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July 25, 2012
Free Story: One Saturday Night
Written for the Challenge #9 prompt ‘small town Saturday night‘ at the LT3 Goodreads group.
Title: One Saturday Night
Wordcount: Approx. 6350 words
Warnings: Mentions of underage drinking and underage sex. Whilst the actual sex within this story is legal in UK, it’s underage in the US and probably some other countries too (the characters are 16 and 18).
If he was able to drive, Drew thought, this place wouldn’t seem like such a shit-hole. Or at least he’d be able to get out of it when he wanted t...
July 16, 2012
Tomorrow
Free Story. 500 words. M/M. This was supposed to fit into three or four tweets, but kind of got away from me.
“Watch out!” Tommy yells, but it’s too late and Paul’s falling, the world spinning out from under him as he goes down, ankle twisting out from the offending tree root, and he tumbles down and over, over again until the blue sky stops whirling and is static above him, just one sliver of white cloud marring its smooth surface.
“You okay?” Tommy asks, but Paul can see that he’s biting the...
July 5, 2012
Watch This Space
Some good news (: My storyThe Dog in the Mist has been accepted for Less Than Three Press’upcomingThe Bestiarycollection.
The story is approximately 32,000 words, and it’s set in Okehampton and the surrounding Dartmoor area, incorporating a few different English and Devonshire myths.
A shot of Dartmoor, near Okehampton
The Dog in the Mistshould be available as an individual e-book or as part of a bundle, and later as part of a paperback anthology. No idea on the release date yet, but I’ll update...
June 15, 2012
The Devil’s Falls
I was going through my documents today and, although most of them were half-finished stories or confusing notes, I found this thing, and I’m probably not going to do anything with it so I thought I’d pop it up here for anyone interested.
Word Count: 2,300
Genre: Horror, M/M
Summary: It’s getting late, but when Elian bumps into a stranger, he finds himself reluctant to leave, despite the superstitions surrounding the falls. As darkness settles in, those superstitions begin to seem less and less l...
May 30, 2012
Ratties!
Lilith and Eve snuggled up in their hammock.
Three weeks ago I picked up my rats from the breeder. They were six weeks old, tiny and completely adorable. At nine weeks, they’re still fairly small and adorable and they’ve gotten used to me now. I think they finally like me! Even if I do keep teasing them with the curtains (which they seem to be fascinated by and keep trying to grab a hold of).Annoyingly, they’re most active just as I switch the light out and go to bed, but I’m getting used to i...
April 17, 2012
Review: The Only Gold
The Only Gold by Tamara Allen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have just finished reading The Only Gold by Tamara Allen. I got this e-book for nothing as an offer on Friday the 13th, and I am so grateful for that offer because this has quickly become a book I love.
I never really thought I’d be reading a book about bankers, and actually liking those bankers, but this has been well worth the venture.
This book surpassed all my expectations, despite only having heard excellent things. I hadn’t expected th...
March 15, 2012
The Arrival of the Desk
Since moving into this house in November I have sadly been without a desk, and of course I’ve used that as an excuse not to do any work at all, instead just lounging around on my bed with an empty word document open and watching episodes of Buffy. That excuse has now been rendered unusable by the arrival of (yep, you guessed it) a desk \o/
It hasn’t been the whirlwind of typing and writing that I had anticipated, but I’ve made some good progress on a couple of projects that I’ve been thinking...
February 22, 2012
These Bonds
Today is the release date of the last bundle of Kiss Me Quick Valentine’s shorts, including my story, These Bonds.
These Bonds is a short and sweet m/m romance about two very different young men who end up in a tight spot (no, I didn’t meanthat tight spot) together. Bickering and the occasional punch-up ensue (:
You can buy These Bonds as a stand alone, or as part of a bundle. You can now also purchase the entire collection of Kiss Me Quick stories here.
February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Oh look, it’s Valentine’s Day, otherwise known as Why Am I Still Single? Day!
My Valentine’s has consisted of waiting in the queue at the civic centre, trying to sort out housing benefit.
The rest I’m spending in my room, watching ‘My Bloody Valentine’ while scribbling romantic story ideas down in my notebook. Because there’s nothing like seeing skulls smashed in with pickaxes for inspiration =D
To those of you in a couple or variation thereof, Happy Valentine’s Day!
To those who aren’t in a cou...
February 1, 2012
Good News!
Less Than Three Press is releasing a series of short Valentine’s stories throughout the course of February that you can buy either in bundles or individually. One of those stories is mine =D
These Bonds is an m/m romance and is just over 5,000 words long. Well, okay, maybe closer to 6,000, but LT3 were kind enough not to make me chop any. It will be available for purchase as an e-book on the 22nd of February.
Every year, Milo hopes that he will be chosen as a sacrifice to Amor to help preserve...
