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Siraaks, the Bridgebuilder - by Meklab

Our boi Meklab is back again with another awesome 3D animation, this one featuring a female Eliksni (Fallen) from the Destiny series. I ended up doing a short story to accompany it, which features Siraaks and her Guardian friend enjoying a little downtime while out on patrol in the EDZ.

Hi-rez animation with accompanying story:

https://scrungusbungus.wixsite.co...

SWAR Operative Concept Art

Here's some concept art for SWAR, the first of three special forces pieces, provided by SickJoe: https://www.deviantart.com/sickjoe 

This particular fellow is a quadruple amputee with some fancy prosthetics, a hidden blade that probably isn't regulation, and a rather provocative decal on his helmet. With an XMH configured as a machine pistol, he's ready to do some close quarters fighting, or perhaps board th...

Valbaran Plush Toy Design

Interest in merch was higher than I expected, so I'm moving to create designs and find manufacturers for some of the top picks. Here's the design I'm proposing for the Valbaran plush toy, which was provided by Malvear, and you can check out more of his work over here: https://www.malvear.art/

Merch Poll

Merchandise is something I've been thinking about for a while, and I'm at a point where certain projects are becoming feasible. While mugs and t-shirts are very easy to create, I also want to produce merch that makes you feel like you're holding something from the stories in your hands. These wouldn't be large runs designed to make a massive profit, they'd be more intended as small keepsakes for fans.

I had some ideas for merch that I've listed below, all of which are currently possible...

Goetic Justice - The Audiobook - DRM-free Download

The Goetic Justice audiobook is live! For Patrons at the Broker tier, you have access to a direct download link to the raw MP3 files, which are completely DRM-free. You can toss these on any media player or device and listen to them at your leisure with no accounts or apps necessary. I've also included the full-rez alts for the cover as a little bonus.

As per the poll, I'll be delivering these via MEGA. There's a link, then a decryption key (basically a password) that you'll ha...

Goetic Justice - The Audiobook

The Goetic Justice audiobook is ready to launch! This is a professionally produced audiobook with a runtime of over seven hours that was developed in collaboration with the voice actress Bordeaux Black of Subverse fame. Blending elements of radio drama and special effects with traditional narration, Bordeaux leverages her background in musical theater and opera to bring the characters to life, from the distorted voices of terrifying demons to the sultry binaural whisperings ...

The Autumn War Editing Phase

Now that all of the versions of Goetic Justice on the various stores and websites are up to parity, and I've had a bit of a rest, I'm beginning editing work on the Autumn War. I'm aiming for a schedule of 20,000 words a day, with an ETA of 26 days, but due to the extreme length of the story, I will likely need to take rest days here and there to prevent burnout. As such, it will almost certainly end up a little longer than that estimate.

The Goetic Justice audiobook has passed quality c...

Fanart Drop

Here's another collection of fanart pieces that readers have submitted recently. I always love seeing this stuff, so keep them coming!

The first one we have today is a really impressive Jump Freighter made from Lego, which was submitted by DapperTrapinch. He included a little animation of the ship being constructed, as well as a more detailed render with lighting effects, which you can see below:

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Goetic Justice (2022) Free Ebooks

Here are the free editions of Goetic Justice in EPUB and MOBI formats, which have been updated to my current standard of quality. They feature extensive edits, improvements, and a little extra content when compared to the previous version of the story.

The website page has also been updated with the new story and alternate download links:

https://snekguy.com/stories/goetic-justice/goetic...

Goetic Justice Retail Ebooks (2022)

Here are the revised Retail Ebooks for Goetic Justice, re-edited and expanded to bring them up to my current standards of quality. These come with the cover, an in-line table of contents, enhanced typesetting and reflow for e-readers, and other special features. If you bought these on Amazon or Smashwords, they will be updated to the new version automatically.

This lovely cover was provided by Oouna, and you can find more of their content over here:
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Progress Update

The audiobook has been uploaded to the distributor and is waiting to go through quality control. Once that's done, I can officially launch it. The new MEGA file repository is also ready to go, as is the updated version of the ebook with the rewrite and the new cover. I uploaded the new version to Amazon and Smashwords, so if you own a copy on there, it should be updated automatically within 72 hours. I'll upload the new version to the Patreon and the site tomorrow, as it's pretty late now. I'...

The Autumn War is Finished!

After a full year in the making, The Autumn War is finally finished! It clocks in at an eye-watering 514,414 words. I estimate that it will take approximately 26 days to edit, so we're on the final stretch. If you've been patient thus far, I recommend waiting just a little longer before jumping in so that you can read the most polished version.

I never really intended for the story to get this large, I just did what felt right and gave the characters all of the development that...

Audiobook Delivery Methods

I've been thinking about how I deliver audiobooks to you guys, and wanted to get your opinions. Due to a combination of my slow upload speed and Patreon's less than stellar upload manager (or lack thereof), I'm not able to upload the complete, zipped audiobooks to Patreon. They always stall out or lose connection before they finish.
For Pinwheel, I used Dropbox, which worked okay, but didn't really justify the subscription fee. I've been looking at other options ready for the Goetic Justic...

I Made a Twitter

After many, many requests, I have finally caved and made a Twitter page. I'm not much of a social media guy, and I'll only be using it for business-related stuff, primarily networking with other creators and reaching out to artists for commission work. That said, is there anything that you guys would like to see on the Twitter page? I'll certainly be posting large updates there like book releases and...

Kofe's Boudoir

Here's a large, steaming-hot mug of Kofe that comes courtesy of Oouna, who has once again outdone themselves. The levels of fluff are off the charts on this one, and I love the detail on the fur patterning. One might imagine that this is the sight Miller is often greeted with when returning from his shift with a suitably large offering of takeout. Big thanks to ShinyUmbreon for commissioning this piece.

You can check out the NSFW version on the website over 2022-04-13 21:22:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Sunny and her Jarilan Warrior

Here's some awesome concept art of Sunny and her Type-Three Warrior from The Autumn War.

The Type-Three is a lighter and more mobile chassis than traditional Betelgeusian Warrior suits, but it doesn't make much of a tradeoff when it comes to armor and firepower. This Jarilan variant is equipped with a claw cannon that can fire streams of boiling plasma, doubling as a deadly melee weapon, along with a shoulder-mounted 30mm railgun of the kind commonly mounted on UNN armored vehicles. To ...

Borealan Redesign

Due to popular demand, the Borealans have been redesigned, and you can find a re-edit of Pinwheel featuring the new concept art by following the link.

Widow's Welcome Cover

Here's the book cover for Widow's Welcome, featuring Moira and her snappy dress. This is another one by our friend SickJoe, and you can find more of his stuff on his page over here: https://www.deviantart.com/sickjoe 

He's doing a cool series of eldritch monsters at the moment that you guys should definitely check out. 

Audiobook Update

I am now in possession of the final preview for the Goetic Justice Audiobook! The only task remaining now is to give the full thing one final listen through to check for errors and sign off on it. The Audiobook is approximately seven hours long, so I’m hoping I can get it all done in a day, accounting for pauses to make notes, but we’ll see.

In any case, it’s very close to being ready to share!

Arctic Valbaran by Creature_ish

Here's a lovely rendition of the arctic variety of Valbaran, complete with her coat of proto-feathers. Valbarans who come from the Northern regions of the planet developed an insulating covering to help protect them from the cold climate, which as a side effect, makes them extremely fluffy.

I dunno why the Valbarans are popping off at the moment, but I'm loving the artwork you guys are sharing, and it makes me very happy to know that you enjoyed the stories enough to want to draw your o...

Modular XMH Sheet

Here's the finished sheet for the XMH, the X-Species Modular Handgun fielded by the Coalition. They're commonly used as service pistols, but with enough modification, they can be made to fill roles like PDWs, carbines, and machine pistols. I've combined this with the previous XMR sheet, as most of the parts are cross-compatible.

We'll certainly be expanding this in the future with even more options, some tweaks and improvements, and maybe some non-bullpup versions too. I recomm...

Fanart Drop

Today we have three fanart submissions by three different readers. As always, thank you guys for submitting your stuff, it always makes my day. Above, we have a fan concept for the type-two Jarilan Warrior, which I included in The Autumn War. This one was submitted by someone who prefers to remain anonymous.

Then, we have this lovely portrait of a Valbaran, which was submitted by reader Quake-1. I'm gonna have to start printing these out and putting them on my fridge o...

The Autumn War Tetralogy

Tetralogy? Quadrilogy? I dunno, but here are all four finished covers for the Autumn War shown back to back.

Volume 1: Invasion
Volume 2: Remnants
Volume 3: Defiance
Volume 4: Succession

Once these are all edited and finished, I'll be releasing them at weekly intervals while I work on editing some older content. That should give you all time to read them between releases and ensure that there's not too much of a content drought while I get the other stories that ...

The Autumn War Volume III Cover

Here's the third cover for the Autumn War series, which is now going to number four volumes! I moved the tank-themed one to be volume four, since those events happen closer to the end. The story is now at 430,000 words and counting, and it will be split into four sections when it release, each numbering over 120,000 words each, so about the average length of one of my novels. The end is in sight, I'm writing the last big scene now, and then there's just the epilogue to go. This ended...