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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.
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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CONTENTS
Leather in Lawnville. Leathermen, Plain Vanilla Straights, and Other Rebels.
What is Darkfic? | What is Historical Fantasy? | What is Homoerotic Fiction? | What is Original Gen, Original Het, and Original Slash? Genres that stories in the Master/Other collection fall into.
¶ Series content label (with minor spoilers).
Pleasure¶ Novella: 25,000 words | Science fiction | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – Pleasure.
Debt
Price¶ Novella: 36,000 words | Historical fantasy | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – Debt Price 1: Fallow | Debt Price 2: Harvest | Debt Price 3: Winter Master.
RESOURCES – Historical note to "Debt Price" | Illustration for "Debt Price" by H. Rose Melenche. With a text description.
¶ Short story: 5,000 words | Fantasy | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – The Fool.
¶ Novelette: 12,000 words | Historical fantasy and contemporary leather fiction.
EXCERPT – Two Masters: Excerpt.
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¶ Short story: 2,000 words | Historical fantasy (medieval science fiction) | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – Eternally Divided.
RESOURCES – Historical Note to "Eternally Divided".
¶ Novelette: 12,000 words | Historical fantasy | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – O Most Unthankful.
RESOURCES – Historical note to "O Most Unthankful".
¶ Series content label (with minor spoilers).
Leather,
Licking, and LawnmowersFor adults only.
¶ Short story collection: 22,000 words | Leather fiction | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews and award.
RESOURCES
Leather writings at this domain.
E-BOOK EDITIONS
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers (Kindle e-book).
Included in Love in Dark Settings Omnibus (HTML e-book).
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AUDIO BOOK EDITION (MP3)
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers (free MP3 audio book).
ONLINE EDITION
Each part of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers can be read on its own, as a stand-alone story.
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 1: Clothesline. An encounter with clothesline at the Lawnville 5&10 leads the narrator to discover his neighbor's secret fantasy.
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 2: Spontaneous. Can an Old Guard top survive in a world with safe words? (This story was runner-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize for erotic fiction.)
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 3: Bad Habit. The narrator shows off his leatherboy to a skeptic.
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4: Leatherdar. The narrator goes on the hunt at a college ballroom dance.
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 5: Pinned. A rude top and an interfering family member prove to be an explosive combination at the Eagle bar.
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers: Back Matter. Credits, publication history, etc.
¶ Short story collection | Leather fiction.
EXCERPT – Short Sharp Shock: Excerpt.
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What
Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets: A Tale of Web Accessibility
in the Cybersex Era¶ Short story: 1,000 words | Leather fiction (satire) | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
E-BOOK EDITIONS
Included in Love in Dark Settings Omnibus (HTML e-book).
ONLINE EDITION
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets.
RESOURCES
Leather writings at this domain.
¶ Short story: 800 words | Contemporary fiction (satire) | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – The Slavefic Plot Creator.
¶ Short story: 2,000 words | Contemporary fiction (satire).
EXCERPT – If Dante Had a Beta Reader: Excerpt.
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¶ Short story: 3,000 words | Science fiction (satire) | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – A Sexual Minority Speaks Out | Response to "A Sexual Minority Speaks Out" by Ruthless.
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¶ Novelette: 10,000 words | Contemporary fiction | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION – Puppets.
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars describes an online world where anonymity is all-important, and where a knock on the door can spell disaster. Yet behind the masks that are unwillingly donned, men and women seek answers to imperative questions that will determine, not only their own futures, but the futures of those they meet in real life.
¶ Novel: 70,000 words | Contemporary fiction | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.
ONLINE EDITION
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars divided by chapter.
Full novel: Twenty Thousand Gold Stars (400 KB).
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