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Movie Review: The Humanoid (1979)

Over on my personal Facebook page, I like to leave movie reviews of whatever I've watched that evening. Not with the expectation that anyone cares or anything. It's more of a personal log, jotting down my thoughts, what worked and what didn't. That kind of thing. And it encourages me to try new things.But they've gotten some traction, and I thought I'd share. If you guys don't like it, cool. But if you do, maybe we can have a movie watch-a-long thing?Anyway, on to the review:Today, I watched The Humanoid, one of the most...

24 - Red and Blue

“But that makes no sense! It’s inconsistent. Jax’s Boundary unlocked tails for everyone else immediately. There was no need for her to actually pass the thing!”“Like I said, it’s the difference between a marked, obvious improvement and a neutral change.”“But the tails did improve… stuff. Like balance!” I whirled to jab the air with a finger. “Right, Lynnria?”Her eyes cleared just long enough to manage an uncertain, “Huh?”She and Jax had been watching the exchange with a fascination I would normally have reserved for ...

23 - Hot and Hotter

AI is crazy, right? You put in imp horns, you get back cat ears. What can you do? Still, it was a pretty good effort.==============================I stared at the crystal in disbelief.“Excuse me? What?!”The disembodied voice—a new one this time—let out a sigh of discontent before delivering the message over again, this time with a tinge of added impatience.“A weary mind stumbles in fog,No means with which to catalog.Rest here a while. Blanket thy Core.The morrow’s light unlocks the door.”With that, the constant, overbearing sun ju...

22 - Blind No More

Sorry. No picture this time. ChatGPT does not do the lewds :(Also, sorry for the extremely late release. I was involved in this children's theater thing all last week. Multiple performances per day. Twelve hour days. It was a whole thing. Exhausting but rewarding.Anyway, here's another chapter in my sex book ;)============================“Whisper soft and waters wake,” I said again, tapping my fingers over my lip as my mind attempted to fit and refit the pieces of this strange puzzle together until they made sense.Like most riddles ...

21 - Three Idiots and a Puzzle

If I had a shovel, I probably would have dug myself a nice little pit just for a place to sleep. I felt like I had been awake for days, a seat cushion left outside to mold—mentally. Physically, I probably would have filled the pit with lube just to give myself a wet hole to fuck. There were good odds my dick might soon fall off just from the weight of my swollen balls.Xhinn’s tits but… well, I had just seen Xhinn’s tits! In the rain! If Mia had not been enrobed, I was sure she would have been waving a blue card in my face right about no...

20 - Blinded in the Rain

Now that we had the trick of it, the rest of the bear subsection was a cinch. Which was fantastic… except using that trick made me wish I was dead and buried just for the grave to roll in.“Damn it… damn it damn it damn it!”This whole thing was Xhinn’s backwards, megalomaniacal way of flirting with me. Honestly, who puts their own vaginal secretions into a crystal egg designed to break open whenever you mutter words of endearment? It was not like any rational person could ever misconstrue them as meant for Her, but that was exactly how...

19 - A Heart Within a Heart

“You’ve got this, Jax,” I rumbled sensuously. Pulling her tight to my chest from behind, I allowed a hand to slip beneath her gown at her bosom, while the other dipped between her legs. She whimpered with appreciation, helplessly grinding her backside against me. “You are sexy as fuck, and you know it. Now get in there and convince that bear.”It was a strange sort of pep talk, I realize, but Dolilim were a strange lot. A good leader has to understand what motivates his people.“Language,” she managed through the hitch in her breath...

18 - Enrobed

I clapped my hands together sharply.“Alright! I think I’m set. Whenever you’re ready, Mia.”A moment passed. And then another.“Mia…?”One of Jax’s eyes cracked open. After our oral interlude, to turn a phrase, she had laid herself in the grass at my feet to bask in its afterglow—one of the Hammer’s more dash convenient perks. Normally, I would have said only a heathen of unconscionable barbarism would neglect a woman’s pleasure after such a courtesy, but thanks to that one skill, there was simply no need. It took care of my ...

17 - The Axeman's Apprentice

Mia hesitated a moment.“A slight caveat before I begin: as you may recall, my lady, all of your skills mustbe passive. They are less spells and more… if you’ll forgive the effusive language, natural extensions of the puzzle that is Donum Jax. So while a Warrior-type Class of the kinds could temporarily enchant her weapon with elemental damage via the mechanism of chanting… as per your example, my lord—”I nodded along, remembering.“—it is not something youwould be able to replicate without resorting to multiple point expenditures...

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The Human Experiment - Paperback

The kindle and paperback versions of the book are now available on Amazon, if you'd like to snatch up a copy. Or leave a review. Those are always super helpful!https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DY1N2D95

16 - Curios, Choices, and Build Woes

Terribly sorry for the post delay. I had to move this last week, and I've been ankle deep in new home BS. But I'm setup and back on track now! So enjoy!=====================================================It turned out Jax’s default of sex-first-ask-questions-later had not totally screwed us. Her skill upgrades had simply randomized, which was coincidentally becoming something of a default around here. And given the ancient and unnamed ‘thing’ that was purportedly responsible for handling these important life transitions—at leas...

15 - Nighttime Visits, Unfamiliar Places

“No.”“No?”“You heard me.”The woman’s expression hardened for a fraction of a second before breaking into a disarming smile. “I thought you wanted to get to know me.”“Lady, I don’t even know who youare.”“But… you do.” The woman’s head tilted curiously, sending her midnight black locks tumbling over a shoulder so pale it was practically luminescent. “Of course you do. If you didn’t, you’d have no reason to refuse. It’s a simple request.”She was right; I was acting bullheaded. That was not like me… well,...

14 - Oaths

Bit of a longer one this time, clocking in at over 8800 words. I guess I was feeling inspired. Let me know what you think!===================================“You didn’t think I would ever willingly return to that place, did you?”“But—”“When it isn’t a pit of blood and fear, the Dungeon is an endless wasteland of drudgery. You cannot imagine the countless centuries I’ve wasted just in striking mazes,all the while wondering when next I might have an hour or two to myself. It isn’t every day a lilim gets to steal a kiss from a ...

13 - A Mazurka of Minas and Magic

My question hit Arx like a set of high beams in the dead of night.“You know about that?” she whispered, eyes wide. “I don’t understand. You’ve never… Did Mia tell you?”My initial reaction was to deny it. No, of course, Mia had not told me, nor would she have. That was not the kind of thing she would have shared. Then it occurred to me how odd it was that I had not immediately wondered what the connection might be between Mia and a random memory that had popped into my head.I just… knew.Mia scoffed haughtily in answer. “And why...

12 - On the Bonding of Sisters

“Dead?!”“I said brain dead, not—harder! Harder!—” Mia took the time for a delicate cough, while the rest of us promptly forgot the impromptu demonstration of her singing voice. “Not actually dead. All of Lynnria’s organs are working perfectly. Once we find the right stimulus, she’ll pop right up.”Had she been physically present to gape at, I would have. I felt like I was having a conversation with Miracle Max… if he was sexy and had Tourettes.“If she’s brain dead, she can’t react to stimuli! That’s what being brain...

11 - A Well-Buttered Loaf

“Lynnria!” Jax snapped her fingers a few times in the girl’s face. “Oy! Wake up, quinie!”“To hell with this. I’m going.”Jax turned to glare over her shoulder. “It ain’t yer turn!”Xyn growled, her reptilian tail lashing with impatience. “She’s unconscious, and I’ve waited long enough! If she has a problem with it, she can take it up with me.”“Can we not argue?” I called. “I’m getting cold over here.”I was teasing, of course, but without my robe on, the air was only just tolerable. And it probably should no...

10 - Goddesses are Weird

I had been expecting Ahnbe to show up eventually. Even had her sister and rival not been setting an endless parade of shenanigans into motion since their titanic battle over the local Dungeon Moon, Ahnbe had defended me that day. She would want recompense. Unfortunately for me, those shenanigans were most certainly afoot, and there was no way my self-declaredmatron would be anything less than pissed on learning of my fumbling attempts at steering clear of them.On an unrelated note, I was going to have to do something about that stupid rabbit. A...

9 - A New Problem

“I’m not a god.”“Master…”“I am not a god. Humans aren’t gods!”“But Xyn just said—”“Well, she’s wrong, okay?” I shouted, throwing my hands into the air. “We’ve stood in front of divinity, Jax. Do I feellike a god to you? Do I?!”“Mebbe you’re like a baby god,” Arx suggested in a stuffy sort of gurgle.It seemed Mia had been right. I may not have understood the reasons, but there were certain consequences to revealing forbidden things. Not only had Lynnria passed out, but Arx was having to tilt her head bac...

8 - A New Day

That was the last moment of clarity I had for some while. Perhaps Mia needed privacy to complete her work. Perhaps witnessing her actually craft a skill was some forbidden thing. Whatever the case, the second I agreed to accept the ability she intended—and thus, absorb Xhinn’s influence—I was parted from her and again swept into the maelstrom of debauched chaos that was Transubstantiation Stress Disorder.I could not say what I experienced during that time beyond occasional glimpses of sweating bodies, unbound pleasures, and a delirious se...

7 - Sports Metaphors

“What… what the hell, Mia?”“Breathtaking, isn’t it?” We let out a sigh, like we were beholding the view over the cliffs of Dover. “Sometimes, I come in here and just… stop. This feeling will come over me, and I will be struck dumb, helpless to do anything but admire it, no matter how many times I’ve seen it before.”Our eyes twitched left to right dubiously, just in case I had missed something, but it was the same as before: fist-sized spheres of plastic, bright primary colors, a fine mesh net to pin them all in…Yup, that�...

The Human Experiment - Full

Here is the full novel in ePUB format for your reading pleasure. Free for all Patrons!I will be seeking to get this published through the standard route--agents, publishing companies, etc--over the coming months, but failing that, I will put it up on Amazon like always. In the meantime, feel free to download it here. And if you see any egregious errors, spelling mistakes, formatting problems, or just have an issue with a certain part of the story, now would be the time to tell me.Thanks for your support everyone!Also, don't go putting this ...

6 - A Dream of Grand Adventure

I had been a sci-fi buff all my life. Laser guns, ranging from make-shift garage-assembled proto-packs to ones that looked so hyper-sleek they barely seemed functional, were practically hard-coded into my DNA. So forming a mental image of one was easy. Forcing that image into reality was something else entirely.It isn’t reality, though! I admonished myself over and over. It’s a dream.But it did not help. No matter how often I tried to see the club in our hands as a laser rifle, it simply refused to cooperate. There was just something in my ...

5 - Under the Influence

Tick… tick… tick… tick…I scrubbed at my eyes, trying to clear the sleep from them, but I could not make them focus. Everything looked distorted, as though the world had been coated with a semi-transparent film, and refused to hold still.Tick… tick… tick… tick…Frustrated, I squeezed them shut again, then halfway opened just the one, hoping that might help. It did. Sort of. The fuzziness was still there, but I could at least focus on a thing without it jumping and swirling about. So I began to woozily scan the immediate area.Tick�...

4 - An Innocent Chat with the Queen

3 - An Emptied Purse

The judge met us at the tent flap just as my wolugh patient was staggering past, now fully legged if not yet fully clothed.“Well, well… right on time, too. You do good work,” he observed, watching the man hop toward his match while he struggled to get his leathers back on. “Guy seems a little weak in the knees, though. You’d almost think he was escaping out of his lover’s window.”I smiled at the man’s joke, even if it was closer to reality than I might have liked. “You can’t expect a guy to regrow a leg and walk off like not...

Audio - Ep. 4 - The VENUS, part II

Sometimes I wonder whether it would be entertaining for you lot to receive the unedited version. Some of the bloopers in these things...

Chapter 2 - Novitiate

“I wouldn’t do that, if I were you,” someone said from behind me, and I turned.The woman standing there was instantly recognizable as yet another laoi. Like most I had seen of her race, she appeared somewhere in her twenties. For clothing, she was wearing a loose assortment of gray and white robes that had been cinched at the waist with straps of leather and a headscarf draped over her head that flowed down her back almost like a gossamer cape. Some of her hair was still visible despite it, though, which had been dyed a metallic silver. I...

Cover Art - The Human Experiment

I commissioned this from a guy named Aleksey Konyshev, aka. Iromonik.Here's some more stuff of his, if you're interested:https://www.artstation.com/iromonikThe image is obviously of Naomi, pre and post transformation. Lots of little details in here that I enjoyed but without giving too much away. I decided to go with something alluding to classic covers like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which fits the theme in a way.I haven't designed the logo or messed with any fonts yet, so we'll have to see how the finished product ends up looking....

The Quest of Words III: Chapter 1 - Tournament

“Woo! Come on, Jax. You got this!” I cheered from the back of the arena.It was the semifinals. All Jax needed to complete her Boundary Trial was third place, and winning thismatch would guarantee a minimum finish of second. Whatever happened after that, she would have unblocked her Core, allowing her to finally advance in Layer.…or so I hoped.There had been a bit of a snafu during my second Dolilim’s recent Layer-up that had the potential to throw a wrench into everything. There was no way I could sum up the ordeal in a sentence, but th...