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 Author has written 23 stories for Sci-Fi, Romance, Young Adult, Essay, General, Humor, and Fantasy. September 2014 Outside has been published! You can order it here. Or you can drop by my nice new blog here and drop me a comment for a chance to get a free copy! You should drop by now and again anyway to keep in touch. You can also drop by my Goodreads page. Either of those places might be good to catch me and find out what I'm doing next. What is Outside? It's science fiction workplace romance, in which -- well, here's the summary we're using at the publisher's page: "Gamble is a research administrator and takes his job seriously, follows the rules and gets work done. With personal matters, he's far more casual, though always careful to keep a distance between work and play. When he meets Flint, the attraction is immediate, but Flint seems inexperienced and Gamble prefers to steer clear of that. So when he heads up a new expedition, leaving Flint behind, he thinks it's the best decision for everyone. But when he returns, it's to find Flint in dire straits and himself to blame..." |
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Picnic Day Night reviews
Picnic Day is when the people of Boem celebrate the deserving dead with picnics in the cemeteries and flowers for the tombstones. Pustak has only undeserving dead to remember, and he stays out of cemeteries. But this Picnic Day Night there's something waiting for him in the cemetery close to home. A Tree People story, creepier than the others.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,211 - Reviews: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/12/2015 - Complete
On Top Of Old reviews
Marina's not doing so well after the death of her wife. Her friend Catalina has something to show her. But what they see surprises them both. Unlike most of my stories, this has no romance at all, and also no fantasy. Slice of life!
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,183 - Reviews: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/12/2015 - Complete
Fingers reviews
Chester's fingers are a mess. Hank is kind of a jerk about it. More or less a workplace romance, only without the romance.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,140 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/9/2015 - Complete
Royalty reviews
A Cherry Street Story. Kenny's not a princess, but he wants a prince. Yermo's no prince, but he knows what a prince is. Kenny told him. When Yermo sees Dmitri at Cherry Street, he knows he's found exactly what Kenny wants. Sure. Slash, if you care REMOVED FOR SUBMISSION
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,257 - Reviews: 43 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 19 - Updated: 1/2/2015 - Published: 9/26/2010 - Complete
Outside-- for sale at Less Than Three Press reviews
Gamble takes his job seriously, follows the rules and gets work done, keeping a clear distance between work and play. It really seems like the best thing all around to leave Flint behind when Gamble goes on an outside expedition. So why is Flint in such a desperate condition when Gamble returns?
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,074 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 2 - Published: 9/22/2014
The Raw and the Cooked reviews
Jackson's civilized. He dreads the wilderness in Marek. Marek's a lot more domesticated than Jackson thinks he is -- he's a sophisticated chef -- and would like nothing more than to be tamed by Jackson. Slash, if you care.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 14 - Words: 24,449 - Reviews: 55 - Favs: 171 - Follows: 28 - Updated: 9/22/2014 - Published: 2/16/2009 - Complete
The tree people of Boem (a note for readers)
In which the author takes a moment to introduce her fantastical characters who live in a modern forested city and have various unconvential relationships with trees. There's a mention of robots and a mention of crime here. too.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 745 - Published: 10/28/2013 - Complete
Striking reviews
Gana goes all out to protest the influence of the profiteering Strom Lindeski on her university, and gets entangled with a striking plant scientist with a beautiful green birthmark and her colleague who talks to trees. Another story about green people in the fictional city of Boem, and a sequel to "Stromnik." Originally published in the T. Spoon May 2013 anthology. Femslash.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,369 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 10/28/2013 - Complete
Stromnik reviews
Strom knows better than to accept a green gift. But what he's not counting on? The guy who keeps trying to give him things isn't acting alone. Might be slash, if you're sensitive to that kind of thing. Mostly, though, it's just a guy who talks to trees.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,741 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Published: 11/18/2012 - Complete
The Greenest Boy in Town reviews
Topol's just passing through, on his way to a sunnier place. Gustis takes him in, and takes him out, and suddenly Topol sees the light. Slash, if you care. Ominous rumbles of racism through the streets, and other scary things. Also: green parts. And mysterious trees. One-shot!
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,108 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 10/31/2012
A Day of Porn reviews
Hayal's pretty sure Lakuch is dumping him, and what could tide him over better than a crate of porn from the mysterious new bookstore in his neighborhood? Not actually pornography itself, notice. But it is slash, if you care. Also: one-shot.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,911 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 10 - Published: 7/17/2012 - Complete
Trying Hard reviews
Joe says Denny doesn't try hard enough. Denny's pretty sure he can't try much harder. Slash, if you care.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 7 - Words: 18,797 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 35 - Updated: 7/14/2012 - Published: 5/20/2011
The Man of His Dreams reviews
Belan's firmly oriented towards tomorrow, not yesterday. But his unexpected admission to the University, his peculiar dreams, and his hostile TA are all artifacts of forces from the distant past of his highly structured society. slash, if you care.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 19 - Words: 47,227 - Reviews: 48 - Favs: 55 - Follows: 83 - Updated: 9/25/2011 - Published: 5/25/2008
Prospect Road reviews
Biomes School isn't Mickey's last chance: it's his only chance to get out of Gate and stay out of jail. He thinks he can save the birds. Smiling Jacinto, serious student, thinks he can save Mickey. Slash, if you care: SF boarding school story.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 67,061 - Reviews: 59 - Favs: 64 - Follows: 75 - Updated: 7/4/2011 - Published: 7/29/2008
Sissy and Buddy and the Whole Nine Yards reviews
Lars wasn't difficult. Under pressure to get married, he found a nice wife who was also gay. It should have been easy. But she brought along her smirking brother as a kind of dowry - now that was difficult. Slash, and a very weird family, if you care-
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 14 - Words: 28,904 - Reviews: 44 - Favs: 81 - Follows: 66 - Updated: 5/31/2011 - Published: 11/7/2008 - Complete
I'm with the band No, really reviews
You're uniquely qualified. You speak French, you understand children, and you're unemployed." So he ended up on tour with a large African band, chaperoning their kids and trying not to stare at the tiny guitarist with the deepset eyes-- slash, if you care
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 17 - Words: 31,226 - Reviews: 48 - Favs: 56 - Follows: 24 - Updated: 10/19/2010 - Published: 6/11/2008 - Complete
Plumblossom explains it all reviews
Chapter one: In which I kvetch about uncompelling writing. And introduce the words girliphobia and girliphilia. Chapter two: In which I give acgtually good advice about point of view and related issues.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 11,372 - Reviews: 35 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 2/15/2010 - Published: 8/28/2009
Mr Sly reviews
Manny still thinks Brewer gets more than he does. This time the surprise is pretty big. Oddly enough, this ONESHOT could be called a songfic, if by songfic you can mean "inspired by an old-timey tune."
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 711 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 5 - Published: 1/31/2010 - Complete
No for an answer reviews
When Manny says he's taking no for an answer, Brewer wonders just what the question was and when Manny asked it. Slash, if you care. And complete!
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 6 - Words: 14,472 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 49 - Follows: 10 - Updated: 1/23/2010 - Published: 12/28/2009 - Complete
A Suitable Lover reviews
The suitable lover, the unsuitable lover: the unsuitable lover to reject or hurt the heroine or simply fail to satisfy. Then there's the suitable lover, who's everything the unsuitable one is not. Skip's the unsuitable one. He thinks. Slash, if you care.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 21 - Words: 111,456 - Reviews: 174 - Favs: 219 - Follows: 71 - Updated: 6/7/2009 - Published: 9/27/2008 - Complete
Esperanza Highway Part One: Valley Boy reviews
Chuy's lonely impulsivity leads him to mistakes that pull him out of his tight-knit community. The longer his exile goes, the more he longs for home -- and the boy he left behind. Slash, if you care. Cont'd in Pt 2: Exiles.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 14 - Words: 65,070 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 4/8/2009 - Published: 2/8/2009 - Complete
The Rubaiyyat of Omar Camacho reviews
Omar is a poet of the senses, a man of the book. Robert's a man of action, but he doesn't seem to get any where Omar's concerned. Omar just needs a little time.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 15,364 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 2/16/2009 - Published: 2/10/2009 - Complete
not at all like paco reviews
Memory is a strange thing: it's even stranger when it is shared with a strange thing.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,836 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 4 - Published: 5/10/2008 - Complete