Adriana if you'll remember was a yoga instructor before she became the tank of Ajax's group. In the art I'm having done it's each of the girls outside the game. Different artist than the one that did Missy. I like this one better and started her r...
2021-08-13 18:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s wrong with my eye?” I pulled my phone out of my pocket and flipped the camera around to see myself.
“Your eye is a slitted pupil.” She said, but I barely heard her as I looked at the phone. Staring back at me was exactly wh...
2021-08-13 18:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostJadelyn eventually calmed down, and the calm aristocratic mask fell back on her face. I gave her an extra moment to collect herself before we headed back to Bumps in the Night. I hoped that Morgana had found better luck than we did when she talked...
2021-08-12 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Order, order.” An older male elf stood, and the lights from the other side of the ring caught his front, giving me a quick glimpse of him.
For that brief moment, I thought it was a sober Simon, but I realized that the elf before me stoo...
2021-08-11 12:25:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt was hard to make out much through the scope. The inside of the plant was dark, except for an area that had been cleared out and lit with the kind of floor lamps used around construction sites. Between the lamps, clear plastic tents were set up ...
2021-08-10 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostI strolled into Bumps in the Night. The bar wasn’t quite as laid back as it had been the last time I was there. Vampires and what looked like goblins were busy bustling about on the stage, setting it up for some sort of show. The goblins climbed...
2021-08-09 11:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostNormally I wasn’t a clothing guy, but I had to say I felt pretty good as I walked into biology wearing some of my purchases from the day before. My new jeans looked better now that I’d put on more muscle mass, and the simple white shirt with m...
2021-08-09 11:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm really just too excited about it. I had one done of Cherry, but I might hold off using it till book 3. But that's a second artist so I have have a backup artist now. Anyway, back to publication day tasks.
2021-08-08 15:27:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe apartment door thumped closed behind me, and I was in such a stupor I tried to lock it twice.
I felt like I was in a daze, but I’d grieved enough before to recognize what was happening. I was grieving for the loss of my former life. Ev...
2021-08-07 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhile we waited for the book to come, I dug into the food that had arrived. I couldn’t believe the assortment of delicious food in front of me. They’d prepared a medallion of perfectly cooked filet mignon, accompanied by a side of creamy mashe...
2021-08-06 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Hold on for a second. I didn’t even touch Simon. Why would we fight to the death?”
“You stood up to him, and now his pride is hurt. Elves are very old-fashioned; they hold on to their honor as if it were worth more weight than drago...
2021-08-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe only walked about fifteen minutes off campus before we came upon the bar that Jadelyn had intended, but it was clearly part of the city and not the campus.
Steam rose from a vent in the sidewalk, as the warm subway air clashed with the ch...
2021-08-04 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up as the sun streamed through the window. I stretched, blinking rapidly to try to bring the world back into focus.
Did my contacts fall out?
I felt for them and ended up pulling one out to look at it, but as I did, everything o...
2021-08-03 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI walked back into my apartment, still thinking about the prospect of spending more time with Scarlett, but my phone pinged again with a reminder from Frank.
“Yeah, yeah. I won’t bail on you. Not like I have anything better to do tonight...
2021-08-02 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTitle is a little TBD, still playing with a few ideas, but it will likely be Dragon 'TBD': An Urban Fantasy. Interestingly enough titles are one of the last things I finalize on my books :p
I put a WIP of this idea out at one point, but this...
2021-08-01 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“What is that?” Dar stared at the half man half spider devil.
Fire continued to rage from both sides of the ettercap fortress, filling Dar’s nose with the scent of smoke and obscuring his full view of the devil, but the smoke didn’t ...
2021-07-31 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs one, the eighty some villagers left Hearthway into the southern forest. Their torches made great tools for burning through all the webs that they began encountering, with their first steps into the forest.
It had changed drastically in th...
2021-07-30 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve looked everywhere. He’s nowhere to be found. Nobody has seen him.” Kro’s mother looked like she was fraying at the ends of her sanity.
Dar bolstered himself with what mana he had left and looked to the two maids. “Let’s g...
2021-07-29 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostDar wasn’t quite sure what to think about Rex’s comment. Rex had clearly meant it as a compliment, but Dar wasn’t sure how comfortable he was with that.
He’d like to rationalize it as a clear choice; the monsters were threatening his...
2021-07-28 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Boss!” A kid’s high-pitched voice broke into the meeting.
Dar looked down to see the miniature version of Glump, the only exception being his bright red hair.
“Kro. This is an adult conversation. Please go back to your mother....
2021-07-27 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“You three look ragged.” Sasha eyed Dar’s clothes, which now had a few new holes in them, thanks to Amber and Marcie.
“It was for a good cause, I swear.” Dar gave her a quick kiss before taking a seat in their dinner circle.
...
2021-07-26 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostBart’s men crawled off the last frame. They had used several days’ worth of lumber in a single day of framing, but now the village had rough frames for their homes and family units were starting to inspect and admire their soon to be living pl...
2021-07-25 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostOnly a sliver of light made its way through the trees as the sun set beyond them, marking the edge of the river. Dar thanked his lucky stars that there hadn’t been any major hazards in the river itself.
“Drop the anchor.” Mika commande...
2021-07-24 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the room were Mark and Margret. She was holding a knife to the prince’s throat while Mark stood boldly in front.
Both of them were deeply imprinted in his mind from his time in Bellhaven. Margret, the flirty woman with a crippl...
2021-07-23 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe continuous clang of picks hitting stone sounded before Dar could even see Bellhaven’s quarry up ahead. The place was packed; several thousand workers sweating side by side working the quarry for all the stone it was worth.
Mika whistle...
2021-07-22 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostDar and Mika devoured the fish. As they finished, Mika stood up, walking towards the water. Curious, Dar watched as she waded into the water, pausing before diving and submerging below the surface for only a few seconds.
When she came back u...
2021-07-21 11:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello and welcome to Golden Circlet. Let me know if I can help you.” She looked up for a moment before ducking her head back down, focusing on whatever was under the counter.
Only then she did a double take. “Oh hi, Lauren, Kelly. Thi...
2021-07-20 21:30:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe next two days went by quickly as the village banded together to get ready for winter. The villagers had adopted Dar’s approach to use coal to hollow out the boat, which had sped it up considerably. And food storages had been filled to the po...
2021-07-20 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Milord.” Amber caught up to him. “I hear there’s a boat.”
“There is. You’re welcome to come with me, but do hold the Milord while we talk to them. I would like to stay relaxed.”
“Yes Mi-Dar,” she stopped herself. 2021-07-19 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Dar woke up pleasurably and looked down between his legs. Marcie lay between his legs, sucking him off with her eyes closed. The last thing he wanted to do was startle her, so he just propped his head up and watched.
She was clumsy, but any ...
2021-07-18 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post