Just a quick heads up folks.
First let me stress that me and the family are totally fine and in no danger, unless we sink into the lawn trying to go outside.
Having said that, the area I live in is currently under a flood warning and t...
2022-10-13 22:03:17 +0000 UTC View PostThere were more candles burning than the night before. When Tyron had gone to sleep, he’d estimated there to be close to twenty of the small flames alight in the back of his mind. When he awoke, that number had grown. By how much, was difficult ...
2022-10-13 10:54:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe ant stared at them. Rillik, Elly, Drake and Lacos stared back.
A pause.
Rillik swore viciously, then began to turn the boat around, not bothering to hide his frustration.
“Let’s just kill it and get on the mountain,” Dr...
2022-10-10 10:41:34 +0000 UTC View PostWe will be one
Within, Within
Surrender the self
To him, to him
The darkest night
Will end, will end
The cage of our flesh
Will break, wil...
2022-10-09 22:58:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe Queen looked down on her children and felt joy swell in her heart. It always did when they thronged around her, looking busy and enjoying their lives. No matter what they did, the Colony threw their whole selves into the task, as an ant should...
2022-10-08 13:18:49 +0000 UTC View PostObviously, I already have an answer to this question, but I'm curious what the readership thinks will happen, or want to happen.
So let me know what you want to happen to Dove going forward!
Only vote once, have at it!
2022-10-07 05:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostMade a couple of changes to chapter 18 where Tyron picks his new Class. I added the following two lines.
You are able to advance Mysteries to the next stage.
You have been granted the Skill: Minion Modification. T...
2022-10-06 08:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1054 - Colliding Waves pt 2
Any conflict against demons within the third stratum is almost certain to end in failure. Not only are the native monsters resistant to, even empowered by, the conditions which are dra...
2022-10-04 10:28:33 +0000 UTC View PostVictor almost sagged to the hot stone floor of the stratum in relief when a runner finally made its way back to her command post with the news. The Queen had been sighted, still alive. Great news, they hadn’t been too late. Then came the rest of...
2022-10-03 10:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is it that a delver seeks? Many don’t devote enough thought to this question, because there are several answers, not all of them financial. Of course, the main fiscal return of any delve is cores and valuable monster components, that go...
2022-10-02 04:13:48 +0000 UTC View PostSUPER late this time. Holy moly. Double Chrysalis coming tomorrow folks.
Kid, as much as I admire your colossal sack, I’m worried those same pendulous balls are blocking your vision, like a hairy, wrinkled blindfold. This ...
2022-10-01 11:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe practice of Delving into the Dungeon is as old as the Rending. No sooner had the desperate struggle for survival begun than people were throwing themselves into the depths, desperate to find the tools they needed to fight back against the ...
2022-09-28 01:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostDungeon Seers have long been a fixture in all of the major civilisations of Pangera; their capacity to detect some aspects of the inner workings of the Dungeon and its mana is an invaluable aid.
It can’t have been easy, in the...
2022-09-26 11:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe tunnels between layers were uncomfortable at the best of times. Filled with smoke, ash and the bubbling streams of lava that made the heat unbearable, they were inhospitable before you took into account the demons prowling through the...
2022-09-24 11:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Queen was having a great day. Her mandibles gnashed with joy as she rushed across the plains, the small demon larvae wiggling out of her way as she chased down her prey. It had taken some time to get down the pillar, avoiding the inhabitants o...
2022-09-23 12:31:56 +0000 UTC View PostRe-wrote this whole thing, and that basically never happens. Still not quite happy with it, but its late enough already!
The skeletons moved with their usual lack of grace as they fought. Eerie silence surrounded the minions...
2022-09-23 00:50:54 +0000 UTC View PostAnts flooded through the tunnels, called to action stations by urgent pheromone messages distributed by the still under development “automated noiseless announcement system.”
If Sloan had any hair, she would be pulling it out of her cara...
2022-09-20 11:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe resources of the third stratum proved to be a boon to the Colony, but none more so than the Fire Iron, as we called it. Found in naturally replenishing reserves between layers, the precious metal had several properties that made it of enor...
2022-09-18 12:04:04 +0000 UTC View PostOdin had seen many things in his first life. The pressure that came with being a professional assassin, the piles of bodies he’d left in his wake, none of it prepared him for the Demon horde that surrounded him now. They stretched in all directi...
2022-09-17 12:13:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe Queen crunched her demon prey with satisfaction. A strange, bladed creature, the monster had put up quite a fight before she’d been able to overpower it. There was something so gratifying about hunting for her own Biomass. She doubt...
2022-09-16 11:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostTyron thought seriously for a time before he replied.
“Some of them we’ve discounted. Acolyte is the generic choice and I think we can safely discount that.”
“As I said, sometimes these generic choices are the right ones. We ca...
2022-09-15 11:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post“SHIELDS!” Advant shouted, her pheromones washing over the entire area in a mighty burst.
The two mages, thankfully, were quick to respond and a shield sprang into being around the large soldier, mere moments before the mess of vines eng...
2022-09-13 11:39:25 +0000 UTC View PostTungstant woke from her torpor feeling just as tired as when she went into it. After her last… incident, she didn’t want to lose the time by being captured by they who would not be named, and made sure she got regular rest, but there was so mu...
2022-09-11 11:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The togas... holy moly I can't even.
2022-09-11 04:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this was late! Too many numbers....
Tyron stared at his new minions. The skeletons stared back at him. He frowned. There was something… different about them. He could feel it, but not identify it, like a word tinglin...
2022-09-09 09:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostHah! You thought I was done with sports!
Hello my dear readers! I hope you are all well, snug, warm, and ready for another rendition of my adventures amongst the Colony. Within the second stratum, the ants certainly had ...
2022-09-08 08:11:13 +0000 UTC View PostFeeling much better. Really want to get back to a regular schedule for you long suffering readers! Sorry! T_T
Going to push for five chapters this week. This is the last of the sporting events. Tolly up n...
2022-09-07 06:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh snap!
Upping the Ante is now available through Amazon and Kindle people! Bring the hype!
You can find it in this general direction: 2022-09-06 06:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“I’ll see you later, darling,” Peter called.
“Enjoy your walk dearest,” his wife replied, amused.
He’d managed to get through his work in record time today. The tomatoes were ripening so he’d made sure to give them the at...
2022-09-03 11:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostPeter looked out over the field and realised with a mild sense of surprise that his work for the day was done. The crops were watered and growing well, the weeding and pest control had been done. He eyed his fences askance, no, they were fine too....
2022-09-02 11:28:30 +0000 UTC View Post