Hey, Kell here!
It’s been a little while, hasn’t it?
The time has come for spooky stuff and better, crisper winds. Despite the melancholy of losing all my beloved leaves, there’s something about Fall that really makes me feel alive.
It feels like I’m more “myself” in these blustery days than any other.
I have a nice little update for you, complete with announcements, updates, and a whole novel you can read in its draft form.
Read Until I am Remade!
A good friend of mine recommended I try my hand at a webnovel contest, and you know how much of a sucker I am for a good challenge.
The only caveat? The genre had to be “Isekai Fantasy.”
Wikipedia describes Isekai as a genre that revolves around a person or people who are transported to and have to survive in another world such as a fantasy world, game world, or parallel universe with or without the possibility of returning to their original world.
Being a Japanese-focused genre for primarily Japanese readers, I had to do a lot of research to make sure I could do it justice, and I think I at least got close. I had to play to a lot of tropes I’m not used to, so it turned out to be quite a battle to ensure the target readership would get what they wanted:
With cover art by the ever on-point Akiro, Until I am Remade is described thusly:
Salaryman Abe Masaru has encountered something that we’ll politely refer to as a “middle-management problem.”
After being murdered in a dark alley, Masaru wakes up in a beautiful new world. It’s a dream come true for the burnt-out office worker, until he realizes his killer has followed him. And it will kill him again… and again… and AGAIN!
And he’s not the only one.
Their only refuge? A sterile hospital lobby: an alluring trap that forces them to either give up and fade away or continue fighting this realm-crossing predator.
To escape, Masaru must do more than survive. He must master the rules of his own personal hell, weaponize his many failures, and lead a band of broken people against an enemy that knows all their secrets.
Through it all, Masaru internalizes one key idea:
“Adversity creates resilience. Resilience creates strength.”
…And he’s about to show this “middle-management problem” just how strong he can be.
If you like deathloop stories in the line of Edge of Tomorrow and high stakes thrillers where the killer(s) always have something new up their sleeves, read the complete webnovel below. It’s in the middle of its judging period so it’ll be here at least until the end of the contest:
https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novels/22320
Enjoy!
A BIG Announcement!
Kept you waiting, huh?
At long last (book 4 in the series was in 2021!!) The Courts Divided is getting its fifth and final book:
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Chaos, Order, and Law have resolved for one final effort, to rescue Lord Knight Love from the clutches of the insidious, ingenious Librarium. But crossed motivations ask the burning question: do they both want to “rescue” her in the same way?
Can Order retrieve her best friend?
Will Ywn, the Librarium’s director, discover Love’s greatest secret and the key to his opposition’s reality-spanning plan?
To what extent will Law go to for a chance at bringing his adopted mother home?
And just what exactly is Chaos planning?
All this and more will be answered in The Courts Divided’s final book, featuring interspace, high dimensional combat, Chaos and Order at their very best, and a duel of fates sure to leave onlookers breathless.
Look forward to reading the final chapter in this five book series Summer of 2026! I’ll provide more details and the preorder link as we get closer to release.
Art of the Month by Tako
A few sketches of a costumed Order all ready for the ghastliest day of the year.
That’s all for this month. Drink some cozy beverages for me! In the meantime I’d like you to check out Soot Knight and give it a read if you haven’t already, it’s fittingly halloweenish in my opinion.
Until next month.
Kell Inkston
