-long break to rest and take care of some RL stuff; Blood & Fur should return on September 9th.
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I thought over Chikal’s words with unblinking eyes, and then answered, “Go ahead.”
Chikal applied mo...
2023-08-26 07:02:47 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys, as promised earlier this week, here's a third episode of the Djinn webtoon (developed in cooperation with Gharbi Zouhayer)! Hope it'll entertain you until the new B&F chapter this Saturday!
As before since this is a work in progress (this episode contains a few visual errors in fact which should be corrected swiftly) any feedback is appreciated.
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2023-08-24 08:21:17 +0000 UTC
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Eris arrived late to our date.
Of course, I had anticipated that and acted accordingly. I had put the pie in the oven twenty minutes late, practiced slicing meat with my new dagger, and spent time filling more contracts while waiting for her. I had so much work to do with the coming civil war, and each second counted.
At least Eris had changed cloth...
2023-08-22 07:25:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
As warned in the Mall of Madness update, I'll be taking a short one week break next week (the first since April, I believe); due to RL stuff I really feel the need to recharge my batteries, so to say. I'll be providing a few more bonus content this week (like a Djinn update) to make up for it.
As such, there won't be updates from August 28th to September 3rd; both CE and B&F will return afterward, probably with a bonus chap on Thursday...
2023-08-21 15:52:11 +0000 UTC
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“Witchcraft?”
A mocking rattle echoed through the Reliquary, deep and scornful. I didn’t like it. There were few things as disturbing as laughing skulls. A good chunk of my predecessors appeared to find Necahual’s demand terribly amusing.
The rest… far less so.
“Magic is a blessing, not an art,” the grim...
2023-08-19 07:24:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys,
A new B&F chapter will come on Saturday as always, but I've got a confession to make. I've been in a bit of a funk lately due to RL issues, and while I usually write to clear my mind, working on CE nor B&F didn't help me get out of it.
I tried to write a Stars of Sirius chap as a distraction, a way to vent out, but instead the muses guided me to a plot bunny that has been stuck in my head for a while. I ended up ...
2023-08-17 16:30:27 +0000 UTC
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The war declaration arrived early in the morning.
I knew what to expect the moment I saw the Regent’s wax seal on the letter. Of course, it wasn’t an official notice of battles to come; only a list of unacceptable demands that would inevitably guarantee them.
I did a quick calculation when I first held the cursed piece of paper. Whitethr...
2023-08-15 07:47:49 +0000 UTC
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The more the author wrote about Tlaloc, the less flattering the portrait of the god became.
Tlaloc prizes the suffering of children, as he resents never bestowing his seed upon Xochiquetzal’s fertile womb. The tears of the young are his favored drink, their hearts his delicacy. In ancient times, tribes sacrificed the young atop mountains ...
2023-08-12 07:32:55 +0000 UTC
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Of all the ways I expected to end this evening, managing an infirmary with Marika wasn’t one of them.
“We’re losing him,” my fellow hero observed as she extracted essence from a patient—a frothing butcher from the northern side of town who struggled against the chains holding him to the operation table with maddened rage. “Can you quicken y...
2023-08-08 07:26:46 +0000 UTC
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Invisible eyes watched me all night long.
I searched every corner of the ashen plaza. I sought shelter in anonymity by hiding among the thousand dead corpses that walked through the Market of Years. I put on a dozen disguises and slithered among towers of skulls. All these efforts failed to deter my stalker nonetheless.
“I seek you no harm!...
2023-08-05 07:34:33 +0000 UTC
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Date: Year 553 of the Erebian Calendar, Merchday, Earthmoon 58th.
Entry written in: Timberkeep, Arcadian Freeholds.
Among the apothecaries of the Arcadian Freeholds, it is customary to record one’s discoveries in a journal for safekeeping. When I told my tutor, Lord Johannes, that I never forgot anything, he insisted that...
2023-08-01 07:16:41 +0000 UTC
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“The weapon?”
I nodded before the Parliament of Skulls. Once the Nightlords let me go, I immediately went to report to my predecessors. “Iztacoatl mentioned it would spoil the ‘food’,” I said, my lips twisting in disdain, “Whatever that means.”
My words gave even the dead pause. “Of all the Nightlords, Iztacoatl is the cruelest...
2023-07-29 07:51:25 +0000 UTC
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