Dusk
Peterson writes fantasy stories on friendship, gay historical fantasy tales,
and contemporary gay fiction. Occasionally, a heterosexual love story will
appear as well. Suspense plays an important role in many of the tales;
the conflict in those tales is both external and internal. Peterson's stories
are often placed in dark settings, such as prisons or wartime locations.
The mood of the stories, however, is not one of unrelieved gloominess.
Romance and friendship, especially male friendship, are recurring themes.
Genres: Suspenseful fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, contemporary fiction, friendship fiction, romantic friendship fiction, heterosexual love stories, sweet romance, original gen, original het, original slash, alternate universe fiction, hurt/comfort, darkfic, m/m fiction, gay fiction, gay love stories, gay erotic romance, gay erotica, leather fiction, fiction recommendations, and nonfiction.
¶ Browse fiction and nonfiction:
He vowed himself to his god. Now the god is growing impatient . . .
The Three Lands, a fantasy series on friendship, romance, and betrayal in times of war and peace.
Separated in time and place, a young woman and two young men are united in their goal: to protect those they care for from the destruction of battle. The odds are against them.
Darkling Plain, fantasy tales about young people in times of conflict.
This series also contains Princeling, a fantasy novel set in a world where war has lasted for generations, From Hell to the Stars, a loose translation of a medieval science fiction classic, and Main Stream, a sampling of suspenseful historical fantasy stories.
The cycle consists of the following series: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Michael's House, and Prison City.
The Eternal Dungeon
![]()
In a cool, dark cavern, guarded by men and by oaths, lies a dungeon in which prisoners fearfully await the inevitable. The inevitable will be replaced by the unexpected.
The Eternal Dungeon, a historical fantasy series set in a land where the psychologists wield whips.
Life Prison
![]()
They are imprisoned until death, and their lives cannot get worse . . . or so they think. But when an unlikely alliance forms against their captors, the reformers risk losing what little comforts they possess.
Life Prison, a historical fantasy series about male desire and determination in Victorian prisons.
Michael's House
![]()
In a world where temples are dying and sacred theaters have been replaced by brothels, what will happen when a hard-headed businessman joins forces with an idealist?
Michael's House, a historical fantasy series set in an Edwardian slum.
Prison City
![]()
How can a youth from a bay island boarding school survive when he is sent to a futuristic prison?
Prison City, a historical fantasy and retrofuture series based on the Chesapeake Bay oyster wars, homoeroticism in British public schools in the 1910s, and 1960s visions of things to come.
Masters come in many forms. Some don't even know they're masters.
Master/Other, gay fantasy and science fiction about prisoners, slaves, liegemen, and love.
This series also contains Leather in Lawnville, the adventures of a suburban leatherman, Leathermen, Plain Vanilla Straights, and Other Rebels, humor and satire about transgressive sexuality in the twenty-first century, and Unmasked, contemporary fiction about people who hide behind masks.
Leather is a world of rich pleasure palaces and endless sensual delights, where dreams can be pursued without limit, provided that a man has the strength to stand the test. . . . But in the rural town of Mayhill, population 32,000, leather life is a little different.
Loren's Lashes, a retro series about a Midwestern community of closeted leathermen.
Unless otherwise noted, all rights reserved on works at this domain by other authors and artists.
Dusk Peterson's writings at this domain are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License. Dusk Peterson's videos are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike License.
Cover designs: Dusk Peterson. Main Bookshelf art credits. High Bookshelf art credits. Permission is granted for the reposting and reprinting of the banners, covers, and story summaries (blurbs) for the purposes of providing information on Dusk Peterson's writings. Please link to duskpeterson.com if possible.
For more information, see: Policies on Copyright, Derivative Works, and Fan Works.
Constructive criticism, enquiries, and idle chit-chat may be sent to
Dusk Peterson at
[turn on JavaScript to read, or write to duskpetersonATfastmail.fm, replacing
AT with the appropriate symbol]. I am sometimes offline for the space of
a month or more. Urgent e-mail should be sent to both me and my emergency
contact.