Hey all! Hope you enjoy this. I'm getting closer and closer to releasing this to the general public, so I'm sorry if the early posts are slowing down. When I finish Vainglory 3, I'll devote more time to it.
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Plum
37 – Vendetta
When Andy and Lucy reached the road leading into the...
2025-06-12 23:32:28 +0000 UTC View PostHope you enjoy the chapter!
-Plum
16 – Tutoring
Victor’s coyote led the charge, and despite the vampires’ superhuman reflexes, strength, and ferocity, they sat, stunned, in their saddles, unable to comprehend what they were witnessing. It was understandable, Victor mused; they’d lived fo...
2025-06-12 19:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter - I THINK we'll finish up this book next week. Might take another chapter or two more than I think, though - tends to happen to me.
-Plum
44 – Leviathan Stirs
When Ward climbed out of the coach in front of Master Rose’s place, he wasn’t feeling any better. In fact, the dread certainty t...
2025-06-11 20:32:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey all - I finally got around to buying my plane tickets, so it's official; I'm going to be there. I am a "featured guest," whatever that means. I think maybe I'll be on some panels or something? At the very least, I'll be there to sign books or whatnot. I think maybe we'll get a schedule of the panels and stuff in the next week or so, but it's not out yet. It sounds like it's going to be a lo...
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-Plum
15 – Breakthroughs
Victor stood atop his tower, watching the column of riders heading north—fifty soldiers flanked by his five, pony-sized coyotes loping easily in the rough grass beside the road. Each squad of ten had a diffe...
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-Plum
43 – Blueprints for Ruin
“All you must do,” Pallishae said after Ward filled him in on the apparent windfall Gwen’s capture represented, “is place this amulet on her chest and anoint it with her blood. I will do the rest. You’re absolutely certa...
2025-06-09 21:13:07 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter! Have a nice relaxing Sunday :)
-Plum
14 – Honoring the Spirits
Victor’s proclamation had the desired effect. The vampires assembled behind their spokesman, Ymrish Blackhand, hissed and seethed, cursing and threatening with varying levels of eloquence. Ymrish frowned, and his hors...
2025-06-08 18:35:19 +0000 UTC View PostWhew! Sorry, it's been a busy day and this chapter took me a while - lots of stuff going on!
Hope you enjoy :)
Plum
36 – Invasion
“What’s going on?” Clementine asked, her wide-eyed face lit like a macabre mask in the red emergency lighting.
“We don’t kn...
2025-06-07 22:31:36 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Happy Friday :)
Enjoy the chapter, and I'll see you tomorrow!
-Plum
35 – Second Thoughts
Tony looked at the message, frowning. It seemed too far-fetched to be true. What were the odds? He messaged Addie:
Tony: What do you mean? He was the one trying ...
2025-06-06 19:38:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Today is stub day for book eight of Victor of Tucson. That means, since I took all the chapters down, I'm providing this PDF for any of my Patrons who are still reading it. This will go away when it launches on Kindle on 7/6.
2025-06-06 13:47:20 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for being patient! It's been a busy day for me :)
Appreciate all the support and love to see your comments!
-Plum
13 – Color Theory
Victor looked at his mantle framework and frowned, frustrated to see it looking more and more like the same kind of mess his skein...
2025-06-05 21:06:57 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter!
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36 – Plateau
The climb down from the plateau drove home just how high it was. The stony path was steep and wound through several switchbacks before taking Andy and Lucy to the base. At the bottom, looking up at the steep path with no sign of guardrails, Andy couldn’t help t...
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42 – Allies
Marie looked at the artifact in Ward’s hand, her eyes narrowed, her lips pressed together. Slowly shaking her head, she said, “I don’t understand. If the artifact is here, how is it also in the hands of Veylan and the other members of the Umbrage?”
W...
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12 – Something to Fight For
Victor spent the rest of the day and deep into the night working with the threads in his skein, tying them to his mantle in various combinations, and pulling the Threadlock to see what he’d accomplished. The ans...
2025-06-03 19:35:56 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter! I hope everything's making sense...
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41 – Misconceptions
Ward had learned a lot about sword fighting in his time since leaving Earth. He’d already known a lot about fighting, and his experience in real, life-or-death situations was certainly weighing in his favor. N...
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11 – A Tangled Web
That dreary afternoon, in the courtyard of Gloomhallow Keep, Victor had his first 188 citizens of Dark Ember swear fealty to him and collect their first allotment of Energy beads. When he’d paid t...
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35 – Fair Enough
Andy couldn’t see what was giving Tucker the perspective to prove that the trailer park—and the land around it—had risen to proper plateau heights, so he hurried past the other residents clustered around the gate, pushing through and ...
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34 – Easy Payday
As the van navigated the enormous parking structure adjacent to the NGT tower, Tony looked over at Addie to see her eyes unfocused and her lips moving ever so slightly. “How’s JJ doing? He like his new digs?”...
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33 – Babysitting
As they walked up to Torque’s “office” door, the muscle on duty—the guy with the gun for an arm—held out his fist for Tony to bump and rumbled, “Nice one.”
“Don’t feed his ego!” Addie said, but she smiled, inwardly a little p...
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See you Sunday with 11.11!
-Plum
10 – Under New Management
As the human former-thralls of the Pale Warden and his minions scurried to obey Victor, releasing the prisoners from the cages and delving into the deep, dank dungeons of Gloomhallow K...
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34 – Nature’s Bulwark
Andy stood behind Lucy, listening as she answered Eduardo’s questions. He had a thick notebook open before him, and it was clear he’d already filled up quite a few pages. “What’s your class again, Lucy?”
“Hunter, and I...
2025-05-28 19:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy :)
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40 – Element of Surprise
Ward tied his horse to a thick cluster of dark green branches in the hedgerow, then he pushed himself through, ducking his head to keep the rough, spiny leaves from scratching his face. When he was thoroughly embedded and could peer through a gap in the outside...
2025-05-28 18:17:04 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your delivery!
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9 – Pale Warden
Victor looked down the slope toward the squat, dark-gray keep. It sat in the middle of a field between two hills, and the road leading north passed right outside its walls. The field was more mud than grass, and it was dotted with gibbets and stakes displaying human ...
2025-05-27 18:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostHere's another installment :)
Thanks for reading and for being patient!
-Plum
33 – Scouting Report
When Andy and Lucy reached the dog park, the cool breeze had picked up, and occasional, fat droplets of rain were carried on the much stiffer wind. The eastern sky was dark, making it cle...
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39 – Subterfuge
Ward leaned forward in the saddle, urging his captured mount to hurry, nudging his heels and switching the reins. “Yah! Good boy! Come on!” He could see his quarry, and he was gaining on him. Ward wasn’t an expert rider by any stretch, and ...
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-Plum
8 – Chances
Victor walked behind the vampiric Bloodcloaks mounted on their fierce stallions as they led him out of town. The villagers looked away as they passed, eyes cast down. Victor hated how defeated everyone was and quietly revised his ea...
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-Plum
32 – Call-out
“Huh,” Tony said, leaning back in his seat as he contemplated Addie’s story. He knew Beef had a soft spot for her, but apparently, she wasn’t the only one. Who would have guess...
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31 – Complications
Addie stepped out of the shower and, after drying off, took a minute to wipe the steam from the oval, LED-backed mirror. Her dad had installed it—one of the many little finishing touches he’d made to the apartment they’d built inside the war...
2025-05-23 19:29:52 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter! :)
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7 – Blood Supremacy
“A thief?” Bonnie asked, looking at Victor sideways, a new kind of suspicion lurking behind her eyes.
Victor held up his hands, chuckling. “I just got here, and I’ve no need to steal.” He shifted his attention to Bonnie’s mother. “Ho...
2025-05-22 18:38:32 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, folks! I'd say 6 to 10 more chapters to wrap this book. After that, I'll be taking a break from Vainglory. Just a heads up for those of you subscribed for only this story.
Thanks for reading!
-Plum
38 – On the Road
Ward’s taxi or, rather, “coach,” as the locals calle...
2025-05-21 19:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post