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Loooong Updoots!

First off, I apologize for the lack of updates here on the patreon page. My life has, once again, gone to hell in a handbasket, and while I'm in the discord almost every day, I've been negligent in keeping the rest of yall in the loop on here. We ...

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Updoots!

The Skybound eBook is on Amazon!

It took three years, but we made it to the end of book two. Between multiple bouts of covid, pneumonia, a diabetes diagnosis, back ...

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Skybound - Epilogue: Choices

Kavnerrin Descroix tried, and failed, to stop his chalice of wine from spilling across the desk as the ship lurched yet again. Irritated that he would now have to rewrite the letter he had been working on, he stumbled to his feet and shrugged on h...

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Skybound - Chapter 27

Morgan Mackenzie was having an exciting, albeit miserable, day. Although she had blacked out after hitting the barrier, it had only been for a moment or two, because she was still falling when she awoke. Also, screaming, because while she was immu...

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Skybound - Chapter 26: Of Windshields and Twisted Metal

Morgan Mackenzie was soaring above the clouds. Levels in [Windcutter], along with practice, had improved her efficiency with the ability. Less mana spent for more effect made a difference, allowing her to fly higher and faster the second day. Fran...

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Skybound - Chapter 25: Clippity Cloppity

Morgan Mackenzie was flying. The nature of her flight and the effects of her newest skill, however, beggared attempts to capture them in such a spare word. Urgency compelled her to discard caution and travel under the cover of night despite the ri...

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Skybound - Chapter 24: Getting a Grip

Millie Thatcher sat on a table in the back room of the tent being used as a field hospital, with her arms held straight forward from her body and palms facing down. The [Hand of Solace] had insisted on regular check-ups to make sure the prosthetic...

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Skybound - Chapter 23: Bargain Bin Necromancy

Biggleston Percival Worthmeyer the Third was struggling to not soil his robes. His companions were rightfully fearful of the dread apparitions surrounding them, and even more wary of their skeletal mounts. They lacked a Necromancer's attuned sense...

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Updoots!(actually good news this time)

my health issues are finally looking up. it took a trip to the hospital and a change in doctors, but i've got meds adjusted for blood pressure and for diabetes now. when they checked my A1C back in february when i had covid and pneumonia, it was o...

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Updoots!

Hi!

I know I haven't been on top of the updoots lately. My health has been improving, and as i've been on my feet more i've been tackling a lot of stuff around the house and the yard that i've let grow from inconveniences to actual problems....

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Skybound - Chapter 22: Free Fallin'

Morgan Mackenzie was falling. Not just falling. She was tumbling through the air, thrashing in undeniable panic as the wind tore at her feathers. All semblance of control vanished as she flapped her wings frantically. Black sky filled her vision f...

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Updoots and info!

Covid ain't no joke, folks! Much to my shame i must admit that before my mom and i got sick, i was one of those people who were quick to claim "it's just a flu, bro!".

consider that lesson learned. one of the things i haven't seen anyone tal...

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Updoots!

Happy New Years, and hopefully this one will be better than 2020. I've been sick, but i'm startin to feel better and felt like it was time to give you guys an update. The holidays knocked me on my arse. Most of my family contracted the covid after...

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Updoots and a shameless plug!

Updoots and a shameless plug!

so i passed out last night almost as soon as i got the chapter out. i'm sorry it came out a bit short, but it went through several rewrites and while what i finally shoved out the door was a bit shorter than the original, i feel like it was the ap...

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Skybound - Chapter 21: YEET

Morgan Mackenzie was having a decidedly terrible day. She crouched on one foot, patiently waiting for her other knee to relocate and the tendons to knit themselves back into place. She tried to reach out to steady herself with a hand agai...

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Updoots!

Greetings new people! and thank you to everyone else for stickin around!

i was going to have the chapter up earlier this week, but i made a serious goof with world physics. the original version was going to have morgan seeing the explosion t...

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Updoots! Status and posting schedule info:)

Hey guys. I owe a lot of yall an apology, and some people have left, and that's perfectly understandable. 2020 has been a rough year for all of us, and this past month in particular for me, but that's no excuse for not talkin more about it.

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Skybound - Chapter 20: Claim the Sky

Morgan Mackenzie had no words to describe her day. Shocking revelations about her father had her wracking her brain about the first time she had encountered the old witch. As angry as it made her, she realized Moghren had never stated she did not ...

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Skybound - Chapter 19: Quoth the Raven

 

Morgan Mackenzie was having a very nice day. Her week had not started out so nice in the beginning. A side effect of proximity to the Titan was a potent drain on ambient mana, limiting her regen and making it difficult to maintain her...

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Audiobook pre-orders! UPDOOT!

https://www.audible.com/pd/Skyclad-Audiobook/1774244209

Presented without preamble. I'm not too keen on the price being as high as it is, but I a...

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Updoots! and doot ups?

 

First things first, the big announcement!
Audiobook launches August 4th!
If you've been looking forward to that, the wait is nearly over! I've been quiet about it because I'm new to everything about contracts and NDA's and whatn...

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Skybound - Chapter 18: Contagion

 

Matthias Holman looked around his lab with a sigh. The [Restorative Alchemist] was not dissuaded from his research, even with a siege on. If anything, that would make it all the more imperative that he continue his research. Thousands...

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Skybound - Chapter 17: [Stormwrought Paladin]

 

Davin Tillerson was in awe.  Having led half of the available lancers on a mad charge down the road to reinforce his wife's group, he'd held them up at Jenna's signal.  From his position, he'd witnessed the tail end of the d...

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Skybound - Chapter 16: Indomitable

 

Stev Aras was in the fight of his life. He had bristled, at first, at being given orders by Davin Tillerson -- Expedition was his home, after all -- but he now understood the necessity of it. In the middle of his flight to th...

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Updoots!

I know I've been quiet for a while, I've been truckin along at home trying to get my garden in as food prices go up with the covid stuffs, and I'm worried about havin fresh veggies available later this year. I'm even helpin my mom put in a chicken...

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Skybound - Chapter 15: Red Chain

 

Claire Descroix stood at the top of a hill almost a mile from the stone walls and glowing magical dome protecting Fort Expedition. Winter had arrived in wrath and fury, and snow blanketed the plains around the walled city. Patches of ...

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Skybound - Chapter 14: Inclement Weather

 

Terisa Aras sat on the small bunk she shared with Foz, the gleaming, rune-etched form of Althenea spread across a sheet of linen on the desk next to the bed. Space was in short supply on the skyship, but accomodations had to be made f...

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Updoots! Audiobook Info!

Updoots! Audiobook Info!

I have not been very talkative lately. I apologize for that. Some things i can talk about, some things i can't talk about, some things i'm not sure if i can talk about them or not, so, i haz some info!

I've gotten the first iteration of conc...

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Skybound - Interlude: The Horse Knight

 

The Horse Knight wasn’t sure exactly when it became aware of itself as more than what it had once been. It knew that it had existed for eight-hundred and twenty-three days, fifteen hours, and thirteen minutes. It knew its purpose wa...

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Skybound - Chapter 13: Reflections of Spirit

 

Rella trailed a hand through the waters of the fountain, letting the ripples wash the scene away as Jacob Ward collapsed, attended by his wife and the healers of the Black Lance. The satisfaction of his success was tempered by the wei...

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