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Greetings! This Substack focuses on my writings, musings, and fragmented stories. Often from a mythical realm called The Wold. It is heavily influenced by Tolkien's Middle-Earth and Lloyd Alexander's Prydain, along with a plethora of others. Enjoy!

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  1. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    The Bloodstained Ledgers of Sinjin Nikola (Part 3) (opens the original)

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    Disclaimer: This is an attempt at an epistolary writing “novella” based on a solo role-play series for Vampire: The Masquerade’s V6 playtesting. It became far too good for me to ignore, and I have wanted to try this approach for some time. The previous parts are here. The Covenant of BloodAn Epistolary AccountAssembled from Sinjin “Nik” Nikola’s personal ledger, Evelyn Sterling’s private memos, Toby’s field notes, and Rico Suarez’s notebook.<

  2. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    The Bloodstained Ledgers of Sinjin Nikola (Part 2) (opens the original)

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    Disclaimer: This is an attempt at an epistolary writing “novella” based on a solo role-play series for Vampire: The Masquerade’s V6 playtesting. It became far too good for me to ignore, and I have wanted to try this approach for some time. Part 1 is here. Part 3 is forthcoming.NikFrom the ledger. Ink heavier than usual — pressed hard enough to nearly tear the page in two places. No date.Rain stopped sometime after. Didn’t notice w

  3. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    THE BLOODSTAINED LEDGER (MISSING SCENE) (opens the original)

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    The scene below is a rewrite to be inserted in Part 1’s flow between the alley rescue of Toby and the Infiltration. Read Part 1 here. NikFrom the ledger. Same night as the alley. Ink even, unhurried — no hesitation anywhere in the hand.Kid was still shaking from the ghouling when I put him to work. Didn’t love doing that to him so soon, but a lead doesn’t improve with age and the harvester I’d pinned to the brick gave me a name before I&

  4. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    The Bloodstained Ledgers of Sinjin Nikola (Part 1) (opens the original)

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    Disclaimer: This is an attempt at an epistolary writing “novella” based on a solo role-play series for Vampire: The Masquerade’s V6 playtesting. It became far too good for me to ignore, and I have wanted to try this approach for some time. Parts 2-3 are forthcoming. NIKFrom the ledger. No date. Ink fresh.Fog’s down to the water tonight, thick enough it swallows the street lamps a block away. Good hunting weather, if I can still call it that. Mostly I call it Tuesday.Triumph won’t turn over on th

  5. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Dolmenwood Diaries: Seeketh the Fairy Chalice (opens the original)

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    The road heading east from Lankshorn is called by the local populace of Dolmenwood “The Ditchway,” along its stable and dependable path lies a series of landmarks. One of them is Droomen Gnoll, which rises just above the treeline at the southern entrance of the wood itself. Upon the gnoll, rising even further upwards, is a ruin. Once a fairy palace of some reknown. It is to this mysterious locale that the Canticle Sect has dispatched two groups of conscripted adventurers with the same mission: S

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