Now Available - Seashell Voices

Seashell Voices

Once upon a time, a merboy spied a human child. The merboy, who longed to walk the sandy shore, spent his days watching the human boy grow to become a man who loved the sea. A man he's admired from afar. The one he wishes he could be.

But how can a merman express his greatest wish when he has no voice with which to speak?

*Part of Seasons of Love Anthology*  Approx. 7,000 words  99¢

Excerpt -

He reached for me, for the net entangling my arms. Carefully, he freed me, not touching, but curious and wanting. Daring, I held out my hand to him, palm up, and he slid a finger along my skin. It tickled, making me shudder and smile.

“Who are you?” he asked, but I could not answer. While I could understand him, my voice could not duplicate theirs. I could chirp and trill, make a variety of sounds to communicate with my own kin and the sea life around me, but not his.

I touched my throat and my lips, opened and shut my mouth.

“You can't speak.”

I shook my head.

“But you understand me?”

I nodded and grinned.

“Amazing.” He laughed. “I can't believe I caught a merman. All I thought I’d catch is a few crabs to study before returning them to the sea. No one is ever going to believe me… But you can't stay here. You best be getting back into the water.”

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NEW RELEASE - Say You Will

Say You Will

Three years ago, Darren Goldman had no idea the man he met on his first day of work in a new town would become the man he'd been waiting for his whole life. With Ace's birthday approaching, Dare sets out to do the impossible: surprise his boyfriend with a party and a proposal. 

"Can't be done," they said. “Never work.” “Don’t bother.” “Are you sure you want to do this?” 

He'd prove them wrong. He was sure of it, until he wasn't.

Book 6 in the Southern Jersey Shores series.

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Moondrake Revisted

I have to take a few paragraphs and talk about this past month: February 2018. This year, I committed myself to overhauling my original Moondrake written in 2016. What was a single POV is now three separate POVs. What was about 40,000 words became 60,000. What was "unfinished" is currently being written and is another 20,000 words presently.

I mentioned in a prior blog about my goals for each month. Here are the main three at the moment:

Goal one: write a monthly blog.

Goal two: write at minimum 5,000 words for Moondrake

Goal three: write at minimum 2.000 words for the next Southern Jersey Shores installment.

I'm happy to report that all of February's goals were met and exceeded. Yeah!!! But I also gotta "toot my own horn" because not only did I exceed 5,000 words on Moondrake... I killed it with 11,134. For SJS, I wrote just over, totaling 2,126. I haven't had such a prolific month since my last Camp Nano and I think I only squeaked in around 15k with padding from blog posts and review writing.

I hope I'm able to keep the momentum going. Gotta get through March and then on to Camp NaNoWriMo in April.

Also for this month, I've got to work on my IMPACT flash fiction, a 300 word submission for my Queer Sci-Fi group. I've submitted works for the past three years. I haven't won, but my stories have all been accepted for inclusion in the yearly book that comes out. Only the top 100 make it.

And on that note, how about I include year one's flash for you. The theme: Discovery
(Oh! I'd forgotten, this first one is actually a take off of Moondrake. How serendipitous.)

Craving Scents

The alien leader nodded, and a sweet, heady aroma of vanilla and spice arose. Mason scowled as his crew grew languid, their stances relaxing. Their mouths slackened, and they gazed at their captors as they were drawn apart.

The two aliens who’d shot his lover, Bran, knelt beside him, pressing him effortlessly to the floor of the spaceship. Mason watched him succumb to whatever magic these strange beings had, and gasped when Bran stared hungrily at the mouth of the one in front of him. Bran's full lips parted, his beautiful hazel eyes blown wide—that lustful, hungry gaze belonged to him, not some alien creatures! He glanced over at his crew and found them all with greedy, wanton expressions. He’d never seen this in all his travels through the solar systems.

Mason rounded on the humanoid-appearing aliens. “What did you do to them?” he protested. And why am I  the only one unaffected?

Startled, their leader lunged forward, grabbed Mason’s upper arms and spun him. He held Mason’s back to his chest. Mason twisted, but his muscles refused to obey, his efforts futile against the alien’s strong grip, and yet his mind stayed sharp. All his men, including Bran, had given in to their cravings, wrapping themselves around their captors, kissing them with abandon. He shuddered, and the alien holding him leaned down, placing his mouth against Mason’s ear.

“Why are you not affected, little captain?”

The breath of the alien blazed hot on his neck, his arms were pulled behind his back while fingers worked to bind his wrists. He struggled ineffectively, his body sluggish and unresponsive. He’d carelessly given the leader time to subdue him. To work his magic on him. He panted, inhaling more of the scent, the fight fleeing his body, spiraling him into unconsciousness.

Voyeur Valentine - New Release!

Eep.

Well, so much for blog posting once a month. But, I did get a lot more posts in this year than the year prior. 2018 isn't starting off so well either. My goals for 2017, however, were mostly achieved, and I even managed one short story release. Cue the Music arrived at the beginning of December, both as a single purchase and part of the anthology, Never Too Late. The anthology consists of 9 authors joining forces for stories about men and women older than 50 years of age keeping love, finding love, and discovering love across the spectrum of sexual identity.

Cue the Music:

Every relationship has had it at some point. The singular argument that escalates, that lingers. More often than not, the couple finds their way back to status quo. But what happens when they don’t? What happens when one gives up?

After months of trying to resolve their issues, Ty loses hope. He leaves, with only his music to keep him company. Until one day, he feels someone watching him intently from the bar. Maybe, just maybe, Ty won't end up alone after all.

Cue the Music is a stand-alone short story in the Southern Jersey Shores series.

   

Never Too Late Amazon                        Cue the Music Amazon

Never Too Late - BTP Page                    Cue the Music - BTP Page

And now, today in fact (February 1, 2018), I'm releasing my first self-published book. I'm blessed to say I had quite a bit of help, and I'd like to take a moment and just show you all how Cupid's Arrows came about and make thanks to these special individuals.

It all started when author Paula Wyant told me about an open call by Dale Lowry Cameron. Myths, Mayhem and Magic. Three protagonists, erotic, LGBT spectrum and of course, paranormal. A month of writing, a month of editing and off for submission. Unfortunately, I was not selected, so back to do a bit more editing. And with Valentine's Day looming, it was time. It took a bit until I came across the three arrows, and then Wulf Godgluck happily made my simple but perfect cover. He also formatted the story for me, and then , with a little trial and error, got it uploaded to Amazon Kindle. I need to add a shout-out of thanks to Wendy Rathbone for insisting on having me create an author profile, which I hadn't realized I didn't have.

So now, I present to you: Cupid's Arrows, book one of a new series entitled: Divine Connections.

Himeros wants what any God of Love wants: his disciples to be happy in love. When Eros comes to visit his sexually-charged modern-era bar, Himeros grabs opportunity with both hands. Arrows fly, and three best friends join, but the voyeuristic Himeros needs more. He coaxes Eros to follow, and once they secret the boys away, it’s time for a little show and tell. 

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