New free read: Elevation

Every year the GoodReads M/M Readers Group does a story exchange called "Don't Read In the Closet!" My contribution this year is Elevation. Cruz Morales is the main breadwinner for his family, since his mother left and his father battles depression. When his uncle offers to help him get a job as a security guard… Continue reading New free read: Elevation

New free read: Corazon

Every year, the M/M Readers group on GoodReads holds a "Don't Read in the Closet!" event, where participants select a photo or drawing as the basis for a story prompt, and other members write the story. "Corazon" is my story for the event. The request: I want a story where this man is an archaeologist… Continue reading New free read: Corazon

Love Is Always Write story up today

My story for the M/M Romance Group event Love is Always Write, West, Haven, is now available at GoodReads. You must be a member of the group to read it there. (I will also have it available for download once I get the correctly formatted .PDF.) I have also mirrored it at FreeReads and Archive… Continue reading Love Is Always Write story up today

New: Ebony Angel

When Austin Archer was eighteen, he was attacked by an unknown assailant and rescued by a dark figure who wore ebony armor. Now thirty and a police detective, Austin faces a mystery that is connected to his own attack in ways he never thought possible.Someone is murdering teenagers in Austin's city. At first Austin suspects… Continue reading New: Ebony Angel

Learning to Waltz

Conor was hired by the Todd family to keep Gabriel safe and sober. Conor has done his job so well that Gabriel no longer needs a caretaker, but they can’t bring themselves to part ways. Gabriel and Conor live in a comfortable rhythm, pushing and pulling each other in a cautious dance. Conor doesn’t think… Continue reading Learning to Waltz

Back in print! The King’s Diamond

I’d break into a parody of “Back in Black” if I could think of anything good that rhymes with print. Mint? Squint? Hm. I’m very fond of this little story. Like most ideas, it was inspired by a few seemingly unrelated but deeply beloved things. (Brain stew. Yes.) The folkloric meaning of the diamond is… Continue reading Back in print! The King’s Diamond

Single Shot Classic: The King’s Diamond

Damalepazhur is the king of a land long ago and far away, and he really needs the fabled diamond he’s heard of for protection. The diamond is a young man named Ketu, a fisherman, and he reluctantly joins the palace household, and learns to have a fondness for the king, even of court life is… Continue reading Single Shot Classic: The King’s Diamond

Apples & Gin: Birthday Cake

It’s Sawyer’s thirtieth birthday, and Noah has offered him anything he wants to celebrate. What Sawyer wants is for Noah to keep his promise from Valentine’s Day, that if Sawyer wrote them another song, Noah would sing on it. But Noah’s not a professional singer and everybody else at the session is, so Noah would… Continue reading Apples & Gin: Birthday Cake

Now available: The King’s Diamond

Damalepazhur is the king of a land long ago and far away, and he really needs the fabled diamond he’s heard of for protection. The diamond is a young man named Ketu, a fisherman, and he reluctantly joins the palace household, and learns to have a fondness for the king, even if court life is… Continue reading Now available: The King’s Diamond