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I just posted Chapter 20; read that first before proceeding. The poll will be open for about a week; I'm planning for Chapter 21 to drop early November and need the results to plan ...
2025-10-20 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post"Okay, so are you gonna tell me what's going on?"
Viv was sitting at Lauren's kitchen counter, eating one of the bagels we'd had delivered to fuel what I was increasingly thinking of as a Saturday-morning war council.
And she was eyeing Michelle -- who was still zip-tied to a chair -- with concern.
I gave Viv the full explanation, with Lauren chiming in here and there. She listened silently, without interrupting, as I ran through the whole tale, from after Viv had l...
2025-10-20 13:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt's mid-October!
So far this month:
A Choreographed Release (the sequel to A Tailored Release!)
Only two Mondays so far, but I'm including a special shout-out for ...
2025-10-16 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I'm tagging this as a stand-alone for now because it's not really a full 'series', but this is actually a sequel to A Tailored Release! Read that first before this.
Many thanks to roxas_duh for sponsoring this story.
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"Nathan, that's a very nice suit. You look acceptable." She gave a firm nod.
I blinked. Acceptable from...
2025-10-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis post contains minor spoilers; the comments might, too. I recommend making sure you're up to speed on The Thaumaturge before reading further and voting in this poll. I posted Chapter 19 earlier this week.
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As you've...
2025-10-09 13:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: A longer chapter with some exposition to set up the conflicts ahead. No chapter poll this week, as there's not a specific choice we're ending with, and I'm already well underway on the next chapter (it might go up as early as next week; I haven't decided on sequencing for the month yet.)
But I'll have another poll up later this week on a broader narrative question I've been considering where I'd welcome your input.
Thanks for reading! 2025-10-06 13:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The September recap:
The Thaumaturge, Chapter 17 (and poll!)
The Thaumaturge, Chapter 18 (and poll!)
Deepfake News (the reader selection from last month)
Author's Note: To try to make this more readable I've put full character information at the very end instead of throughout, although Chloe does give them a thorough once over. Hoping that works best for those of you who are interested in the mechanical choices (which I assume are the people who actually read these between-scene updates in detail.) Three choices in a poll at the end!
Also, I continue to tweak the language on abilities, gear, etc. to make it consistent and clear. I'm...
Hello, Diane.
Happy to be back, I suppose.
No, no, no. I'd assure your viewers: there's no bad blood, not from my perspective. It's obvious we have some disagreements, but I certainly appreciated the spirited back-and-forth. I just wish you brought the same enthusiasm for rigorous conversation to some of your interviews with executives at other companies, haha.
Come on, let's not rehash our last conversation. Let's talk about someth...
2025-09-22 13:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe fact that the month is already more than half over is inexplicable to me, but here we are!
So far this month:
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2025-09-15 13:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: A shorter chapter this week, but only because it ends with an important choice. ;)
In the end, deciding what I should ask Lauren to focus on next was actually an easy choice.
I had to learn more about thaumaturgy. That was foundational.
It was like jiu-jitsu, I decided. Sure, it was nice when you picked up some cool new trick, some new defense or guard that was especially effective.
But what really mattered -- t...
2025-09-15 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Another Speedrunner interlude chapter! Chloe's got a few upgrades to pick.
Becky and I chatted for a few minutes, comparing notes.
Well, kind of. I'm not sure she did much note-comparing. But I asked her questions and compared her answers to what I'd gone through in the level so far.
Her experience had basically been like mine. Except she'd only killed one goblin; it hadn't really been able to hurt her, but it had evidently taken her ages to ...
2025-09-11 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Here's the Reader's choice from August's poll! Admittedly, this turned out a little differently than expected as I started writing it, and ended up about 50% longer than I expected with a slower build, but I'm pretty pleased with how it came together. I think it all works. Enjoy.
Two brief subject matter disclaimers: politics are a sensitive topic these days for good reason. I deliberately steered away from hot button issues, but if this story isn't your cup ...
2025-09-08 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
One thing I'm curious about -- independent of my usual monthly what-should-I-write-next polling -- is what, bigger picture, people have generally enjoyed reading the most. This will help inform how ongoing series evolve, what new stand-alone stories look like, and just generally help me determine what to write more of.
I've put a bunch of options below. Please check off any of the series where you’ve genuinely looked forward to updates. If something is just "meh"...
2025-09-04 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostWell. What a month!
The August recap:
The Masseuse, Chapter 24D (this finishes the entire series!)
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2025-09-01 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors Note: A fair amount of narrative ground to cover in this chapter, so it's a little longer than usual. I thought about splitting it in two, but wanted to make sure I got some smut in there. So the smut's in there. Obviously.
I'm already hard at work on Chapter 18, since this is a two-chapter month for the Thaumaturge, so the accompanying poll is less immediate in its results, and also only open for a week.
Enjoy!
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As planned, I took...
2025-09-01 13:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe next week was odd.
Every time the door opened, I was sure I'd see Natalie, or if not her, maybe Mia or Kate. I'd become accustomed to their periodic visits.
But evidently post-surgery wound care was handled by a different nurse. So for the next five days, I got to know Donna. Donna was an older, severe-looking woman who had to be at least sixty and had a cough that made it sound like she was probably a lifelong smoker. Donna did not make small talk with me -- or, I su...
2025-08-28 13:31:09 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Played with some genre tropes this level; let me know what you think!
I'll do another 'interlude' chapter with more mechanics stuff early next month, that will include a poll for Chloe's new advancement choices. This chapter was already pretty game-mechanics-heavy, so I figured I'd peel off some of that stuff into an interlude chapter.
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Okay, I've got time for one more question, Diane.
Why am I doing this, she ask...
2025-08-25 13:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
Late August/early Sept kicks off the busy season at my day job, so I'm going to keep this brief and forego the usual mid-month update that includes the list of things I've written/list of things that are coming up. The plan for the month is covered here, and the TLDR is that I'm roughly tracking against that plan. Expect a Speedrunner chapter and the final part of A Hospital Stay next week, before th...
2025-08-21 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: It's been a long time since I updated this series! You may wish to review at least the most recent few chapters so you recall what Phil and his therapist(s) have been up to!
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I hadn't realize how badly Stacy's disapproval was weighing on me until I tried to go to sleep later that night.
And I couldn't.
I tossed and turned, thinki...
2025-08-18 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Hi there!
Usually I post the "what should I write next" poll around this time. But as it turns out, I hit 100 paid subscribers yesterday! A big milestone.
As a bonus, in lieu of the usual poll, here's a passion-project story I've been working on when I’ve been blocked on other things.
It's completely stand-alone, and perhaps a little more highbrow than my usual stuff. Maybe I'll flesh it out one day with more chapters -- heck, ...
2025-08-14 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Hello!
Apologies for what's about to be a long preamble. This is the start of a sequel series to Dungeon Mistress and so I wanted to take the opportunity to set some expectations.
This first chapter is from Mike's perspective, but they won't all be; we'll be back inside Chris's head soon enough, and I still view him as the central protagonist, although I might use multiple POVs to tell this story; I think that might make it more interesting. 2025-08-11 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note: if you've for some reason decided just to skip ahead, please understand that this chapter is one of four different endings to the story. This is the last one and completes the Masseuse remastered!
They both blinked.
Claire spoke first. "Are...are you sure?"
She looked me up and down, obviously thinking that I was pretty turned on, that it was her turn, and she'd probably be able to finish me in no ...
2025-08-07 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTHIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Make sure you are up to speed on The Thaumaturge before reading further and voting in this poll, please!
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I just posted Chapter 16; read that first before proceeding. Also, this poll is only open for a week-...
2025-08-04 13:16:36 +0000 UTC View Post"...So the werelions are taking care of her, and Diana should be fine sometime tomorrow." I finished.
I'd left out the graphic details, but it wasn't like I could hide the fact that I'd been having sex with Diana from Lauren and Viv. They understood how thaumaturges worked.
The explanation had taken a long time; Lauren had peppered me with questions. How quickly after we'd finished had she seemed to be in pain? Had there been anything visible or obvious? Had the pain se...
2025-08-04 13:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi all!
Here's what I posted in July:
The Thaumaturge, Chapter 15 (one of the Reader poll selections)
Speedrunner 0.3 (the Level Zero/Tutorial finale!)
Author's Note: So, this bears some explanation. This is not a "normal" full chapter with a fleshed out sex scene, but as I started working on next month's Speedrunner chapter, I realized there's a fair amount of conversational exposition and information dumping to get things from where we left them at the end of the Tutorial to the main action of level one, as it were. There're also, as befits a LitRPG, more character advancement choices that I need you ...
2025-07-31 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post