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saving for Run With the Hunted research

(though also a robot dog gets very simply disabled in RWTH5)
(spoilers)
March 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
I had my coworker 3d print a book cart for me, and little book blocks, and then I (badly) glued my book's covers onto them
a tiny black 3d printed book cart (like 4 inches tall? with tiny renditions of my books arranged on the shelves in a way book carts do not get used top shelf: Exit Ghost is faced out, Learn to Howl, Baying the Moon, and The Company of Wolves are stacked, and Burn up in Victory is faced out second shelf: the drowned heir nad Run With the Hunted are faced out, RWTH2 and RWTH3 are stacked third shelf: RWTH4: VIP and RWTH5 are stacked, with Run With the Hunted 6: Burned Asset and Run With the Hunted 7: The Casino Job faced out
June 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
there ARE enough beds!

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April 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
it's so rare I get to bring up ARPANET which I also probably don't know as much about as I'd like

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April 27, 2026 at 10:18 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
oh my god I forgot about the Nitro Himalayan™ Butter* coffee

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April 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
good choice, Will. Probably.

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April 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
it's interesting for me to think about how each of the trio would solve a given problem (the problem in this instance is a parking meter)

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April 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
this IS a gambling town

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April 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
so earlier today, I says to myself I says "wouldn't it be fun to write a fluffy little Run With the Hunted New Year's story?" and yes, it was

surprise, free story! "Run With the Hunted: Away From the Party"

(if you haven't read RWTH5 or RWTH6, might be spoilery!)

www.patreon.com/posts/run-wi...
golden firework on a dark sky, with the word "Run With the Hunted: Away From the Party" on it outlined in black
January 1, 2024 at 3:50 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
Next up in Jen rereads her own damn series: Run With the Hunted 6: Burned Asset

This one follows DIRECTLY after the events of RWTH5, a first for the series

(I probably shouldn't pick favorites, but I think this one might be my favorite)

#RWTH6 starts here!

books2read.com/runwiththehu...
Run With the Hunted 6 cover (Run With the Hunted 6: Burned Asset cover: a black background with a mostly blue-flamed lit match, and the flame is glitching into horizontal slices) and the cover blurb: In the fast-paced, tech-heavy future, the team has stolen their greatest prize yet. With the Agency closing in, Dolly calls in help from old friends, some closer than others, and the team gets Will to Bristol’s hotel in Morocco. Once they arrive, Bristol switches to party mode, leaving Bits and Dolly to prepare their defenses without disturbing any of the guests. The hotel has a small security team, with little enough experience that it just makes Dolly more worried, not less. When disaster finally strikes, it’s almost a relief; she isn’t waiting and wondering anymore, she can simply react. But will her reaction be enough to save the team, and herself?
April 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
let the record state that "snackatizers" is an awful word

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April 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
"he doesn't need to know that I can spoof his fingerprints"

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April 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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"maybe I’m lookin’ at this wrong, and it’s the nerds I should be concerned about. They’ve never talked to anybody like Bristol, she’ll eat them alive.”

nice of Dolly to be so concerned for the gamerunners

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April 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
getting water ahead of going to Death Valley just plain makes sense

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April 27, 2026 at 1:54 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
everybody agrees that it would be unfair for Dolly to go on American Gladiator

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April 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
Run With the Hunted 5: Insert Coin to Play is kind of a "beach episode"

the team is doing a road trip ARG for fun and also maybe some profit, but mostly fun. And then [PLOT TWIST]

read along if you want!: books2read.com/runwiththehu...

itch.io/c/5506291/ru...

mute #RWTH5 if you're not into it
Run With the Hunted 5: Insert Coin to Play cover, with blurb "In the fast-paced, tech heavy future, all work and no play makes a dull team. Bits scores an invite for the game: a real-world, multi-day puzzle and travel challenge with big prizes for the winners. Dolly and Bristol join the road trip, solve puzzles, take in the scenery, and bicker about snacks. But when Bits does what she does best and takes a look behind the code, all is not what it seems, and now the trio is playing against a different and deadlier clock."
April 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
the short story on my Patreon that Will narrates takes place between books 4 and 5

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April 27, 2026 at 10:26 PM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
the hotel being visible from the hotel but not walkable is just par for the course, isn't it

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April 28, 2026 at 1:56 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
Bristol's first meeting Dolly in a bottom-rung bar is a short story that's on my patreon

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April 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
Bristol knowing mastheads etc. of physical newspapers even at a glance from a car at night is another Just Bristol Thing™

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April 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
the prizes WERE just too fine-tuned to the trio's interests but also of course Dolly would want an Akira motorcycle come on

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April 28, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Bits having all of Dolly's existant supersoldier files and then not looking at them unless Dolly asks her for something is very sweet

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April 28, 2026 at 1:17 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
it IS very interesting that you can just buy a whole bunch of different keys online (vending machines, paper towel dispenser, etc. etc.), even just on amazon!

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April 28, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Bits making those keys out of a coffee can like that is something I read about and watched at least one video on and then promptly forgot everything about

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April 27, 2026 at 1:46 AM
authorizedmusings.bsky.social
I already wrote the BOOK why do I have to SUMMARIZE it??

Plus, it's Run With the Hunted 6, anybody buying it is going to want it because they've read the rest of the series, it's an actual DIRECT sequel to RWTH5, they're excited for this narrator again, etc. etc.
August 9, 2023 at 2:24 AM