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Kal S. Davian

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November 15, 1984

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Literature & Fiction

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Kal S. Davian is an author, gamer, disc-golfer, and physics lover. He grew up in Wisconsin's Fox Cities surrounded by science fiction and fantasy stories. When he isn't writing, he spends much of his time with his family or learning new things. ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 58 ratings · 15 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Branding of a Heretic (Nihilian Effect, #2) 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naming the Bane (Nihilian Effect, #1) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casting Rights (Nihilian Effect, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nihilian Effect Lore (Nihilian Effect #1-3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waning Hope (Nihilian Effect, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Suffering of Others by J.R. Karlsson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tom Wright (Goodreads Author), Lindsay Buroker (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pyrem Down (Nihilian Effect, #5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Swords Fall (Nihilian Effect, #0) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apotheon: Fortune (Nihilian Effect, #0) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The card game is finished in beta form! I have started preliminary testing using Table Top Simulator, and the results are looking very positive! It is fun for the most part, but some things obviously need to be tweaked. For the most part, setup takes too long, and monsters need more turns, but I have ideas to remedy these.

Since starting work, I have unfortunately had very little time to make any

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Kal rated a book it was amazing Tales from Woodland by Dami Editore	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
One of my favorite books as a child. The illustrations were done in a way that they were believable and felt possible. I wish I could find this book now.
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“Only you can stop you.”
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“Once you finish something, you come to the realization that you can do it again.”
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“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. ”
― E.L. Doctorow

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“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”
― E.L. Doctorow

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“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― E.L. Doctorow, Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 2nd Series

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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
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“I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.”
― E.L. Doctorow

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