We all stare at the shredded spell circles for a moment.
Then Rezira says, “Oh, praise Rinviu. Now we can wait and find a sane way down.”
“You all might,” Zyneth says, grimacing as he shuffles through the papers. “I still nee...
2025-03-23 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“I SEE IT,” Ollie excitedly calls. “I SEE IT! LOOK THERE!”
None of the harpies have called anything out, there we’re all watching. According to the maps, we should nearly be upon Deltablue. I close my eyes and act...
2025-03-21 12:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostNek is not enthused by my next request.
“Fyre, forgive me for voicing my dissent,” he says as we head down the tunnel, smoked fish in hand. “But I’m not convinced the prisoners deserve the mercy you’re giving them.”
“I kn...
2025-03-19 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostIn honor of Loose Kanin publishing on Amazon today, I'm releasing another Zyneth short story! This one takes place toward the end of Book 1, revealing what Zyneth wa...
2025-03-18 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we finish deciphering the first watchtower spell circle, Dizzi and Mirzayael are both equally excited to try it out.
“Let’s hook it up to the network, first,” I suggest. “And get these cracks fixed.”
In the couple ...
2025-03-17 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Well! This has been an exciting adventure,” Noli signs over breakfast the next morning. “I suppose that means we’ll be making our descent today?”
“We will.” Zyneth flips the skewers of meat over to grill against the fire.
<... 2025-03-16 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe watchtower is covered with dust and loose pebbles, which the Dungeon Core happily licks up as I point out new areas in need of tidying.
While the tower comfortably fits within the Core’s area of influence, prior to today I’d on...
2025-03-14 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostI have to close both eyes when Ollie drops toward the ocean and the double vision becomes too dizzying.
“You alright?” Mirzayael asks.
“Yes.” Ollie is laughing in my head as he plummets several hundred feet before s...
2025-03-12 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhat was originally a nondescript smudge on the horizon—and then obscured by low clouds for the next few days—gradually resolves into a coastline. Just about everyone in Fyreneth’s Fortress migrates from the city center to the outer walls to...
2025-03-10 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostEach layer we climb has grown smaller than the last. The current level we find ourselves on is full of fractured and overgrown stone ruins, more complete than anything we’d found below. None of the buildings have intact roofs, which makes me won...
2025-03-09 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes a while for Mirzayael to stop laughing.
My cheeks burn fiercely the whole time, but it’s all I can do to wait until she’s done, wiping the tears from her eyes. On the bright side, I suppose, that’s the most I’ve ever s...
2025-03-07 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“So what do you think?” I ask the next day. I spread the Jorrian’s map out over our main table in the red room. Torim brings over his own map that he’d sketched out in advance, setting it next to the Jorrians’. He pours over the markings...
2025-03-05 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWe talk it over and decide not to send harpies down to speak with the ship. We don’t know how they would react to a flock of strangers descending on them from a giant floating city, and none of us want to risk the safety of a few of our scouts w...
2025-03-03 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWe jump back down the stones, launching our glass ahead of us as one of the griffins darts in. Rezira backs up, fist raised, as the nearest beast spears straight toward her. Our glass catches it in its side. The griffin screeches as it’s knocked...
2025-03-02 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“The water system is nearly complete,” Torim reports during our morning brief that we’re still desperately struggling to normalize within our ever-shifting schedules.
We’re in the office next to the throne room; Mirzayael and I...
2025-02-28 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostOpal is relieved when we finally reach the Jorrian’s fourth and final healing session later that week. While I’ve been present, at least, neither of them have tried to attack us again, but I can’t blame Opal for wanting to be done with them....
2025-02-26 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostMirzayael leads me back to her chambers, increasingly ratcheting up my confusion.
“What could you possibly have in here that you want the Dungeon Core to eat?” I ask. One of her weapons, so those could be tracked on the interface? ...
2025-02-24 13:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostWe launch ourself at the beast, colliding with it midair and crashing to the ground on the other side of Attiru. Glass screeches and the animal shrieks as we tumble across the stone. The animal is thrashing in our grip—twice our size, but less t...
2025-02-23 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI pinch the bridge of my nose. I can already feel a headache coming on. “When did she pass?”
“Just a few minutes ago,” Opal says, lowering her voice. “I felt it happen. I’m not sure if the other prisoners are even aware yet. I co...
2025-02-21 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time I need to return to my duties in the fortress, one of the younger harpies, Meritis, arrives to play with Ollie in my stead. Though he’s barely a teenager himself, he’d helped in the battle against Jorria and had become rather fond ...
2025-02-19 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“COME ON, FYRE!” Ollie calls. The white dragon vanishes in a swirl of mist as he plunges into a nearby cloudbank. “RACE YOU!”
“I am slightly preoccupied at the moment,” I mentally reply. “We...
2025-02-17 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostOur next bout with danger happens the second day on the Drifting Isles. A swarm of oversized hornets attacks when we stumble upon their nest, though thankfully their increased size makes them easier targets. Noli picks them off with her arrows, an...
2025-02-16 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello, friends! Just wanted to give you an update on the expected post schedule for the next few months, now that the first book of Nyte in Shining Armor has finished.
Nye unfortunately hasn't done well on RoyalRoad, so complet...
2025-02-14 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post[1 Month Later]
The Moonfall capital is like nothing I’ve ever seen. The castle is built on top of a cliff face, made of the same red clay of the surrounding land. Its dozens of spires have an organic look to them, like stalactites stretch...
2025-02-14 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFrom there, it becomes a lot of politics. We treat with the Oasis officials and Moonfall representatives, and the conversation makes my eyes glaze over. Luckily, they let Quell to bring advisors with him to these talks, so all I have to do is stan...
2025-02-12 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Thank you guys so much for everything you've done to support me over the last year. You guys made it possible to publish Glass Kanin last month. And now Loose Kanin, Book 2 of Glass Kanin, will be going to KU on March 18th, ...
2025-02-11 21:19:41 +0000 UTC View PostMy arms are wrapped around Quell’s waist as we race across the desert on the footbird. The creature is a lot like a mix between an ostrich and a lizard: a two-legged thing with scaly legs, a long feathered tail, and an intimidating beak. Or mayb...
2025-02-10 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAs we strike out into the Drifting Isles, I examine the new stats I earned from my latest level up. Between this and all the glass magic I’ve been doing with Caecius, I’m actually starting to feel like a contributing member of the team.
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2025-02-09 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI stalk toward Constance while his back is turned. The fight has turned, and he’s crashing his sword against Darian’s in brutal strikes, sending her stumbling back. All at once, her sword snaps, and the metal flings away. Empty handed, she ret...
2025-02-07 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Undoing the illusion is going to achieve nothing but draw this out,” Constance says, looking through me to his brother. “We could have already finished this without anyone having to die.” His gaze slides impassively over to me. “Well, w...
2025-02-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post