I have an update.
I'm finally starting to work on the new one. Here's a vague synopsis, and what you'll be expecting:
Title confirmed.
[DEATH MARCHERS PARADE]
The year is 4036.
Earth is crumbling.
And so is my will to live.
But don't worry, the real protagonist here is worse off than me.
He's a death row patient.
Amnesiac.
Immortal.
Emotionally bankrupt.
Goes by the name Crazy, because after the 47th failed execution, everyone just gave up and started labeling him like expired milk.
Lethal injection? Took a nap.
Electric chair? New perm.
Dynamite? Yawned mid-blast, as the people was forced to watch his body slowly stitch itself back together.
Since they couldn't kill him, they shoved him in a padded room and let time do the mental damage.
And oh boy, it did.
Fast forward: aliens crash.
Humanity loots the space wreck like bargain hunters at a cosmic garage sale.Next thing you know, society's gone full cyberpunk sparkle-core while the planet dies in 4K.
The rich build a portal to a new world. The poor... Well, continues to be poor.
But before they go sipping margaritas on fantasy beaches, they need guinea pigs.
So who do they send?
You guessed it.
The "undesirables."
The clinically unstable.
The Death Marchers.
A final, desperate boot-scoot into the void.
And Crazy? He's among them. Still immortal. Still unbothered. Still wondering where the hell to find a decent croissant.
Then, right before he's launched into the great unknown, he hears it:
"Found you, my lord."
Boom. Portal turns red.
Someone or something interfered with the portal.
Everything goes sideways.The scientists shrug, label it a "whoopsie-doodle", and close it like a broken tab.
Now Crazy's stuck in a world that shouldn't exist.But it does.And worse... It remembers him.
Because Crazy wasn't always "Crazy."
He was something else.
Something terrifying.
Something important.
And now? He's back.
And his past will come to haunt him.
In his journey, he'll meet macho fantasy women, have bonds with characters that have actual emotional arcs, fight eldritch beings beyond comprehension, have midly illegal conversations with his death row immates, build a bakery, face off against fellow Death Marchers that became living infamous legends in their new freedom, make new friends, and find out the cursed truth behind his immortality, his forgotten past, and the dark cracks of the pantheon overlooking a world that is fated to be destroyed because of his past.
The same past that built him to who he was, every death, every betrayal, and every sliver of guilt of living while the others around him slowly died.
The reason why he's labeled a 'Demon' by LAW, the very system of the world, and it's people.
The reason for the cliche 'demons are actually good' plot twist.
The reason why the dragons in that world are blind. The reason why dead gods are used as fuel.
Also, the reason why he's socially awkward around humans.
And most importantly... The reason why once his story ends... The world will end with it.
...
So yeah. That's happening.
No release date. No guarantees. Just… progress. Maybe.
If you're into dark humor, fantasy trauma, mild psychological horror, crazy stunts done by a crazy weirdo, the tragedy of being immortal and watching a man crawl his way through destiny just to spite the universe… then stick around.
Or don't.
I'm probably doing this whether anyone reads or not.
So, with this done, and now that I fell like I've done something productive with my life...
Have a nice month.
-tired1of2life3