Plum Parrot

Victor Readers - Some Upcoming Cover Art Peaks

Just a post for fun here. I ended up going with Earthshaker for book 7, even though it was 2nd place on the poll. I just felt like it fit really well, and I wanted to save the World Walker for a possible future title.

Now, the art—I'm not 100% happy with the depiction of Victor in the maw of the gargantuopod in Book 7. If you only read that chapter when I first posted it t...

Cyber Dreams 6.30 - Raising Alarms

Well, I have a treat for your weekend - almost 5k words in this chapter. I knew it was getting long, but I didn't want to split up this scene, so this is what we get :)

Cheers,

Plum

Juliet continued to smile at Kline, breathing deeply and slowly, trying to cool her body down—she’d been pus...

Victor 8.27 - Foothold

Hope you enjoy this bit of action - Thanks for all the feedback ;)

-Plum

At Lord Roil’s words, Victor nodded and channeled a little Energy into his armor, instantly girding himself in crimson and black scales, thick, red leather hide, and dense, deep-red, gleaming metal. Victor found the helmet strangely comfortable, and s...

Cyber Dreams 6.29 - Going Offensive

Well, today's chapter represents a turning point in the narrative. I hope you all enjoy it. Cheers!

-Plum

Rutger Tanaka dove behind a stack of crates, rolled, and came up in time to bisect the WBD corpo-sec officer before she could bring her SMG to bear. He heard gunfire, recognized the staccato pffts of Leo’...

Victor 8.26 - Gird Yourself

Thanks for reading! Thanks for all the feedback and support. Just a reminder - I wouldn't be writing this without you all.

-Plum

Victor ate some kind of sweet, smoky meat on a skewer as he listened to Lam, Darren, and Edeya talk to Arcus and his little sister. He sat on a cushioned bench with his back against the deck railin...

Cyber Dreams 6.28 - Ship of Nightmares

Here's today's chapter! Lots of big "reveals" - let me know your thoughts, please :)

-Plum

Juliet drifted. While her body toiled—arms pumping, legs kicking—her mind, her self, wandered the enormous spaceship where she was being held captive. She’d figured out for sure it was a ship, shortly after Montclair’s...

Victor 8.25 - Party

Here's today's delivery. Enjoy~

-Plum

Victor stood in his shower, washing away the sweat of a hard day’s practice. He was a little late for Lam's party but figured he had a little time before people—Lam and Valla mostly—began to get irritated with him. He and Lesh had been sparring for hours, and he was a mess. The dra...

Cyber Dreams 6.27 - Broken Minds

Here's today's installment! Hope you all have a nice weekend :)

-Plum

Juliet didn’t think it was possible, but Harriet’s face paled even further at the security officer’s words. At least, she assumed the words had upset her, but it could also have been the man’s harsh, robotic voice. “Oh,” the lab tech said, visi...

Victor 8.24 - Core Consolidation

I hope you enjoy!

-Plum

Victor sat before Dar, waiting for his next words. His master’s face was relaxed, the fire in his eyes simmering low, but he knew, like coals, they were ready to ignite with the faintest breath of oxygen. So, he waited patiently, not willing to provide that fuel. The Spirit Master had just spent nea...

Cyber Dreams 6.26 - Galaxies

Enjoy today's chapter! Thanks for reading :)

I appreciate all of you folks.

-Plum

Juliet lay on her couch admiring her work. She’d given in to her urge to see if she could purposefully alter what she’d seen in her true-dream. To that end, after painting the wall black, instead of painting a view of the Jovi...

Victor 8.23 - The Council's Response

Here's your deliver! Enjoy the chapter and thank you so much for all of the support!

-Plum

When Victor woke the next day, he saw that the sun had yet to rise, which was good because he was supposed to meet Dar in his new cultivation chamber at dawn. He concentrated, reactivating Sovereign Will, which had a tendency to drop w...

Cyber Dreams 6.25 - Betrayal

Here's your latest update! Enjoy the chapter :)

-Plum

Tanaka had more than a dozen windows floating in his AUI, each with details about a separate but integral part of the plan. He sat at a desk, old and battered, inside the dim, cluttered base of operations that Frida and Kostas had set up for him and his team. When he and ...

Victor 8.22 - Promises

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-Plum

When he emerged from the underground, it was only an hour or so after noon, and Victor found Lesh more than eager to get some sparring done. They made their way to the area Lesh had dubbed Dar’s sparring ground, only for Victor to question the designation; to him, it felt more like a fancy ...

Cyber Dreams 6.24 - Arnold Grossman

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-Plum

Even with her usual “zone-out” tracks playing their synth-pop beats, Juliet had to take several deep, cleansing breaths to still her mind. She focused on the darkness Angel was projecting into her retinal implants, allowing her to keep her eyes open while she worked. In that darkness, she rea...

Victor 8.21 - Renewed Focus

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Thanks for everything! :) Happy Father's Day!

-Plum

“Have you seen a cultivation chamber before, Victor?” Dar asked, looking around the small cave. He’d brought Victor down beneath his lake house again, not far from where they’d performed Lam’s ritual.

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Cyber Dreams 6.23 - Indoctrination

Thank you for reading and supporting my writing! :)

-Plum

Kline leaned wearily against the plasteel wall, his hand trembling near the lift control panel. He drew in a series of deep breaths, his fingers instinctively seeking solace in his breast pocket, where the familiar shape of his Nikko-vape awaited. After a lingering mo...

Victor of Tucson #5, Battlemaster, is out today!

Hi, everyone! I'm excited to announce the release of Battlemaster on Audible and Kindle today. If you've been waiting for the audiobook or the copyedited Kindle edition, now's your chance...

Victor 8.20 - Making Plans

I know, I know - some of you are growing weary of all this hand-wringing. Things will start to move forward here, soon. There's a lot in the works :)

Thanks for reading and for your support! It means everything,

-Plum

When Victor returned to his room, he found Valla, dressed in loose, silken p...

Cyber Dreams 6.22 - Parts to Play

Here's your delivery! Thanks for all of the support :)

-Plum

When Harriet arrived to escort her to the exercise room, Juliet was more than ready. She knew what Doctor Chen was going to do. She expected her to start laying the groundwork for a thorough gaslighting about Angel, but seeing it in practice was anot...

Victor 8.19 - The Pull of Glory

Enjoy the chapter! Hope you have a relaxing day :)

-Plum

Sometime later, Victor lay on his back, one arm behind his head on the pillow and the other outstretched, cradling Valla. She lay on her side, looking at him, and after several minutes of silence, reached over and began to trace little circles on his chest. Her fingert...

Cyber Dreams 6.21 - Fact from Fiction

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-Plum

Kline sat at the too-narrow desk in his too-small office—a severe downgrade from the suite he’d had in the Phoenix facility—and frowned at the report his PAI had generated. “This all happened after I left?”

Ruby’s voice carried a note of droll clinical detachment, “It al...

Victor 8.18 - Trust and Paranoia

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-Plum

Victor was heartened when Valla looked at him and smiled before getting out of the coach at the lake house. Even so, he found his tongue sluggish when he tried to think of the right words as she stepped away from the coach, briskly walking toward the waiting staff member by the front doors. Lesh clapped his shou...

Cyber Dreams 6.20 - Pushing

Here's today's delivery - love to hear your thoughts :)

-Plum

Aya looked at the readout, frowning as she scanned the nav system’s list of repeated trips; it wasn’t hard to see which one was the place Lucky had been doing her sword training and hanging out with her “merc friends,” as she’d often labeled them. The on...

Alpha Readers Wanted - Anyone Interested?

Hi all!

I had the idea of opening a channel on my Discord server for alpha reader feedback. This will not be something that happens for every chapter, but for chapters that I get done early and want some feedback on. Basically, I'd post the chapter to the channel, listen to feedback, and make edits/revisions prior to posting it to Patreon.

A few caveats/expectations:

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Victor 8.17 - No Easy Answer

Well, Victor's a tough bastard and a born fighter, but we can't exactly say the same for his communication skills. Hope this chapter isn't too frustrating for everyone! :)

-Plum

When Victor woke up, he had a message from Valla in the Farscribe book:

Victor – We failed the boss fight but escaped without ser...