§ “Ugh,” I grumbled, and Sen chuckled inside my head. My thoughts were more hers than mine, though. After hearing all the details about what had been happening in the camp from Dilorè and the Servants, my mind was too cluttered with her ideas, stuff that had nothing to do with the life of a teenage slave girl. But during …

§ According to Senhion’s knowledge, the Sunset Mountains, that run along the far western edge of the Baris Continent, form the longest cordillera on the planet. That’s why they stand in popular knowledge as the ‘other great mountain range’. But they more resemble the Appalachians or the Urals, despite stretching thousands upon thousands of miles from north to south. They …

§ The lushly wooded hill country known as Kasar lay far below my feet as I stood high in the air, contemplating my strange situation. I’m all alone in an unfamiliar world, and they expect me to just drop in on a military camp in the middle of a war. Is it just me, or do my seniors not have …

This will only be of interest to those who read Chinese fantasy and might be curious about the cultivation hierarchy in Fan Li’s home world. I originally worked this out for the Chinese cultivation novel I attempted to write, from which I also drew the character Fan Li herself. There is terminology here that people familiar with the genre will …

§ So, Volume 10 is in the books. Your author, Eric Fretheim, online as Fushigi on this site and on Discord, and as /u/ericthefred on reddit, has completed yet another volume. As I mentioned, this one has been a weird journey, because nothing really flowed the way I expected. I wonder if I will rewrite it eventually.  If you are …

§ “What is the meaning of this?” Rod demanded as soon as he saw me. Rather than answer him immediately, I moved to the child resembling me, whom I feared was about to act out. Mireia still held her in a hug from behind, but her eyes held a look that wasn’t panic, since Tiana would never panic, but something …

§ I rushed to speak, sharpening my tone before my husband grew stubborn. “Your Highness! If this concerns my people on the expedition, then please don’t get hung up on a minor issue!” That expedition included the Hero’s Party, people personally important to me, but more importantly, it included a large number of ordinary mortal soldiers of my duchy. Just …

§ “My Lady, the… specialists have arrived,” the maid called from the door, while kneeling and bowing. She did not enter the room as would normally be proper before doing this courtesy, because I had expressly ordered all mortals to stay out. Mireia convinced my husband to make them obey, fortunately. She had to tell him why, of course, which …

§ Although this world of magic is quite alien to me, mathematics are what they are. The essential concepts of algorithm and logic remain the same. Before Senhion’s body transformed into mine, I already had a good grasp of how to deal with this strangely unscientific world. Or rather, I say so, but I had what Robert Stewart would call …

§ Although I no longer sat in Fan Li’s tea shop, I could still watch the world through Rhea’s technique. At the moment, it was an immersive experience. Whenever I directed my attention away from it, I would find myself lying face-up on a generic lawn of freshly-mown grass under a perfect summer blue sky. I’m not sure when the …