Writing
I'm a storyteller, and like any storyteller, I have a backlog of half-thought thoughts and half-told stories. This is where I will be putting those stories that I have done abit of work on. This might be a short story, or a prologue, or something else. I currently have one book completed.
Out of the Shadows series
This is my main series at the moment. It is an urban fantasy series primarily set in Billings, Montana. The first book begins in 2020, with plans for the series to progress into the 2050's over the course of three distinct eras within the series. The plan for era 1 is to tell most of the stories as full books. Era 2 is the bridge era; it will be told mostly in short stories. Era 3 will once again pick up with books. The series begins as urban fantasy, with sci-fi and dystopian elements being added as it progresses through the years.
Era 1:
Book 1: Bone Deep- The story of Jared, a penitent vampire who finds himself on an unlikely road toward salvation. This story was originally released on Amazon and then rereleased through Barnes & Noble. However, printing costs have necessitated some changes. I have rewritten substantial portions of the book and am currently in the process of editing them. The text here is the old version.
Book 2: Awakening- Alex is a college freshman set to discover what it means to live life on his own. He never suspected he would discover the world that lies just beneath what most people see. This is the second book in the series. I have finished writing the first draft and doing my initial edits. Now I am getting feedback from readers before continuing.
Book 3: The Thin White Line- Duncan is a former combat medic who now works at Billings Clinic. He is also a former atheist trying to navigate whatever he is now that he has fallen into the machinations of the supernatural world. Book 3 in the series is currently in the planning stage.
Short Story: Chases Water- This story was originally written in college as part of a writing in the wild class that spent a weekend in Yellowstone National Park. It sat in my files for years until I decided to update it and incorporate it into my Out of the Shadows series.
Book?: What's still to come- Era 1 will have at least two more Jared books and another Alex book, along with some short stories.
Era 2:
This stage of the story is currently planned to be a bunch of short stories bridging the timeline from the 2020s to the 2050s.
Era 3:
Book 1: Chaos Genome- Bone Deep and Chaos Genome began as stories in the same world. Then I split them apart as I put more work into Bone Deep. Now I intend to bring them back together again. Chaos Genome and the books that follow it will take place in Era 3 of this series.
Prologues, Short Stories, and Snippets
As the title suggests, some of these are prologues that I have written for possible longer works, some of these are contained short stories, and some of these are snippets that are unfinished.
Chaos Genome: Dystopian sci-fi stuff. Some work on an actual story for my character Siege.
Creating a Masterpiece: A story originally written in New Horizon, but since reworked. I will probably tie it in with The Gaian's Flight.
The Gaian's Flight: Prologue beginning to a possible sci-fi gbook that I might continue at some time.
Walkers: A shot at epic fantasy. This is the prologue to a book I started in highschool sometime around 2002. The writing quality shows. I reworked it a bit in college, but only ever got six chapters done. I want to return and do the story justice someday.
New Horizon Stories
These are pieces written within the world of New Horizon. I will probably rework these into other stories at some point.
Alto's Journal: Alto was my original character in the New Horizon forum RPG. When I started writing for the RPG itself, I began writing down his story. These are sections from that story, the entirety of which has never been written down.
Astaria's Final Day: Tied in with Alto's story is the story of Astaria. She was the woman he loved, and her death set him on his path
Gedrin's Story: Introduced in the New Horizon starter guide, Gedrin was an enemy soldier who began to doubt his ways.
Morning on the River: The story of a journey down the river in the Narehl Jungle