“Have a nice day!” Doris bade goodbye to her latest customer. The merfolk merchant thanked her with a nod, leaving the florist’s shop with a bouquet of bright red anemones he meant to offer his aunt. Doris let out a tired sigh, exhausted by a day’s hard work.
It was quite late in Orichalcos, though its oceanic markets never slept. While the florist would close her shop for the night, another would immediately open to take her place. Not that Doris complained, as night visitors w...
2021-08-21 07:46:47 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hi everyone,
Around one year ago, on September 19th 2020, I posted the first chapter of a new story. The tale of a (slightly) deranged time-traveler looking for an old friend in a city full of superheroes, gangsters, and true monsters.
As I write these lines after finishing the newest chapter's first draft, I am now absolutely, 100 percent sure that this time-traveler's journey will end on its 130th chapter.
As I warned before, my new story Underland will immediatel...
2021-08-19 19:51:17 +0000 UTC
View Post
He's baaaaaaaack from the deeeaaaad! To protect his shop, and his employees' health!
After a long wait, I am proud to announce the official release of Never Die Twice's audiobook in partnership with Podium Audio! Narrated by Jack Voraces, who also voiced my Vainqueur series, this book is the only known cure for death. Necromancy is everyone's concern in these times of global pandemic, ...
2021-08-17 12:36:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
Ryan had seen what Fallout could do in the past, and so he didn’t fool around.
“We have to keep him away from populated areas,” he informed Livia, as the two flew high above New Rome to meet with the incoming red comet. “When he’s angry enough, he doesn’t care about collateral damage anymore. And since we have trashed his life’s work, he will get a bit…”
“Unstable?” Livia finished his sentence with a chuckle. “That one was terrible, Ryan.”
“I’m ...
2021-08-17 07:45:30 +0000 UTC
View Post
The Foresight’s crew prepared for war.
Once their business was settled, Gaia had sunken back into the earth from which she came, leaving the other [Térastheon]’s members to plan the assault as they wished. Though she probably had more than enough power to destroy Orichalcos on her lonesome, she couldn’t interfere more than she already did.
“I will watch you from afar,” she had said, before collapsing into dust. “We will meet again.”
Afterward, the
2021-08-17 07:45:18 +0000 UTC
View Post
New Rome looked gorgeous from above.
The city breathed life. Millions of people returned from work as the sun started vanishing beyond the horizon, like the blood cells of a giant organism. The lights of casinos’ neon signs and street lights formed a sea of light, some red, others green, and all the other colors of the rainbow in between. The whole place smelled of sin, but most importantly, it smelled of life. New Rome rivaled the greatest Old World metropolises in size, making it th...
2021-08-14 07:34:52 +0000 UTC
View Post
“This is my story,” Nessus finished his tale.
For a moment, neither Kairos nor Andromache knew what to say. The couple exchanged a glance, then turned to Gaia. Though it was still tremendously difficult to even look at her face, the ancient Earth Mother gazed down at Nessus with an immortal’s compassion.
It was all true.
“This is a lot to take in,” Kairos said while turning to Nessus. And Persephone has been influencing our journey long before Achlys,
2021-08-14 07:34:40 +0000 UTC
View Post
Enrique Manada had been true to his word.
Sitting around a garish pink table at the Dostoïevski restaurant, Ryan, Len, and the Panda examined the plans of Dynamis’ Gravity Gun; though the Gravity Rifle would have been a better name for it. The device was long and impractical, though the courier was certain they could miniaturize it.
As Livia had promised, the Dostoïevski was a Russian all-you-can-eat buffet located at New Rome’s periphery and catering almos...
2021-08-10 08:27:53 +0000 UTC
View Post
Dionysus was dead before he was born.
He remembered dreaming in his mother’s womb, the seed of Zeus Almighty bestowed upon mortal soil. As Dionysus grew month after month, so did the divine spark within him. The power of an emerging myth, recognized by Fate.
A [Legend].
So great was the power of the [Gods] back then, that their children always inherited a [Legend] of their own. Like a flower could produce buds, their sons and daughters were always born [Demigods], their my...
2021-08-10 08:27:06 +0000 UTC
View Post
Ryan never thought he would bring a communist to Dynamis’ doorstep.
Enrique Manada’s waiting room was nearly silent, with only the sound of a secretary typing on her computer to break the monotony. Felix looked through the window, impatient to be done with the meeting, while Len’s fingers fidgeted uncontrollably. She had been in a sour mood since they arrived.
Ryan didn’t fare much better. His wounds still ached, and even his dazzling clothes couldn’t hide all the bandag...
2021-08-07 07:40:49 +0000 UTC
View Post
The Foresight swam through the lightless abyss.
Cassandra stood at the ship’s bow, grimly lighting up the way with her fork. Yet even her ghostly flames could only illuminate the world a few meters away. Sometimes, the crewmates noticed glittering forms in the sand below the ship. Most were the remains of bronze naval rams, the only parts of sunken ships that survived centuries beneath the oceans. Others belonged to half-buried helmets.
A naval battle had taken place ab...
2021-08-07 07:40:41 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hi guys,
Here's a sneak peek of Underland's book trailer, animation and sound by Ricardo Emig. This is not the final version of the video (the final trailer will have narration and a few modifications), but I hope it will make you look forward to seeing this new story.
Best regards,
Voidy.
2021-08-04 13:34:34 +0000 UTC
View Post
Two presidents had walked into a room, and only one would escape it alive.
“How about we start this debate with gun politics?” Ryan said, as he clocked his Beretta. “Then we can move on to the War on Terror. Spoiler warning: you’re going to lose it hard.”
“I was about to suggest dietary policies, Laddie,” the living Michelin ad replied with pitch-black humor, as he kept his left hand hidden behind his back. Having lived through this situation before, Ryan had a prett...
2021-08-03 07:37:05 +0000 UTC
View Post
“Yes,” Andromache said.
“No,” Cassandra replied.
They answered as Kairos had expected.
The [Hero] had gathered his officers and key councilors in the Foresight’s cargo hold, to discuss the situation away from the merfolk’s prying gaze. All of them sat around a table, and had quickly split into two sides.
Andromache, obviously, had leapt on the chance to inflict a devastating blow on the merfolk, and Agron supported her. Cassandra voiced her support...
2021-08-03 07:36:50 +0000 UTC
View Post
Ryan picked up two ladies in Rust Town, with a skeletal zombie chained to his car hood.
“Seriously?” Ryan asked his girlfriend with skeptical eyes. While Fortuna came to the mission with her sensual, white-latex catsuit, Livia brought a pair of jeans and a blue hoodie. “I’m not letting you in.”
“I’m sorry, it’s the only practical clothing I could grab in an hour,” Livia apologized. Ryan’s loops began while she was having a girl’s day out with Fortuna...
2021-07-31 07:59:25 +0000 UTC
View Post
Congratulations, you earned a level (total fifty) and 3 Skill Points.
Aggressive negotiations paid well.
His eyes closed on a bed of seagrass, Kairos dreamed of home.
Watching through the eyes of his [Idol] in Histria, he informed his wife of the current developments through Thales’ code. He told her about Andromache’s suspicions that Mithridates was building an amplifier for his trident shard, and about negot...
2021-07-31 07:59:12 +0000 UTC
View Post
Next loop would be the one.
Ryan could feel it deep within his bones. Even though the Saturn Armor and its additional harness weighed down on him, a sentiment of profound liberation spread through his muscles.
Alchemo had fashioned the courier a throne of metal and cables within the depths of Mechron’s submarine, linked to six helmets and special chairs for the would-be time-travelers. Everyone was busy preparing the procedure. Felix bade goodbye to his sisters, all of them cryi...
2021-07-27 07:54:34 +0000 UTC
View Post
The fish kept them anchored for half a day.
Andromache looked on from the Foresight’s deck with disdain, as the crowd of merfolk gathered to see the ship grew ever larger. The soldiers had led the crew to underwater docks built along a coral reef, divided between ten floors. Fortress whales and seashell chariots waited, bound to the coral by mucous chains, while merfolk merchants used tubes of pressurized water to quickly send cargo to the city.
However, news of the...
2021-07-27 07:54:27 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hi guys, here is the promised poll. Time to choose my next web serial after the Perfect Run. Dark Fantasy, or Cultivation?
1) Underland (Dark, Lovecraftian Fantasy)
An underground tale of necromancers, machinists, and exploration: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54061810
2) Sword & Shield (Eastern Xianxia Cultivation)
A story of two c...
2021-07-26 06:39:16 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hi guys,
Here is the second choice among the two potential web serials. The winner will start publication right after the Perfect Run finishes. The poll will be updated tomorrow, after you have the time to see the two choices.
Without further ado, I present you: Sword & Shield!
Art by Emiliano Cortes.
![]()
2021-07-25 08:52:07 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hi guys,
Here is the first choice among the two potential web serials. The winner will start publication right after the Perfect Run finishes. The poll will be updated tomorrow, after you have the time to see the two choices.
Without further ado, I present you: Underland!
Art by Ricardo Emig.
2021-07-25 08:51:40 +0000 UTC
View Post
This loop would end like the previous one, in Sorrentos.
At least a horde of bloody mutants didn’t pursue Ryan this time around, but the realization left him bitter. He knew that causality had a tendency to reassert itself, and though the courier would break that chain of destruction, he had spent weeks, if not months in New Rome. He had befriended dozens of locals, heroes, and villains. Watching the city on fire again filled him with anger.
The courier hadn’t felt so determin...
2021-07-24 08:15:35 +0000 UTC
View Post
For a moment, Kairos thought he had misheard.
“Poseidon’s trident?” he repeated, shocked. “Mithridates is looking for Poseidon’s trident?”
“Not looking for it,” Aglaonice replied with a chuckle. “He already has a shard of it.”
“You lie,” Kairos said with a frown. “If Mithridates had the trident, he would already have sunk Lyce and Histria beneath the waves. If you want to see this weapon’s power, look out of the window.”
“I said a sh...
2021-07-24 08:15:27 +0000 UTC
View Post
Bianca farted all the way back to the Mechron submarine.
Proverbially of course, but Ryan couldn’t help but laugh at the sound she made each time she switched between gaseous and human form. Now, she was doing a live demonstration to the courier and the Carnival members deep in the submarine’s mess. Most of the group sat around white tables, while Mr. Wave prepared cocktails behind a short counter.
Bianca’s body, clothes included, turned into an orange cloud with a snap of h...
2021-07-20 07:57:26 +0000 UTC
View Post
Sitting on his throne of bones in his fortress’ great hall, Kairos dreamed of statues.
Watching the world through the eyes of his [Idols] was a strange experience. The Travian pirate had to meditate for a few minutes before he could enter the right state of mind. His body felt numb, his mind surrounded by darkness. In this void he saw two stars, each of them a lens through which he could observe the world.
Through the first one, Kairos watched Histria’s temple with multiple ey...
2021-07-20 07:57:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
Psychos had been a fact of life for fifteen years.
Ryan had visited hundreds, if not thousands of communities through his long existence, and almost all of them shared the same tales. Maddened monsters attacking them at night, mutants hiding in sewers, raiders attacking their Genome defenders, or fools trying to imitate Augustus only to come up short.
Psychos had collectively killed the courier many times, coming in as a close second behind traffic accidents. His adoptive father B...
2021-07-17 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
The party had to shatter twenty statues by the time they reached the hallway’s end, and as Nessus predicted, four of them tried to kill the adventurers.
A hydra of stone had risen, alongside a chimera, a skeletal warrior, and a griffin. Kairos had felt quite guilty when he smashed that one. Thankfully, none of the animated representations had their inspirations’ powers. Their rocky bodies had made them difficult to damage, and they kept fighting until shattered into rubble, but the ...
2021-07-17 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
Prepare for a dragon-approved tale, featuring...
Vainqueur!
Friendship!
...
2021-07-15 09:45:07 +0000 UTC
View Post
The room erupted into chaos the moment time resumed.
Red lasers and space-piercing bullets faced shockwaves, solar flares, streams of pressurized water, and a storm of glass. Yet it was a kung-fu-powered bear that made the most spectacular contribution, smashing through the Alchemist clones’ barricades right after Mr. Wave. The Panda pulverized two clones while leaking blood from half a dozen lasers, transforming back and forth to regenerate, always staying on the move to avoid a fata...
2021-07-13 07:48:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
It took until nightfall for Andromache to finish examining Hades’ Gate, as the men nicknamed it.
During that time, Kairos’ soldiers had established a rudimentary fortified camp, digging a ditch and raising a wooden palisade. Kairos and Rook had followed Aglaonice to the observatory above the dungeon’s entrance, to check on her lair. It had been what the Travian had expected from a sphinx’s abode, a set of chambers carved in stone and richly decorated in scrolls, gemston...
2021-07-13 07:47:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
