Warning: R rated for fantasy violence and adult themes. Posted on Mondays and Fridays. Chapter 1 Health insurance with $1,000 maximum family deductible. Prescription drug coverage with 80% discount off list prices. The first time I heard about gates, I imagined them to be these portals glowing with a magical blue light. Too many video
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The Inheritance: Chapter 2
A massive cavern spread in front of us, awash in bioluminescence like some bizarre rave. It resembled an enormous egg set on its side, with the wider end to the right ending in a solid wall and the narrow end to the left splitting off into several dark passages. The cavern’s floor sloped to the
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Can I Pet That Dawg?
Ada before the gate dive. (Link for those of you getting this in your newsletter.) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Whistle (@whistlesports) I’ve had a rough night. It stormed very heavily, and Sookie the Old Bulldog decided to hide by my side of the bed breathing heavily. Between that and deafening
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The Inheritance: Chapter 3 Part 1
I opened my eyes. A jagged stone ceiling spread above me, glowing softly with swirls of alien growth. I hadn’t imagined the nightmare. It happened. I stared at the ceiling for a long breath and checked my watch. The digital skin was dark, with a spiderweb of cracks across it. Must’ve happened when I smashed into
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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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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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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 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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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 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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The Inheritance: Chapter 6 Part 1
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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Name That Street
Before anything else: MAGIC TRIUMPHS is out from Graphic Audio today. Yay! Gordon’s surgery went well. We got home safe yesterday and today he is in the home gym, working the shoulder as the doctor instructed. The doctor was pleased and saw no additional need to do anything beyond the expected scope of the surgery.
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