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Update #2
I hope you enjoy the new-and-improved Chapter 3 of Blood and Lace. Warning: it's chock full of vampire tears.On the writing front, I've written two new chapters over the last four days! Though—oopsie—each one belonged to a different project. 😅 One was the first chapter of my day-drinking series (DDS). Did you know that military sci-fi requires 800% more acronyms than fantasy? It really does. The other chapter was a cozy concept that demanded a test drive. Must be something in the ...
Blood and Lace: Chapter 3
So this is where Linden bought it.Nicholas had still been waiting for permission to enter the townhouse when they’d brought the body bag out. It had been gingerly handled by two hunters, their heads bowed either out of respect or sadness.Linden was in section three and Nicholas hadn’t known him well, but he’d been a veteran hunter entrusted with one of the stakers. Now…just another name on a memorial that would never get built. At least he’d taken out the leech that punched his ticket....
Update #1
We've left spooky season behind, but my lonely monsters keep going! The first update is a chonker, as I was determined to get all of my protagonists on the board. Add in an epistolary interlude and there's plenty of content to go around.On the writing front, I've nearly completed my notes for the first story of my "day-drinking series." I was having trouble with the hero's background, but I think I've finally got things figured out. Still dealing with Patreon growing ...
Late Night Date Night - 1: The Sad Girl in the Corner
August 21, 202X, 11:27 PMDonnel City - College District“Have you noticed how everything in here is a shade of brown? Brown walls, brown blinds, brown chairs, brown counter—”Jerome raised his eyebrows at his friend. “The counter is more ‘tan plus stains.’ ”Kendis shook his head. “It evens out to brown, man. Tell me something, and be honest.” He affected a look of conspiratorial suspicion. “Was I this shade of brown before I started working here?”Jerome laughed and started sc...
Late Night Date Night - Interlude: Leaked Transcript
June 14, 202XPartial transcript of police interrogation obtained by The Donnel Standard, as reported by Lynn Rainey. Subject is Johnnie “Little” Biggs, a mid-level enforcer with the Milli crime syndicate. The interrogating officer's identity has been withheld.Biggs: Why the hell am I even here? I’m the victim.Detective: Sure you are.Biggs: I’m a business man. My place of business was attacked. Don’t that mean nothing to you, [redacted]?Detective: Which business? The copy repair bus...
Blood and Lace - Chapter 2
Time had gone soft again. Was it the same night? A different night? Had the years marched past as Della lay there, surrounded by the stink of mildew and rot? For a time she had retreated inward, stumbling through fragments of memory like a woman pursued. But there was no true escape. She couldn't push a pile of dreams across the path of her tormentor and get away. Drus was in her memories. He had already butchered her best dreams, one by one.The return to consciousness was slow and dreary, l...
Guide Map for the Grand Opening
No ribbon-cutting or party streamers, but there’s confetti in my soul—the Patreon is live! This post is a guide to the story content that’s available at the various tiers.Caravan Guard gives you access to a download of “Cleigh Moran and the Dancing Man,” an urban fantasy short story. I first wrote it years ago and undertook extensive revisions for the Patreon version. This present-day tale follows a somewhat impetuous investigator who hunts down renegades from a hidden magical society....
This Exciting (Mildly Frightening) New Enterprise
Wow. A Patreon. Never thought I would get to this point. It’s thrilling to have a platform to share work on outside of Amazon! I’m still new, so please bear with me. I’ll do my best to respond to comments and keep you updated.As mentioned in the Patreon description, I also want to use this platform for behind-the-scenes stuff that goes beyond what I share on the Romance for Men discord. While my biggest endeavor at the moment has been assembling and building out this site, I have a few oth...
Cleigh Moran #1
The EPUB of “Cleigh Moran and the Dancing Man” is available below. Thanks for your support!
Late Night Date Night - Prologue
August 21, 202X, 9:03 PMDonnel City - Liora HeightsLyle Brewer wasn’t the worrying type, no matter what his associates might say. And he wasn’t no coward, neither. Cowards labored for scraps and took what was given even when they knew the game was rigged. Lyle wasn't like that. He had his sights set on the top, and people destined for greatness learned to…take care, that was all.“Stop twitching, Lyle. You’re starting to make me nervous.”Raymond didn’t actually sound nervous, an...
Blood and Lace - Chapter 1
Della stared up at the roof of the cargo van, watching light-patterns from streetlights and cars drift across the rust-adorned metal. Every time Drus took a turn she felt herself slide across the metal floor, bumping against one side or the other. At one point he accelerated so fast that her head hit the rear doors, sending painful sparks dancing across her vision.Just when it seemed their journey might last all night, the van slowed and stopped. A flutter of dread moved within her, but it was d...
