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Isla grimaced as her boots dipped into the water, pushing the rowboat into the sea. Hopping inside, she stabilized herself before looking back at the sandy beach; James lay amongst the goods they’d brought to shore. Her fingers curled into a fist.
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2024-12-22 01:13:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Great news! Volume 2 is now available on Amazon Kindle.
It can also be downloaded below here in this post.
Thank you all for your incredible support. I truly hope you’ve been enjoying the series so far, and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Volume 2. Happy reading! o7
2024-12-22 00:44:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I just got back the cover image. What do you guys think overall? Decent?
2024-12-20 23:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostPoV:
1. Garu (Our Ethereal Scout!)
2. Jennifer (Our Scarlet Hand Leader in this World!)
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Isla’s boots crunched against the coarse sand, grit biting at her soles while running across the rocky intertidal area. Gunfire continued to pepper the air. The sharp tang of salt hung in the air, every breath a taste of the sea as she rounded the rise to see the plane looming in the distance, its meta...
2024-12-20 23:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostYou can now gift my Patreon membership to friends, family, and anyone else you want to invite into our space!
Your gift helps grow our community and support my work, while giving you and your friend one more thing to talk about. Plus, you don't need to deal with shipping or wrapping.
Just go to https://www.patreon.com/AuthorSME/gift to give a gift.
I'm not exactly sure how this works. Anyo...
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The line strained against her grip, the reel’s sharp clicks echoing louder than they should over the rhythmic hush of the waves, gently lapping against the rocks. Isla’s breath stayed steady, eyes flicking to the water where the god fish’s opalescent shimmer flickered like a fractured rainbow beneath the s...
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The raft bumped lightly against the rocky shore, the gentle nudge sending a soft jolt through Isla’s knees. She jumped off first to avoid the others noticing her shadow, her boots crunching into the uneven mix of sand and stone. There was a slight mist that clung low to the bridge between ocean and san...
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1. Grace (Our Cowgirl!)
2. Rachel Park (Our Lunar Hare!)
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The Dark Chaser had circled the island twice, slow and steady, its gentle engines becoming background noise at this point. Isla stood at the ship’s prow, hands gripping the cold, salt-stained metal rail as the misty horizon stretched in every direction.
The island emerged like a jagged scar on th...
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“C’mon, Captain Reyes, don’t make me drag you,” Brigid snickered, tugging at Isla’s jacket sleeve with a grunt. Her blue eyes were sharp, and her brows raised in that ‘I’m not doing this alone’ look made Isla sigh as they got to the female quarters. Maeva had a similar look, saying she ha...
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What do you think about this for the cover?
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A flicker. The space at the center of the rift shimmered, like glass bending under heat. A sharp ripple ran across its surface. Isla saw it before anyone else.
“Something’s coming through!” she barked, her voice snapping every head toward the rift.
The sparkling rays warped space, light...
2024-12-15 23:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: I finished the full story of Immortal Fish today. It's done. Just needs some edits for the last chapters. I look forward to reading what you guys think of it. =)
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A gentle warmth surrounded her. Not the artificial warmth of a heated room or the fleeting warmth of a pass...
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The soft, steady thrum of the Dark Chaser’s engine hummed through the hull, a deep, resonating pulse that Isla could feel in her chest. It wasn’t the chugging roar of a standard ship’s engine—this was something smoother, quieter, like the steady beat of a sleeping giant’s heart. The faintest vi...
2024-12-14 00:40:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Note: So... Patreon just gave me this option. And, sure, why not. The general message they generated for me is below, lol. =D
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You can now gift my Patreon membership to friends, family, and anyone else you want to invite into our space!
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The metal hallways of Site-X0 left an eerie echo as she made her way back to the lower levels, noticing the fine flakes of jungle dirt from her boots. The quiet was louder without the clicking of Evelyn’s heels—every shift of her coat, every scuff of rubber on steel carried further than it should. Th...
2024-12-12 20:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello, amazing patrons!
I wanted to take a moment to update you on everything happening behind the scenes and let you know about a small shift in the schedule. There’s a lot of exciting progress to share, and I’m thrilled to have you all here for it!
What’s Happening:
Undying Empire Volume 2 is being prepared for Kindle, and I’m focused on making sure it looks and reads as beautifully as possible. This includes finding the perfect artwork (which I’m bein...
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Isla followed Evelyn up the winding metal steps to the upper levels of the base. The air smelled of brine and ozone, that sharp tang that clung to rainstorms and live wires. Every so often, a faint vibration hummed beneath her boots. It wasn’t a tremor—more like a pulse, like the throb of a subwoofer...
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1. Rachel Park (Our Lunar Hare!)
2. Grace (Our Cowgirl!)
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The old stone stairwell curved into a polished, steel-plated corridor, the shift so sudden it might as well have been a page turn in a book. They’d reached sea level. A metallic hum buzzed softly in the background now—a subtle, continuous thrum that spoke of wires, machines, and power. Not stone. Not...
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The soft clink of Isla’s boot against the smooth stone step echoed through the chamber, each sound swallowed by the vastness of the Endless Sea’s core. Her fingers brushed against the wall as they ascended, the lilac-glowing veins of stone pulsing faintly beneath her fingertips. The glow flickered, r...
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Churning waves. Jagged rock. Fog rolling in low sheets, blanketing the sea like a stage being set for an ancient ritual. The storm hangs overhead, gray clouds swirling like ink in water. The helicopter’s hum cuts through the distant roar of crashing waves. A camera pans to reveal it: Site-X0. A roc...
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The sharp, rhythmic thump of helicopter rotors echoed through the canopy, low and steady like a warning drum, telling her to run. She’d rarely been afraid of anything in her life, but Evelyn’s smile was something demonic—otherworldly. Only those who really got to know her would see that side of the...
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The dense green of the rainforest cliffs overhanging an ocean drop swelled around her, every canopy sway throwing dapples of golden light across the slick, rain-kissed stone. Dr. Isla Reyes clung to the cliffside with practiced ease, fingers curling into damp crevices of rock as her boots found their footing aga...
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Dr. Evelyn Hart adjusted her glasses, the faint clink of metal frames cutting through the room’s stark silence. The thick dossier before her bore a plain black cover—no logo, no title, just SITE-X0 and X-2 Clearance stamped across the top in bold, unassuming letters. Her fingers hesitated for a fraction of a second.
The scent of the freshly printed report ming...
2024-12-10 00:33:19 +0000 UTC View PostVal wanted me to see if I could write a short story. A test. News flash. With my style? Not even close. But, I managed to get through 4/5ths of a novella over the last two days! That's like 30k words and I have maybe have another 6k or so to write to finish. Here is a blurb. It's a stand-alone but a part of a much bigger universe as you might be able to tell.
I am NOT stopping any other series. This is just a novella test.
Each story can be self-contained. Each one has new characters and recurring characters, esp...
2024-12-09 11:43:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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1. Edmon (Our Father and Husband w/ a Frozen Heart!)
2. Jennifer (Our Scarlet Hand Leader in this World!)
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