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Steelforged Legacy 3: Defiant Heart Audiobook LIVE!

Hey All! Just got notice that Steelforged Legacy Book 3: Defiant Heart just went live for Audible! Check out the adventures of Casey and Maude (with more mischief from Magnus)!

Please, if you pick it up, leave a rating/review. Every bit helps with these ones. Do it for Magnus, so the gassy ass has mercy on poor Casey!

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

“So to put it simply, you want me to travel out to the Silent Plains village to meet with other tribal representatives? And all of this as the snows are beginning to come down from the mountains?” Koda asked, leaning his elbows on his knees and raising an eyebrow while he stared at Cyrus.

The cougar beastfolk grimaced but nodded.

“The winter is a time for the tribes to sit and discuss things,” Cyrus explained. “I know Samira will have b...

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Sevrax Concept Art

Okay, so after how much fun folks had with these buggers from Monster Girls In Space 6: Proportional Response, I had to get some art done of their derpy selves. Just imagine something like this the size of a potato and you'll get Gus and the girls. (note, this is just their sub-breed of the Sevrax species. There are lots of them, like with dogs. Some with more spines, some with less. Some with longer spines, some without. Some with more than the stubby little tail.)

Waited a bit longer ...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 171

As I was coming to expect for Valda, the lizard-folk woman came in as she’d promised and we’d hoped. As soon as was feasibly possible, she’d arranged a small expeditionary force of sixty of her warriors and ten of the Juneau student mages who were both capable and willing to take the chance of field experience.

I’d been alternating between spending time with the girls on their guard rotations, back home on Earth further excavating my house, and working on more jewelry pieces to ...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

The temperature dropped while Koda and Samira wended their way through the forest. Clouds had gathered on the horizon all day, looming over the nearby mountains like a threatening hand waiting to strike down, but holding itself at bay for the moment—but only for the moment.

Samira had spent the last hour chattering away about different subjects, most of them being stories and legends that she’d heard of regarding the origins of her species and the ...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 170

The next few days were busy while the girls trained and I discussed a potential contract with Valda. I liked the lizard-folk woman, her no-nonsense attitude and the help she’d given me early on had gone a long way to improving my ability to protect my girls. So I had no problem forming a guardian contract with her, but she was the one hesitating more as it would require her to break her contract with the salamander and give up the boost to her fire magic that she’d gotten from it.

W...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Koda did his best to explain to the newcomers from the other tribes what had happened.

Apparently, while Vysin had given them general information about Koda and the champion’s exploits, he hadn’t really divulged much beyond that. To the point that he’d even concealed the presence of Arthene in their group.

Actually seeing the shrine that had been formed in the Last Fang Cave had swayed Jordan over, and the prospect of meeting a primal spirit ...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 169

The rushing sensation of dimensional travel ended just as abruptly as it began, depositing me in a familiar room, right in front of my grinning summoners.

Deciding for once to act first, I didn’t say anything and lunged forward with my arms spread wide. Kassandra managed a squeal of surprise before I yanked my dwarf lamia up into the air in a princess-carry and spun in a circle.

Instinctively, the girl’s serpentine coils wrapped around my hips and squeezed tight in surprise. I...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Samira took off down the road at a dead sprint. One moment she was walking at a normal and respectable pace, and the next she was tearing down the road in long strides. Her cloak billowed and flapped behind her, cracking in the sudden wind of her passage.

The enthusiasm that the caracal woman displayed brought a smile to Koda’s face, and he bounded after her with a grin. Rather than let his cloak billow though, Koda swept it to one side to bundle it up...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 168

The girls spent the next several hours talking over plans, discussing ideas, and circling the map as they tried to piece together the clues that I’d been able to collect to match the information that Valda already had.

Most of the conversation was dominated by Rieka and Valda, as they had the most authority there, but Jane and Kassandra chipped in where they could based on their historical knowledge. It wasn’t until several hours after the fact that Shayla suggested the copper map t...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

After Arthene’s little ceremony with the new weapons, the group broke up to go about their daily tasks.

Hans headed for the mines, eager to test out his new mattock with Calandra in tow, as the dwarven woman was intent on checking out one of the mining galleries to see if it could play host to her winter weapons training plans. Sienna, Netta, and Hannah headed to the carpenters in search of a shaft to mount Sienna’s new spearhead on. Todd set out on ...

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Monster Girls in Space 6: Proportional Response Live!

Monster Girls in Space book 6 is now live on Amazon!

I hope you all enjoy it and please leave a review/rating if you do!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL6SF6QZ

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 167

“The idea that this is a military installation already concerns me,” Valda murmured, her eyes boring into me intensely. “But what else could be in there that has you so worried?”

I didn’t respond immediately, instead glancing at Rieka meaningfully. My beautiful princess stared back, her ice-blue eyes distant as she thought, staring but not seeing.

“Rieka?” I said quietly to get her attention, and Rieka snapped back to reality. It was actually rather cute, since her e...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Koda sighed and shifted against the pillow under his head so that it supported his neck more. The gentle lapping of the warm water against his chest was so soothing after the long day out in the wind and growing chill.

While his resistance to the changing temperatures was strong enough that he barely noticed the cold, it was still there and worming its way into his bones. The hot dinner and lively conversation with his mates and friends had taken the edg...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Night had fully fallen by the time that Koda left Kris’ home and returned to his. The night air nipped at his face, but didn’t really bother him besides reminding him that it was cold out.

I wonder how resistant to cold and heat I am as a champion? Koda thought as he strode along the back streets of Silverstone. I noticed that it doesn’t really affect me as much, but how much of that is the effects of Thera’s blessing, and how much i...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Nightfall was wrapping its velvet cloak around the village of Silverstone by the time Koda and Sienna returned. The chill bite to the air had only gotten stronger as the afternoon slowly expired and evening came to replace it. While the couple had enjoyed their brief interlude in the forest, the heat of the chase and their thick cloaks having kept them warm enough, both were ready to get some rest.

“I’ll go make sure dinner is started,” Sienna offe...

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Lost Bloodline 4 - Chapter 1

Okay folks! Here's the newest set of pre-release chapters for Lost Bloodline book 4. It's set to release 9.23, so these pre-release chapters will be going up on the M/F schedule until 9.19 with a double chapter on 9.19 and them all coming down 9.22 for the official Amazon release.
Hope you all enjoy Koda's next set of adventures, which will be a bit more slice-of-life and chill as the coming of winter means he can't get up to any trouble.
Right?

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Chapter 1...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 166

The captive bandit leader was happy to ramble on at length about a ‘sacred cavern’ on the far side of the mountains that held treasures and gifts of the ancestors. Apparently, it had been discovered decades ago, but it was only recently that the inner depths had opened to expose the weapons within.

I dragged every bit of information out of him that I could, but it became very obvious that the man’s strength was failing from his injuries. The fall had done more than just break his ...

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MGiS 6 - Proportional Response - Chapter 14

All right, this is the last chapter before the full release next week. I'll be pulling everything down on 8/18 to comply with Amazon's requirements for the publishing. Starting next week, we get into Lost Bloodline 4 for the teaser chapters!

Chapter 14

Bell explained it all to me. Her jealousy, the jealousy of the other crew, and how it had looked from the outside. And she asked me to forgive her for her jealousy. She hadn’t understood at th...

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MGiS 6 - Proportional Response - Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Two years and three months of Terra-Sol-3’s allotted ten years of time to prepare for integration have passed.

In that time, I have had to deal with three attempted assaults on my person, half a dozen death threats, and one idiot who thought it was a good idea to try and kill me.

As an aside, to whoever sent the assassin, you are quite lucky that he was successful in taking his own life before I could interrogate him.<...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 165

Over the next several days, the girls kept me pretty busy. And not just in bed, either. While each of my girls wanted time alone, they also made sure to give me more than a little bit of hell over getting directly hit by the odd weapon.

I couldn’t really argue with their concerns too much, since it was entirely possible that the fires of the weapon might be even more dangerous than I might have expected at first glance. Everything from a caustic chemical added to the fire, to it being...

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MGiS 6 - Proportional Response - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Look, when I told you to prioritize messages originating from Clan McLaughlin, I meant it! I don’t care that I was in a meeting.

By the time that I found the transmission notice on my desk, the opportunity window had already closed.

This is a deal between Clan Sire Desmond McLaughlin and the Irongrip Consortium. Not Adept McLaughlin in his capacity as a member of the Hegemony military. Frankly, I don’t care if his clan is...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 164

Arriving back in the bunkroom, the fact that I had Jane tucked into my side still was the only thing that saved me from being tackled by all three of my girls.

“Good to see you two are okay,” Rieka murmured. My princess had taken the time to change into her regular clothes since she had come back.

“Agreed, I feared the worst for a bit when I saw you carrying Jane…” Shayla murmured, her wings fluttering in concern. The moth-winged woman was still wearing her nightgown, th...

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Lost Bloodline 1 New Cover!

First of the new replacement covers for Lost Bloodline 1 and 2! I hope you all enjoy the reimagination of our 'sweet Sienna,' as Arthene calls her.

If you want to update the ebook/audible cover, it should happen automatically over the next few days/weeks as amazon trickles out updates. You might be able to force it by deleting and redownloading the files (make sure its just the 'Remove Download' and not the 'Permanently Delete').

Artist is gonna be getting started on bo...

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MGiS 6 - Proportional Response - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Research into this ‘cult’ continues apace. Our speed is not helped by the fanatic nature of many of its followers, or by how deep its roots slunk while we dealt with other issues.

As an aside, it never seems like we can recruit enough trusted people into the questers to keep up with the trouble that crops up. We can’t risk lowering the recruitment standards, but it feels like the overall situation is getting worse each year rather tha...

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PREORDER live! Monster Girls in Space 6 - Proportional Response! (Release 8.19!)

PREORDER Alert! - Monster Girls in Space 6 - Proportional Response is out on 8/19!

     After having foiled multiple assassination attempts during his training, fighting pirates, and encountering a group of terrorists bent on destroying entire solar systems. Desmond McLaughlin thought he’d have an easier time of it on official deployment.

     Which of course leads into an honor duel with another adept, more encounters with the terrorists, and learn...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 163

The next several days were both interesting and mind numbing for me. Since I was ‘just a summon’ rather than one of the students, I didn’t really have a whole lot to do unless there was something going wrong. So while the girls were taught the expectations of a mage supporting foot troops in a large engagement or defending a locale, I usually ended up relegated to training myself or relaxing with them.

Since it didn’t make sense for me to just bum around, I spent a fair bit of t...

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MGiS 6 - Proportional Response - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

I think that people are often confused by the dynamic between me and my Auntie Lo. She’s not actually my aunt, she’s my half-mother. But I always thought that sounded demeaning. How can you be half of a mother?

So instead, the woman who gave birth to me is my mother, and her sister-wives that circle my father are my aunts. It’s a personal thing, but apparently it confuses the heck out of some people.

Not Lee though, she...

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Summoned by Monster Girls - Chapter 162

By comparison to the Coldeye queendom, the lands held by the Ironclaw clan were relatively small. On a map, it looked rather impressive given the massive mountain range that took up a good sixty percent of the land mass, but that was largely uninhabitable due to the rough terrain.

From what Valda had told me, most of the larger towns and villages were nestled into the handful of secure valleys in those mountains that opened out into the plains, usually situated on the great mines that w...

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MGiS 6 - Proportional Response - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Life inside a space-ship was far more boring and day-to-day than most people realize.

We didn’t go racing from trouble to trouble, engaging in interstellar battles with a half-repaired ship twice a week, or swoop in to save someone from pirates every other day.

Like most jobs, it was long stretches of boring monotony, interspersed with bouts of tense nerves and tight deadlines.

Most of the days were routine, j...

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