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The Last Angel: Descent, Prologue

To close out the month, we have the first part of The Last Angel: Descent, the story of Bathory and IKaggen’s travel to Nibiru and what they had to go through to get there with such impeccable ...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #402

A new week dawns, and with it a new prompt thread. As always,m this is open to everyone and will run until the end of next Tuesdays, so you have plenty of time to get prompts in, so be sure to leave a brief comment below and I'll choose one for a short bit of fiction.

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Weekly Drabble #400: Red Dreams

This week's prompt comes from AS900 with 'sweet and sour dreams', taking us back to a psychiatric institute and the one person within its walls who doesn't dream. Enjoy!

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Red Dreams:

“Welcome back, Detective Berring,” Cassandra Samuels said.

The pretty young murderess was laying on her cot, left le...

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Dust: Chapter 25

"Another serial work" won the poll for this month, but all the suggested options tied, so I rolled a D3 to choose which option and Dust won. Thanks to everyone who voted and I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 25:

They didn’t see it at first; the emergency lighting hid its approach, but Lorelai did. She gr...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #401

Hey everyone; this week is going to be a rough one so this prompt will have to run until the 21st. Thanks for your understanding and I apologize for the inconvenience. In the meantime, you all have plenty of time to get prompts in again, so be sure to leave a brief comment below and I'll choose one for a short bit of fiction.

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Weekly Drabble #400: Cost of Mercy

This week's prompt is from preston with "inhuman kindness", and it brings us back to Horrak-Sarn and Robert's gang of fellow children. The dark season is only days away, and its arrival means the struggle for survival in the City will get even more dire. Enjoy!

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Cost of Mercy:

Robert blew on his hands, worki...

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Scars, Chapter 47

The first update for the month is one of the two most voted-for options in the poll, so I cast the tiebraker vote. With that, we have a new chapter of Scars. The investigation into the situation in Castle Talos takes a sudden and ...

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Dust, Chapter 24

The results of the second upcoming work poll was 'author's choice' and as a result, my choice is a new update to Dust. Thanks everyone for all your support, and I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 24:

With the final set of diagnostics running, Kawalsky turned his attention to the message he was to send, pulling out h...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #400

My tabby lost her battle with cancer last week. Between that, and some personal matters this coming week, this drabble prompt will run until the 7th of October, so everyone should have lots of time to think up some prompts for the following drabble. Thank you for your understanding.

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Weekly Drabble #399: Peace in Our Time

This week's prompt comes from preston with 'interstellar olympics', giving us the opening to a (possible) storyline, or just a one-shot of some wholesome sporting activities. Hope you enjoy!

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Peace in Our Time:

Humanbreed (noun): colloquial derogatory slang for the human species as well as divergent races, o...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #399

A new week is here, so we have the traditional new prompt thread. All my patrons are welcome and invited to post a brief idea/theme in the comments below before the end of next Tuesday, and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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Weekly Drabble #398: Prey for a Meal

This week's prompt is from Tyronne with 'belly of the beast'.

What's that old saying? When the cat's away, the mice will play.

Well... sometimes it's not just the mice.

Enjoy!

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Prey for a Meal:

Dylan just didn’t know how Jimmy could have been so fucking stupid. The one house – the o...

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The Last Angel: The Serpent's Garden, Ch. 11

The Last Angel: The Serpent's Garden, Ch. 11

A shiny new update today giving us some more of The Serpent’s Garden. Next update for the month is ‘author’s choice’, so we’ll see what I decide on. In this chapter, Nanil starts bonding with Re...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #398

A new week brings us the new prompt thread. All my patrons are welcome, and invited, to post a brief idea/theme in the comments below before the end of next Tuesday, and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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Weekly Drabble #397: Today

This prompt comes from EBB with 'not today', bringing us back to the Beyond the Wall setting. Enjoy!

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Today:

“We see you, Starseeker.” Fortuneseeker Actual’s voice was cracked with relief, shock and overwhelming excitement. “We see you.”

It was those words, the confirmation of their ...

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All the little lost boys and girls, Ch 84

As voted for, here it is: a new chapter of all the little lost boys and girls. After a night’s rest and some recreation (some getting more of it than others), the path ahead becomes a little more clear. At le...

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Announcement: weekly drabble delayed

Sorry for this, but yesterday when I took my tabby in for x-rays of a sore leg, they discovered that she likely has lung cancer. Won't know until Monday for sure and I'm hoping they can come up with a treatment plan, but her condition has already deteriorated.

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #397

A new week leads into September, and so comes a new prompt thread. As expected, all my wonderful patrons can contribute, so if you have a brief theme, post it below before the end of next Tuesday and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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Weekly Drabble #396: Search and....

This week's prompt is 'fading light' from Sigma Stars and takes back to M83, the Pinwheel Galaxy and humanity's Hope. Enjoy!

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Search and...

The glow of the cold, near-dead star Lighthouse gleams across Hope’s hull like the sun through a break in winter clouds, its fading light unab...

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The Last Angel: The Hungry Stars, Epilogue

And here we have it, the final chapter of The Hungry Stars. That was easy, like six months, right?

Right?????

But thank you all for sticking with me this long, both to the new patrons and the ...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #396

Time marches on and with it comes a new week and a new prompt thread. As per usual, all my wonderful patron can contribute, so if you have a brief theme, post it below before the end of next Tuesday and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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Weekly Drabble #395: Catastrophe

This week's prompts come from Tyronne with 'two types of stealth' and Framing Device with 'less lethal violence', bringing us back to Ben and Chocolate Cake. Enjoy!

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Catastrophe:

It was a cloudy night when Jimmy decided to break into the house.

The window lock popped open with a crack and the man smile...

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Rabble rabble

One of the ways in with Patreon screws with per-update clients is a couple years back they removed (yes, removed) a function that said 'Paid post' when you made one. If you want to see which posts you've charged for, you have to individually bring up each post, go into edit mode, go to Publishing Options and visually confirm that you charged for...

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Dust: Chapter 23

A new chapter of Dust, as some have requested. Rested and ready, the Alliance and Conglomerate troops head down into the sealed comm center for their chance to contact Earth and get off a world that every day has fewer humans and more of the machines meant to hunt them. Enjoy!

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Chapter 23:

The Coali...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #395

Halfway through August, and the new week brings a prompt thread with it! As per usual, all my wonderful patron can contribute, so if you have a brief theme, post it below before the end of next Tuesday and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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Weekly Drabble #394: Legacy

This week's prompts are 'how slowly time goes' and 'a life remembered' from Xpholia and Accipter_Ater, and during redrafting we ended up with a bit of 'when your name is spoke for the last time' from uberdrops.

This originally started out as a vampire story, but... things happened. Enjoy!

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Legacy:

Cyru...

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The Last Angel: The Serpent's Garden, Ch 12

As voted for, we have a TLA side story in the form of a new chapter for The Serpent’s Garden. Things pick up a little as we shift focus from diplomatic niceties. Red has decided the Calnians are trustwo...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #394

A new week brings the expected new prompt thread and all of you out there in patronland can contribute, so if you have a brief theme, post it below before the end of next Tuesday and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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Weekly Drabble #393: Hot and Bothered

This week's prompt is from uberdrops with 'sauna and a hot meal'; the latter part didn't make it through the censors, I mean redrafting, but we've definitely got a sauna! Enjoy.

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Hot and Bothered:

Kaley Atwell let out a sigh as she leaned back in the sauna, her red eyes closed. Not red from crying, irritatio...

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Weekly Drabble Prompt Thread #393

A new week is here and with it comes the expected new prompt thread! As custom by now, all of my wonderful patrons can contribute a prompt, so if you have a brief theme, post it below before the end of next Tuesday and I'll select one or more to be the basis as a short story.

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