Bonus points for correctly identifying the popular culture reference. Drishya Chandran blinked her big brown eyes. On paper, she was twenty-one. To Elias, she looked about fifteen at most. It’s not that the kids are getting younger; it’s that I’m getting older. “I’m sorry,” Drishya said. “I honestly didn’t see anything.” They had commandeered the
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The Inheritance: Chapter 5 Part 3
The rollercoaster note is still in effect: this will be a scary ride, but it will arrive safely. Ada is not a pushover. Something was wrong with Bear. We had cut our way through the stalker tunnels. Our trail was littered with corpses, and we had just killed our fifteenth beast. It hadn’t gotten easier,
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Life and Other Dishes
I have a weird feeling this week. It’s like I overlooked something or forgot some bill, and I keep checking to see what I missed and can’t find it. And it’s Thursday already. How? How? Gordon’s surgery is next week. They will clean the scar tissue from his shoulder, and he will have to immediately
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Magic Triumphs Sample Bonanza
Magic Triumphs, the final novel in the Kate Daniels main series, will be available in full dramatized audio from Graphic Audio on the 20th of May. That’s eleven instalments (including Magic Gifts) of determination, heykittykittyness, blood, grit, immortal apple pie, and Atlanta mayhem, each one adapted with a full cast, original score, immersive sound effects,
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Dishhhwashhher
The trouble with the dishwasher started as soon as we came back from vacation. After we got home, I marinated some chicken, and ended up with a load of dishes that had a big glass marinading dish in it. I start the dishwasher. It gets through part of the cycle. I come back to the
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The Inheritance: Chapter 5 Part 2
We have some tense chapters ahead. Remember, this is not a tornado that will rip your house apart. This is a well-maintained rollercoaster that passed all of the safety inspections with flying colors. It might be scary, but you will walk away from this ride. Thank you for the numerous offers to “pay for the
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The Inheritance: Chapter 5, Part 1
Note: commercial airlines fly at 30,000 feet. Private jets fly higher, with the midsize jets specifically flying at 41,000-45,000 feet. The plane shuddered as it hit an air pothole. Elias put his hand on the maps spread out in front of him on the table to keep them from sliding off. Across from him, Leo
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Back to Life, Back to Reality and Book Recommendation
The vacation was amazing. The air was 80F. The ocean was 80F. The pools were great. The room was spectacular. The food was delicious. The drinks were to die for. We went on a date to this restaurant that was technically part of the resort but set outside of the grounds, by a busy street.
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The Inheritance: Chapter 4 Part 2
We are back from vacation! Clearly, a thousand ships have been launched while we were gone. Before we delve: if you would like to reread The Inheritance from the beginning, uninterrupted, click The Inheritance tag under the post title. We now have a front page banner, and we would like to introduce Candice Slater, the
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The Inheritance: Chapter 4 Part 1
2,119 miles away from Elmwood The right leg hurt, the left arm hurt, everything fucking hurt. There was alien slime dripping from his armor, and it stank like yesterday’s vomit. The gate loomed in front of him. Elias McFeron stepped through it. Blue sky. Finally. He took a deep breath and tasted home. That first
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Horde Alone And Inheritance Quiz
While House Andrews is away (hopefully somewhere gorgeous, where the only monsters are overloaded breakfast waffles), you’re left with me. Mwahahaha. As always, the result is chaos! Fluffy, nerdy, deeply chalant chaos. Some of you are still trying to marry London though sheer force of headcanon – because would a guy with such good jawline
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The Inheritance: Chapter 3 Part 2
Alex Costa, thirty-two years old, honorably discharged after eight years in the Marine Corps. He and his husband had just celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, and before the dive, he had showed off the necklace he received as a gift – a clover charm in gold with a small breach emerald in the center. For luck.
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