Zilly left the group before they got back to the caravan, determined to go it alone until they got to Oud’s Bog, which was only a couple days away at this point.
When they returned with the captives, there was a small delay as everyone hel...
2024-06-21 22:06:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Nah, I don’t care about that at all,” Hogg said when Brin got back to camp. He was sitting on a camp chair next to the bonfire, which had dwindled down to coals.
“What? I thought that’s why you sent me out there.” Brin paused, a...
2024-06-19 18:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post"How do you know it's the same bandits? Are you sure you can find them?" asked Brin.
Zilly glanced at Sion, and Brin understood at once. She still wanted to be seen as a [Warrior] in the wider world, which meant that she didn't want to give ...
2024-06-14 20:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostZerif had originally planned for the caravan to spend some time in Sudd’s Bog, maybe another day, but that was when he’d thought there might still be a town here. When he left his tent for breakfast, several members of the caravan mobbed him, ...
2024-06-13 16:27:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day was, predictably, more walking. Brin spent the morning off by himself with one ear surrounded by a silencing spell while he practiced his sound magic. He worked on trying to change the timbre of the magic away from computer-sounding b...
2024-06-09 06:28:01 +0000 UTC View PostI've posted this everywhere else, but I realized I haven't posted the links here.
Bog Standard Isekai Volume 1: Scarred is now available as ebook, Kindle Unlimited, print and Audiobook. While none of you NEED to read the new version that is ...
2024-06-05 20:59:44 +0000 UTC View PostBrin decided to take it slow. If Hogg thought he needed to sneak up on this one, then he wouldn’t leave anything to chance. He also didn’t have a time limit on this, except that any time he spent hunting monsters was time he wouldn’t spend s...
2024-06-05 18:52:08 +0000 UTC View PostThat night his dreams were nothing special. He didn’t remember them on waking, and after examining them with [Memories In Glass], he mostly saw nothing but nonsensical shapes and images, and repeated sentences from conversations throughout the d...
2024-05-31 17:35:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Ok, but why am I here?” asked Myra as she pulled her dress that had caught on a brambly bush. It tore badly as she yanked it free. For anyone else, he’d feel really bad about that, but for Myra it was barely an inconvenience. One dismissive...
2024-05-29 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sure you've already heard, but I'll be removing Volume 1 of Bog Standard Isekai from all platforms in preparation for my Amazon release on June 4th. As far as I'm concerned, you've all already paid for Book 1, so if you'd like to download the ...
2024-05-27 20:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostHogg didn’t like the idea of hunting monsters on their very first night out of town, but he promised to find a way to make it work sometime during their trip.
“That’s actually how I always planned on getting you your first levels, by f...
2024-05-27 16:44:52 +0000 UTC View PostHe saw a flash of color, and then something slipped out of the forest. It had a long, segmented body, alternating tan and blue. A giant centipede maybe, except the legs were so short and thin that it seemed to glide across the ground.
It pou...
2024-05-24 17:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostBrin woke up the next morning with barely a trace of any headache at all. That was a nice change. Even in his old life, four glasses of wine would’ve been enough to give him the beginning of a hangover, but he really felt nothing other than the ...
2024-05-22 18:34:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe wedding started out a lot like System Day. Rodrige and Madely were hustled back to their separate parent’s homes, and when they came out the guests lined the street. Except on System Day the adults had held candles and watched in silence at ...
2024-05-17 22:58:17 +0000 UTC View PostOn the morning of Rodrige’s wedding, Brin dug through his wardrobe to find his best formal clothes, and found a problem. They didn’t fit. There was a silver lining–it meant he’d finally hit that growth spurt he’d been waiting for, but th...
2024-05-15 22:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the first night without nightmares, Brin thought it was a fluke, but then it happened again. Long, uninterrupted, dreamless sleep.
Because he couldn’t believe that something this good would happen out of nowhere, he’d gone back ove...
2024-05-13 18:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostI've been battling a head cold and can't make the words work. Today's chapter will be either late tonight or tomorrow. Sorry for the late notice
2024-05-11 01:09:39 +0000 UTC View PostAberfa watched in exquisite agony as the knife scraped its way up her arm, gouging her muscles. The old, rusty knife wasn't sharp enough to make a clean cut, and her skin bunched up before finally tearing through all at once. She watched it draw u...
2024-05-08 17:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostA quick [Inspect] of his attacker revealed little.
Name: Jorn Banhoff
Race: Human
Age: 37
Class: Messenger
Brin skipped the list of Ski...
2024-05-03 18:14:33 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, his nightmares spent hours torturing Lumina. She was slowly overcome by her curse, growing more and more monstrous as the blackness crept from her hand, down her arm, and into her heart. Or she’d be torn apart by Awnadil’s cruel an...
2024-05-01 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBefore they could leave, Myra asked them to wait. “I can’t believe I almost let you get away without giving Marksi his present!”
She pulled out a little red bag, from first glance. She brushed off, then visibly pushed a pulse of magic ...
2024-04-26 18:55:49 +0000 UTC View PostBrin took a moment to think about how to approach this. Myra didn't have the same sheer destructive power as Rodrige or the overwhelming speed of Gill, but she didn't have their vulnerabilities, either.
He used [Inspect].
The next morning, Hogg walked with Brin towards Davi’s farm on the way to the morning workout. Calisto’s potion had finally removed the last traces of the [Witch’s] curse, but his muscles had shrunk in the past several months. He was practic...
2024-04-19 18:28:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a solemn little group that left at dawn, all except for Marksi who darted around happily chasing moths and scampering up and down from Brin’s shoulders. He loved going out in the wild and didn’t seem to notice the mood of the other thre...
2024-04-17 18:33:54 +0000 UTC View PostWith Lumina busy, Brin decided to start his day at Ademsi’s shop, but when he got there the shop was empty. He honestly couldn’t guess where the automaton had gone; it’s not like he had that many friends.
He heard footsteps on st...
2024-04-12 18:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe feast began with much ado, with people eating at long tables. The town elders were darting from group to group, taking names, giving the rules, and assigning sleeping areas. That was no doubt the real reason for this; now that everyone was in ...
2024-04-10 18:21:19 +0000 UTC View PostBrin ran the entire way and arrived at the northern gate just as the incoming travelers reached shouting distance. “Gate” was a bit of a misnomer at this point; the watchtowers still stood, but there was nothing to block the road between them....
2024-04-05 17:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostStepping through the door, he had to stop and make sure [Know What’s Real] didn’t go off, because everything was different. Streamers hung from the ceiling, colorful paper covered Hogg’s more reserved wallpaper, and a big banner covered the ...
2024-04-03 17:35:53 +0000 UTC View PostBrin dreamt of [Witches], tonight the same as every night in the past few months since the battle of Hammon’s Bog.
Often, he dreamt of Bianca, the first living person to ever die by his hands. He’d feel her warm blood on his fingers and ...
2024-03-31 06:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostLumina gave Brin a couple hours to do his regular workout and he wasted no time getting started. He began with lifting weights, going through his whole routine. Normally he had a hard time motivating himself without Davi around, but today he had a...
2024-03-28 04:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post