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A Backwards Approach to Clarke's Law - November 2025 Update

Will be published in everywhere else in two par

A Backwards Approach to Clarke's Law - October 2025 Update

A day in the limedark, so to speak.

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Weeks in the Past, but Not that Many

Hell

He was lounging with his head hanging off the arm of the couch when the voices out in the hallway drew close enough to become intelligible.

“- my words make you uncomfortable, oh Lord of Vampires? Remind you of the grand boasts you used to make?”

He idly swirled the wine in his glass while gauging the motions of the canvases floating high up nea...

A Backwards Approach to Clarke's Law - September 2025 Update

Will be published in 2 parts everywhere else on

A Backwards Approach to Clarke's Law - August 2025 Update

Finally got this done. Will be published in 2 p

A Backwards Approach to Clarke’s Law - July 2025 Update

Another super long one, pretty action-packed to

A Backwards Approach to Clarke's Law - Chapter 4

it's been a long time since I wrote so much for

Merry Christmas!

Thank you all for being here this year (and the one before), your existence has been and continues to be a literal gift (legally and contractually, this isn't just me being a sap).

The Unified Theorem - Chapter II.2 (24)

With this, the plot is set for the second book. I have a feeling you all will find this plotline more interesting than the first one. Probably the new additions to the cast too.

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Chapter 24 (II.2): Recruiting Aviators in Three Easy Steps

“-. Falstad Wildhammer .-“

It was the year 220 after the War of the Three Hammers, which meant the Wildhammer Clan would be holding their decennial carousal down in the Khaz Modan Highlands. There,...

Bylaws of Babel - Chapter 5

A really long one this time, phew. Not entirely

Everything Everywhere One Thing at a Time - Chapter 13

Ran a couple days over my imaginary deadline be

The Unified Theorem - Chapter II.1

Power outages continue to be my bane, but someh

Progress Update

Won't be able to do any extra fourth story this month after all, unfortunately. As for Unified Theorem, you can thank interminable power outages for why it's taking so long. Between starting this post and finally publishing it, power went out three different times.

The update will still be done, so the full set of three will be properly finished for the month, but not for another little while.

Sorry about that, and thanks to those of you who are sticking around.

Bylaws of Babel - Chapter 4

A surprising upset that nobody (including myself) saw coming. 

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Chapter 4 – Atra-Hasis Envies Your Easy Service

“-. Hrami .-“

The trees spoke to him.

They told him of people approaching, too few to be the bulk of the clans, too many to risk ignoring. Hrami was glad he’d already grown new grass over the many caches of lanterns and blasting powder. They were care...

Everything Everywhere One Thing at a Time - Chapter 12

King Arthur is French fanfic.

Change my mind.

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Chapter 12: This Is Not the Master You’re Looking For

“-. March 4, 1995 .-“

“How the hell did we win?”

Coming from who might just be the smartest man in the world, that question struck everyone quite hard.

“No, seriously, how?” Charlie Gordon demanded as he waved angrily at Harry’s memory of Washington being eradicated in orbital bom...

The Unified Theorem - Ending, Book One

Chapter 22, with which the first volume of the story ends. No, the story won't be going on hiatus.

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Ending – Book One: Politics of Arcane Rationale

“-. January 16, 581 .-“

Reach out, heal, next, repeat. For days that was all I did. First at the foot of the cyclone, healing the blind, the deaf and the maimed whether I had caused it or not. Then I dragged my feet through the city in a ro...

Bylaws of Babel - Chapter 3

This one went on way too long, but somehow I ma

Query on Potentially Hopeless Endeavour Avoidance

Much more time ago than I thought it would ultimately take to finish the story, I put up a poll for what story to do after Understanding Does Not Presage Peace was completed. I put up some polls, one here, one elsewhere on the net where I get the best reader engagement. Long story short, the final result was that I would pick up Sons of Suns and Sands, my Star Wars story where Luke resets th...

Understanding Does Not Presage Peace - Epilogue

This is it everyone, the final installment of this story. I hope it ties up the last loose ends well enough.

To those of you who enjoyed it, I'm glad. To those who feel the tale is unpolished or missing pieces in places, I apologize and hope what is here at least passed muster with you. To those who didn't like it but are here nonetheless, my sincerest appreciation for your forbearance.

Finally, a sincere thank you to all of you who stayed this long. I want you all t...

Everything Everywhere One Thing at a Time - Chapter 11

How much of the prior story was foreshadowing for this, do you think?

For answers to all questions, watch Stargate Continuum.

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Chapter 11: Dreaming the Bad Death

“-. Henry Evan Lorne, Major, US Air Force .-“

July 2 of the year 2008 unfolded like a dream. Drills, physical training, range time – P90 record was holding steady but the MP5A3 was playing a bit hard – then it was equipment maintenance until ...

The Unified Theorem - Chapter 21

It wasn't a mistake, but alas...

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Chapter 21 - Martyrdom Makes Sacrifices of All

“-. Alonsus Faol .-“

Hagall saved his life.

“Astonishing.”

A ‘lesser’ stave Wayland called it, but the symbol Alonsus had etched on his own breastbone still managed to ward off that first wave of destruction, and had defended him from all other direct magical harm ever since.

“Even now you still live.�...

Bylaws of Babel - Chapter 2

Alternate POV chapters won't be the norm for this story, but I don't want to use cardboard cutouts for characters, never mind introduce too many OCs. Nimrod is in this either way.

EDIT: I've modified the last POV to one Prince Elliriad, since apparently Teclis is much, MUCH younger than I thought and he hasn't been born yet.
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Chapter 2: It’s the Failure

“-. Hrothgar ...