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Samogitius

Hi, I'm Patrick. I've been popping in for the contests, dropping sci-fi and fantasy here. Maybe I'll slide a mystery in somewhere.

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Sep 28, 2026

To:HolrAevi

Who lost the worse pair of spherical external organs, him or Petrus?

The Empire of the Waning Moon

Chapter:0

Aug 31, 2025

To:Mai

It's a good thing you'll be seeing more of him

The Mark of Cain

Chapter:2

Feb 07, 2025

To:Steward McOy

Thank you so much for reading all the way to the end! I'll be honest, I went in with a vague idea that the concept of martial honor (and whether there was a place for it in technological warfare) was gonna be a central theme. That's actually why I gravitated towards mechs, since they've historically been used to transplant an ideal of a chivalric warrior into a technological setting. I feel like the themes crept beyond that in the course of writing, but still kinda related idea of "honor", what it means to different people in different roles (a soldier vs a spy vs a political leader), and whether it's more dangerous to doggedly pursue or cynically ignore such an ideal. I don't know, though, I didn't necessarily have these things at the front of my mind while writing it. The literary analysis cap feels weird when you wear it into your own work after the fact.

California Samurai

Chapter:21

Feb 04, 2025

To:Steward McOy

Stew, I think you misread that particular chapter preface. That previous Shogun was saying the US boasts that neither they nor their allies sided with Nazi Germany at any point. The intended implication is that the Soviet power grab that played out historically in Eastern Europe also played out in the West-- while the Soviets collaborated with the Nazis to partition Poland and the two immediately geared up to stab each other in the back, Austria-Hungary (a Japanese and Californian ally) similarly used an alliance with the Germany to get a foothold in France, then set about ousting the Nazis and their collaborators to give their Bourbon puppet uncontested control of the country.

California Samurai

Chapter:10

Jan 09, 2025

This is a juicy premise, and whether this last-ditch effort gets anywhere in the contest or not, I don't want you to let this become a trunk novel. Make ten revisions over the next two years, if you have to, but there's one heck of a gem to be polished out of this (heh).
BELIEVE IN THE ME THAT BELIEVES IN YOU!!!

Xyrite

Chapter:1

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