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The Black Craft Saga Week Dispatch
— From the War Mode Office. This week, some legends refuse to stay buried. When the sea brings back ghosts and the archives give up secrets, some truths…
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Jon Dottingly
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
The Black Craft Saga Week 4 Dispatch
— From the War Mode Office. This week, when defiance meets power—one woman turns knowledge into a weapon, and another faces whispers that could break…
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Jon Dottingly
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
The Black Craft Saga Week 3 Dispatch
— From the War Mode Office. This week’s dispatch carries us into places where bonds become perilous—down into the haunted depths of the Hardwige Mine…
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Jon Dottingly
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
The Black Craft Saga Week 2 Dispatch
— From the War Mode Office. This week, the dead sing. And dragons won't kneel.
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Jon Dottingly
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
The Black Craft Saga Week 1 Dispatch
— From the War Mode Office. Weekly Dispatch Incoming…Two paths diverge in the smoke of prophecy and ash.One leads to cosmic truths buried by flame.The…
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Jon Dottingly
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
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Stories from the Edge of the Mortal Curtain
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Jon Dottingly
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
The Black Craft Saga
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Stories from the edge of the mortal curtain. Not all doors should be opened.
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Infamy’s Daughters

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Slices of Midnight Chapter 10
Pearce isn’t just a spider—he’s a vessel of venomous magic, bound to Marissa by ritual and fate. But his first bite doesn’t just hurt. It rips her open…
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Jon Dottingly
Slices of Midnight Chapter 9
Marissa Bonifay slips into the shadows of the priory’s most scandalous secret—only to overhear something far more staggering than sin. As Nyomi and the…
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Jon Dottingly
Slices of Midnight Chapter 8
Marissa Bonifay slips behind a statue into the dark belly of the priory—into a forgotten sanctum where blood once painted the walls and souls were…
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Slices of Midnight Chapter 7
Under flickering torchlight and sacred murals, Marissa finally kisses the boy who’s stood by her through everything. But as dreams of love mix with…
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Jon Dottingly
Slices of Midnight Chapter 6
The veil parts completely. Marissa walks where none should walk—and the dead remember her name. Chapter Six of Slices of Midnight. Read now.
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Slices of Midnight Chapter 5
In the warmth of Auntie Muriel’s wagon, Marissa Bonifay is offered a choice: a spellbook from a forgotten sorceress… or a bottomless bag brimming with…
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Jon Dottingly
Slices of Midnight Chapter 4
After enduring Nyomi’s rod, Marissa Bonifay storms through Dowling with rage in her heart and mud on her boots. But when a sleazy butcher picks the…
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Slices of Midnight Chapter 3
She expected a scolding. She didn’t expect a crow.Marissa Bonifay faces the High Priestess, a white rod of discipline, and the fallout of Piper’s loose…
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Jon Dottingly
Slices of Midnight Chapter 2
The ghosts were terrifying—but nothing chilled Marissa Bonifay quite like the rod of High Priestess Nyomi. After a forbidden journey into Waurista’s…
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Jon Dottingly
Slices of Midnight Chapter 1
On the haunted Isle of Indamar, Marissa Bonifay doesn’t fear ghosts—she chases them. But when a centuries-old battlefield awakens beneath her feet, the…
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The Chronicler's Log

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Empowered
Every fortress needs walls—hers were made of books. In a world where knowledge is sharper than steel, one scholar in a candlelit priory turns intellect…
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Jon Dottingly
Tragedy's Mine
The mine took forty-three lives. Tonight, it gives them back.
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Jon Dottingly
Madam Firosa
The Isle of Indamar has been called the most haunted province in the Kingdom of Malakanth for millennia—and tonight, I’m going to prove it. Armed with a…
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Ashen Aftermath
The flames were real. The screams, unforgettable. Jon Dottingly came to witness a witch’s execution — instead, he stood at the edge of the cosmos.A…
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Today, I Found You...
Books. Back on the Isle of Indamar, some who knew me liked to say I lived to be rebellious; I followed a sound the priests said wasn’t real—and found a…
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Motherless
Before ghosts. Before power. Marissa Bonifay goes searching for her mother—and finds the truth hurts more than magic. Read the short story Motherless…
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The Passion of Lidya Bonifay
The infamous witch Lidya Bonifay walks to her execution without fear, without regret—and without forgiveness. The wizards of Arinar believe they have…
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The Shadow Lineage

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Ashborn Chapter 6
After a flight that left the Order buzzing, Dareya faces suspicion, whispers of disbanding the Riders, and rumors of something far older stirring in the…
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
Ashborn Chapter 5
She was chosen last. He chose only her. Together, they could end the Riders—or become something far more dangerous.
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
Ashborn Chapter 4
“They told us, You only mount if you’re invited.” My dragon didn’t kneel. Didn’t bow.He just stared at me… and dared me to try.By the time we were…
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
Ashborn Chapter 3
She survived the Crucible.Now comes the quiet — a bare room, an old letter, and a name that echoes in her bones.As Dareya wakes to a new title and the…
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Jenn Dottingly (MDiv, MBA)
Ashborn Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Aspira Dareya faces the ancient and deadly ritual as dragons arrive—bonding stones glow, alliances form, and deadly rejection looms in the…
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Ashborn Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Enter the tense world of the Arakita Order as fierce warriors face the Crucible’s ultimate test: to bond with dragons in a high-stakes…
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