Enjoy the chapter! Have a great weekend!
-Plum
40 – Birds of a Feather
The day after they questioned Keene and devised a rough plan of action, Haley led the captured horses to a village market outside Westview while Ward and Lisa made their way on foot to the city. Regardless of the malevolent entity...
2025-01-03 20:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostAnd we're back with a new Victor chapter! Thanks for your patience, everyone. :)
I hope you enjoy it; we're still sort of setting the stage for book 10, but I think it's kind of a fun chapter, anyway.
-Plum
7 – Gifts
As they descended toward the Shadeni settlement, Vic...
2025-01-02 19:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! Happy New Year! Here's today's delivery!
See you tomorrow with a new Victor of Tucson chapter.
-Plum
39 – Evil or Not
Ward looked into the stable stall, taking in the weird ritual preparations he and Lisa had done with Grace guiding them every step of ...
2025-01-01 18:25:30 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear Patrons and free members!
RavensDagger had the idea of a few of us RR cyberpunk writers collaborating on a little chapter to round out the year, and I couldn't refuse. It's nothing much, but we all wanted you, our readers, to know how much you mean to us. So, if it's not clear from the chapter, I just want to say: Thank you so much for reading and supporting my work an...
2024-12-31 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHere's another ND chapter! Please enjoy!
This'll probably be the last bonus chapter from my vacation. I have until the 1st to get back to work on my normal schedule, and I want to spend the next couple of days doing some plotting.
Hope you enjoyed the little infusion of cyberpunk!
-Plum 2024-12-29 21:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Love to hear your thoughts about this one when you're done. Specifically, does the "Aurora Gate" plotline make sense to you? And, how's the banter working with Tony and Addie? Is it fun, or is it getting irritating?
Thanks,
Plum
32 – Gateways
Addie watched Tony unload ...
2024-12-28 21:41:19 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy another ND bonus chapter, hehe.
Cheers,
Plum
31 – Hard News
Tony tucked his hands into the pockets of his tracksuit jacket and strolled down the street, still fiddling with his new AUI settings as he went. He had a mini-map open in the upper right-hand corner of ...
2024-12-27 19:09:43 +0000 UTC View PostHope you're all having a great week! Just a reminder: if you're waiting for a VoT or Vainglory chapter, we'll be back to our usual schedule on the 1st, and yes, I'm using this time off to plan and refresh my brain! :)
-Plum
30 – A Late Wake-up
“Mmph.” Addie stretched, arching her back and acciden...
2024-12-26 21:46:49 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas, everyone!
-Plum
29 – Banger Security Practices
By the time Tony slipped out of the shop again, it was three in the morning—still an hour before Golden’s opened their doors. He didn’t mind, though; he was full of pent-up energy and ready for a good, long run. The Blast was dange...
2024-12-25 16:37:15 +0000 UTC View PostYes, I'm cheating on my vacation again. Here's another chapter!
-Plum
28 – An Idea
Tony’s head was throbbing, and it felt like Beef was doing his best to hit every pothole in District Seventeen. Hanging onto the cargo strap with one hand, he reached up and probed the back of his head. Something...
2024-12-23 22:02:57 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the show :)
-Plum
27 – Banger Party
Beef turned to look over his shoulder—not a mean feat with his enormous neck—and motioned for Addie to hurry up. “Stay close!” She nodded, hurrying behind him, invisible behind his bulky black leather jacket, while the rest of his boys spread out insi...
2024-12-22 21:28:32 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a holiday bonus chapter! Enjoy :D
-Plum
26 – Ice Box
Beef’s apartment was in a building only two blocks from Addie’s, so she could already see the lights on his front stoop when he responded to her message. She slowed to a walk as she read what he had to say:
00:29 Randal...
2024-12-21 20:17:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you enjoy the chapter!
-Plum
38 – Passenger
Ward’s sister looked at him and frowned, folding her arms over her chest. “I understand why you think you need to lose yourself in your work,” she sighed, “but burying yourself in other people’s problems isn’t going to make Andrea change her mind.”
Ward looked up ...
2024-12-20 19:19:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter! I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks for all of your support!
-Plum
6 – Letters, Light, and Flight
Victor sat alone in his suite on a couch he was acutely aware Valla had chosen, purchased, and placed there. Tes had gone to bed, seemingly quite satisfied...
2024-12-19 19:10:37 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter!
Thanks for reading and for all the interesting comments :)
-Plum
37 – A Place to Plan
After sitting for twenty minutes or so, Ward decided he ought to coax his horse back to the road, and after that, he stood there staring toward the clump of scrub b...
2024-12-18 21:21:44 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your delivery! :)
Enjoy,
-Plum
5 – Domain
“I think I want to try the one from the dungeon book.” Victor and Tes had spent several days deciphering the strange elder magic book he’d gotten in the Iron Prison. At first, it seemed to have bits of patterns without a greater purpose—Energy direction nodes, Energy density weaves, Energy...
2024-12-17 18:06:03 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter! Thanks for reading and, of course, for all of your support. Hope everyone has a great week!
-Plum
36 – The Love of the Hunt
Ward leaped to the right, his powerful haunches launching him half a dozen yards in the flash of an eye. At the same time, the hunter’s crossbow twange...
2024-12-16 19:18:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Hope your weekend is going nicely. Enjoy another Neon Dust chapter. I'm going to stick with Troy's name for now, even though it seems to blend awfully well with "Tony" visually. We'll see - I might change it down the road.
Thanks,
-Plum
25 – Hot Water
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2024-12-15 18:35:20 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Saturday! Here's another installment in our Neon Dust story. Enjoy :)
-Plum
24 – Poor Communication
At first, Addie thought she was reacting to Zane’s expression—the sudden racing heart, her stomach roiling, threatening an upheaval of dates, chorizo, and margarita, and the weird flush of ho...
2024-12-14 19:15:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks - if you're a tier-2 supporter, be aware that I just wrapped up book 2 and will be taking Friday off before I continue with book 3 on Monday.
Thanks!
-Plum
35 – Hunting the Hunters
Ward crouched low in his makeshift blind, watching the hunting party approach ...
2024-12-13 19:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Hope you enjoy today's chapter! :)
Looking forward to hearing thoughts and theories about some "old friends." :)
Also, an important note: I'm going to do what I said when I finished up book 9 - I'm going to dial Victor of Tucson production down a little for a while. I'll keep posting new VOT chapters every ...
2024-12-12 18:32:51 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter!
Have a great day,
-Plum
34 – Fear
The road south of Westview sloped upward to highlands bordered by sheer cliffs that overlooked the sea. The ground was hard and rocky, and the only thing that set the road apart from the surrounding terrain were the ...
2024-12-11 18:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostHere's another chapter! Still ramping things up. I think you'll have fun with the next chapter I have planned. :)
-Plum
3 – Home Again
Victor found Bryn on the southern parade grounds outside his palace. Since Tes had arrived at Iron Mountain, he’d given his loyal guardian more free time—no need ...
2024-12-10 20:19:15 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter! Let me know if something doesn't make sense, please.
Have a great day :)
-Plum
33 – Misdirection
Ward set the four golden, hundred-glory coins on the table inside his and Haley’s new suite. Lisa stood nearby, and Ward could see that she was ne...
2024-12-09 20:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostA little lore, a little catching up on what Victor's been up to, and a bit of a nudge to move the story along. Hope you enjoy! :)
-Plum
2 – Venting
Victor flipped through the tome he’d come to think of as his “elder magic book,” amazed at the progress he’d made in the last few months. Azforat...
2024-12-08 20:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostHere's another chapter for you :)
See you later!
-Plum
23 – Show and Tell
The neighborhood around the NGT building was busy—the busiest in district seventeen. Skyscrapers abounded, but they all looked small in the shadow of the truncated megastructure. On the ground ...
2024-12-07 22:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your chapter! Enjoy :)
Have a great weekend, folks!
-Plum
32 – Paid in Blood
“…Ward! Ward, come on, breathe!”
The words drifted down to Ward like he was swimming underwater and someone was shouting at him from the edge of the pool. 2024-12-06 22:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the first chapter of book 10! Huzzah! Can't believe I'm working on the tenth VoT book, lol. Try to imagine you didn't just read the last chapter of book 9, and if you feel like it, let me know how this chapter works as a reminder about what's going on.
Thanks! See you Sunday, VoT readers.
-Plum
<... 2024-12-05 22:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
Thanks for reading :)
-Plum
31 – Uninvited
A gentle breeze wafted through Ward’s hair, making it dance and flutter over his forehead, and the tickling sensation woke him. When he opened his eyes, he felt rested and relaxed but was slightly startled to see gray...
2024-12-04 19:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! This chapter is nice and Juicy, clocking in at nearly 4500 words. So, please enjoy it, and we'll be starting book ten shortly.
I hope you enjoy the little surprise in this chapter. :)
-Plum
On wings of fiery rage, the Lava King soared through his domain, his blazing eyes...
2024-12-03 23:14:51 +0000 UTC View Post