This Used to be About Dungeons, ch 144, An Interlude on the Island at the Edge of the World
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Harmon had always liked the Barrier Storms. They weren’t visible from Dondr...
2022-11-02 16:25:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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This Used to be About Dungeons, ch 143, Songs of the Past
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Verity had gotten used to the palace, and had to admit that she loved it. It ...
2022-10-31 18:29:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 142, Spies
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When Mizuki stepped out into the demiplane, it wasn’t like she’d been hid...
2022-10-27 15:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 141, Ecology
I'm back from South Korea! The entire schedule will be shifted by one day this week, bec...
2022-10-25 15:52:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 140, Foundation
Apologies for the lateness of this chapter (though I don't technically have a release wi...
2022-10-05 23:42:36 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 139, Wildlands
Sorry for the relative lateness of this one. I came back from my trip in England to find...
2022-10-03 18:11:50 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 138, Overguard
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Being ‘jarred’ was risky, but Ria was no stranger to risk. She had gotten...
2022-09-28 15:25:56 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 137, Demi
And we're back ... for a bit. My South Korea trip looms, which will unfortunately mean a...
2022-09-26 13:45:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 136, The Last Days IV
A reminder that there will be no chapters until two weeks from now (or possibly there wi...
2022-09-12 18:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 135, The Last Days III
Alright, as far as my break goes, I think the 14th and 19th won't have chapters, and the...
2022-09-07 16:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 132, The Last Days II
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In the interests of trying to follow Kell through time, Alfric stayed at the ...
2022-09-05 17:51:57 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 132, The Last Days I + Schedule update
Next month I'll be going on a trip overseas to England, my second time leaving the count...
2022-08-31 16:18:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 132, Lutes
Note: Read the chapter first, but once you do, 2022-08-29 16:14:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This Used to be About Dungeons, ch 131, A Herd of Children
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Verity had never really been around children, even when she was a child herse...
2022-08-24 16:10:18 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 130, Commiseration/Celebration Brunch
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Mizuki was feeling great. The curse, such as it was, had been lifted, they ha...
2022-08-22 16:07:28 +0000 UTC View PostEager Readers in Your Area! (short fiction)
I wrote a short story, and as pointed out, yes, should also share it here. 3.5K words, pretty short, on writing, reading, and finding connection. Read on AO3, or below!
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The sites had gone empty almost overnight. It was the deep learning models that had done it, with such power and force that everyone was left feeling a bit rootless. The writing ...
2022-08-18 20:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 129, Dungeon Dreams IV
If you'd like to read a totally unrelated bit of non-fiction, I wrote a blog post on AI ...
2022-08-17 15:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 128, Dungeon Dreams III
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They worked their way through the rooms, trying their best to go fast. The th...
2022-08-15 17:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 127, Dungeon Dreams II
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Alfric moved slowly to the room’s brass door. They were well and truly lost...
2022-08-10 15:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 126, Dungeon Dreams
We've officially passed the one year mark of Dungeons being posted. I'd like to...
2022-08-08 15:39:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 125, Putting Up
I'm streaming on...
2022-08-03 15:10:42 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 124, Bulrushes
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Kell moved swiftly through the bulrushes, naked from the waist up. His clothe...
2022-08-01 15:45:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 123, The Sea and the Breeze
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Mi-zu-ki and Ver-ity!
When they’re to-gether there’s lots of glee!...
This Used to be About Dungeons, ch 122, Brief Bars
No writing stream today, a tendon in my hand is giving me trouble and I'd like to rest i...
2022-07-25 16:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 121, The New Normal pt 2
Note: If you don't like the more intense dungeon chapters, this is probably one to skip, and I'll make sure that context for what happened in this chapter is in the next chapter.
Content warning: suicide, violence, death
This Used to be About Dungeons, ch 120, The New Normal pt 1
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It was more or less exactly what Alfric had feared. If Verity and Isra had no...
2022-07-18 17:16:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 119, The Brave Knight Gave
Author’s Note: This chapter comes with a song! I think the best way to listen to it is...
2022-07-13 16:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 118, That Sort of Thing
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The return trip to Dondrian was done without the Overguards, and there was a ...
2022-07-11 16:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 117, Wedding Bells pt. 2
Minor note: I will be making an attempt at streaming writing the exclusions doc for Worth the Candle, at https://www.twitch.tv/alexanderwales. Mostly just trying this out to see how it is, and if it doesn't work, no big deal. I'm hoping that this gives me some incentive to work on that thing for at least a little bit every day. I don't think it'll be hugely entertain...
2022-07-06 16:25:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis Used to be About Dungeons, ch 116, Wedding Bells pt. 1
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Verity was skeptical about going to confront the Other Pedders. They had cras...
2022-07-04 15:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post