Follow Balthazar as he does everything to find a baker... except leave his pond, because exploring the dangerous world out there is for suckers. Witness how adventurers just can't seem to stop dying around his home. And cheer for a crab who makes great new friends by simply buying them.***Book 2 is out now, with new chapters every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, fresh off the bakery!What to expect from this story:- No harems, not unless they're a harem of gold coins.- Silliness, lots of it. The story doesn't take itself too seriously, so you shouldn't either.- The only kind of OP here is how "overpriced" the crab's deals are.- A system simple enough for a crab to use, but still conveniently complex when necessary, for some odd reason.- Proper realistic adventurers: they're not very bright, and they make very poor decisions.- Did I mention there will be pastries?
- The Crab's Index
- Chapter 1: Stepping Stones
- Chapter 2: Ascending and Descending
- Chapter 3: Easy as Pie
- Chapter 4: Skill Issues
- Chapter 6: Expanding Your Sights
- Chapter 7: Shrewd Businesscrab
- Chapter 8: The Baker Girl
- Chapter 9: Reputable Merchant
- Chapter 10: The Goblin
- Chapter 11: Meat and Greet
- Chapter 12: A Spider Problem
- Chapter 13: The Town Merchant
- Chapter 14: Silver Tongue, Silver Claw
- Chapter 15: Red Handed
- Chapter 16: Friend
- Chapter 17: Bould Assumptions
- Chapter 18: Staff Meeting
- Chapter 19: Black Velvet
- Chapter 20: Molting Gold
- Chapter 21: Am Bush
- Chapter 22: Good Samaritan
- Chapter 23: Barrel o’ Fun
- Chapter 24: Giant Hangover
- Chapter 25: Enchanted to Meet You
- Chapter 26: A Different Kind of Pies
- Chapter 27: Bone-a-Fide Merchant
- Chapter 28: Sixteen Pairs of Boots
- Chapter 29: Dessert and Taxes
- Chapter 30: Exotic Grade Goods
- Chapter 31: Hatching a Plan
- Chapter 32: Blue
- Chapter 33: Growth Spurt
- Chapter 34: How Not to Train Your Drake
- Chapter 35: Midnight Stories
- Chapter 36: Reject System, Return to Crab
- Chapter 37: Reject Nature, Return to System
- Chapter 38: Tax Debuff
- Chapter 39: Tax Rebuttal
- Chapter 40: Orc-hestrated Business
- Chapter 41: The Crab Who Cried Wolf
- Chapter 42: Overstepping Your Boundaries
- Chapter 43: Plea for Help
- Chapter 44: The Shaman
- Chapter 45: A Noble Quest
- Chapter 46: Bedside Talk
- Chapter 47: Witching Your Troubles Away
- Chapter 48: Wake Up Call
- Chapter 49: Help From Above
- Chapter 50: Draconic Tutor
- Chapter 51: Staff Upgrades
- Chapter 52: Indirect Declaration of Indirect War
- Chapter 53: Architect Crab
- Chapter 54: Drunk Tales
- Chapter 55: The Carpenter
- Chapter 56: Measuring Up
- Chapter 57: A Bit of a Stretch
- Chapter 58: Perfectly Normal
- Chapter 59: Bear the Burden
- Chapter 60: Chasing a Bone
- Chapter 61: Counter Offer
- Chapter 62: Inauguration Party
- Chapter 63: Mister Big Crab
- Chapter 64: Toad Stand
- Chapter 65: Toadwatching
- Chapter 66: Balthazar’s Dissing Booth
- Chapter 67: Green With Envy
- Chapter 68: Accursed Toad
- Chapter 69: The Pie Council, (1)
- Chapter 70: The Pie Council, (2)
- Chapter 71: The Pie Council, (3)
- Chapter 72: Barbisitter
- Chapter 73: A Cursed Box
- Chapter 74: Crab Ltd
- Chapter 75: Green Deal
- Chapter 76: The Lizard Envoy
- Chapter 77: Old Acquaintances
- Chapter 78: The Bravest of Crabs
- Chapter 79: Things Without a Price
- Chapter 80: The Stranger
- Chapter 81: The Crab’s New Brews
- Chapter 82: The Dark Mage
- Chapter 83: What Goes Around...
- Chapter 84: Antoine’s Deeds
- Chapter 85: The Calm
- Chapter 86: The Red Dragon
- Chapter 87: Mighty Adventurers
- Chapter 88: Running for It
- Chapter 89: Friends
- Chapter 90: The Crab and His Boulder
- Chapter 91: The Brave Baker
- Chapter 92: By the Fire
- Chapter 93: The Birds and the Crabs
- Chapter 94: The Scarlet Letter
- Chapter 95: One Small Step for Crab
- Chapter 96: Mayor Changes
- Chapter 97: Boulders Point
- Chapter 98: A Proper Send-off
- Chapter 99: Stepping Away
- Chapter 100: The Road Not So Far, (1)
- Chapter 100.5: The Road Not So Far, (2)
- Chapter 101: The Town of Ardville
- Chapter 102: Undesirables
- Chapter 103: Crowns for a Crab
- Chapter 104: Fanning Out
- Chapter 105: Back on the Road
- Chapter 106: Star Beach
- Chapter 107: Killer Starfish
- Chapter 108: Scroll of Character Re-Creation
- Chapter 109: New Arrival
- Chapter 110: The Gift of the Crab
- Chapter 111: Swoop
- Chapter 112: Tutorial
- Chapter 113: It’s a Party
- Chapter 114: Tudor’s Hall
- Chapter 115: A Skeleton Party
- Chapter 116: A Rich Diet
- Chapter 117: The Very Hungry Slime on a Pillar
- Chapter 118: A Crab’s Potential
- Chapter 119: A Bit Too Real
- Chapter 120: Cold, Dead Bones
- Chapter 121: More Cold-Blooded Than a Crab
- Chapter 122: Voided Warranty
- Chapter 123: Undead Drop
- Chapter 124: Catching Up
- Chapter 125: Crossing Paths
- Chapter 126: The Troll’s Toll
- Chapter 127: The Troll’s Toil
- Chapter 128: The Place That Once Was
- Chapter 129: Condor
- Chapter 130: Pie and Tea
- Chapter 131: Hazy
- Chapter 132: Shown Path
- Chapter 133: Split Path
- Chapter 134: Burdens
- Chapter 135: The Peddler
- Chapter 136: Peddling Water
- Chapter 137: A Ghastly Proposal
- Chapter 138: Zombie Hunting for Dummies
- Chapter 139: Dead Zed Ned
- Chapter 140: Rob the Courier
- Chapter 141: The City of Marquessa
- Chapter 142: Milk Beater
- Chapter 143: Downright Embarrassing
- Chapter 144: Margo’s Baking Boutique
- Chapter 145: Mango Pie
- Chapter 146: The Two Crown Tour
- Chapter 147: Marquessa’s Baroness
- Chapter 148: Marquessa’s Deal
- Chapter 149: A Day in the City
- Chapter 150: Pie Is Better When Shared
- Chapter 151: A Night in the City
- Chapter 152: Alley Cats
- Chapter 153: A Crab Walks Into a Bandit Bar
- Chapter 154: Skittering Through the Night
- Chapter 155: Bread and Breakfast
- Chapter 156: Not Quite Fit
- Chapter 157: Wet Rag
- Chapter 158: Druma and Blue’s Little Adventure
- Chapter 159: Timely Rescue
- Chapter 160: Criminal Crab
- Chapter 161: Prisoner Crab
- Chapter 162: Fugitive Crab
- Chapter 163: Going South
- Chapter 164: The Rat’s Tail
- Chapter 165: Marquessian Thieves
- Chapter 166: Escape Plunge
- Chapter Not a Chapter
- Chapter 167: Dip Thoughts
- Chapter 168: Cabin Retreat
- Chapter 169: Heist Plan
- Chapter 170: Assault on Damask Manor
- Chapter 171: Entry Hall
- Chapter 172: Ballroom
- Chapter 173: Mezzanine
- Chapter 174: Guest Wing
- Chapter 175: Master Bedroom
- Chapter 176: Out of the Bag
- Chapter 177: Gloating
- Chapter 178: Disarming Charm
- Chapter 179: Marquessa’s Key
- Chapter 180: The Fruits of Your Labor
- Chapter 181: Shell Away
- Chapter 182: Balthazar’s Lair of Evil
- Chapter 183: Low-Level Monsters
- Chapter 184: Learning to Pinch
- Chapter 185: A Fairy Deal
- Chapter 186: Wizard Lair
- Chapter 187: Baggage
- Chapter 188: Reaching What You Desire
- Chapter 189: Delivering Delays
- Chapter 190: Hall of the Golemancers
- Chapter 191: The Golem Forge
- Chapter 192: Forging Friends
- Chapter 193: Pebbles
- Chapter 194: What Truly Matters
- Chapter 195: Eye on the Prize
- Chapter 196: Into the Dragon’s Lair
- Chapter 197: Dragonfruits
- Chapter 198: A Battle of Wits (And Pies)
- Chapter 199: Home Sweet Home
- Chapter 200: The Crab’s Travels
- Chapter 201: Adventurer Crab
- Chapter 202: Semla Dungeon
- Chapter 203: Unwelcome Party
- Chapter 204: Nothing Worth Remembering
- Chapter 205: Relying
- Chapter 206: Business Instincts
- Chapter 207: Whirring Machinations
- Chapter 208: Hat’s Off
- Chapter 209: Poor Returns
- Chapter 210: A Few Ribs
- Chapter 211: Relaying
- Chapter 212: Ascendant Frustrations
- Chapter 213: Kicking Rocks
- Chapter 214: Bouldly Going Where No Boulder Has Gone Before
- Chapter 215: Barnacles
- Chapter 216: King Starfish
- Chapter 217: Free Labor
- Chapter 218: Defeated
- Chapter 219: The Duke of Dupe
- Chapter 220: Mason
- Chapter 221: An Amber and a Stone
- Chapter 222: You Can’t Argue Against Crabs
- Chapter 223: The Peculiar Seven
- Chapter 224: Chalking a Path
- Chapter 225: Fumbling the Bag of Bones
- Chapter 226: Bone Mass Hysteria
- Chapter 227: Big Kaboom
- Chapter 228: Colossal Responsibility
- Chapter 229: Steeling and Resolving
- Chapter 230: Team Effort
- Chapter 231: Mighty Spork
- Chapter 232: Enlightening
- Chapter 233: Golden Times
- Chapter 234: Dungeon Strollers
- Chapter 235: Crab Snack
- Chapter 236: Woolsome
- Chapter 237: Cordoned Off
- Chapter 238: Setting the Bones
- Chapter 239: Morning Cocoa
- Chapter 240: Druma, Aspiring Reader
- Chapter 241: Tainted Goods
- Chapter 242: Sneaky Dragons
- Chapter 243: Rocking the Conch
- Chapter 244: Leaving the Nest
- Chapter 245: Tutor Crab
- Chapter 246: Sales Pitch
- Chapter 247: Three Hearths
- Chapter 248: First Acolyte
- Chapter 249: Complementary Activities
- Chapter 250: Experimental Crab
- Chapter 251: Seeking
- Chapter 252: Out of the Oven
- Chapter 253: Deadly Halls
- Chapter 254: Prideful Creatures
- Chapter 255: A Spark
- Chapter 256: Tainted Batch
- Merchant Crab book 1 out on Kindle and Audible November 18 + Stubbing November 16
- Chapter 257: Pest Problem
- Chapter 258: Out of the Baking Pan
- Chapter 259: Into the Firestorm
- Chapter 260: Two Sides of Different Coins
- Chapter 261: Visitors
- Chapter 262: Sticky Partnership
- Chapter 263: Mailstrom
- Chapter 264: Two Strangers in a Strange World
- Chapter 265: Mountain Clash
- Merchant Crab is now live on Kindle and Audible!
- Chapter 266: Chestnuts
- Chapter 267: Grandma
- Chapter 268: Ardville’s Hall
- Chapter 269: An Axe to Grind
- Chapter 270: Winter Garden
- Chapter 271: Business Partners
- Chapter 272: Prep Walk
- Chapter 273: Fright Stage
- Chapter 274: Poisoned Words
- Chapter 275: Forced Audience
- Chapter 276: Partners
- Chapter 277: The Duke’s Due
- Chapter 278: Save Points
- Chapter 279: Dragon Seeds
- Chapter 280: Frothing at the Mouth
- Chapter 281: Crouching Knight, Hidden Dragon
- Chapter 282: Thunking Along
- Chapter 283: The Idea
- Chapter 284: Some Assembly Required
- Chapter 285: Your Help
- Chapter 286: As Foretold by the Kobold
- Chapter 287: Smashing and Crashing
- [Traveling] Merchant Crab available for pre-order + book 2 stubbing
- Chapter 288: Falling Stones
- Chapter 289: The Hero From the Wall and the Golem From the Ceiling
- Chapter 290: The Altar of Potential
- Chapter 291: Smash Club
- [Traveling] Merchant Crab (book 2) is now live on Kindle and Audible!
- Chapter 292: Speaking With the Dead
- Chapter 293: A Gentleman Most Dead
- Chapter 294: Going Berserk
- Chapter 295: Stonewalled
- Chapter 296: All Bark and No Stones
- Chapter 297: Chasing Answers
- Last Chapters of Merchant Crab 3
- Chapter 298: Festus
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