Hey everyone! Author here; there are a couple things I wanted to tell you before you start reading Goat's Tales.
Goat's Tales started, well, as a joke. There was this Titanfall 2 game where I killed 100+ mobs over the course of a single attrition match and after having a good laugh about it with my friend I thought, what the hell, maybe I can turn it into a short story. And that's where Just Another Day In The War was born; although of course it's not just going to be a recounting of me punching stalker after stalker with my Ion for five minutes. The way I imagined it, things went down a bit differently (and more interestingly) for Goat, our story's protagonist, and you're going to hear it directly from him. That's right; everything you're going to read in Goat's Tales is what our friend says aloud; I wanted the reader to feel like they're sitting there in this gloomy tavern listening to him, so there's no inner dialogue, or any kind of description that doesn't come directly from Goat. And I hope I succeeded in that.
Anyway, that short story which is now chapter 1 should have been it. But then I figured, why stop? I liked the character I had created, and I wanted to flesh him out a little bit more, create some side characters - very loosely based on the friends I play with - and have his narration lead somewhere. Now, the story isn't finished yet, and I don't know how long it will take me because I'm not a very quick writer, but I have six chapters finished and at this point I'm confident I can share them. And while I'm satisfied with what I wrote, at the same time I don't think my story's perfect - there are some parts I wish I could execute better - so if you have any kind of advice or feedback to give, it'd obviously be very welcome.
But I've held you up long enough! Go hit that next chapter button at the bottom of the page and start reading!
