My speculative-evolution serial novel Fellow Tetrapod is finally live on Royal Road.
Go check it out. If it looks like your sort of thing, follow the story. It updates every weekday.
(if you want to know more...)
Koenraad Robbert Ruis used to be a paleontologist, but now he's a cook at the United Nations embassy to the Convention of Sophonts. His bosses must negotiate with intelligent species from countless alternate earths, and Koen must make them breakfast. It turns out, though, that Koen is rather better at inter-species communication than any other human in this world (all nine of them). Everyone loves to eat (certain autotrophs excepted).
Fellow Tetrapod is an speculative-evolution office comedy about food preparation, diplomacy, and what it’s like to be a talking animal.
Serialized every weekday on Royal Road (https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/59198/fellow-tetrapod) and (one week earlier) Patreon(https://www.patreon.com/danielmbensen)
Cover art by @simon-roy. Illustrations by Tim Morris.
i got a hold of these while z library was still in it’s full glory and thought i’d share! the translation on these is by yen press, if you want a site where you can download them dm me, send any complaints to my ask box :3 i also recommend checking out @/bsd-bibliophile’s website for fan translations
For all my fellow name nerds out there, I am very pleased to present the second annual "Gloyd Roberson Memorial List of Actual Human Children Who Wrote Letters to Santa in 1920s/30s Oklahoma".
These aren’t all necessarily “weirder than Gloyd” but fall into three rough categories which I’ve dubbed: “that’s got a nice ring to it”, “if I used this in a novel it would be considered too unrealistic” and “you’ve got 5 seconds to name a character that lives in 1920s Oklahoma, GO!”:
Selvyn Atteberry
Dyer Banfield
Bert Baxter
Hilda Bender
Imogene Berry
Heloise Blakely
Burl Boyer
Clyda Pearl Boyington
Okal Brooks
Vada Jo Bricker
Deverett Brumley
Lee Roy Buck
Vivian May Burdue
Donnie Buster
Elmarie Button
Junior Buzzard
Melchor Caldex
Tycene Calhoun
Tiny Bell Callison
Dapalene Caywood
Edney Clopton
Buster Combs
Georgia Countryman
Vantruba Crockett
Alto Day
Buddie DeWayne
Violet Divine
Elwanda Downing
Cletys Durham
Thurlo Epps
Apple Fields
Floyd Fleetwood
Metherine Franklin
Ula Fay French
Wanda Jo Fronterhouse
Irline Fuller
Jack Gritzmaker
J. D. Grizzle
Billie Jean Gulley
Joline Hardcastle
Kaloolah Herrill
Thelias Hatfield
Elva Heavins
Coleman Hewlett
Helen Hillhouse
Virgil Holderby
Katymae Houston
Myree Huffstutlar
Estelline Hurrypack
Blondie Huhm
Lila Lou Jackson
Denver Jones
Vernell Lambert
Sonny Boy Lockart
Dinkey Long (autocorrect really wanted this to be Donkey Kong)
Release date (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Steam)
English: December 7th, 2023
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As you delve deeper into the mysterious man that calls himself the Grim Reaper, you begin to wonder if fate brought you two together for a reason. Can you resist his charm, or will you fall for the one destined to take your soul?
A Date with Death is a supernatural romance chat simulator visual novel about the week long bet you enter against the Grim Reaper to attempt to keep your soul. Create your own character, from appearance to pronouns, decorate your apartment, and spend the (possible) last week of your life getting to know the one hunting for your soul."
This is a free game by Two and a Half Studios! You can get it from itch.io here or from Steam here. There is also an optional DLC for purchase which includes additional features.
Underrated character growth throughout the sellswords trilogy is Artemis becoming weirdly smug about his unrequested makeover as soon as he can use it to be condescending at people he doesn't like.