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Weekly Update - 9/11/24

So I got so wrapped up in working on 2:31yesterday that I sat down at 8 pm with the intention of eating my sandwich and finishing up the chapter, that when I looked up, it was 2:30 am. The chapter was done, but I definitely wanted to let the writer's room peer review it, because that catches a lot of typos and lets...

Quaranteam: Book 2, Ch. 31

Chapter Thirty-OneMay 11th, 2021“I don’t understand why you’re not wearing a tie,” Phil said to Andy in a grumbling tone of voice as the two sat in the back of the SUV on opposite sides, Lexi and Melody flanking Andy, Violet and Linda flanking Phil. Fi and Ming were in the car following behind them. “We’re ...

Brewster's Brood - Pt. 39

(Author's Note: This one's going to seem a

Weekly Update - 9/4/24

Weird few days. I started coughing on Sunday, and Monday was phlegmy enough to wonder if I'd actually contracted the fictional disease I invented. But I slept for 12 hours last night, and that left me with energy when I woke up this morning, although still this barking cough. I'm halfway through getting the nex...

Quaranteam: Book 2, Intermission 6

Intermission Six - SofiaMay 8th, 2021 – Andorra la Vella, AndorraDespite the magnificent view she had looking down Meritxell Avenue towards the mountains Colonel Sofia Ramirez couldn’t find herself relaxing all that much in the small country of Andorra. Not because it wasn’t beautiful – which it absolutely was ...

A Pack Of His Own - Ch. 15 (alpha)

Chapter Fifteen‘What the hell am I doinghere?’ Will asked himself, not for the first time since the Spring Gala started, and most likely not the last time before the night would be through. He wasn’t entirely surprised to see most of the people sitting at tables in tribal lines, although it wasn’t as widespread...

A Pack Of His Own - Ch. 14 (all)

Chapter FourteenWill glanced at The Prodigal before turning back to look at Silversmith, desperate not to stare at the newcomer, but it turned out not to matter anyway. From the sudden ‘oooohs’ and ‘aaaahs,’ it was clear The Prodigal was marching right over towards their location.“Ah, Alistair, I see you’ve...

Weekly Update - 8/28/24

So, there's CARP 11done. There's only two chapters left in that storyline. One will essentially be a finale and the other will be either an epilogue or alsoa finale, make of that what you will. Whenever CARPwins the next vote, it'll be a two-fer, so I can wrap that storyline up. It's not the only one ne...

C.A.R.P. - Ch. 11

Part Eleven – Senior Year, Fall SemesterIt’s easy to think of what happened over our senior year and get distracted by the terrorist attack that occurred in March of 2001, but we’ll get to that in time, because the fall of that semester had a lot going on to keep us distracted. It was the last autumn I would be c...

Quaranteam: Book 2 - Ch. 30

Chapter ThirtyMay 8th, 2021As much as he used to love travelling, he was finding that getting around in the post DuoHalo world was a lot more complicated than it had been before. Of course, he had nearly two dozen people relying on his health and schedule now, so perhaps that was why it felt like any time he wanted to ...

Weekly Update - 8/21/24

Well, this is a joy - our internet is out and has been for the last hour or two, so this will probably go up on 8/22 rather than 8/21. Bleh. I'm already halfway through QT2:30so that'll go up Thursday or Friday, and it looks like C.A.R.P. will het another chapter Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I didn't expect ...

Neon Stonehenge - Ch. 11 (alpha)

Chapter Eleven – “Not My Doing”Bella’s reading had shaken me, no doubt about it, and now I understood why both my father always seemed so rattled when he visited her, and why my sister came by regularly. There was a lot of foreboding about what she’d told me, a sense that this case ran much deeper than I unde...

Neon Stonehenge - Ch. 10 (all subscribers)

Chapter Ten – “Not the Dial-A-Bullet Hotline”The vampire in question was named Viktor Kolmach, and he was from eastern Europe. In accordance with the Hunter Accords, he’d checked in with the Hunt Captain of the Vampires, but hadn’t been incredibly specific about where he’d be staying while he was in town, c...

Weekly Update - 8/14/24

I've been advised to start taking daily walks again, so that's maybe resulted in both a slight grumpiness and an uptick in energy, as I'm trying to get more done, although I spent all of today editing other people's stuff. I'm most of the way through Quaranteam: Selected Servicing 2, which will be s...

Quaranteam: Selected Servicing - Ch. 1 (alpha)

Quaranteam: Selected Servicing(A 10-part Quaranteam tale)by Devin McTaggart ( http://www.patreon.com/CorruptingPower)Part One - “I Became Interesting”December 29th, 2020“Andy, love, I hate to be a pest, but I think I need to ask a favor,” Fiona said as she poked her head into the office. Andy had his feet up ag...

Quaranteam: Phil's Tale - Ch. 21

Chapter 21November 15th, 2020“What’s on the agenda for the day?” Phil asked Linda with a smirk on his lips.“You know damn well what’s on the agenda for the day,” his partner told him, rolling her eyes. “You still sure you don’t want to be there in person?” They both glanced at the clock on the nightst...

Smokeland Slumdance - Ch. 1

Smokeland SlumdanceBy Devin McTaggartChapter OneRain is supposed to wash away the pain and filth of our misdeeds, but all it ever seems to do is get me wet. The neon forest around me gets diffused by the fog and it’s almost impossible to see more than a few blocks away through the atmospheric grey, but the familiar s...

Weekly Update - 8/7/24

Yesterday's post will go up sometime tomorrow, and I will have a post out on Friday for QT: Phil's Taleeven if it kills me. I lost some time getting the next chapter of QT:UMto its commissioner, and we'll see what people think of that when they see it in the next couple of months.The thing that's droppi...

Quaranteam: Book 2, Chapter 29

Chapter Twenty-NineMay 5th, 2021“You think this is a good idea?” Nathaniel asked Andy as they both tried to sit and wait patiently, glancing at their phones checking yet again for a message that still hadn’t yet arrived.“I think at this point there’s enough rot that having two sets of eyes on the situation is...

Quaranteam: Unbroken Mold - Ch. 5 (alpha)

Chapter FiveJuly 15th, 2020Despite the fact that he’d had time to watch the changes, Joe absolutely couldn’t believe the transformation he’d been witnessing for the last few days. The first day, he’d been down for his own regeneration, which had only been a few minor readjustments here and there, nothing had ta...

Quaranteam: Unbroken Mold - Ch. 4 (all readers)

Chapter FourJuly 12th, 2020Joe had been forced to sit and wait for a number of things in his life, but the time when Liv left him and when she and the others returned felt like it might as well have been a thousand years, even if it was only an hour or two at best. Tom had taken his girls’ things back to his room and...

Weekly Update - 7/31/24

Tonight! News Flash! No poker for Dev! AAA has a complete failure! Tesla Roadside Assistance is actually amazing! Here's the details!So, I got Breakpoint 16out there finally, and I have QT2:29 and QT:UM (6 to the commissioner, 5 to the Alphas and 4 to all Patreons) to do in the next couple of days as I'm still ...

Breakpoint - Pt. 16

Part SixteenLen“I swear to Christ, if I find out someone built this island on purpose, I will spend the rest of my days trying to figure out how to control howthis time travel bullshit works, so I can go back and put my foot through the brainpan of that guy,” Len grumbled as he was shaving in the mirror while talki...

C.A.R.P. - Ch. 10

Part Ten – Summer Break (Junior → Senior Year)The last free summer I was ever going to have. That was my line of thinking going into the summer break between junior and senior year. I wanted to relax. I needed to destress and not focus on what chaos I’d seen just a few short months ago. I wanted to have the seaso...

Weekly Update - 7/24/24

I'm still working on the next chapter of C.A.R.P., but we're basically getting close to the endgame with that story now, so I have to be very careful what I do with the story, especially to make sure it's all consistent with what I've written so far. It'll be coming as soon as I finish it. There&#3...

Brewster's Brood - Pt. 38

Part Thirty-EightMrs. Churchill – 3/12/2017 – Monday –8:44 am“Boss, I don’t think you’re going to be happy about this,” Lynne said to Mrs. Churchill as she walked into the office for the morning. “A couple of hours ago, someone pinged the Rachel Williams identity, Max’s mom, looking into her Social Se...

Weekly Update - 7/17/24

Look at that, we're actually on some sort of schedule again. Crazy dog. I mean, crazy crazy dog. Before The Stormwon our poll, and I'm always happy to return to that story - I think it's one of my favorites, just because it lets me tap into my sci-fi pastiche love. I've tried to sort of straddle my favo...

Before The Storm - Ch. 13

(the previous version of this chapter switched two characters around - it has been fixed. Apologies. -cp)Chapter ThirteenSketch was starting to get used to waking up being blown, and he wasn’t entirely sure if that was a thing that should bother him or he just accept was now part of his life. But this seemed a step b...