The Muddy Layers of Love has been published. This story is about 5400 words and features a M/F pair.

I’ve been experimenting with some ideas revolving around the concept of multiple suns. Completely fantasy oriented because I don’t want to get into the true science behind the idea of stars and their gravitational pulls and how more than two might be scientifically impossible. I probably will try to incorporate a few (and I mean a few) realities if a story leans that way, but so far I haven’t had the need to worry about tidal or weather issues or even delve into the massive differences in animal mutations and how they would have adapted to that environment.

At this point, I’m assuming—though I haven’t done the complete sketch—that the world would have to revolve around all of the suns, meaning that at certain times in the given ‘year’ that some suns would be closer/farther away than others. With the addition of magical elements associated with each sun, that distance might become incredibly important, meaning that depending on how long an orbit is (which at this point I’m considering being potentially decades/centuries) that the world’s magic, or at least it’s dominant power, could be constantly in flux. Thus the idea for finding ways to capture and concentrate power when a sun is close.

It’s an idea in progress.

This story doesn’t actually have a lot to do with the suns, but I did have some references to them so I wanted to make a mention as to what that was about. In fact, this story has far more to do with mud than anything else.

Next Sunday, May 25th: Nothing But Seaweed (fantasy, short story, M/F) – The beauty of the cavalry is only surpassed by their cruelty.

Sweet Kiss of Distraction has been published. It is a fantasy erotic short story of about 3800 words with a M/M pairing.

This story features the pair, Lianal and Samouru, from Saltwater Conjurer. Their story is a little open-ended with a lot of space for potential in their future, sort of like Bradd and Cerci from Thawing Off, so it lets me go back and add depth to the characters and their relationship a little at time.

I actually wrote an entirely different beginning and had two versions of what was supposed to be the same story going on at the same time with two different perspectives. When I finally made a choice and tossed the other beginning, the story flowed out far easier. Plus, the other version had aspects of dialogue and internal thoughts that were starting to seem suspiciously whiny and obnoxious, which was exactly what I was trying to avoid.

<3 Also, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there <3

Next Sunday, May 18th: The Muddy Layers of Love (fantasy, short story, m/f) – He dragged her down, refusing to release her.

How To Deflower A Luminant Virgin has been published. It is a fantasy short story of about 2100 words. Pairing reads as M/F, but is actually ambiguous and includes a made-up race.

I won’t lie, this story is on the weird side.

I’ve been playing with the idea of creating crystallized people for a while now, so this story helped focus some of my ideas.

Done from a human’s point of view so I didn’t have to immediately decide how the race would think/feel/behave or create a full-fledged culture, the story is supposed to be humorous and fun while imparting information on a race I’d like to play with in the future.

Next Sunday, May 11th: Sweet Kiss of Distraction (f, ss, m/m) – It’s distracting all right. (Lianal & Samouru)

Aura of Happiness, Aura of Love has been published. A fantasy short story of about 5600 words with a M/F pairing.

This story came about from something Brayden says in Kiss. Mouth. Red. “I got it from the basement of that shop on the corner in town. You know the one next to the pizza place? They carry all sorts of spelled crap.”

So I got to brainstorming, wondering about that shop. Who owned it? Who worked in it? Did they create the “spelled crap” themselves?

I wrote an entire sketch of a shop called Glamour Girls and the people within it. When I finished, Aura of Happiness, Aura of Love started almost by itself. It ended up being a sweet romance because making it erotica would have ruined the characters.

Next Sunday, May 4th: How to Deflower a Luminant Virgin (fantasy, short story, m/f) – Hard as rock, sharp as glass. Don’t worry, I’ll teach you how to fuck them right.

7:45 Date has been published. A fantasy mini of about 1300 words with a M/M pairing.

This story almost got away from me. I almost gave the characters names. I almost turned it from erotica to true romance. In fact, I even started writing a scene that would accommodate that turn in the story, but I hated the way it changed the feel from how I’d originally imagined it so tossed the scene.

So, there isn’t a lick of romance in this story.

But that’s okay because next week’s story is all romance.

Next Sunday, April 27th: Aura of Happiness, Aura of Love (fantasy, short story, m/f) – He is not a stalker. He isn’t. Even if he feels like it sometimes.

Marks of the Protector (Part 2 of 2) has been published. A fantasy novelette of about 8900 total words with a M/F pairing. Part 2 is approximately 4200 words. It can be found below and under the new Serial page.

I’ve already made a few comments about this story here. The first ending I had come up with ended up being very vague and potentially sad. During the rewrites I connected a few ideas and gave it a far better (and more romantically inclined) ending that fit the story.

Next Sunday, Apr 20th: 7:45 Date (fantasy, mini, m/m) – He had a standing daily routine. Until one day he didn’t show.

Marks of the Protector (Part 1 of 2) has been published. A fantasy novelette of about 8900 total words with a M/F pairing. Part 1 is approximately 4700 words. It can be found below and under the new Serial page.

I have a massive love/hate relationship with this story. I say love because that’s the only explanation for why I even finished it in the first place. I say hate because I literally couldn’t get it to work. I mean, I started it three distinct different times, wrote 4000-6000 words that went straight into the trash, and then had to deal with it deciding to explode past the length I’d been planning.

I should have just tossed the idea, but for some reason my brain was focused in on the challenge of wrangling this idea into being and wouldn’t let it go. So, after problems with story conflict, too many characters, nonexistent character conflict and emotional development, I finally decided to switch POVs, figuring if it didn’t work this time I’d just let it go and move on. I say that now, but I probably would have kept going until it was done because that’s what I had been doing.

Shifting the POV to Garon ended up making all the difference because, as I discovered, it was his story to begin with.

Next Sunday, Apr 13th: Marks of the Protector (Part 2 of 2).