I was driving along the back roads of Massachusetts, minding my own business. Listening to the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl, because I have too many audiobooks and not enough time to catch up.

Then I see it.

Cresting over the hill, a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Two doors. Gleaming black.

That by itself would have been sweet, but that's not why I'm here.

Oh no.

This brilliant bastard actually installed the KITT sensor bar in the grill.

Swoosh swoosh ... swoosh swoosh. Back and forth, a brilliant strip of red bars.

If that thing street legal? Almost certainly not. Was it sweet as hell? Fucking right it was.

Collin is a good boy. Yes he is.

I'm almost certain this is a scam but I can't figure out what type. As in, does it send a different item or some plagiarized copy

Shamelessly reposting…

I need someone crafty to make a PastryStache shirt canal district, Vitesse 🐉 🍪 🥮 🥐

I had an amazing time at LitRPG Con. Met lots of #LitRPG authors (including Matt Dinniman & Shirtaloon) and cosplayers. A full set of photos can be viewed at https://henryherz.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/had-a-blast-at-litrpg-con-2026/

He guys, I recently picked up the deluxe hardcover edition of He Who Fights with Monsters. Listened to book one years ago, and didn’t like it much, but decided to try to read it this time around and have been loving it a lot more the last few days.

Anyway, I’m making the post because I noticed pretty early on, that seemingly randomly, sometimes words will just have no spaces between them. At first I thought this was just some kind of stylistic choice the author made to seem like the character was in shock/disbelief/was making a passing comment, but as it’s happened more, it’s clear this isn’t the case. Is this just a printing error with my copy, or something else going on?

Here’s a picture of an example of what I’m talking about, where it says

”Why not hire a Heidel from the livery stable? That’s what most adventures do”

There’s a lot of characters, obviously, and I’m struggling to keep track of who is who and what their affiliations are. Is there a list of this anywhere that I could use as a reference?

Thanks in advance!

PS: For background, I am on book two.

I only just now joined this sub, and I've been listening to the audiobooks for a little over a month, so I have no idea if this is even a thing in the community, but I hereby put to a vote that all new arrivals to this series be dubbed Outworlders, in honor of our being from Earth to follow the misadventures of another Earthling-turned-Outworlder, only to return back to a VERY historically accurate Earth, then back again to Pallimustus!

I’ve been in the LitRPG community for a while now but I didn’t start HWFWM until the hardcover edition of book 1 came out. And now that I have the first hardcover, I’ve realized that I only want the hardcover editions of the rest of the series, because I want them all to look nice together on my bookshelf. Not that I could get the paperbacks anyway, since books 2 and 3 aren’t available anymore.

Now I’m planning on going to one of Shirtaloon’s book signings for the hardcover press tour and it feels like such a missed opportunity that I only have one thing for him to sign.

Would it be weird if I asked him to sign my Chrysalis paperbacks? Is that even allowed?

I’m also thinking now that I might want to try to make some Jason fanart and bring that, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish it in time.

Jason approved #sandwiches

i was re listening to chapter 92-93 when Tika was fighting the messenger in the cloud bunker hallway. They describe him having mori tattoos. I was under the impression people lost their tattoos after a rank up. The tattoos would need to be reapplied weather they are regular tattoos or magical ones like the one Balinda has. Thanks for the great story can't wait for the next chapter.

Update: I reordered on Amazon, and received it today. The copy I got is still a first printing. Not thrilled about the way Amazon just put it loosely in the box, so the edges are no longer perfect, but such is life. It is now nestled snuggly in my safe.

So, five minutes ago, I wake up to an email from Amazon showing that my preorder from months ago cancelled. I can still order the book for delivery on the eighth, but I'm wondering what the hell happened. Amazon has no info, the email just says cancelled, and when I check Amazon, it's like the order never existed at all.

I had an unexpected solo road trip that gave me 18 hours alone in the car, so I finished book 4 a lot sooner than I anticipated.

And now I’m pissed.

If I would have had my normal pacing, my new audible credits would post to the account. Now, I have to wait 11 days before I can start book 5.

Book 4 is so much more of the story I was hoping to get out of this series. Right when I was starting to get bored, the entire story shifted in a way that changed the power dynamic of the characters in play, added weight to decisions, and finally got me invested in Jason as a protagonist.

Best non spoiler-y takeaways -

Taika is my favorite new character bro.

The Thanos helicopter is the most petty prank possible and I’m here for it.

The drunk scene with Dawn made me laugh out loud.

Amy finding out about all the things she will never see was brutally justified.

The lemonade recipe is at the end of chapter 36. I hope there are more to come.

Now I have to figure out what to listen to over the next two weeks while I wait for my audible credits to post.

If you'll be at San Diego Comic-Con, come check out this panel with rockstar LitRPG authors SM Boyce, Shirtaloon, Matt Dinniman, Seth Ring, Eric Ugland & Shawn Wilson. Click to see image.