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February 8, 2022
Christmas Core is now on audiobook!
Released only a few hours ago, the first book in my Holiday Dungeon Core series -- Christmas Core -- is now available on audiobook!
Audible US: https://www.audible.com/pd/B09RZLZ8CBAudible UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B09RZQCV5WMiles Meili did another awesome job narrating the start of a new series, and I hope everyone enjoys it!
A love of Christmas is translated into a unique dungeon experience…Elmer Robbins loved decorating for every holiday with his wife, Mary, by going all-out with décor at their cozy little house as well as filling his office with holiday cheer. But when his beloved Mary passed away unexpectedly the year before, it was difficult for Elmer to summon the same sort of enthusiasm in decorating for all of the holidays without her beside him.However, due to an accident at work, Elmer’s soul is transported to a strange world, where it inhabits an even stranger object called a Dungeon Core. Soon after his arrival, the new Dungeon Core discovers something he didn’t think was possible: a way to reconnect with the soul of his wife, Mary.In order to do that, though, Elmer will need to survive and increase the Level of his newly acquired form. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know much about fantasy worlds, magic, and monsters; what he does know a lot about, however, is Christmas.Christmas Core is a short, 35k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and Dungeon Core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, sexual content, or harems.
Valentine Core is now available!
Valentine Core, the 2nd book in my Holiday Dungeon Cores series, is now available!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R2FWS4H
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09R2FWS4H
The audiobook is nearly finished and should hopefully be available within the next few weeks, narrated by the awesome Miles Meili.
The power of love inside of a dungeon?
Elmer Robbins was turned into a Dungeon Core after an untimely death back on Earth, and he had a heck of time learning how to survive in the new, strange world of Bershia. However, by adopting “Holidays” as a theme and creating the first few rooms of his dungeon focused on Christmas, he learned how to protect his Core from being destroyed by Adventurers.
While Elmer was steadily increasing his Core Level – the eventual goal of which was to break down the barrier in his Core separating him from the soul of his wife, Mary – there is trouble brewing in his dungeon. When a high-Level group of Adventurers arrive and obliterate all of his Christmas-based defenses, they leave with a warning for the dungeon to make their next visit in 30 days more interesting.
Having decorated for many of the major holidays back on Earth, Elmer knows exactly what his new – and hopefully interesting – dungeon section needs to be: St. Valentine’s Day. Now, all he needs to do is figure out how to translate a holiday based on love and friendship into defenses designed to kill Adventurers….
Valentine Core is a short, 37k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and Dungeon Core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, explicit sexual content, or harems.
January 26, 2022
Even Odds FREE from January 26th to January 30th!
To celebrate the release of the 3rd and final book in my Serious Probabilities series, the 1st eBook -- Even Odds -- is FREE from January 26th through January 30th!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MWQ11D8
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MWQ11D8
In a world dictated by probabilities, Clay was an anomaly…
Thousands of Heroes protect the land, defending against the periodic incursions by gigantic monsters known as World Threats. This was the way it had always been and Clay Shuntwise was perfectly fine with that. Running deliveries for his family’s shop in the sleepy town of Renton, the young teenager barely even thought about Heroes and their role in keeping the world safe.
That was, at least, until the world came crashing down on him.
Reborn into the brand-new and unfamiliar form of a Dungeon Core, Clay struggles through learning more about Heroes and the dungeons they delve through to get stronger. According to the guide that was trying to help him understand his new life, however, because he was a former Hero, Clay should already know most of what he needed to succeed; all of the finer parts regarding the relationship between Heroes and dungeons, including information about probabilities and drop rates, should be common knowledge.
The problem? Despite wishing that he had been that lucky in his past life, Clay had never been a Hero…but now he might be forced to become one, though not quite in the way he ever expected.
This book contains Dungeon Core, LitRPG, and GameLit elements including dungeon construction and defense, monster summoning, character progression, and a game-like interface. In addition, many of the probabilities the world is based upon are similar to Gacha-type mechanics. Contains no profanity, harems, or explicit sexual content.
Dungeon of Chance: All-In is now available!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QJ8X3H4
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09QJ8X3H4
The Tower of Trials awaits those who desire to challenge themselves….
The Dungeon Core known as Clay had successfully trained up the local Heroes of Sunfall Island to repel the recent attack by a World Threat, but as he was beginning to prepare for the next Dungeon Adventure Season in his dungeon, something happened to bring his plans to a screeching halt.
In short, his little part of the world was unexpectedly invaded by thousands of foreign Heroes.
Now, due to a new “World Event” that involves a competition between two types of Heroes – the Hero Guilds from the mainland and the new arrivals – Clay is tasked with creating something called the Tower of Trials. This 100-Floor Tower is greater in scope than anything he’d ever created before, and according to the Event, he only has six months in which to complete it. Even more than that, the Dungeon Core needs to somehow train the massive influx of Heroes in a new way so that they are prepared for the Tower of Trials.
But how can Clay juggle his normal dungeon training and designing an entirely new Tower at the same time? Sometimes the only choice is to embrace the challenge, take some risks, and go all-in.
This final book in the Serious Probabilities series contains Dungeon Core, LitRPG, and GameLit elements including dungeon construction and defense, monster summoning, character progression, and a game-like interface. In addition, many of the probabilities the world is based upon are similar to Gacha-type mechanics. Contains no profanity, harems, or explicit sexual content.
January 24, 2022
Valentine Core now on pre-order -- February 8th!
Coming out on February 8th: 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞! This is the next novella I've written for my Holiday Dungeon Core series.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R2FWS4H
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09R2FWS4H
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧?Elmer Robbins was turned into a Dungeon Core after an untimely death back on Earth, and he had a heck of time learning how to survive in the new, strange world of Bershia. However, by adopting “Holidays” as a theme and creating the first few rooms of his dungeon focused on Christmas, he learned how to protect his Core from being destroyed by Adventurers. While Elmer was steadily increasing his Core Level – the eventual goal of which was to break down the barrier in his Core separating him from the soul of his wife, Mary – there is trouble brewing in his dungeon. When a high-Level group of Adventurers arrive and obliterate all of his Christmas-based defenses, they leave with a warning for the dungeon to make their next visit in 30 days more interesting. Having decorated for many of the major holidays back on Earth, Elmer knows exactly what his new – and hopefully interesting – dungeon section needs to be: St. Valentine’s Day. Now, all he needs to do is figure out how to translate a holiday based on love and friendship into defenses designed to kill Adventurers…. 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡, 37𝑘-𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑅𝑃𝐺 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑠.
December 20, 2021
Christmas Core now available!
Now available -- and just in time for Christmas -- is my new 35k novella, Christmas Core! After the idea was proposed to me from multiple sources, earlier this month I decided to put my current project on hold for a week and write a Christmas-themed Dungeon Core story.
It is set in a completely new universe with new characters, and it has a lot of room to expand upon in the future. I'm calling the series Holiday Dungeon Core because I'm probably going to continue it throughout the year along with more holidays.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NP19NX6
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09NP19NX6
It is available for $0.99 and is also in KU; a paperback and hardcover is also available for anyone who wants one!
The audiobook will likely be out in late January or early February along with the next book in the series coming out in early February.
A love of Christmas is translated into a unique dungeon experience…
Elmer Robbins loved decorating for every holiday with his wife, Mary, by going all-out with décor at their cozy little house as well as filling his office with holiday cheer. But when his beloved Mary passed away unexpectedly the year before, it was difficult for Elmer to summon the same sort of enthusiasm in decorating for all of the holidays without her beside him.
However, due to an accident at work, Elmer’s soul is transported to a strange world, where it inhabits an even stranger object called a Dungeon Core. Soon after his arrival, the new Dungeon Core discovers something he didn’t think was possible: a way to reconnect with the soul of his wife, Mary.
In order to do that, though, Elmer will need to survive and increase the Level of his newly acquired form. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know much about fantasy worlds, magic, and monsters; what he does know a lot about, however, is Christmas.
Christmas Core is a short 35k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and Dungeon Core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, sexual content, or harems.
December 18, 2021
The Dungeon Fairy Box Set now on audiobook!
_______________________What happens when a trained Fairy Assistant becomes the very object she was meant to guide?Contains all four books in the Hapless Dungeon Fairy series:The Dungeon FairyThe Dungeon Fairy: Two ChoicesThe Dungeon Fairy: Three LivesThe Dungeon Fairy: Four DaysAll that Tacca GloomLily ever wanted to be since she was very little was a Fairy Assistant to a Dungeon Core. After her negatively portentous birth, however, she was never fully accepted by her superstitious peers and instructors at the Dungeon Assistant Preparatory School; nevertheless, she persisted in her studies and graduated at the top of her class.Unfortunately for her, the “hands-on” training she was supposed to receive from a Mentor and his Bonded Dungeon Core didn’t go the way she would’ve hoped. In fact, the stigma attached to her origins finally made itself known in the form of horrendously “bad luck”; the rotten part of her newly discovered luck was that it adversely affected Cores that she happened to be near, and not just herself.What can a Dungeon Assistant Fairy do when every Dungeon Core she gets near ends up being destroyed? Tacca had no idea, but a solution eventually presents itself – though it was one that she never saw coming…This story contains Dungeon Core elements such as dungeon construction and defense, LitRPG/GameLit mechanics such as character progression and stats, and contains no harems/sexual content or profanity.
December 16, 2021
Christmas Core Novella up for pre-order!
Releasing on December 20th, just in time for Christmas, is my new 35k novella -- Christmas Core! After the idea was proposed to me from multiple sources, earlier this month I decided to put my current project on hold for a week and write a Christmas-themed Dungeon Core story.
It is set in a completely new universe with new characters, and it has a lot of room to expand upon in the future. I'm calling the series Holiday Dungeon Core because I'm thinking about branching off into different holidays through all of next year -- though, of course, it depends on how well people like this one!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NP19NX6
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09NP19NX6
It is available for $0.99 and is also in KU; a paperback and hardcover is also available for anyone who wants one!
A love of Christmas is translated into a unique dungeon experience…
Elmer Robbins loved decorating for every holiday with his wife, Mary, by going all-out with décor at their cozy little house as well as filling his office with holiday cheer. But when his beloved Mary passed away unexpectedly the year before, it was difficult for Elmer to summon the same sort of enthusiasm in decorating for all of the holidays without her beside him.
However, due to an accident at work, Elmer’s soul is transported to a strange world, where it inhabits an even stranger object called a Dungeon Core. Soon after his arrival, the new Dungeon Core discovers something he didn’t think was possible: a way to reconnect with the soul of his wife, Mary.
In order to do that, though, Elmer will need to survive and increase the Level of his newly acquired form. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know much about fantasy worlds, magic, and monsters; what he does know a lot about, however, is Christmas.
Christmas Core is a short 35k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and Dungeon Core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, sexual content, or harems.
December 15, 2021
The Dungeon Fairy Box Set now available!
The Dungeon Fairy Box Set: Books 1-4 is now available on amazon! If you haven't had a chance to read any of the series, now is your chance to get them all together in one volume -- also available in a chunky paperback!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N2VGYT4
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09N2VGYT4
What happens when a trained Fairy Assistant becomes the very object she was meant to guide?
Contains all four books in the Hapless Dungeon Fairy series:
The Dungeon Fairy
The Dungeon Fairy: Two Choices
The Dungeon Fairy: Three Lives
The Dungeon Fairy: Four Days
All that Tacca GloomLily ever wanted to be since she was very little was a Fairy Assistant to a Dungeon Core. After her negatively portentous birth, however, she was never fully accepted by her superstitious peers and instructors at the Dungeon Assistant Preparatory School; nevertheless, she persisted in her studies and graduated at the top of her class.
Unfortunately for her, the “hands-on” training she was supposed to receive from a Mentor and his Bonded Dungeon Core didn’t go the way she would’ve hoped. In fact, the stigma attached to her origins finally made itself known in the form of horrendously “bad luck”; the rotten part of her newly discovered luck was that it adversely affected Cores that she happened to be near, and not just herself.
What can a Dungeon Assistant Fairy do when every Dungeon Core she gets near ends up being destroyed? Tacca had no idea, but a solution eventually presents itself – though it was one that she never saw coming…
This story contains Dungeon Core elements such as dungeon construction and defense, LitRPG/GameLit mechanics such as character progression and stats, and contains no harems/sexual content or profanity.
December 13, 2021
Dungeon Crafting Box Set #2 audiobook is now available!
The Dungeon Crafting Box Sets are now complete on audiobook! Just today, the 2nd Dungeon Crafting Box Set for Books 4-6 was published -- at a whopping 44 hours!
Audible US Box Set Books 4-6: https://www.audible.com/pd/B09NDMJDPL
Audible UK Box Set Books 4-6: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B09NDP3JSM
If you haven't heard the first 3 books, you can find them here:
Audible US Box Set Books 1-3: https://www.audible.com/pd/B08VNGMVGT
Audible UK Box Set Books 1-3: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B08VNR8FWT
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Contains the last three books in the Dungeon Crafting series!
The Crafter’s Darkness
The Crafter’s Dominion
The Crafter’s Dynasty
Experience Sandra’s story leading up to the exciting conclusion!
Sandra has a big problem, one of which she isn’t quite sure how to handle. After destroying a few too many local Dungeon Cores, those Cores within a certain radius are experiencing enhancements to their development. This means that they are not only dangerous to her Core, as the instigator of these enhancements, but to the local population as well.
However, with the help of the friends she has made along the way and her crafting skills, Sandra will learn how to defend her dungeon and help the surrounding lands survive the sudden increase in the number of dangerous Dungeon Monsters wandering around. None of this will come without a cost, unfortunately, be it the lives of many Gnomes, Dwarves, Elves, and Orcs – or her own sanity.
Find out how the crafty Dungeon Core perseveres through the challenges arrayed against her and her dungeon in the final three books of the Dungeon Crafting series!
These Dungeon Core stories contain LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics, leveling, and a heavy crafting emphasis. No profanity, sexual content, or harems.
