Wizard of Athos | Sci-fi Short Audiobook

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“I’m not the monster you’ve pegged me for, Burch. I’m the monster you send after that monster.”
Written toward the topic: "Small Modular Reactors"
Video: • Nuclear Power: Small M...
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for another great topic!
Also, check out these related stories if you'd like to explore these characters and themes further:
The Misfits: • The Misfits | Sci-fi S...
The First Man: • The First Man | Sci-fi...
Garbage Rock: • Garbage Rock | Sci-fi ...
If you prefer to read rather than listen or would like to read along, full text of this and all my Sci-Fi Weeklies are available though my Substack: perowe.substack.com
perowe.substack.com/p/wizard-...
Now on Twitter: / perowe4
Support (greatly appreciated): www.rowelit.com/support
Sci-Fi Collections: www.rowelit.com/collections-s...
More on this story: www.rowelit.com/wizard-of-athos
More on this project: www.rowelit.com/sci-fi-weeklies
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series
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About Rowe Writes: • Introducing: Rowe Writ...
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story to the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this, I have fun writing them, and most importantly, the audience enjoys!
Thanks for stopping by!
(Neither this channel nor this video are affiliated with or endorsed by Isaac Arthur or SFIA; the author’s just a big fan)

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5 апр 2023

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@RoweLit Год назад

This story is Episode 3 in "The Misfits" series. If you are enjoying, the entire series can be accessed here: ru-vid.com/group/PLWl-Jc_I2wPAsngY7MCID9sS_98Y2siT5

@escapefelicity2913 Год назад

P.E. Rowe is three-time winner of the coveted First Annual Marvin R. Schpitzenschparken Award for Excellence in Astro-physical Imagineering.

@RoweLit Год назад

Honored to be so awarded and humbly accept on the condition that the prize for such a prestigious accolade is a full night's sleep 😄

@Inamon8 Год назад

Okay, I live in Europe (Portugal but I was born in the Netherlands) so I don't know the award (not that geography has anything to do with it I guess. But still! 😊 P. E. Rowe became a winner when I first stumbled upon Preservation Falls. I told the story in a nutshell at work at the office and blew my teammates' minds! The company I work for is San Francisco-based BTW. Let us spread the word about P. E. Rowe's Kappaverse!

@lynngrant1318 Год назад

Congratulations!! We’ll done, keep it up!!

@RoweLit Год назад

@@lynngrant1318 Already working on the next one!

@RoweLit Год назад

Be sure to stop back again soon for more from this series! There's much more to come 😊

@TicTocRobotSnot Год назад

I’m digging this crew. The way you read them allows their distinct characters to shine through.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Robot! Glad it came through for you.

@snail6queen6hammy Год назад

I agree. Getting to be like old friends.

@warhawk4494 Год назад

Very cool. Glad your channel pop up in my feed

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, War Hawk. Glad you stopped by too!

@user-et4fb7yu9e 3 месяца назад

Mark CEN CA All the girls sound the same 😂

@user-et4fb7yu9e 3 месяца назад

Mark CEN CA transom dislike him with a passion he said all he needed was a ride then he dragged them into a situation

@Patolomy Год назад

You should be more popular. Your writing style is great, not to mention the voiceover. Quality stuff :)

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Patrick! Glad you're enjoying!

@dobbinthe Год назад

Another great story..👍

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Frank. Glad you enjoyed!

@bewarethegreyghost Год назад

Riveting. Good stuff.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, grey ghost! 😄

@deant6361 2 месяца назад

This is a great story the Misfits second time even more enjoyable. Thanks for sharing P.E Rowe.

@RoweLit 2 месяца назад

Cheers, Dean!

@iancho3823 Год назад

I’m truely shocked you have so few subscribers for such great work. I have become far more invested in the world you’ve built than I expected. Do you have plans to write a full length novel incorporating a version of the world building you’ve done in these short stories?

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, ian. Short answer is yes. In fact, I have one in the works right now. As far as subscribers go, we're working on it. Still pretty new here and growing. Really gratifying to hear you're enjoying the stories! That makes the work worthwhile!

@iancho3823 Год назад

@@RoweLit I eagerly await it!

@MartinGugino 6 месяцев назад

The interrogation by Transom of the guy in the exit is excellent. Learned helplessness at its perfection. Enjoyable and instructive as fiction. You rock.

@RoweLit 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, Martin! Writing Transom is certainly interesting 😂

@Inamon8 Год назад

I sometimes forget liking your stories after listening to them because I listen to when I wanna 'tune out' and leave my device on my night stand. I'm liking this one before listening cause I was eagerly waiting for your latest upload. So, I know I've listened to almost -if not all- of your uploads; but I loved the First Man(the hardcore war story) and I think it's an early upload of yours. So, what is your 'Verse gonna be called? My first week within getting to know your expanding Cosmos I thought of Kappaverse. Because that's the story and the 'way' I got into the the Battery. Much like the characters. 😊 ❤ Loving it! Now on to your new story. Thanx P. E.!

@RoweLit Год назад

How about the Transomverse? Since you were already on that wavelength before even listening 🤣So funny you were thinking about The First Man, and who should appear today! The next playlist will be the other assorted stories from the Greater Battery, so maybe that's a good starting point, but it's entirely possible the answer to your Kappaverse question will present itself in an upcoming story. Hope you enjoy this one, Holzman! Thanks for lsitening!

@jasonstuddy2840 Год назад

You've gained almost 400 new subs in a week! Let's GOOO! I've been pushing your channel on my eve echo's and elite dangerous discords. Keep up the good work! I love the Misfits series

@RoweLit Год назад

Thank you, Jason! That's so cool! I really appreciate the help a ton. More Misfits is coming up soon! Maybe even a cameo or two when it's least expected 🤔 It's so cool to hear other people are enjoying their adventures in the same way I am!

@axelhoogland9442 Год назад

Nice story. Like that the 2 groups met, misfits and transom.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, axel! I was excited about bringing a few different characters together too. Glad you enjoyed!

@veganmade Год назад

👏👏👏 Bravo...want more of Birch!

@RoweLit Год назад

Me too, vg! Not sure when the next Misfits episode is coming, but it won't be that far off 😃

@veganmade Год назад

@P.E. Rowe that is great news, love the Misfits! And have listened to the entire catalog now on RU-vid, twice through on most and so impressed👏

@RoweLit Год назад

@@veganmade whoa! That's so cool to hear. I guess there's only one thing for me to do--keep writing more! 😁

@veganmade Год назад

@P.E. Rowe please do! Anyway I could donate to the cause? Feel awful enjoying your impressively hard work nightly for free😑

@RoweLit Год назад

@@veganmade I would be grateful, vg. My support page is linked in the description of each video with multiple options; however, feeling awful about not donating is not one of the options! It's nice when people do support, but I publish the stories here to be enjoyed, so I definitely don't want people to feel pressured. Thanks so much for the support! 😀

@escapefelicity2913 Год назад

cool story & nice pic

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks Felicity!

@flyingfoamtv2169 Год назад

cool story

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks!

@snail6queen6hammy Год назад

I love these. It should all end up being a tv series. So well written that I’m actually there. I listen to each one twice in case I missed something. And ….. cussing up a storm is not something I’ve heard before. 🤣🤣❤️loving all your stories. Thank you.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Peg! Glad you're enjoying them! I am definitely having a blast writing them, so I guess that's a good barometer 😃 Much more to come!

@snail6queen6hammy Год назад

@@RoweLit that’s great. I love how you don’t faff around with extra unnecessary words. It’s all beautifully done. I can see the characters in my mind. I’m 72 now and read a lot of books. Now that I’m done with Vonnegut these are excellent.

@RoweLit Год назад

@@snail6queen6hammy I could take credit for that, I suppose, but it would be just as true to say I don't have much time for extra words on a weekly schedule 😂

@benjaminhayward5921 Год назад

Dude, this is good sh*t! Subbed!

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Benjamin! Glad you liked it and welcome!

@stevesyncox9893 9 месяцев назад

Thanks P.E., your narration does the story such justice. Peace.

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, Steve! Been working hard on narration this year. Glad to hear it's working for you on this one!

@davidrains3918 8 дней назад

I’m enjoying every book in this series, thanks!

@RoweLit 4 дня назад

Cheers, David 😃

@karlgru3n654 7 месяцев назад

I am loving the characters, story and delivery. Binging... ❤

@RoweLit 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, Karl! Glad to hear you're enjoying them! 😃🙏

@solosailorsv8065 11 месяцев назад

Awesome! The Misfits Series ! The nautical names, Transom, Ship, Keel, Capt Birch(bark canoe?) are well appreciated! LoL

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

😃They are a bunch of space pirates in a way! Glad you're enjoying, Sailor!

@darnellarford2439 10 месяцев назад

Loving your channel. Great writing.

@RoweLit 10 месяцев назад

Thanks, Darnell! So glad to hear it.

@IndicaBeast 3 месяца назад

Started listening cause I recognized the ship from the thumbnail. Now I have a whole series to go back and listen to

@RoweLit 3 месяца назад

Thanks, Beast 😃🙏 Whoa! The Yankee-Chaos is getting out there 🚀

@IndicaBeast 2 месяца назад

Made it back and am not disappointed. Pic fits the motif. Spaceship Warlock ❤

@deant6361 11 месяцев назад

Excellent story really getting into these crew members. The misfits are really my favourites.

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, dean! They're fun to write for sure 😃

@deant6361 11 месяцев назад

@@RoweLit you have a wonderful talent I wish I could do something like that. I have imagination I think but could never put it down like you do. Thanks

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

@@deant6361 Thanks, Dean! 🙏I've spent many years working on the skills of fiction writing. Still working every day. It's gratifying to hear that the work is translating to other people's enjoyment 😃The best feeling.

@jeremydyar7566 Год назад

Well done

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Jeremy!

@EZurg Год назад

Awesome! Thanks!

@RoweLit Год назад

Thank you, E!

@KeithCarmichaelInFL 8 месяцев назад

Really enjoying this storyline.

@RoweLit 8 месяцев назад

🙏 😃

@alfredsutton4412 11 месяцев назад

Great stories, well read. Thank you.

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

Cheers, Alfred!

@leonbeausoleil2204 Год назад

Good story and well told

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Leon!

@dtl2081 2 месяца назад

Excellent

@exilefaxen4860 7 месяцев назад

Dang how is it possible that you have so few viewer and subscriber. Your content is amazing. Greetings from germany.

@RoweLit 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, Exile! I'm working on that each week and have plans to keep growing, the most important of which is more stories! Greetings back from the US!

@Pettstarable Год назад

Wow, this might be the best one yet! I'm loving how all these characters from your other stories are showing up and yet it doesnt feel cheap or forced at all. It all fits so naturally. I'm currently going through the 'West battery' playlist. Would you say that's the ideal way of listening?

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Adam! Glad you're enjoying 😃 The playlists are definitely a good way to go through the catalogue, though I don't think there's a right or wrong way. They are in chronological order (or I do my very best to keep them that way anyway). So it helps to keep from getting too lost in the galaxy, which is also not such a bad thing 😂

@Pettstarable Год назад

@@RoweLit yeah I get the feeling you could pretty much listen to any story almost at random and come away happy with what you have heard. Ther first story I listened to was Garbage Rock so and that's the first time I heard of Clem. Also bit of a change of subject but do you primarily write Sci-fi? Or do you do other genres also? You seem to have good knowledge of the science behind in your stories. I mainly read fantasy books, Lord of the rings, Wheel of time, the cosmere etc. I'm just wondering if you'd ever venture that way. Or if you have done anything like that before? Anyway thanks for the reply and keep up the good work. I'm genuinely amazed that you dont have more subscribers. I believe your stores are some of the best I've listened to.

@RoweLit Год назад

@@Pettstarable Thanks, Adam. I started writing literary fiction, wrote a little sci-fi, and then went and studied fiction writing which more or less required that I write literary fiction exclusively for a while. I got back into sci-fi a few years ago and have been writing it almost exclusively since. I've never gotten much into fantasy, though I do love mythology. I'll be working to grow one story at a time, and if they're good, I have faith that the channel will grow. One thing being a writer teaches you is patience, whether you want to learn it or not 😂

@alantaylor353 10 месяцев назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH.!! 👍 👍 👍

@RoweLit 10 месяцев назад

Cheers, Alan! 😃🙏😃

@godsfilmmaker8863 10 месяцев назад

That was a really good one! New listener/subscriber, loving your content! Is there a recommended listening order? So far I’ve heard all of Misfit Origins and I’m working through the Misfits

@RoweLit 10 месяцев назад

Thanks, GF! Glad to hear it! The playlists are always a good bet, as they're in a chronological and/or thematic order. The West Battery War playlist surrounds the Misfits era, while the Greater Battery playlist offers a much wider view.

@mc9950 Год назад

I liked

@RoweLit Год назад

I like that your liked, MC! 😄

@MartinGugino 6 месяцев назад

A small black hole that you can pick up and move is not happening. Most other unlikely objects or events are well prepared for. I expect you know that. It could have been an anti matter battery.

@RoweLit 6 месяцев назад

With the trickster Clem Aballi, it could have been anything in that box 🤔😃

@MartinGugino 6 месяцев назад

There's 2 is more properly although less commonly there're 2.

@MartinGugino Месяц назад

@2:10 There's two Vs Because there're two types of operators. All day long.

@MartinGugino Месяц назад

Pronounced they're(??)

@RoweLit 27 дней назад

Idiolect of the narrator, Martin. All day long 😀

@tarajoyce3598 Год назад

👏

@barrydysert2974 3 месяца назад

Intuition tells me that we haven't seen the last of the Transom !:-)

@RoweLit 3 месяца назад

He's not going away easily 😃

@seeingthepattern 10 месяцев назад

Another great story - is there a correct order in which to read the ones with common characters?

@RoweLit 10 месяцев назад

Thanks, G! The Misfits playlist linked in the pinned comment has the whole series arranged in chronological order. The "Misfits Origins" playlist has many of the common characters, and those stories take place before the series. Glad you're enjoying!

@seeingthepattern 10 месяцев назад

@@RoweLit Thjank you

@MartinGugino 5 месяцев назад

Probably? Yea, probably.

@RoweLit 5 месяцев назад

😂 Yup. Probably.

@klappstock943 7 месяцев назад

For the Algorithm the story and the voice 🎉

@RoweLit 7 месяцев назад

Cheers, Klapp! I feel like that's a pretty great battle cry!

@user-et4fb7yu9e 3 месяца назад

Mark CEN CA am I missing something is this your full canon if not I need to find them I'm not the sharpest inthe shed i don't own 1 app seriously

@RoweLit 3 месяца назад

Hi, Mark. In addition to the stories here on RU-vid, which is all my audiobooks so far, I also have 3 novels published that are not in audiobook. You can find all those through my bookstore: www.amazon.com/author/p.e.rowe Is that what you were asking?

@user-et4fb7yu9e 3 месяца назад

@@RoweLit Mark CEN CA thanks PE I live on a fixed income but I will check them out 😃

@user-et4fb7yu9e 2 месяца назад

Mark CEN CA here I go back to it 😮 to can't believe that I was so taken by transom he is a big POS

@user-et4fb7yu9e 5 месяцев назад

Mark cc here. Again

@user-et4fb7yu9e 5 месяцев назад

Not backing transom aint right lleta this leta that birch let him hang 😮

@Bbergster Год назад

Are these your writings?

@RoweLit Год назад

They are indeed, Brandon. Original works, weekly.

@MartinGugino 9 месяцев назад

There's two Vs There're two ??

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

There're characters who talk and narrate according to grammatical conventions. Then there's characters like Burch, who narrate how they talk, not always perfect.

@MartinGugino 9 месяцев назад

Yes, and "there's" is so so common. And in general, agreement with singular/plural is widely ignored and even the object of a proposition being the nominative in compound objects. Nothing to be done.

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

I love that there are still some people out there who know what the nominative case even is, Martin.

@xelasomar4614 8 месяцев назад

Is that Woody Harrelson reading?

@RoweLit 8 месяцев назад

Ha! Xela, I wish I could afford him, but, no, that's me 😃

@user-et4fb7yu9e 5 месяцев назад

Turned your back on transom weak

@RoweLit 5 месяцев назад

😃Sosh agrees.

@chrisfarmer1141 9 месяцев назад

I find the narration a little too fast. Also, it's difficult to differentiate the characters as the voice is rather monosyllabic. Still, beggars can't be choosers. So they say.

@chrisfarmer1141 9 месяцев назад

I should have said monotonous.

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

Thanks, Chris! Appreciate the feedback. I do my best as a writer to try to be the best narrator I can be and am always working to improve! Hope you enjoyed the story 😃

@karlgru3n654 7 месяцев назад

OH NO! Not Transom...

@stevenk-brooks6852 Год назад

Too much narrative. Advice for good writing is, "don't tell: show!" The challenge for a good writer who needs to convey a lot of details to the reader is to find a more enticing method other than a data dump. Once in a while Rowe writes well, but mostly subjects us to a massive data-dump, like the beginning of this story.