Here's today's chapter! Thanks for reading and supporting :)
See you with more of Ward's adventures on Wed.
-Plum
14 – Thoughts on Mortality
Ward wasn’t sure about the etiquette of a duel, but he knew he wasn’t feeling charitable. In his mind, as soon as he’d “...
2025-02-24 16:17:30 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter :)
Hope you're having a nice day~
-Plum
23 – Crucible Redux
Victor stood atop a mound of monstrous corpses, watching as Arona fired a beam of sunlight from her outstretched staff, obliterating a great swath of the army that surrounded them. Her eyes b...
2025-02-23 16:10:29 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your Saturday chapter!
If you hate seeing how the sausage is made, please don't read the next paragraph :)
I'm trying to illustrate Tony's internal conflict in this chapter and also give the reader a clue that he's starting to pluck at the scabs, coming to grips with the idea that he's got things to deal with. I ...
2025-02-22 18:07:08 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter :)
Hope you all have a great weekend - I'll have another chapter for you tomorrow!
-Plum
5 – What Operators Do
As they slipped out of the cab into the dark, neon-lit parking lot of the Mirror Box Motel, Addie held her pack open and carefully guided Hu...
2025-02-21 14:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter, my dear readers. See you Sunday :)
-Plum
22 – Mount Ember
Valla led Victor through her mother’s palace to the manicured gardens behind it, and they walked together for several minutes in silence. When Victor felt like they were a reasonable distance from the palace and the nosy p...
2025-02-20 17:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter, Vainglory folks :)
Thanks for reading and supporting!
-Plum
13 – Life in the City
Ward found Doctor Croix’s office easily enough; all he had to do was hand the card with the address to a cab driver, and then, five minutes later, he was being droppe...
2025-02-19 18:31:09 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! Happy Tuesday :)
-Plum
21 – Bargaining
When Victor and Arona were shown into an opulent dining room with an amazing fifty-foot polished table crafted from a single slab of wood at its center, he was a little disturbed to see Rellia’s servants setting out plates and silverware for four. ...
2025-02-18 20:16:12 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're not familiar with Royal Road, it's totally free to read. I'd sure appreciate it if you made a free account and gave me a follow and maybe rated the story if you like it, though. Here's the link and the blurb:
In 22nd-c...
2025-02-18 18:32:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for reading :)
Hope everyone has a great week!
-Plum
12 – A Surprise Benefactor
Ward and Haley were given quarters on the fourth floor of the central Assembly Hall tower—the Visionary Tower. Ward had learned that the three enormous marble statues atop the towe...
2025-02-17 20:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your Sunday delivery :)
Enjoy!
-Plum
20 – Just Passing Through
Wincing a little, resisting the urge to rub the nagging, burning, itching ache in his chest, Victor twisted the key in his miniaturized vault and set it down in the center of his study. As it steamed...
2025-02-16 17:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! I thought this was a fun chapter. Hope you like :) :)
-Plum
4 – Tailing
Addie followed Tony to the back of Dino’s, where an area sectioned off by tall shelves full of all manner of components was set aside for the store’s inventory of autonomous and operator-controlled robotics. She a...
2025-02-15 15:47:47 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Friday! :)
Enjoy the chapter. I was up early (thanks, sweet doggo who's scared of thunder) a lot last week, so this one is done early. I might get an extra one done between today and tomorrow. We'll see!
I'm so grateful for all your support! I hope you're having as much fun with this story as I am. 2025-02-14 13:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy the chapter :) See you Sunday with the next!
-Plum
19 – Getting Organized
Victor spent the rest of the afternoon watching Arona experiment with his new teleportation array. He was interested, of course, but he was in a sour mood, uncomfortable, and too mentally distracted to really help. While ...
2025-02-13 16:35:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, folks! Hope you enjoy :)
Next Vainglory chapter is Monday.
-Plum
11 – Hearing
As he waited for the committee hearing to begin, Ward stood still and observed the Assembly members who would be hearing his testimony. The central figure, who had spoken earlier ...
2025-02-12 20:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy today's chapter :)
Thanks for reading and supporting!
-Plum
18 – Fire Tempers Steel
Florent peered through a square he made with his thumbs and forefingers, staring at the mote of void Energy slowly devouring Victor’s flesh. The cursed ball of nothing seemed to be almost stable, Victor’s regeneration holding it at bay, bu...
2025-02-11 18:37:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! I'm trying to balance three stories right now, and it's going okay, but I'm going to shift things around a little. Here's the plan:
Mon and Wed - Vainglory chapters
Tues, Thurs, Sun - Victor of Tucson chapters (back to how it used to be)
Fri and Sat - Neon Dust chapters
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2025-02-10 18:34:16 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Hope you enjoy the chapter :)
See you in a couple of days with another!
-Plum
10 – Assembly Hall
When they checked into the Argent Key, considering how much they’d saved by being able to sell off their original living ship tickets, Ward and Haley didn’t fe...
2025-02-10 18:20:44 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks. In preparation for book 7's release on KU, I had to remove the chapters from RR and Patreon. I'll put this unedited manuscript here until the books go live!
Thanks for all of your support!
-Plum
Enjoy the chapter :)
Thanks for all of your support!
-Plum
2 – Fixer
Addie felt a little nervous walking into the Ninety-Nine. It was a club she’d heard of, but she’d always associated it with dangerous people—banger shot-callers, mercs who took contracts for cor...
2025-02-09 20:09:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! I guess I'm writing book two, hehe. The story is doing "all right" on Royal Road - not exactly speeding its way up the lists or anything, but not terrible. I'd hoped more Cyber Dreams readers would be interested in it, but I guess it's different enough that it's not grabbing too many of those folks.
Anyway, I said when I started writing th...
2025-02-08 19:22:43 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! Thanks for reading and for all the support :)
-Plum
9 – Ordo Caelus
Ward had only just cleared the Proving Gate walls and was walking out onto the soaring marble pier when Haley broke free from one of the crowds and charged toward him. Her leather-clad feet slapping on the marble, ...
2025-02-07 21:28:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you like the artist's rendition of Victor in his Book 9 gear, hehe. I think it's pretty cool.
Here we go, folks! A little more action and some other tidbits. I love the discussions, lol. We'll see how things shake out, but definitely keep those predictions and questions coming.
Enjoy~
-Plum
17 – Triumphant Return
As a horrific scream split the air, Victor pushe...
2025-02-06 19:40:44 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter, folks!
-Plum
8 – Dreadmarked
The long, dim corridor ended in a T junction, and on the left, a set of closed bronze gates barred passage. With no other option, Ward turned right and followed the corridor to another such junction. This one was barred on the right, so he turned left, ...
2025-02-05 19:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter :)
-Plum
16 – The Void
Victor stood before his ready gate, fists clenched around Lifedrinker’s haft, leaning heavily on the mighty axe as he fought to push doubt from his mind and focus on a strategy. At the meeting to discuss terms, he’d been disappointed to find King Rogan Bay...
2025-02-04 21:35:19 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter! I thought I'd get farther than this, but the descriptions kept getting away from me. :) We'll see what happens on Wednesday!
Enjoy~
-Plum
7- The Proving Gate
The living ship was due to make its descent mid-morning local time on Primus, which was t...
2025-02-03 19:30:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! This is my announcement that Neon Dust is now officially released on Royal Road - the first 20k words are already up and ready for your viewing pleasure!
If you've been following me as a free member, waiting for my next cyberpunk project, this is it. I'll post the blurb under the cover art here:2025-02-02 22:37:03 +0000 UTC
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Enjoy! Hope you enjoyed this first installment of Addie and Tony's adventures in the Neon Dust setting. :)
I'd love to hear your feedback here and also your suggestions/wishes for what will come next in the story. That said, be sure you read the chapter before you look at the comments, as I bet there will be spoilers! :)
Enjoy! One more chapter before we wrap up Book One. Maybe I'll get it done today, but it'll probably come tomorrow. We'll see :)
-Plum
45 – Facing Feelings
By the time they dropped Beef off with Doc Peters and took the cab back to Bert’s shop, the eastern skyline was already brightening with...
2025-02-01 18:52:32 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a Friday bonus chapter to start your weekend off right :)
Enjoy!
Probably two slightly shorter chapters this weekend, and then Book 1 will be done.
Thanks for reading and for all the feedback you've given me :)
-Plum