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It might be difficult, even for someone who knew him, to spot the difference at first. The clues were all there, but you know how he lied. He lied in words, actions, and even to himself. Perhaps he was more lie than man, now. So, yes, given the circumstances, it was entirely forgivable not to […]

A pair of Minotaurs and a half-Elf walk into a bar. A third Minotaur is already waiting for them. The half-Elf orders a bowl of bugs, and the other two Minotaurs look at the third one. He has no arm. He smiles and stands up. Then—the Minotaur asks the other two. “Is today when I […]

(Check out this link for an announcement for The Wandering Inn’s official merchandise store!) [I will be doing an AMA on r/progressionfantasy on July 26th, 2022! A post will be made at 8 AM EST. I’ll start answering questions…later than that time. I’ll announce it when it happens.]   Purely hypothetically. What would you consider […]

(What could this mean? Click here to learn about a free sweepstakes!)         It was time to get back to work. Vacations were never long enough, even, apparently, if you were dead. You just got more homework from ghosts. In Erin’s case, she equated ‘work’ with stressful activities. The not-a-party had arguably […]

(I am on break until the 28th for Patrons! I’ll post one more chapter of Volume 9 then, and the side story poll. Don’t let me forget the poll.)   Lamont was not a superstitious man. He was Scottish, but he was not Christian, though he’d been to church quite a lot growing up. He […]

It said a lot that her first friend was Mrsha. Not about Gireulashia’s judgment of character or Mrsha herself. Rather, that it took her fifteen years to make a friend, and that her first friend was half her age and less than half her height. Less than a third if Mrsha ran around on all […]

Now you believe. Of course, when the evidence is irrefutable, like a voice in your head, a destroyed Adventurer’s Guild, and a quest felt across a continent, most people tend to believe. Most of these reasonable people would then say, ‘yes, you have my attention. What can we do (within reason and convenience for me […]

They called it the Waning World, the era of decline where magic was somehow less magical and legends were only sort of inspiring. When the world’s greatest foe, the King of Destruction, was a conquering [King] rather than the world-ending horde of Crelers, for instance. These were the days when Dragons might be around. When […]

And then she woke up. The young woman opened her eyes. Erin Solstice sat up in her bed and thought for a moment it was a dream. Then she realized it wasn’t. It was her inn. Her bed. Her room. But the panoply of people who stood around her weren’t ghosts. The Horns of Hammerad, […]

Chieftain Torishi Weatherfur fell through the earth. She didn’t know how long. Minutes? How far down? Her voice howled Belavierr’s name. She only knew the tumbling through air, the despair. Then she landed. Eleven minutes of free-fall. What should have ground her bones to dust—didn’t. The hole that Belavierr had opened was a portal. Though […]

Drakes crossed the water line. The old peace that had lasted forever broke with the marching of boots. The burning fires…and a cold promise in metal and magic. The armies of the Walled Cities had reached the Meeting of Tribes at last. What did the Drakes see as they arrayed for battle, deploying in the […]

(Casualfarmer has released their first novel, Beware of Chicken on Amazon! I encourage you to check out their story online and consider reading the story. I am on break for an entire month. Thanks for reading.)   After all that time, it was Izril they came back to. The split continent with three species, each […]

The King of Avel, the current [King], was napping on his throne. He had slept lightly, having stayed awake with considerable, nay, understandable concern over what was going on. He hadn’t taken part in the war with Ailendamus, although Avel had quietly shipped a lot of arrows to Gaiil-Drome. But his damn councilors and court […]

After so long, an age of waiting, the first gods returned to Terandria. New strangers washed up on the northern continent. Would-be gods. Carrion of their flesh. The dead lands that echoed Terandria did not change. They showed the slow change in geography, the advance and destruction of kingdoms, fields that lay fallow until they […]

(The final chapter will be released on May 3rd for Patrons. I am taking a one-update break to make sure it is fully edited. Thanks.) (Podium is hosting an apron giveaway! Check out the contest here! The General of Izril, Book 6 is out on Audible! Purchase it here!)       A storm raced […]

(Book 6, The General of Izril is available for preorder on Audible! Check it out here.) [I am taking a small delay of one update to revise and write. The next chapter will be out on the 26th for Patreons, and the 30th for Public readers.]                 The […]

(Book 6, The General of Izril is available for preorder on Audible! Check it out here.)         My old friend. That was how it felt. Like an old friend walking through your door when you least expected it. It might be foreign to other worlds, but all the peoples of this one […]

Did you believe that a sin could be so great that it followed you after death? That some deeds were so wrong, some crimes so heinous that they haunted an entire people? Children held responsible for deeds done long ago that they could never have prevented, or even known? Some crimes were beyond forgiveness, if […]

They called it Norechl. God of the Forgotten. Dead God of Lost Things. It had been named before all of this, in a time when it had first arrived. Not even the others quite knew all of what Norechl was. Tamaroth. God of Rulers and Leaders. First of his pantheon, first among all. Kasigna. Three-in-One. […]

(The author is on break until the 9th of April! Be ready. We’re closing the volume.)   They were burning it all down. Enchanter Ilekrome watched the blazes spreading. Lamia hurled [Fireballs] into the wet brush, but mainly it was Lizardfolk with actual torches slowly setting blazes. Fanning flames. They were bad at it at […]

The Titan of Baleros was on Izril. Not just on Izril, he was leading a Gnoll army with Goblins in tow—and Antinium—and Doombringers, whatever the heck those were—against Drakes. Classic Niers. When news of his confirmed survival spread, many who knew him or his reputation were unsurprised. However—that did not mean all was well. The […]

(The author is now on a break until March 26th after writing a chapter a day for the last week! Whew…that was a lot. Don’t let me do it again unless it results in good writing.)   Sleep after great deeds was an endemic problem that most flesh-people faced. Some cloth-people too. They had to […]

It was a silly thing, but she preferred being called ‘Dioname’. Her full name was Dionamella, but she wanted the last three letters left off. Dee-oh-nah-mei. That was how you’d say it. As opposed to dee-oh-nah-mell-ah.  Did this matter?…No. Not at all. But it made her feel rather in-tune with the modern parlances of the […]

The war against the Dawn Concordat, as mentioned, was a gripping affair concerning the fate of now five nations, given Pheislant’s involvement, and continental repercussions in the short term at the least. It got little billing abroad. Yes, updates were shared daily by Wistram News Network and the other burgeoning magic-television networks to fill air […]

Ryoka Griffin took one moment to reflect upon her failings on her journey to meet the Archmage of Memory. Just one. Perhaps it wasn’t even a true failing. The thing was— She didn’t kill people. She was neither good at it nor did she have the ability to look at someone and do it. Even […]