Nicholas Taylor

Fantasy & Sci-Fi author | Worldbuilding addict | Writing weird tales since ’07 | New epic fantasy Ash and Ruin out now ⚔️

[Nicholas Taylor @ntaylor1981]

They march for conquest. They fight for survival. But war answers to no one.
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[Nicholas Taylor @ntaylor1981]

Crescent is the island in City of Gears where the aristocracy drink themselves stupid and the Techfly broker war insurance between glasses of champagne. Prettiest place in the book. Also the most dangerous. https://t.co/GH5Cw8QeQD

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Some days you chase down the man who shot your cousin. Some days you unfurl your wings on a residential street and every neighbor sees what you really are. City of Gears, Chapter 15 — one of those days. https://t.co/GH5Cw8QeQD

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Elves grow crystals from living seeds. Healers mend broken bones with a touch. And dragons learn to fly by being told to stop overthinking everything. War is hell, but the everyday magic is something else. https://t.co/SHaEEAEtSZ

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Lorna said appearance is power. So Caelwen rebuilt her Essaerite — bark, vine, obsidian eyes, venomous thorns wrapped in roses. Then she rebuilt herself. Both her worlds in one woman. Nature incarnate. https://t.co/3X8bjUCdjj

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They've got no leads on the gluttony demon. So Jess volunteers to use her inherited power — lust — to draw it out. The catch is it means leaning into the thing she fights against every single day. https://t.co/TUToLLU121

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Tom inherited diligence — he's the hardest worker on the team. Cam got Wrath and spends it in small bursts so the big one never comes. Jessica got Lust and fears judgment more than any demon. They're Cardinal Children. https://t.co/TUToLLU121

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Aliens hiding inside the walls. Ammo gone. Perimeter collapsing. Then command says sit tight and an orbital laser from four hundred kilometers up vaporizes the forest. 800 degrees. The world turned white. https://t.co/MI0H8NJhM0

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They kissed before the helmets sealed. Three shuttles disintegrated on approach. The only thought left was how she felt beside him. Then the breach alarm screamed and the hatch blew open. https://t.co/CLZ4V5kdxQ

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Erin brought brownies to the police station. They were spiked with a potion that reveals Shape Shifters. The Sergeant took a bite. And started transforming into someone else entirely. https://t.co/infSlJfNsB

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Every Paladin has a shelf life. Edward knew it the moment he missed a block that cost him a leg. But the harder truth? His son's spent his whole life circling one fight. What happens after? https://t.co/YAqQVhGarX

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They got the confession. The Troll smiled through the whole thing. Then someone smuggled an antidote into his cell and he punched through concrete. There's a mole inside the station. https://t.co/infSlJfNsB

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They got the confession. The Troll smiled through the whole thing. Then someone smuggled an antidote into his cell and he punched through concrete. There's a mole inside the station. https://t.co/infSlJfNsB

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Two factories sabotaged. Twenty percent of the island's military exports compromised. Hidden devices in boilers designed to explode. This isn't crime. Flatiron is already at war. https://t.co/GH5Cw8QeQD

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Politics is like my fights, except in politics you might not know the hand that holds the knife. Lucinda came for dinner. She left with a warning. https://t.co/GH5Cw8QeQD

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Two bandits saw an easy target. They were very wrong. But the real gut punch isn't the violence — it's Eira staying awake all night to protect the man who just killed for her. And him crying because he doesn't think he deserves it. https://t.co/3X8bjUCdjj

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She went undercover in Trinity's headquarters wearing a wire. Mapped every face, counted every exit. Then the Mage Seeker's shirt started glowing red. She'd found the wire. And everyone in that room just became a threat. https://t.co/infSlJfNsB

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She thought she killed a man. Turns out the demon had been wearing him for years — he was only himself for a few hours a day. She didn't take a life. She ended a haunting. https://t.co/TUToLLU121

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Engineers said the river crossing would take weeks. Then the Essaerists showed up, drove bridge piles into the riverbed with their minds, and let the men think they were helping. They were not. https://t.co/3X8bjUCdjj

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He had a dream about her. Woke up shaking. Then she walked through the door and described every detail of the same dream. Her last words: "Who said we were dreaming?" https://t.co/q0FSAruirq

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Got promoted to fireteam leader. Survived a brutal combat drill. But the highlight of the day? Not having to sneak back to separate bunks at dawn anymore. https://t.co/MI0H8NJhM0