Enjoy the chapter :)
Have a nice night!
-Plum
19 – Predator
Andy’s spear almost caught on the sliding door track, but as he stumbled back, he kept his grip. He whirled, thinking someone had been in the house with the shotgun-toting woman, but it was Lucy who’d pulled him inside. Th...
2025-04-02 23:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy today's chapter :)
-Plum
24 – Setting Course
The bird’s speed was almost as terrifying to Ward as the painful grip it had around his torso. It was taking him deep into the gardens, leaving his friends behind, and he had serious doubts about their ability to find each other again, assuming he wasn’t eaten. H...
2025-04-02 20:01:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers! Loved the feedback from the last chapter. I realize some of you aren't happy with the way this is going. I hope you'll be patient and read to the end of the book to see if you come around. This hasn't been a plotline that I ventured into lightly. I think it'll be good in the end, though.
FAIR WARNING: Not everything is resolved in...
2025-04-01 16:35:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The time has come for the final announcement that a Cyber Dreams book is being released. 😭😭
I'm happy to get this book into readers' hands, but I'm also melancholy today. I really loved this series. I grew to care about the characters a great deal, and, well . . . I don't know, it's a weird feeling. These aren't real people, but they feel real to me, you know? Anyway, I think things...
2025-04-01 10:49:11 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy today's chapter! Thanks, as always, for your support! :)
-Plum
23 – Icarus
As they progressed through the gardens, Ward contemplated Grace’s words. Could she be right? Could that water have awakened something in him? Wouldn’t he have felt it if his dreadmarked bloodline had advanced? Whenever his lycan bloo...
2025-03-31 20:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostHere's another chapter. :)
Thanks for all the feedback so far!
-Plum
18 – Ranch-Style
“You found your voice?” Andy stepped away from the minotaur’s corpse, walking toward Lucy.
“Yes,” she whispered, reaching up to massage her throat with her fingers and th...
2025-03-30 23:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostI gotta tell you folks, I've known how this book was going to go from the beginning (not always the case for me), but I've been dreading it. It wasn't that I dreaded the plotline; it's that I'm worried I can't pull it off the way it's in my head. I read and reviewed this chapter about four times, and I think I'm there, but I hope it hits for you guys. Um, the next part wil...
2025-03-30 16:04:44 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter! :)
Also, enjoy your Saturday!
Thanks for all of your support!
-Plum
16 – Intelligence
Tony spoke into the comms, watching his name blink on the little HUD that Glitch had set up for the team. The text of his words scrolled out beside i...
2025-03-29 18:06:09 +0000 UTC View PostA little late delivery for you this lovely Friday. Here you go, though - hot off the presses!
See you tomorrow with another chapter! :)
-Plum
15 – Dog Pack
While the van’s AI drove them through the district, Tony turned the driver’s seat to face the cargo compartment. Addie was bac...
2025-03-28 22:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostLove the feedback! Some great ideas and suggestions so far :)
Thank you!
Plum
17 – Voice
“This can’t be real,” Eduardo was saying as Andy approached the gate. “That means something like three billion people died yesterday! Three billion!” He threw h...
Enjoy the chapter . . . lots more to come in this arc.
Cheers,
Plum
36 – Into the Fray
Victor strode purposefully down the corridors of his palace with Bryn and Arona hurrying to keep pace. He hadn’t explained anything yet. He knew better than to speak openly about Lohanse’s warnin...
2025-03-27 18:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Everyone! Thanks for all of the feedback so far! I'm trying to accomplish a few things by entering the genre of System Apocalypse:
I'm trying to have fun. I like this kind of story.
As you all have experienced, reading a novel often leaves a person wanting - why didn't the author focus on X or why did th...
2025-03-26 18:23:36 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, folks! I hope you enjoy the chapter. Sorry again for missing one this week!
-Plum
22 – Fantasy or Prophecy
“I was mostly joking, Trent,” Ward said, watching the other man sit down with his back to the fountain, a cup of the supposedly magical water in one hand. “You don’t have to go first.”
<... 2025-03-26 13:50:55 +0000 UTC View PostHope you all enjoy this one :)
Have a great night!
-Plum
15 – We’re Going to be Alright
Andy sat on the stoop of his trailer, looking out onto the dark, wind-blown park. He could see the corpse of the gorilla-pug, but, thankfully, he couldn’t smell it; the breeze was blowing away from him. He sipped one of the lukewarm beers that had survived his binge the n...
2025-03-25 21:13:52 +0000 UTC View PostGood afternoon, dear readers! Enjoy the chapter! Things are coming together, but it's a big, complicated mess. Hopefully, I can keep stuff from spilling out the seams.
As for me, I'm doing pretty well today! Woke up with good energy, and my heart seems to have calmed down. I do suffer from anxiety, and I have been steadily increasing my caffeine intak...
2025-03-25 18:07:29 +0000 UTC View PostDear Vainglory readers - I'm sorry about this, but I just can't finish today's chapter today. I went to the doctor for a routine review of my bloodwork (thyroid condition), and my heart rate was super elevated. It wouldn't come down, so I had to wait around for an EKG, and even though it was normal, they were like, "Do you want to go to the emergency room?" and I was like, "Uh, no."
But a...
2025-03-24 20:21:33 +0000 UTC View PostAppreciate you folks who are reading :) Love the feedback!
-Plum
14 - Boon
They were a good twenty paces from the haphazard queue—more of a cluster, really—of trailer park residents waiting to speak to Eduardo, but a couple of kids noticed what Andy had done and were wandering over. “Lucy, see if you can d...
2025-03-23 19:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter. I know some of you are just tired of this arc, tired of Victor dealing with this curse, etc. I get it, but I've had a vision for how this book will go since it started, and I'm going to stick with it. I hope the payoff in the end will make it all worthwhile. In the meantime, I think it's been great for the growth of Victor's character.
I know, this weekend's chapters are pretty slow. I think a lot of relationship-building and some fun background lore got filled in, though.
Thanks for reading :)
-Plum
14 – Losttech
As Addie's consciousness spread into the drone, and she felt the familiar hooks—a word she’...
2025-03-22 17:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostLoving all the feedback; thank you!
Have a fun Friday night!
-Plum
13 – System Node
Andy looked around the assembled crowd of trailer park residents. James and another man had brought out their camp lanterns so there was plenty of light, especially now that the storm clouds had moved o...
2025-03-21 23:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you enjoy this little interlude. :)
Happy Friday and see you tomorrow with another ND installment!
-Plum
13 – Cozy
Addie sat on the well-worn couch at the center of Glitchwitch’s very cluttered apartment. Tony was beside her, but he was distracted, reviewing the recon data wit...
2025-03-21 18:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter has had a few revisions, so let me know if something doesn't make sense. Thanks for all the feedback so far :)
-Plum
12 – A Whole New World
“When the System came to your planet, it brought with it the flows of mana that make its existence possible. Mana is a potent substance—a catalyst, an ene...
2025-03-20 19:01:50 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's delivery :)
I hope you enjoy it!
-Plum
33 – Almost Too Scary
Victor wasn’t sure what to expect in the dungeon this time around as far as gaining levels went. Advancement had felt increasingly slow since he’d crossed into the upper half of tier eight, aside from his i...
2025-03-20 15:41:42 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, last notification spam from me today. After this chapter, we've wrapped up the introduction arc for Andy in the Apocalypse. What do you all think so far? You've known Andy for more than 20k words now. How do you feel about him? Any feedback would be so appreciated! :)
Have a great night!
-Plum
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2025-03-19 22:38:56 +0000 UTC View Post10 – Wins and Losses
Andy glanced at the giant spider, afraid it might have heard their whispers, but it was still engrossed in its feeding—or tenderizing. As quickly and quietly as he could, he padded across the lane to crouch beside the big bearded guy. “You guys have the, uh, quest, too?”
“To clear out the park?”
Andy didn’t think that was precisely what the q...
2025-03-19 22:36:19 +0000 UTC View Post9 – Someone’s Gotta Do It
When Andy slipped out of James’s trailer, he was struck by conflicting emotions. On the one hand, he was happy to have helped the older man and his grandson, and he was thankful for the spear and snack, but on the other hand, he was freaking out. What the hell was going on? Were they being invaded by aliens? How could a “System” just come ...
2025-03-19 22:35:14 +0000 UTC View Post8 – Tinker
Andy’s shoulder throbbed, and his breathing was ragged from the extended cat and mouse he’d been playing with the monstrous man. Even so, he managed to fend him off with the broken mop handle and the various environmental obstacles in Larry and Tina’s trailer. The stab wound he’d inflicted had driven the bear-like humanoid into a killing frenzy, but it was taking a to...
2025-03-19 22:33:53 +0000 UTC View Post7 – Unfair Fate
Another thump led Andy to the first door on the right. He had to assume it was the bathroom, which made him realize that Larry might have been at least partially telling him the truth about Tina. He’d said he’d locked her in there, right? Andy didn’t want to open the door, but he wanted to see what he was dealing with, so he hurried back to the kitchen and dug thro...
2025-03-19 22:32:26 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! A few more are coming tonight.
6 – Corrupted
Andy crept through the drizzling rain, keeping close to his trailer, peering into the near-dark of the storm. He focused on Larry and Tina’s trailer. Distantly, thunder cracked, and flickers of lightning gave his vision momentary clarity. He could see a figure moving from window to window in there—someone peering ...
2025-03-19 22:31:07 +0000 UTC View PostThings are getting interesting (I hope!). . .
5 – Warden
After reading the messages from the System, Andy quietly moved from window to window in his little trailer, peering out into the park. He wanted to know where the other gorilla-dog went, but he also wanted to know what else he was up against. It was still drizzling out there, and the cl...
2025-03-19 22:29:42 +0000 UTC View Post