Edwin M. Griffiths posts
The Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 22,23,24
Chapter 22
This Place Sucks
The mountain range east of Boar Hollow stretched far. It snaked its way through regions, bordering the sea at one point but holding one important facet of Tero’gal. The Throne of the Dreamwalker was the planet’s source of power. It held a combination of energies between the planet itself, the Dreamwalk, Theo’s own will, and the Realm of the Dreamwalker. Theo and Tresk approached the large temple resting atop the range of mountains, looking up ...
2025-07-18 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 55,56,57,58
Chapter 55
Tea Workshop
The area outside of the mine smelter and blacksmith’s workshop was oddly quiet. The grove that Taz had claimed for his own was normally filled with the sound of singing metal, but as Rud emerged from the bushes, he heard only the silence of the forest. It took him a while, but he eventually heard a pick slamming against stone and echoing off the expansive halls of the mine. The dwarf was expanding his home or adding more rooms. It was hard to tell wha...
2025-07-18 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 52,53,54
Chapter 52 An Army, A Tea House The forest whipped by in a rush as Rud rode on Dean. While the cheese cooled and was pressed by Taz back in
Chapter 52 An Army, A Tea House The forest whipped by in a rush as Rud rode on Dean. While the cheese cooled and was pressed by Taz back in
Chapter 52
An Army, A Tea House
The forest whipped by in a rush as Rud rode on Dean. While the cheese cooled and was pressed by Taz back in the Grove, the druid wanted to head into town to ...
2025-07-11 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 19,20,21
Chapter 19 A Good Smack As promised, Sarisa and Rowan were completely uninterested in joining them for the adventure the next day. Tresk and
Chapter 19
A Good Smack
As promised, Sarisa and Rowan were completely uninterested in joining them for the adventure the next day. Tresk and Theo stuffed their inventories with enough provision to last them many multiple years. Even if they didn’t need to eat while within the dimensional spaces, or at least not as much, they wante...
2025-07-11 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a new thing...
The way I normally write things has a lot to do with letting a manuscript sit around for a year before it sees the light of day. Welcome to a new era. Starting tomorrow, I'll be running a new story. With two other stories running? Yeah, I just can't help myself no matter how hard I try.
System Scribe Academy is the direct sequel to Newt and Demon while still being standalone. I'm going to start running this story here on Patreon well before it hits RoyalRoad. I'll be posting the chapter...
2025-07-10 14:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 49,50,51
Chapter 49 Hunting for Dungeons A foreign willpower hit Rud like a truck. Once the message flashed up, he felt the strain of the dungeon’s s
Chapter 49 Hunting for Dungeons A foreign willpower hit Rud like a truck. Once the message flashed up, he felt the strain of the dungeon’s s
Chapter 49
Hunting for Dungeons
A foreign willpower hit Rud like a truck. Once the message flashed up, he felt the strain of the dungeon’s soul pressing against his mind. It was like ...
2025-07-04 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 16,17,18
Chapter 16 Resonance Elrin gave Theo a schedule for destroying the phylacteries. He couldn’t do it too quickly, since that would put more st
Chapter 16
Resonance
Elrin gave Theo a schedule for destroying the phylacteries. He couldn’t do it too quickly, since that would put more strain on the world, but it would only take him a few weeks to destroy all of them. Yet that wasn’t the thing that occupied the alchemist’s mind. After returning to Broken Tusk, he sought ou...
2025-07-04 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 13,14,15
Chapter 13 Ablate Taking care of the situation at Slagrot was one thing but as Theo sat at dinner that night, he couldn’t keep himself from
Chapter 13
Ablate
Taking care of the situation at Slagrot was one thing but as Theo sat at dinner that night, he couldn’t keep himself from probing the magical potential of the reagents he had pilfered from the volcano. Both the Lavashroom and Spit’s Pumice felt weird in his hands, as though they were different from the other rea...
2025-06-27 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 46,47,48
Chapter 46 Creamery The magical energies east of the grove have settled down for now. Rud sat in his observation tower and observed the swir
Chapter 46
Creamery
The magical energies east of the grove have settled down for now. Rud sat in his observation tower and observed the swirling bits of magic, making note of the incoming rain and the possibility of snow from the north. Most interestingly, he noticed the pinprick of magic that orbited his tower. He didn’t include th...
2025-06-27 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 10,11,12
Chapter 10
Inside a Volcano
The first thing Theo remembered after folding the void in on itself was a falling sensation. Then he felt the heat of the volcano. It was intense enough for him to reflexively create a shielding ward around himself, but it did nothing to diminish the fires of the volcano. An instant later, he was falling on his face, slamming into warm rock and smelling the sulfur all around him.
"I thought I had said to teleport us outside of the volcano, near ...
2025-06-20 11:39:03 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 43,44,45
Chapter 43
Artifact Claimed
The world rumbled beneath the druid’s feet. Fissures split through the icy island, creating massive cracks that spread for feet. The duck in Rud’s hand shifted, rolling this way and that as it changed shape. Before he could even respond, strange metallic objects shot into the head of his staff, slamming into it hard enough to send him stumbling backward. Ban shouted into his mind as system text flew into his vision.
“Get out of there, ...
2025-06-20 11:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 40,41,42
Chapter 40
Cows
While everything going on with the ritual magic was interesting enough, Rud had to turn his attention to caring for the grove for the rest of that day. But as the new day dawned, he gathered before the sacred tree, trying to get her attention. Since the labyrinth had appeared, she had been busy attempting to probe it for some unknown tree-related reason. However, he felt her attention shift back to him.
“While I’m sure you’re concerned about what you ...
2025-06-13 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 7,8,9
Chapter 7
Cast the Spell
The seaside town Balkor wanted to settle in was quaint. Few places on Theo's planet were built up, so all the houses were low and relatively shabby. However, the people there all had smiles on their faces as they went about their business. They waved at the duo as they settled into an open-air cafe along a primary thoroughfare. Bordered by palm trees and with the bright sun overhead, the alchemists could see why this chain of islands was so attractive. 2025-06-13 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 4,5,6
Chapter 4
Math is Useless
“I know a space elf that’s gonna be unhappy about this,” Theo said.
Instead of teleporting directly back to the mortal plane, Theo brought Tresk to his own planet. They had already said hello to Belgar and settled into a small cafe along the main road. The tea was pretty good, but the alchemist had more on his mind than just that.
“I failed to see the problem,” Tresk said, sipping her tea and smacking her lips. “Xol’sa can adap...
2025-06-06 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 37,38,39
Chapter 37
The Wolf and the Dwarf
Distractions from important projects was a grand tradition in Gladesbale Grove. Rud justified his newest project by claiming he could increase his Animal Communication skill while working on a new plot of land for his tea farm. And why exactly would he need the help of an overly energetic spirit wolf? Digging, of course. Lots and lots of digging.
“What’s the idea? What we doing?” Sarya asked, running in circles while she held a branc...
2025-06-06 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 34,35,36
Chapter 34
Checking the Storm
Problems appeared in Gladesbale Grove often enough. Rud wasn’t surprised that weird stuff was going on. But to have so many problems cropping up at the same time was indeed strange. His three biggest problems were the labyrinth, twelve cursed objects, and the thing on the island. Out of all of them, the labyrinth was the least threatening. Next came the cursed objects, then the island. The druid ate breakfast, giving his morning report to the othe...
2025-05-30 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 8 Chapters 1, 2, 3
Chapter 1
Unrivaled Tero’gal Mastery
The third floor lab of the Newt and Demon was cluttered with completed potions. Theo hunched over a table, mixing Enchanted Water with Healing Essence before dropping in a fleck of metal. The potion bubbled, performing a near-perfect reaction and resulting in an extremely pure potion. He placed it in the pile and moved on.
Eleanor Bracken, the newest addition to the lab’s alchemists, leaned over the table with a reluctant look on he...
2025-05-30 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 7 Chapters 79, 80, 81
Chapter 79
Why Do You Get To Have All The Fun
The Arbiter's Citadel was a place known for polished stone surfaces and straight edges. The office at the top of the massive tower provided a beautiful view of the metropolis below. It stretched far into the distance, revealing only a patchwork of greenery here and there, designated for parks and recreational areas. The office itself was no different from the rest of the planet. Everything within had its place. The stone walls were p...
2025-05-29 17:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 7 Chapters 76, 77, 78
Chapter 76
What Are You?
Theo didn't allow the panic to settle in his heart; it did that on its own. He ran forward over the open landscape, doing his best to avoid the monsters while delivering daggers infused with dragon dance when they noticed him. These creatures were far weaker than those he had encountered in the dungeon, and they all fell easily enough. Still, the alchemists scrambled forward, panicking as he looked around. It wasn't until exhaustion overtook him that he ...
2025-05-23 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 31,32,33
Chapter 31
New Shapeshifting Form
As if dealing with the cursed objects and the labyrinth wasn’t enough for Rud, now he had to worry about the frozen island. It was a place he had seen many times from his observation tower, but had paid little attention to. But if it was encroaching across the lake, it was indeed a threat to the entire region.
Mira clung to the fur on Dean’s back, shrieking as they dashed across the landscape. Rud had assumed his flying squirrel form a...
2025-05-23 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostGladesbale Grove Book 2 - Chapters 28,29,30
Chapter 28
Mysteries Underground
Rud, Major, and Taz couldn't simply teleport to the spot. They had to go there on foot so as not to leave Elm behind. The druid shifted into his flying squirrel form, jumping from tree to tree and following along as the group thundered through the forest. The elf rode her deer-horse while Taz rode atop Major's back. While the bear wasn't the best mount, especially when compared to Dean or Daffodil, he did the job just fine.
Rud enjoyed pushin...
2025-05-16 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Newt and Demon - Book 7 Chapters 73, 74, 75
Chapter 73
Enchant Weapons
A field of darkness flowed from Theo’s feet, spreading out over the arena as the spell fulminated. Mass Bind rolled over hundreds of the small creatures, shadows latching onto their legs and holding them firmly in place. Elrin was already dashing between them, sweeping his halberd in a wide arc. Yet despite the power he put behind each hit, he couldn’t take them down in a single strike. His weapon bounced off their hard shells, sparks intermingling...
2025-05-16 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post