Master/Other: Love in Dark Settings

This series collects assorted stories by Dusk Peterson: fantasy, historical fantasy, contemporary fiction, and science fiction about friendship or erotic attraction, usually male/male but occasionally male/female. The stories are set in bleak locations such as a Renaissance prison and futuristic slave-quarters. The characters must undergo hardship and sometimes transformation before they are able to struggle their way out of the darkness.

This series is part of Dusk Peterson's High Bookshelf | More fiction by Dusk Peterson | About the author | Contact information | Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this site. Site content label (with minor spoilers).

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What is Historical Fantasy? | What is Homoerotic Fiction? | What is Original Gen, Original Het, and Original Slash? | What is Darkfic? Genres that a number of the stories in this collection fall into.

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O Most Unthankful

An Arthurian tale. A simple Greek lesson reaches deep when a tutor seeks to teach a prince what can happen when love and duty clash.

ONLINE EDITION – O Most Unthankful.

RESOURCES – Historical note to "O Most Unthankful".

Eternally Divided: A Missing Canto from Dante's Inferno

If you fall in love with one of the damned, should you join him in his damnation?

ONLINE EDITION – Eternally Divided.

RESOURCES – Historical Note to "Eternally Divided".

The True Master

In a society where the rank of master or slave defines every aspect of a person's being, what do you do when you're a master and you envy your slaves?

¶ Series information: Master/Other > The True Master | Length: 23,000 words | Genre: Fantasy | Reviews.

EXCERPT – The True Master: Excerpt.

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The Fool

He'd abducted him, bedded him, and taught him every position he knew. So why wasn't the fool grateful?

ONLINE EDITION – The Fool.

Debt Price

No one would pay his debt price to gain him release from prison. So he sought to pay it himself by offering the only thing he could, his body. But one man would require more.

¶ Series information: Master/Other > Debt Price | Length: 36,000 words | Genre: Historical fantasy | Reviews.

EXCERPT – Debt Price: Excerpt.

RESOURCES – Illustration for "Debt Price" by H. Rose Melenche. With a text description.

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Puppets

A reporter is assigned to cover what sounds like the perfect feel-good story: the victim of a crime will forgive her offender. The only problem is that the criminal and the victim are refusing to cooperate.

ONLINE EDITION – Puppets.

What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets (Accessibility Information for truetales.org)

Gives a new meaning to the term "cybersex."

ONLINE EDITION – What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets (Accessibility Information for truetales.org). Off-site link to True Tales. Post a comment about this story at Dusk Peterson's blog.

The Slavefic Plot Creator

When fan fiction writers have had way too much caffeine.

¶ Series information: Master/Other > The Slavefic Plot Creator |Release dates: August 2003 (original release) & April 2008 (Web edition) | Length: 800 words | Genre: Contemporary fiction (satire) | Detailed genre tags for this story (with minor spoilers).

ONLINE EDITION – The Slavefic Plot Creator.

A Sexual Minority Speaks Out

"I am an adult male belonging to a rare minority group that is called, in layman's language, Plain Vanilla Straight. I have had these sexual desires for as long as I can remember . . ."

ONLINE EDITION – A Sexual Minority Speaks Out | Response to "A Sexual Minority Speaks Out" by Ruthless.

Pleasure

Egon had a position that won him respect, friends who raised his spirits, and lovers who gave him pleasure. Then a man came into his life who would take all that away from him. If Egon was lucky.

¶ Series information: Master/Other > Pleasure | Length: 22,000 words | Genre: Science fiction | Reviews.

EXCERPT – Pleasure: Excerpt.

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Twenty Thousand Gold Stars

White Rose has lived a double life for too long. For too many years, he has struggled alone to determine how he should handle an ethical dilemma he never wanted to face. Now, finally, he has found help online. But is it the right help?

ONLINE EDITION

Twenty Thousand Gold Stars divided by chapter.

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