New Release: Birds of a Feather with Exclusive Short Story
Finally: Birds of a Feather (2021) is now available in print format, which includes slice-of-life 8K short story, First Christmas, in the back.
Amazon only.
I’ve also expanded the eBook release to this website’s shop, and my Itch shop too!
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eBook coverBirds of a Feather was a Ko-Fi exclusive novel I wrote in 2021. It is a queer ace romcom for fans of British comedy-drama Brassic and The Crows by C.M. Rosens, and is now available on Itch with First Christmas, an 8K short story I wrote for Ko-Fi members in Dec 2024.
If you’ve ever wondered what The Crows would look like as a contemporary romantic comedy-thriller set on a council estate in a small town, with no magic or eldritch horror… this is how it turned out.
Ricky is still sex averse, still ace, and still some kind of aromantic/greyromantic/quoiromantic, and there is still an intimate but non-sexual queerplatonic endgame. Without the same kind of trauma and better socialisation, however, he has experimented more widely, and both he and Carrie are canonically bi (bi-experimental in Ricky’s case, bi-attracted in Carrie’s, as she is still both allo-romantic and allosexual).
The novel features very strong language, messy nights out, a lot of fry-ups, and a very good doggo to whom nothing bad happens.
Ricky, a depressed and self-employed single dad to an elderly St Bernard, and the only member of his family with a legitimate business, just wants to get his van fixed so he can start work for his ex, Raven, and redeem himself.
He could do without war with his rivals the Pierces, his dodgy cousin’s various schemes, or any more personal drama, but life has a way of kicking you up the arse when you’re down. Then he meets Raven’s new friend, and things take an unexpected turn…
Carrie, a repressed and anxious woman struggling out of a toxic relationship, has just been made redundant, and her only real friend is her hot Goth work-crush, Raven (she/they), who gives her the strength to leave her cheating, abusive boyfriend, and a place to crash.
The last thing she needs is any more chaos or complications, but then Raven’s ex Ricky shows up to renovate Raven’s house, and Carrie finds herself pulled into the orbit of a man with criminal contacts who can make people disappear – and when her ex won’t leave her alone, things begin to escalate…
Read a free sample in your browser: read.bookfunnel.com
Buy the combined eBook from this website directly
(Apple Pay and Google Pay enabled):
cmrosens.com/product/birds-of-a-feather-first-christmas
Buy the combined eBook from Itch (PayPal enabled):
cmrosens.itch.io/birds-of-a-feather-first-christmas
Buy the eBooks from Ko-Fi on their own (PayPal enabled):
Birds of a Feather on its own: ko-fi.com/s/561b59908b
First Christmas on its own: ko-fi.com/s/1f5191e1e4
