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Viking ZX


Author of Science-Fiction and Fantasy novels! Oh, and some fanfiction from time to time.

Nov
17th
2017

Advent Faces a New Foe: The Dusk Guard and the Dusk Rogues Join X-Com! · 8:30pm Nov 17th, 2017

They're here at last!

Yes, you're reading that right. After being totally reminded by an awesome fan that this release had slipped between the cracks (sorry!) the Dusk Guard and Dusk Rogue X-Com 2 character pools are here at last! And don't they just look spiffy!

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Nov
17th
2017

Classic Being a Better Writer: Character Odds and Ends · 6:57pm Nov 17th, 2017

New here? Confused by what a Classic Being a Better Writer post is? No worries!

Classic posts dig into a four-year archive of weekly BaBW articles to dig up a couple that are relevant to one another, forming a quick and easy to browse sampling of some of the site's various writing articles.

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Nov
13th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Accents · 9:01pm Nov 13th, 2017

Hopefully this will be a short one. After the longer-than-average posts the last few weeks, I’d like to get a quicker, shorter Being a Better Writer post in so I can jump back to closing up Jungle once and for all!

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Nov
10th
2017

Why You Should Read ... Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium · 8:34pm Nov 10th, 2017

So I'm trying something new today here at Unusual Things. I've had the idea for a post series like this in the back of my head for a while now, and while it's not going to be a regular series like Being a Better Writer is, I do hope it might be an occasional counterpart.

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Nov
6th
2017

Being a Better Writer: Why Writers Should Play Games · 10:56pm Nov 6th, 2017

Nov
1st
2017

October Patreon Reward – Happy Halloween! · 3:58am Nov 1st, 2017

I’ll keep this short, as I am beat! The October Patreon Supporter Award has arrived over on Patreon. And it is awesome.

What is it, you may ask? Why it’s a story! That’s right, a story. For Halloween. An early draft, but about 8.5k words long.

Oh, and it’s the sequel to Monthly Retreat from Unusual Events. And it has some other familiar faces show up as well.

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Oct
28th
2017

The Halloween Sale · 7:18pm Oct 28th, 2017

In case you missed it, this Halloween weekend is home to all kinds of spooky sales on my work. Through October 31st, you’ll be able to pick up One Drink and Dead Silver for free, as well as find Unusual Events: A “Short” Story Collection for half-price and the stellar Colony for 25% off!

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Oct
27th
2017

Hardware, Halloween, and Other Updates · 7:20pm Oct 27th, 2017

Jump through the mirror to see the original post here!

You know the deal, guys! It's a news post. And there's a lot of it this week, but I have categorized it, so skim through and see what the updates are!

Hardware Horrors

You might have noticed I've been quiet this week.

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Oct
23rd
2017

Being a Better Writer: Preaching to the Choir · 10:57pm Oct 23rd, 2017

Morning readers! Well, actually afternoon, and that's my fault. Ever start reading a book late at night? Yeah, that's something I shouldn't do, and yet ...

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Oct
19th
2017

The History of One Drink · 7:16pm Oct 19th, 2017

Greetings and salutations readers! I’m hard at work trying to wrap up Jungle‘s first draft (it is, if you’ll pardon the pun, a jungle), but that doesn’t mean I can’t keep you guys in the know. And today, I’ll be doing that with a recap of the creation of One Drink!

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