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Halloween story!

I'm going to follow the not-exactly-a-tradition of using "fifth Wednesdays" for posting bonus material that's not connected directly to the serial—or in this case, connected at all. Instead, you're going to get a new 4,000-word Halloween story! Thi...

Chapters 1–6 free!

Starting today, I've set the first six chapters of "Saida & Autumn" as free for everyone, rather than just the first two. If you're a not a patron (yet?), this might give you more of an idea of what the serial is like!

1: 2018-10-11 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Checking in…

 So, the serial is plugging along—I admit I'd like to get a bit more feedback from folks: comments about what you like, and yes, if there are things you don't like, too. I'm aware the pace is a little slow, and focused a lot more on characteri...

From BFCC to Mensura College

“Wait, didn’t Arilin teach somewhere called BFCC, not Mensura?”

Yes. Well. Therein lies a story. Or several stories. And an ongoing retcon.

Cast your mind all the way back to…um, sometime in the mid–2000s. I don’t remember which y...

Next week (and beyond)

The serial is going to take a break next week, but there will still be a full-length post! The August 8th post will be an article about the setting—how it morphed from a shared world on a role-playing forum in the mid-2000s to now. Since August thi...

Saida & Autumn 6: Buckle Down

“They weren’t going to take them at that price.” Jonry spread his hands apart, trying to fix Saida with a patronizing let me ’splain to you expression as they walked. It didn’t make him look authoritative, just constipated. “I kn...

Saida & Autumn 5: Volunteer Work

“Are you humming under your breath?”

Autumn frowned down at the hyena who’d asked the question, a broad-chested, thirty-something dude in tight blue jeans and an equally tight purple tee. Tom stared right back up, unfazed, grin even more mani...

Saida & Autumn 4: Sunset

This time the walk seemed—almost normal, even with a couple drivers tapping their horns at her. (Autumn explained they were just letting the Rha know they were underneath her, although she’d figured that out.) A forest Saida had seen in the dista...

Saida & Autumn 3: Higher Grounds

When Autumn had led her out of the Beanstalk, Saida hadn’t expected the rabbit to head right for the main campus road. More precisely, for the sidewalk that ran along it, set a good two meters lower than the road’s surface to make it harder for s...

Thank you!

Thanks so much for your support so far! I'm thrilled. The serial is so far still on schedule (paws crossed), so the next part will be out on Wednesday.

The next part is also the first one that will be patrons-only! If you're supporting at the $3/mo...

Saida & Autumn 2: It Wasn’t Just You

Another glance toward the rabbit showed that her smile hadn’t returned, but she didn’t look hostile, either. She looked toward Saida expectantly, long ears up.

Picking up her beer and the plate of pizza, Saida headed across the room to the tabl...

Saida & Autumn 1: The Beanstalk

Two months past her twenty-seventh birthday, Saida Talirend could still usually pass for a college student, but she’d begun to feel self-conscious about it, as if her monthly stays at Mensura College perpetuated some kind of fraud. As a relative of...

Well, this is exciting!

(And a little terrifying.)

Here's the plan: my Patreon officially launches on Monday, June 25th. (If you're here early, surprise!) The first serial, Mensura College: Autumn & Saida, will start on Wednesday, June 27th. The idea ...