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Yamada Yuuki is an ordinary college student with an extraordinary hobby: the classical martial art of Kukishin-ryu. Until one fateful day when a demon rips through the fabric of space-time, abducts everyone

Yamada Yuuki is an ordinary Japanese college student with an extraordinary hobby: the classical martial art of Kukishin-ryu. One evening, a demon rips through the fabric of space-time, abducts everyone

This article is not a review of Doki Doki Literature Club!, a visual novel/dating sim by Team Salvato. It is not a review, because I did not complete the game, and really have no right to call this article

So, a funny thing happened on the way to publishing The City and the Dungeon. The cover to the audiobook version I never expected to make. Success happened. Where has Matthew P. Schmidt been? Caught between

Saint Valentinus of Terni was a priest, a healer, and a hieromartyr. As a priest, Saint Valentine offered aid and succor to Christians in a time when persecution of Christians was a long-standing policy

As of November 17th, my Kindle Scout campaign for The City and the Dungeon has ended. Kindle Scout, for the unaware, is Amazon's traditional publishing submissions process. You try to get nominations for

I am pleased to announce that Silver Empire has published Lyonesse Volume 1, a collection of 16 short stories published through its Lyonesse service. For the low, low price of just USD $6.99 a year, Lyonesse

tl;dr: vote here for my book, get a free copy if it wins. Yesteryear I wrote a book, The City and the Dungeon. This year I'm submitting it to Amazon's trad publishing arm, Kindle Scout. Basically, one

I’m in an anthology! Go buy it! …OK, you want more information. Fine. Here's the official blurb: It is said that King Arthur will return in Britain’s hour of greatest need. That time is coming. Four travelers,

Two scenes in a row. That was intense. I wiped the sweat from my brow—and then I realized I was mimicking the upwards parry Akira had used. My heart thumped in my chest. Blood pumped to my fists and feet.

My heart thudded sharply in my chest. I hadn’t seen that coming. Cold crept through my chest. I breathed through it, focusing blanking out everything but the cycling of air through my lungs. A shard of

I escorted the merchant home, glaring at everyone who dared to stand in my way. The commoners took one glance at my daisho and the blood on my clothes, and hurried to make way. No one wanted to be the

I sat by the river and stared at the water. It seemed still, but the leaves drifting across the surface betrayed a hidden current, illuminated in the amber hue of the setting sun. No luck finding work.

Summer in Hokkaido was unlike the summers I have known. In Singapore, so close to the equator, summers were hot and humid, the sun so fierce it glazed the world in subtle hues of orange. Here, the air

Photo Credit Today I would like to look at 1 Timothy 6 verse 10 6)Well, religion does make a person very rich, if he is satisfied with what he has. 7)What did we bring into the world? Nothing! What can

Previously, I said I would defend a topic even MORE unpopular than the eternal deprivation of human souls from seeing their all-good Creator. That time is now; that article is this. I am going to defend,

As some of you might be able to tell, I'm a writer. Here's some stuff elsewhere: Prince Anak the Immortal My first novella: A hard science fiction young adult Catholic novella. Now that's a mouthful! A

On August 1, 2017, Bitcoin holders received a second forked currency known as Bitcoin Cash. This meant BTC holders at the time of the fork owned immediately afterward two distinct cryptocurrencies which

Hell is, to say it mildly, an unpopular doctrine. Who wants to believe that some are deprived forever of the sight of God and are tormented for all eternity with pains greater than any Earthly woe? More

I have never seen a psych ward depicted accurately in fiction. I have the experience to say so, because a few years ago, after a suicide attempt, I signed myself into a psych ward. About a year later,