Here's today's installment :) Have a great Friday!
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23 – Facing the Stains
Tony yawned and stretched, wincing at the tightness of his partially healed flesh. He squinted into the light shining through the west-facing windows that bathed his face in yellow and ochre shades. As his optics adjusted, he glanced at h...
2025-04-25 19:03:51 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a quick one for you! Enjoy~
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26 – Cat and Mouse
Andy envisioned himself as a tiger lurking in the tall grass, waiting for his prey. Well, he tried to think of himself that way, but another part of him, a small voice in the corner of his mind, kept repeating, over and over, you just killed two...
2025-04-24 23:49:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis book's wrapping up! Maybe 1 big chapter left. Maybe 2. . .
Anyway, please enjoy! :)
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48 – Conflict’s End
Victor focused on the woman before him, his slow, contemplative rage quickening as he recognized her attempt to thwart him. He took a lumbering stride forw...
2025-04-24 19:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your chapter! Hope you enjoy it ;)
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30 – Under the Tree
As Ward rounded the tree, charging toward the sounds of combat, he was dismayed to see Haley backpedaling, retreating from five squat, lumpy, gray assailants. The monsters were all about four feet tall, but stocky and heavy-looking. Honestly, they lo...
2025-04-23 17:29:18 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter. Um, things are getting a little dark, but I'm not writing a YA novel, so...
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25 – Questions of Morality
Andy slipped through the shadows, gliding over the sands, running like he’d never done before, even when he’d played sports. He was a good runner, or he had been a few year...
2025-04-22 23:22:12 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's installment :)
Hope you enjoy!
-Plum
47 – A Titanic Clash
As Victor watched the dragon approach, an enormous black sword resting on his bare shoulder, his mind was split—half paying attention to his foe, and half contemplating the momentous milestone h...
2025-04-22 17:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your delivery! Hope you all have a great week :)
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29 – Pallishae
Ward stepped carefully through the enormous courtyard, worried that some of the vines might be more “alive” than typical ones. They didn’t look like the ones that had given him and the others trouble earlier, but who could say what sor...
2025-04-21 20:28:40 +0000 UTC View PostWhew! I woke up early to get this one done, so you wouldn't have to wait until after I finished my family's Easter brunch. (Happy Easter, btw!)
I hope you enjoy it, and yes, there's more chingadazos to come!
Thanks!
Plum
46 – To Break Their Will
<... 2025-04-20 13:35:24 +0000 UTC View PostHere's another chapter for you all! Enjoy!~
24 – Gila Monster
Andy stood by the gate, watching the orange and red streaks of the setting sun slowly fade to darkness. It had been a while since he’d taken the time to watch a sunset, and though he wasn’t doing it for pleasure, he found himself appreciating the beauty.
His small mental break ...
2025-04-19 22:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for reading :)
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22 – What You Value Most
Addie sat down on the bench, and, as Pyroshi sat on the other, facing her, she asked, “My appearance? Do I look different than in my video message? Maybe I need to debug my PAI…”
“No, no. It isn’t that. It’s…” He sighed, shaking his head as he...
2025-04-19 19:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Friday :) Enjoy your chapter!
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21 – Pyroshi
Addie yawned and stretched, blinking away the bleariness of heavy sleep. Her AUI told her it was nearly noon, but that didn’t surprise her; she and Tony hadn’t gotten in until three in the morning. Thinking of Tony made her sit up, her heart racing. She’d meant to check on him during the night, but apparentl...
2025-04-18 20:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostYay! I'm finally back with another AA. Sorry for the lack of updates. I mentioned this on Discord, but basically, I haven't been feeling too hot, so I haven't had the energy to write beyond my usual daily chapters. I'm not sick, I just struggle with a few autoimmune disorders, one of which attacks my ligaments and tendons in occasional flare-ups. I won't bore you with the details, b...
2025-04-17 20:15:46 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, dear patrons! Here's the next installment. I feel like some of you are going to be out for my blood after this one. I don't know if I could have planned this much buildup if I'd tried, but it just keeps piling on! There's a little action here and some other things that (I find) are interesting, but the real fighting, the real chingadazos, will start Sunday. If you can't stand ...
2025-04-17 18:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for reading! Hope you like a little more of a peak into Haley's methods :)
-Plum
28 – Rhythms
Haley drank from her water flask, watching as Lali bandaged the cuts on her arms. Trent was sitting a short distance away on the edge of a small, empty fountain, running a whetstone over his rapier’s edge. He’d sat with his back to them, and Haley knew why; ...
2025-04-16 19:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the next installment. I know all this buildup is painful. This chapter has some action, but not the kind you all love the most. That starts Thursday.... promise.
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44 – What Honor Demands
Arona and Kynna stood atop the Mountwatch Spire, watching the wild battle taking place on the plain before the p...
2025-04-15 18:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your chapter deliver, Vainglory readers! Enjoy~
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27 – As Dread Advances
Before he got moving again, Ward took out his hemograph, opened the top cover, and turned it upside down and left and right, making sure all the water had gotten out of it. It was a finely crafted silver box, and, as far as he could t...
2025-04-14 19:11:12 +0000 UTC View PostWoo! Things are getting heated! :) This chapter should give you lots of stuff to speculate about. See you Tuesday!
-Plum
NOTE! I messed up - Victor's Core is Legendary 5, not 4. Also, his Energy is 208k. Not gonna edit the chapter, but I'm fixing my main doc.
2nd NOTE! I also forgot his f...
2025-04-13 18:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for reading :) Have a great rest of your weekend!
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20 – Date Night
Addie followed Tony through the Ninety-Nine, thankful for the comforting bulk of her bullet-resistant, yellow bomber jacket. It wasn’t that she thought someone might attack them in the club—no, it was more that she was feeling self-con...
2025-04-12 19:06:17 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy this chapter called "Friday" on your Friday :)
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19 – Friday
Tony used his box cutter to slice the seams on the packaging, revealing the plastic-wrapped housings for the van’s new magcoil dampers. He was going to replace the vehicle’s aged, worn-out, steel-bodied hydraulic shocks. The magcoil dampers we...
2025-04-11 20:41:41 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter! Tomorrow's Friday! Woohoo!
22 – Intention
To Andy’s relief, nothing attacked them on their brief trek across the desert landscape, nor did they get lost. Just as Lucy had predicted, they emerged from the brush onto the wide gravel road that led toward the Sleepy Saguaro Trailer Park, and, after another twenty-minute walk, they ...
2025-04-11 00:22:54 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, setting the stage a little for the next few chapters (and book 11). I know some of you like this sort of stuff, so that's cool. Those of you looking for some excitement - I think starting Sunday, things should be getting kinda wild.
Cheers :)
-Plum
42 – Xelhuan
Arona, Kynna, Bryn...
2025-04-10 16:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy! Thanks for reading and giving me feedback :)
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21 – Even the Odds
Andy exploded through the brush, and, just as he did so, an arrow hissed through the air to strike the goblin furthest from him. The closer one, the one he was charging, clambered to its feet, hooting, but only made one utterance before Andy...
2025-04-09 21:21:35 +0000 UTC View PostHere's today's chapter :) Thanks for reading!
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26 – All in the Bag
Grace scoffed, shaking her head. “That’s not a thing.” A flicker of doubt marred her smug expression, though, and she said, “Is it?”
“I don’t know. You saw that skeleton pull a sword out of this pouch, though, right? We weren...
2025-04-09 19:42:46 +0000 UTC View PostOh my gosh! I'm getting into DoTF territory with this third chapter taking place in Victor's mind (not really - I think there are entire books of cultivation in that series, lol). Forgive me if you hate this stuff! Anyway, we're almost there! I mean, something happened in his chapter - it's important stuff - but we've got lots more to see. Hang in there!
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2025-04-08 18:47:20 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy the chapter :)
Thanks for reading and supporting my efforts!
-Plum
25 – Thorns and Bones
Ward’s feet squelched in the mud for the first hundred or so yards that he dashed through the trees, but then the ground grew dry, and more and more twigs and stones littered the path. Each...
2025-04-07 19:31:40 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the next chapter. I know this is a sensitive topic (kids getting killed in an apocalypse), and I tried to be as vague as possible because I'm not trying to make this story about that, but I think it's important to paint the horrible reality of the situation. Anyway, let me know if you think it's too much.
Thanks,
-Plum
20 – A Grisly Scene
As they rode thr...
2025-04-06 21:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! Victor's inner journey continues!
Thanks for reading :)
-Plum
40 – Darkness and Light
Victor stared into Chantico’s eyes, waiting, but she didn’t speak again. She wanted him to draw a conclusion or ask a question, no doubt. It wasn’t as if he hadn’t contemplated his...
2025-04-06 16:25:45 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go! Love to hear your thoughts, as always :)
-Plum
18 – Not Going Anywhere
Addie watched as Tony drove the van through the gate in the chain-link fence, steering it into the small parking area in front of the old concrete and plasteel warehouse building. It had been two days since they’d extracted Victor Kw...
2025-04-05 20:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, folks! Thanks for reading :)
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17 – The Lab
When Humpty arrived on the scene, Addie saw Tony and Beef putting shrink-cords around the wrists of two seemingly unconscious corpo-sec officers. “I’m here,” she announced into comms. Tony stood and glanced at Humpty. His eyes were obscured by the viso...
2025-04-04 18:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy today's chapter, my dear readers! Love all the feedback and commentary.
See you Sunday :)
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39 – Introspection
Arona paced the walls of Victor’s palace at Iron Mountain, scanning the countryside. The structure was atop a high hill, with steep grades leading down grassy pla...
2025-04-03 17:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post