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Haze & Chaos - Introduction

Cover | Reunion A Part 1 Master Post - Patreon      This book was a royal pain in the rear to work on, and good lord, I am never attempting another anthology book as a part of the main series again. Yes, I know ULTRAMagic Compendium is something I started, but that is not intended to be done all in one go. First let us address what ULTRAMagic Haze & Chaos is. This book will be an anthology of nine short stories all taking place after several stories in the series including ULTRAMagic Eon 1 , ULTRAMagic Eon 2 , ULTRAMagic Intermission , and ULTRAMagic Interval (Bonus Chapters) . As of writing this introduction I have not written ULTRAMagic Intermission , so that is fun… On the bright side, one of the stories in this anthology made me write the plot for that book. And Interval BC will be a thing eventually, exploring what happened right after ULTRAMagic Interval and right before ULTRAMagic Intermission . It goes without saying that this should not be your first U...

ULTRAMagic (Before) Prelude - Introduction

Cover | First Master Post - Patreon      What in the blue blazes is this story? Book 9.1?! What does this have to do with anything? Well, have a seat and I’ll explain. This is a very special story that serves to explain what happened right before ULTRAMagic Prelude in regards to the plans of Leif (The Dragon of Old) and a certain someone had to stop The Lich of Old. Let’s just say that the overall plans were not perfect and we are about to meet a special ar’ton we all know and love, seeing what he was like long before he became the man he is now. Not only that, but we will finally get a glimpse into the enigmatic Dark Divers Guild. This will be a short book, only a novelette in length, but will greatly expand the scope of ULTRAMagic Alternate as a whole. And if you read ULTRAMagic Eon 2 (this is book 9.1, why haven’t you read the other books already?), you will already have a good idea on what is about to happen.      This book will tie into the events of...

ULTRAMagic Archive Volume II - Introduction

Cover | First Master Post - Patreon      AH HAHAHAHAHA, aren’t current times just a great time to be alive?! The internet is being shut down in the name of “protecting children,” the EU is trying to control the entire world, tech prices are soaring through the roof because chip manufacturers are grifting over to the “AI industry,” The U.S. is screaming that the EU is terrible for censoring everyone despite trying to pass KOSA and the SCREEN Act, everybody is ready to go to war with each other, AND I FEEL FINE! Despite all of this chaos, I am still working on ULTRAMagic Alternate. I don’t care what any politician, CEO, or rich elite nutcase says or does, the show must go on. The only way anyone will actually stop me is if they literally come to my house and actually make me kick the bucket… and even then I am going to come back from the dead and keep working on ULTRAMagic Alternate.      The first volume of ULTRAMagic Archive was certainly a strange one. I...

ULTRAMagic Compendium - Introduction

Cover | First Master Post - Patreon      During the tail end of writing ULTRAMagic Interlude (Bonus Chapters) (Book 4) and into the start of ULTRAMagic Chaos (Book 5), I had the idea to start writing short stories to supplement the main story of ULTRAMagic Alternate. These were side adventures that did not fit into the main narrative without being their own book or deviating from the story being told. The first story I came up with was a follow up to ULTRMagic Interval (Book 6) and ULTRAMagic Eon 1 (Book 7), Haze and Chaos… the funny thing is that this story was first posted in August 2014 and Interval would not come around until a month later. Keep in mind that my schedule as of typing this involves me posting two chapters each week, so Interval did not finish until February 2025.      Haze and Chaos was an experiment to see if I could write a short story and I would argue I succeeded in that regard. It is a perfectly serviceable little thing… The only ...

ULTRAMagic Chaos - Introduction

Cover | Interlude | Chapter 1 Master Post - Patreon      There will be no rant about society this time (assuming you have read Book 4’s introduction) as the planning and writing of ULTRAMagic Chaos actually went fairly smoothly. Why is there an introduction this time though? ULTRAMagic Chaos is a bit of a unique book in how it changed from planning to actually writing it. When I initially started planning it out it was vastly different from the book that was published. I will do my best to avoid spoilers, but just know anything I reveal is not inherently a spoiler for the events of the book.      Like Interlude: Shadowland (Book 3), this book was intended to be a super short novella. It also had a female lead, this time being Spiritus Magni Maxima. As you have read from the synopsis, Tusk Willfort is the main character. I was set to have Maxima be the lead until I realized she was way too much of a new character to be the book’s main character. It wo...

ULTRAMagic Interlude BC - Introduction

Cover | Interlude | Chapter 21 Master Post - Patreon      Very few people actually respect authors, and just as many actually care about them. With this in mind, you can imagine that it is difficult to find time to write in today’s society. With so many people only looking out for themselves (consequences be damned), there is a mounting pressure to succeed no matter what. Daoists of ancient China would take issue with this and you would think that “progressive” western societies would heed the word of belief systems telling people to relax and go with the flow, but we do not live in that kind of world. All of this is a roundabout way of saying the planning and writing of ULTRAMagic Interlude kind of got out of hand.      What you are reading here is the continuation of ULTRAMagic Interlude, hence why this is called “Interlude (Bonus Chapters).” This story takes place at the same time ULTRAMagic Interlude: Shadowland and addresses what everyone else was d...