I know many of you didn’t expect to see an announcement from me.
But here I am bearing both good news and, depending on how you see it, a bit of bad.
First, the silence. It stretched longer than I ever intended, and my absence came without explanation. For that, I’m genuinely sorry. Life moved fast, motivation wavered, and I let uncertainty win for far too long.
Now, the hard truth.
The original A Flaming Monster will not be updated further.
Not because I stopped caring, but because the project itself was fundamentally flawed. I started it without a clear destination, no solid plot, and no long-term structure. Chapters were improvised, planning happened in minutes, and impulse slowly gave way to clutter. With every update, it became harder to untangle, harder to fix, and harder to tell the story I actually wanted to tell. At this point, it’s beyond repair.
That said, this is where the good news begins.
To everyone who commented, messaged me, or supported that story despite its uncertain future: thank you. Truly. You believed in something that didn’t always know what it wanted to be, and that means more than I can properly express. I owe you far more than silence.
After a long period of reflection (and yes, soul-searching, dramatic for a 19-year-old, I know), I’m back.
A new A Flaming Monster has been published. Some of you may have already noticed, it launched with THREE chapters, familiar in spirit but rebuilt from the ground up. This isn’t a patch. It’s a remaster. A story with intention, direction, and care behind every chapter.
I want this version to make you feel something, to laugh, to ache, to get angry, to be afraid, and to hope. I want those who loved the original to truly love what comes next.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for staying through uncertainty.
Here’s to what comes next.
-Blue
