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Less is More

A Duology

Fearless

[A story in 11 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 11 September 2017)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 13 September 2017)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 15 September 2017)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 18 September 2017)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 20 September 2017)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 22 September 2017)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 25 September 2017)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 2 October 2017)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 4 October 2017)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 6 October 2017)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 9 October 2017)
Weightless

[A story in 11 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 11 October 2017)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 13 October 2017)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 14 October 2017)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 16 October 2017)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 18 October 2017)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 20 October 2017)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 23 October 2017)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 25 October 2017)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 27 October 2017)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 30 October 2017)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 3 November 2017)

Short Stories

What Once Was Ours (Posted 26 September 2017)
Blue Fire, Devil's Ire (Posted 31 October 2017)
King of the Corn Maze (Posted 31 October 2017)
Mask of the Hunter (Posted 31 October 2017)
The Drawbacks of Being a Monster (Posted 31 October 2017)
There's No Place Like Home for the Hallowdays (Posted 31 October 2017)
Across The Pool (Posted 14 February 2018)
Is Love a Miracle? (Posted 14 February 2018)
Martyrs of the Heart (Posted 14 February 2018)
Second Chances (Posted 14 February 2018)

Rivers of the Dead

[A story in 8 segments each of which contains two chapters]

Segment 1 (Posted 6 November 2017)
Segment 2 (Posted 8 November 2017)
Segment 3 (Posted 10 November 2017)
Segment 4 (Posted 13 November 2017)
Segment 5 (Posted 15 November 2017)
Segment 6 (Posted 17 November 2017)
Segment 7 (Posted 20 November 2017)
Segment 8 (Posted 22 November 2017)

The Navigator

[A story in 27 chapters]

Chapter 1 (Posted 24 November 2017)
Chapter 2 (Posted 27 November 2017)
Chapter 3 (Posted 29 November 2017)
Chapter 4 (Posted 1 December 2017)
Chapter 5 (Posted 4 December 2017)
Chapter 6 (Posted 6 December 2017)
Chapter 7 (Posted 8 December 2017)
Chapter 8 (Posted 11 December 2017)
Chapter 9 (Posted 13 December 2017)
Chapter 10 (Posted 15 December 2017)
Chapter 11 (Posted 17 December 2017)
Chapter 12 (Posted 20 December 2017)
Chapter 13 (Posted 22 December 2017)
Chapter 14 (Posted 27 December 2017)
Chapter 15 (Posted 29 December 2017)
Chapter 16 (Posted 1 January 2018)
Chapter 17 (Posted 3 January 2018)
Chapter 18 (Posted 5 January 2018)
Chapter 19 (Posted 8 January 2018)
Chapter 20 (Posted 10 January 2018)
Chapter 21 (Posted 12 January 2018)
Chapter 22 (Posted 15 January 2018)
Chapter 23 (Posted 17 January 2018)
Chapter 24 (Posted 19 January 2018)
Chapter 25 (Posted 22 January 2018)
Chapter 26 (Posted 24 January 2018)
Chapter 27 (Posted 26 January 2018)

From the Cup of the Worthless

[A story in 23 chapters]

Chapter 1 (Posted 29 January 2018)
Chapter 2 (Posted 31 January 2018)
Chapter 3 (Posted 2 February 2018)
Chapter 4 (Posted 5 February 2018)
Chapter 5 (Posted 7 February 2018)
Chapter 6 (Posted 9 February 2018)
Chapter 7 (Posted 12 February 2018)
Chapter 8 (Posted 16 February 2018)
Chapter 9 (Posted 19 February 2018)
Chapter 10 (Posted 21 February 2018)
Chapter 11 (Posted 23 February 2018)
Chapter 12 (Posted 26 February 2018)
Chapter 13 (Posted 28 February 2018)
Chapter 14 (Posted 2 March 2018)
Chapter 15 (Posted 5 March 2018)
Chapter 16 (Posted 7 March 2018)
Chapter 17 (Posted 9 March 2018)
Chapter 18 (Posted 12 March 2018)
Chapter 19 (Posted 14 March 2018)
Chapter 20 (Posted 16 March 2018)
Chapter 21 (Posted 19 March 2018)
Chapter 22 (Posted 21 March 2018)
Chapter 23 (Posted 23 March 2018)

The Trial

[An adventure in five volumes]

Shadow Honor

[A volume in 26 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 26 March 2018)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 28 March 2018)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 30 March 2018)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 2 April 2018)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 4 April 2018)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 6 April 2018)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 9 April 2018)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 11 April 2018)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 13 April 2018)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 16 April 2018)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 18 April 2018)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 20 April 2018)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 23 April 2018)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 25 April 2018)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 27 April 2018)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 30 April 2018)
- Chapter 17 (Posted 2 May 2018)
- Chapter 18 (Posted 4 May 2018)
- Chapter 19 (Posted 7 May 2018)
- Chapter 20 (Posted 9 May 2018)
- Chapter 21 (Posted 11 May 2018)
- Chapter 22 (Posted 14 May 2018)
- Chapter 23 (Posted 8 June 2018)
- Chapter 24 (Posted 11 June 2018)
- Chapter 25 (Posted 13 June 2018)
- Epilogue (Posted 13 June 2018)
Clouded Purity

[A volume in 22 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 16 July 2018)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 18 July 2018)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 20 July 2018)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 23 July 2018)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 25 July 2018)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 27 July 2018)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 30 July 2018)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 1 August 2018)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 10 August 2018)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 13 August 2018)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 15 August 2018)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 17 August 2018)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 20 August 2018)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 22 August 2018)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 27 August 2018)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 29 August 2018)
- Chapter 17 (Posted 31 August 2018)
- Chapter 18 (Posted 3 September 2018)
- Chapter 19 (Posted 5 September 2018)
- Chapter 20 (Posted 7 September 2018)
- Chapter 21 (Posted 10 September 2018)
- Chapter 22 (Posted 12 September 2018)
Lonely Pride

[A volume in 28 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 13 February 2019)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 15 February 2019)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 18 February 2019)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 20 February 2019)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 22 February 2019)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 25 February 2019)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 27 February 2019)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 1 March 2019)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 4 March 2019)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 6 March 2019)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 11 March 2019)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 13 March 2019)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 15 March 2019)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 18 March 2019)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 20 March 2019)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 22 March 2019)
- Chapter 17 (Posted 25 March 2019)
- Chapter 18 (Posted 27 March 2019)
- Chapter 19 (Posted 29 March 2019)
- Chapter 20 (Posted 1 April 2019)
- Chapter 21 (Posted 3 April 2019)
- Chapter 22 (Posted 5 April 2019)
- Chapter 23 (Posted 8 April 2019)
- Chapter 24 (Posted 10 April 2019)
- Chapter 25 (Posted 12 April 2019)
- Chapter 26 (Posted 15 April 2019)
- Chapter 27 (Posted 17 April 2019)
- Chapter 28 (Posted 19 April 2019)
Tragic Genius

[A volume in 26 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 19 June 2019)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 21 June 2019)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 24 June 2019)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 26 June 2019)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 28 June 2019)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 1 July 2019)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 3 July 2019)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 5 July 2019)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 8 July 2019)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 10 July 2019)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 12 July 2019)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 15 July 2019)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 17 July 2019)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 19 July 2019)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 22 July 2019)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 24 July 2019)
- Chapter 17 (Posted 29 July 2019)
- Chapter 18 (Posted 31 July 2019)
- Chapter 19 (Posted 2 August 2019)
- Chapter 20 (Posted 5 August 2019)
- Chapter 21 (Posted 7 August 2019)
- Chapter 22 (Posted 9 August 2019)
- Chapter 23 (Posted 12 August 2019)
- Chapter 24 (Posted 14 August 2019)
- Chapter 25 (Posted 16 August 2019)
- Chapter 26 (Posted 19 August 2019)
Cynical Faith

[A volume in 20 chapters]
- Chapter 1 (Posted 11 September 2019)
- Chapter 2 (Posted 13 September 2019)
- Chapter 3 (Posted 16 September 2019)
- Chapter 4 (Posted 18 September 2019)
- Chapter 5 (Posted 20 September 2019)
- Chapter 6 (Posted 23 September 2019)
- Chapter 7 (Posted 25 September 2019)
- Chapter 8 (Posted 27 September 2019)
- Chapter 9 (Posted 30 September 2019)
- Chapter 10 (Posted 2 October 2019)
- Chapter 11 (Posted 7 October 2019)
- Chapter 12 (Posted 9 October 2019)
- Chapter 13 (Posted 11 October 2019)
- Chapter 14 (Posted 14 October 2019)
- Chapter 15 (Posted 16 October 2019)
- Chapter 16 (Posted 18 October 2019)
- Chapter 17 (Posted 21 October 2019)
- Chapter 18 (Posted 23 October 2019)
- Chapter 19 (Posted 25 October 2019)
- Chapter 20 (Posted 27 October 2019)

Musketqueers

[Occasional vignettes around a common theme]

Stuck at 13 (Posted 3 February 2018)
The Invitation (Posted 19 April 2018)

Ashes of Fate

[An odyssey in 3 seasons]

Season 1

[Season 1 has 12 episodes]
- Episode 1 (Posted 15 June 2018)
- Episode 2 (Posted 18 June 2018)
- Episode 3 (Posted 20 June 2018)
- Episode 4 (Posted 25 June 2018)
- Episode 5 (Posted 27 June 2018)
- Episode 6 (Posted 29 June 2018)
- Episode 7 (Posted 2 July 2018)
- Episode 8 (Posted 4 July 2018)
- Episode 9 (Posted 6 July 2018)
- Episode 10 (Posted 9 July 2018)
- Episode 11 (Posted 11 July 2018)
- Episode 12 (Posted 13 July 2018)
Season 2

[Season 2 has 12 episodes]
- Episode 1 (Posted 17 September 2018)
- Episode 2 (Posted 19 September 2018)
- Episode 3 (Posted 21 September 2018)
- Episode 4 (Posted 24 September 2018)
- Episode 5 (Posted 26 September 2018)
- Episode 6 (Posted 28 September 2018)
- Episode 7 (Posted 1 October 2018)
- Episode 8 (Posted 3 October 2018)
- Episode 9 (Posted 5 October 2018)
- Episode 10 (Posted 8 October 2018)
- Episode 11 (Posted 10 October 2018)
- Episode 12 (Posted 12 October 2018)
Season 3

[Season 3 has 12 episodes]
- Episode 1 (Posted 15 October 2018)
- Episode 2 (Posted 17 October 2018)
- Episode 3 (Posted 19 October 2018)
- Episode 4 (Posted 22 October 2018)
- Episode 5 (Posted 24 October 2018)
- Episode 6 (Posted 26 October 2018)
- Episode 7 (Posted 29 October 2018)
- Episode 8 (Posted 2 November 2018)
- Episode 9 (Posted 5 November 2018)
- Episode 10 (Posted 7 November 2018)
- Episode 11 (Posted 9 November 2018)
- Episode 12 (Posted 12 November 2018)

Stories by Cynus

Less is More

Fearless

Weightless

Short Stories

Rivers of the Dead

The Navigator

From the Cup of the Worthless

The Trial

Shadow Honor

Clouded Purity

Lonely Pride

Tragic Genius

Cynical Faith

Musketqueers

Ashes of Fate

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3