Director's Cut: Evenfall Volume 1 available

The Director's Cut version of Evenfall, Volume 1, is now available for download at inthecompanyofshadows.com! Volume 2 of Evenfall DC will be out by the end of the summer. We'll get the pdf uploaded to GR for download, too, probably tomorrow.

Cool but what the hey is Director's Cut?
tl;dr answer: We're revising/updating the entire series, splitting each book into two volumes, and re-releasing them (still for free!) online. Eventually we'll publish but we needed to do this edit first.

It's just Sonny and me editing so it's definitely not perfect but we think it's also improved on the original.

Improved how? GIVE ME PROOF!
Well, Bossypants, for example the Lou scene now has audio, we cut about 100,000 excess wording of narration and other craziness, and some of the key scenes were generally revised to make more sense.

But it also meant some of the scenes you knew from the previous versions got some minor uplifts, too, that we think helped build the hesitant intimacy Boyd and Hsin developed slowly over the course of Evenfall.

For example, have an excerpt!

"No—" The word wrenched out of Boyd. "Don't."

Sin leaned back in surprise, seeing raw terror in Boyd's face. He looked one heartbeat away from tearing away from Sin and fleeing the room.

Baffled, Sin could only stare. He had no idea what could have caused such an extreme reaction, especially in someone so unemotional as Boyd, and he felt a brief flash of impatience. He didn't know how deep the laceration was or how much blood Boyd had lost. They didn't have time for this shit; not when they were expected at the airport within the next several hours.

But the fear in Boyd's eyes stopped him.

"What if I just rip the part where the wound is?"

Even this suggestion scared Boyd. He remained coiled against the wall like a feral animal. The seconds dragged with Boyd panting harshly, not moving from his position as if he was petrified. It was then that Sin remembered that first day in the car when they'd driven along Dauphin street. The wild look, the labored breathing—the signs of post traumatic stress written all over Boyd's face.

"Fuck." Sin's breath hissed out in a slow exhale. His impatience skyrocketed, but he beat it back and tried to figure out what to do. It was only after Boyd began to tremble that Sin reached up to touch the side of Boyd's neck. "Boyd, I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to stitch up your wound."

Boyd grabbed Sin's wrist but didn't shove his hand away.

"Just that area and nothing else," Sin said, keeping his voice low. He fanned out his fingers to cup Boyd's face again. This time, he moved it up in a slow caress. When Boyd's eyes closed and he leaned into the touch, Sin nearly lost his focus. He swallowed hard. "Just let me fix you."

ERMAHGERRRD GIMME THAT!
Like I said, go download it to your heart's content at www.inthecompanyofshadows.com :)