Tenir was practically vibrating as she stepped back into her apartment, throwing her key-chit onto the kitchen counter before – delicately – dumping her most recent hobby purchases onto the floor.
“Ugh,” she grunted as she slid onto her couch.
A couch on which she’d had a man last night. A couch which had served as a prelude to getting laid.
She’d gotten laid.
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“Why the fuck am I making breakfast when we have a private chef?” Saria growled, yellow eyes narrowed, ears flicking back in irritation.
Kalia sighed, setting her mug down with a soft clink. “Because, he’s a private chef, not a live-in-chef.”
And there was a significant difference between the t...
2025-06-09 14:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostTenir watched, almost against her will as on screen Zane tore off the tattered remnants of his battle uniform shirt, revealing long rows of perfectly sculpted pecs. Lovingly rendered in two dimensions, the Nighkru’s bare torso practically glistened on screen. In ways not entirely dissimilar from the last time he’d suffered a wardrobe malfunction while fending off that Ice Cobra.
Three...
2025-06-01 16:46:35 +0000 UTC View PostMark generally tried to not think of himself as a cliché, but he’d admit that standing outside the massive arena gates, the air thrumming with the palpable roar of the crowd within, it was the smell of sizzling vraka skewers and charred xilli root that most stood out to him.
Not the gigantic holographic mech that loomed over the entrance gates, nor the crowd flowing between its legs in...
2025-05-25 14:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostReturning to consciousness came with a mixture of sensations for Mark.
First, there was a pleasant warmth, soft and pervasive, that seemed to have spread all across his torso and the entirety of his right arm. It was in his opinion significantly more pleasant than his earlier experiences lying on the threadbare sheets of his apartment’s sole bed.
Very nice.
Of course, that w...
2025-05-18 09:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately – or fortunately, depending on your perspective – her surprise didn’t last for long as her whole body seemed to shift, that blank featureless face turning to regard him.
“This one thinks you’re playing a dangerous game, Mark,” she said, her voice dropping to a sultry, liquid cadence that sent a shiver racing down his spine. “This one’s tried to play the lady,...
2025-05-10 12:33:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, here it is,” Nendra said as she pulled up the car.
From his position in the front seat next to her, Mark stared out the window as the massive building they’d stopped in front of.
The apartment Tenir had selected for him was… functional looking. A towering rectangular block of grey stone that screamed mass-produced housing. Still, the lack of graffiti’d gangsigns dau...
2025-05-02 11:47:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe kitchen was a chef’s dream - sprawling counters of sleek black composite stone, a bank of ovens that looked like they could double as starship engines, and finally a fridge unit big enough to store a small cow.
Or whatever the local equivalent was.
Mark set his bag down on a nearby countertop, scanning the setup with a gleeful eye. “Holy shit, this is…”
Saria leane...
2025-04-23 13:53:37 +0000 UTC View PostMark adjusted the strap of his duffel bag as he collected it from the waiting trolley, the weight of it grounding him as he stepped off the ramp and onto another world.
Krenheim.
The dock was a sprawling mass of metal, chaos and motion - bathed in the flickering glow of neon signs that pulsed in a way that made the whole city feel… alive.
He paused at the foot of the ramp, l...
2025-04-14 10:52:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe hum of the Trenva’s Grace vibrated faintly through the deck as Mark stood outside Sabine’s cabin door, his knuckles hovering an inch from the smooth metal. It was late - well past the ship’s artificial ‘night’ cycle - and the corridor was dim, lit only by the soft glow of the deck lights. His heart thudded in his chest, a mix of nerves and anticipation coiling tight in his gut. 2025-04-07 06:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post
“And if you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask,” the deckhand that had so kindly escorted him to his room said as she stood just outside the door.
A service he noted hadn’t been offered to any of the other passengers who’d accompanied him aboard.
“…Thanks,” Mark said distractedly, before deliberately, but not unkindly closing the door on her.
Walking over to ...
2025-04-07 06:17:25 +0000 UTC View Post“So, you going to tell me what this is about or just stand there like a gargoyle?” Mark asked, a tad nervously, as he set about chopping the vegetables.
The restaurant was quiet but for the sound of that chopping. The venue’s usual clientele of adventurous humans or homesick aliens had left nearly an hour ago. Even the other staff were gone. Now it was just him, the dim glow of the ...
2025-04-01 03:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostI thought long and hard about making this post, but I figured I might as well.
Hope all is going well for you all, work continues on editing Sect and it should be ready to go by next month. With that said, I've also been working on an outline for Steam 3.
And if I'm being totally honest, while I think it's a good outline, my heart's not in it.
I adore Steam, it's my favorit...
It's that time again. Time to vote on which book I shall work on next!
There is however a caveat. In my heart of hearts, I believe Space ended on a good point for Jason - if a bit of a cliffhanger for the universe as a whole. The series also had some teething issues borne of it be my first attempt at long-form content.
So, if the vote is for a new Space, it will have a new protago...
As William’s aether lightened feet touched down on the academy grounds, his teammates landing with similar bursts of aether around him, he gazed up at the Royal Navy’s airships. They drifted overhead, their sleek hulls silhouetted against the dim mid-morning sky.
Much like his own descent moments ago, many mages of the royal fleet were constantly zipping between the vessels and the st...
2025-02-21 15:30:29 +0000 UTC View PostYelena clambered out of the rubble, waving off the waiting arms of her guardswomen who’d gone before her. She emerged, coughing against the dust and acrid scent of smoke that clung to the air. It spoke a lot about the situation on the surface that the air down in what had once been her palace’s basement had been fresher.
Behind her, other guardswomen and staff clambered out of the fre...
2025-02-10 04:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, that isn’t ideal,” Yelena grunted as she stared down at the bolt jutting out of her abdomen, ignoring the cries of her guards as they too noticed the wound.
The damn thing had somehow gone right through her steel cuirass and the enchantments layered over that steel.
Kraken-bolts, she thought dimly. Well, that would explain why Meave’s invisibility fa...
2025-02-03 07:36:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Initial reports from squadron leader Inirka of second wave; Two airships struck in initial volley. Damage significant. Fires onboard. Both may be considered combat ineffective. Two shards lost. One chute confirmed. One unconfirmed. Taking over overwatch duties from wave one. Squadron leader Tern confirms her intent to return for refuel and rearmament - with one local element craft,” one of...
2025-01-26 12:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostNeither Clarice nor her twin sister had been able to simply stand idly by while their homeland was under siege. Not as nobles, sworn to protect their people, and certainly not as proud, red-blooded Linholmians.
For Clarice’s part, every fiber of her being had screamed for action when the first skydock came down, yet the Queen’s decree was unyielding. The students of the academy were n...
2025-01-19 09:01:39 +0000 UTC View PostMarinna grinned fiercely, her flight goggles reflecting the flames below as she banked her airship over the smoldering wreckage of an enemy vessel. The ship in question was still afloat, even as it burned, the mithril core within still performing its function. Though it was only a matter of time until the aether ballasts or pipes within burst, at which point the blazing inferno would drop down ...
2025-01-12 05:53:50 +0000 UTC View PostYelena had not been sleeping when the first alarm bells had been rung. For while she trusted her oldest child implicitly, rare was the mother that could sleep well knowing her child was headed into battle. It didn’t help that the Queen shared her daughter’s misgivings regarding the peculiarity of the opposing fleet’s presence, but she also held no greater insight as to what surprises thei...
2025-01-03 12:33:13 +0000 UTC View PostAN: For those who read the old version, this one remains the same until the end of this section and partway through Kanna's.
“They’re moving, ma’am,” the Majesty’s Orb-Officer announced, her voice steady and professional. “The Eyeglass confirms it.”
“Finally,” Tyana exhaled, her relief mingling with anticipation as she s...
2024-12-22 12:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post“They’re moving, ma’am,” the Majesty’s Orb-Officer announced, her voice steady and professional. “The Eyeglass confirms it.”
“Finally,” Tyana exhaled, her relief mingling with anticipation as she straightened in her command chair. “Direction?”
“Straight for us.”
“Of course they are.” The elven woman’s tone held a trace of...
2024-12-14 11:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostRewrite time. I figure I'm allowed one per book.
Specifically, I finished the chapter, sat back, looked at it, and it's... fine, but I don't love it. For a few reasons, some of which which are plot related.
More to the point, I've got a much better idea.
So I'm writing the chapter again. Even if it's killing me inside because I was kind of hoping to have this book finished ...
William shot a quiet glare in Xela’s direction as he felt the sensation of her foot sliding against his leg under the table. It had been three months since their first tryst, and in that time, he had learned one undeniable truth: she was every bit as voracious in her passions as another elf he knew.
And not nearly as inclined to subtlety.
Now, while he might have indulged her flir...
2024-12-07 10:17:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe conditions for dream-meetings between mages weren’t complex. Physical contact while both individuals slept was really all that was needed. Such meetings of minds had to have a host though.
It was a reasonably coveted position. Dreams in and of themselves weren’t usually pleasant places to be for conscious minds. The landscape was nebulous and ever shifting, while the...
2024-11-30 06:34:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Well.” William smirked as he closed the hotel door behind him. “I suppose we should-”
He’d barely started speaking before Xela was on him, all but slamming him into the door as she pounced. The wood elf’s hot breath tickled his skin as she whispered, "You're in for it now, you little satyr. Spending all evening getting me worked up? I'll show you why you shouldn't tease your ...
2024-11-22 11:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostLindholm was a mess of anachronisms to William’s sensibilities – and never moreso than at night. Sword wielding guards in the royal colors of black and gold marched the streets in pairs, their steel breastplates gleaming in the pale light of the gas-lamps lining the cobblestone streets. Horses and carriages filled the roads, while overhead massive airships drifted through the skies, occasio...
2024-11-15 07:13:31 +0000 UTC View PostAN: This is just chapter one of an intended two I wanted to release today. Alas, I'm completely out of juice for the day and the second chapter still isn't finished so I'm just going to release this now and the second chapter tomorrow.
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William supposed it was inevitable.
He chose the Corsa...
2024-11-10 07:24:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis isn't the actual vote for which book I'll be working on after Steampunk Two, that'll happen once I finish the book.
Right now though, I'll admit to some curiosity as to how many people want what for the next book.
Again, this isn't the actual vote, just a little curiosity on my part :D