THE BREAKING: free series cycle starter for
Turn-of-the-Century Toughs
The prisoner knew that the Eternal Dungeon was a place where
suspected criminals were broken by torture, and he was prepared to
hold out against any methods used against him – except the
method he could not anticipate.
Arrested on the charge of committing a particularly horrendous murder,
Elsdon Taylor arrives at the Eternal Dungeon in fear of the harsh
methods used by the torturers, called Seekers, to draw confessions
from their prisoners.
But the dungeon's methods are for more devious than Elsdon had
expected. Elsdon finds himself in a bewildering prison where his guard
seems reluctant to punish him, the healer appears to have a vendetta
against his employers, and Elsdon's Seeker is a mystery whom no one
can penetrate.
Now Elsdon is faced with a choice that will shape his future . . . as
well as the future of his Seeker.
¶ Honors: As part of the omnibus The
Eternal Dungeon, three honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2011: Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book. Winner, Best Gay
Fantasy. 2nd Place, Best Setting Development.
THE ETERNAL DUNGEON: a
Turn-of-the-Century Toughs series
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 is a historical speculative fiction series
on romance, friendship, and family, set in a nineteenth-century prison
where the psychologists wield whips.
Table of contents to the Eternal Dungeon
titles below.
Rebirth (Volume 1 of The Eternal
Dungeon)
Elsdon Taylor, a prisoner accused of committing a terrible murder.
Layle Smith, a torturer with a terrible past. Their meeting in the
Eternal Dungeon appears certain to bring out the worst in both men.
Yet neither man is quite what he appears. As the prisoner and his
torturer begin to be drawn toward each other, the ripple effects of
their meeting will have a powerful impact on other inhabitants of the
Eternal Dungeon: Layle's faithful guard, struggling to contain his
doubts. A younger guard determined to take any shortcuts necessary to
ensure that his life follows the path he has already chosen. An old
love from Layle's past, still sorrowing. And most of all, a prisoner
who has not yet arrived at the Eternal Dungeon, but whose fate will
depend on how Layle handles Elsdon Taylor . . . and on how Elsdon
handles Layle Smith.
¶ Honors: As part of the omnibus The
Eternal Dungeon, three honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2011: Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book. Winner, Best Gay
Fantasy. 2nd Place, Best Setting Development.
Novel and side stories (201,000 words):
Novel only (132,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | The Breaking. The prisoner knew that the Eternal Dungeon
was a place where suspected criminals were broken by torture, and he
was prepared to hold out against any methods used against him –
except the method he could not anticipate.
2 | Love and Betrayal. As a
torturer learns the art of questioning prisoners, he discovers that
the word "love" can have a darker meaning than he had supposed.
3 | First Time. One man seeks to heal
from abuse. The other man dreams of abusing. Now they're in love.
4 | In Training.
Unexpected danger reveals to a young torturer the dark mystery of his
love-mate's past – as well as unpleasant revelations about
himself.
5 | As a Seeker. If the head torturer
wants something, no power in life or death will hold him from taking
it. What he wants now has brought danger to the Eternal Dungeon.
6 | Tops and Sops. The torturer was
young, inexperienced, and lacking in knowledge of the world. The
prisoner was tough, worldlywise, and had an infallible plan that would
give him escape from this place. So why did the prisoner feel as
though the torturer had the edge?
Side story | The
Unanswered Question. No weapons, no allies, and no guarantees
that he will survive the test.
¶ Honors: As a former part of the omnibus The
Eternal Dungeon, three honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2011: Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book. Winner, Best Gay
Fantasy. 2nd Place, Best Setting Development. Additional honors:
As part of the collection Risk, four
honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2016: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT
Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
Side story | Never. She was
attending the ball at the palace to dance. That was all. Which made it
annoying to face a proposal of marriage from a guard who was
distinctly not the sort of man she would ever consider marrying.
Certainly not.
Side story | New-Fashioned.
The Eternal Dungeon's youngest torturer has a special talent. He's
about to discover what it is, at the worst of moments.
Side story | Shifts. Midwinter's
god is as cold as cruelty and as warm as a loving heart.
Side story | Winter Games.
Snow can remake your world, in more than one way.
Side story | In Hot Water.
They are two of the most talented prison-workers in the world. It's a
pity their skills don't extend to dishwashing.
Side story | Patience. There
are patients, and then there are patients who require patience. . . .
The world's most famous dungeon-keeper has a cold.
See also: Annotated Edition of
The Breaking and Rain, crossover
story for the following series: The Eternal Dungeon / Life
Prison / Michael's House / Waterman.
Transformation (Volume 2 of The
Eternal Dungeon)
The Eternal Dungeon, a royal prison where criminals are transformed,
has lost its leadership. The duty of returning the dungeon to normal
falls on two Seekers (torturers) who are already burdened with their
own problems. One Seeker is struggling to understand why an old love
affair continues to gnaw at him. The other Seeker is faced with his
greatest challenge: whether to risk the man who is most precious to
him in order to save his own abuser.
¶ Honors: As part of the omnibus The
Eternal Dungeon, three honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2011: Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book. Winner, Best Gay
Fantasy. 2nd Place, Best Setting Development.
Novel and side story (116,000 words):
Novel only (112,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Deception. He thought she had
come to change his workplace. He found she was there to change his
life.
2 | Twists and Turns. Only the
loyal presence of one man has kept him alive. Now that man's loyalty
is about to be tested.
3 | A Prisoner Has Need. A
mysterious prisoner. A chance to begin again.
4 | The Consultation.
He has come from the Eternal Dungeon to offer his services to another
prison's head torturer. The only trouble is that the head torturer
likes him too much.
Side story | Prison
Food and Fondness. "All she needed to gather were the
ingredients for the meal. This she tried to explain on one summer
morning, standing by the outer dungeon's exit while confronting two
guards who had their daggers pointed at her."
The Balance (Volume 3 of The
Eternal Dungeon)
The Seekers (torturers) in the Eternal Dungeon have always expressed
contempt toward the Hidden Dungeon in the neighboring kingdom of
Vovim, whose torturers abuse prisoners without restraint. But the
balance between mercy and hell is not so clear as might be thought in
either dungeon, and now that balance is about to tip. Only the
strength of love and integrity will determine the paths of two Seekers
whose fortunes are bound together.
¶ Honors: As part of the omnibus The
Eternal Dungeon, three honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2011: Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book. Winner, Best Gay
Fantasy. 2nd Place, Best Setting Development.
Novel and side stories (106,000 words):
Novel only (88,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Truth and Lies. When you're a
prisoner, having a torturer who's mad can be an advantage. Or maybe
not.
2 | Barbarians. Vovim was renowned
for its strong monarchy, for its love of the theater, and for its
skill in the art of torture. In other words, it had all the qualities
needed to become a civilized nation. But would anyone be willing to
defy Vovim's tyrannical king? And if they did, would they survive?
3 | Hidden. He had been given the
kindest, gentlest torturer in the dungeon. The prisoner was left with
only one hope: that he could teach his torturer how to be cruel.
4 | Death Watch. Death lurks
everywhere in the Eternal Dungeon . . . even in a torturer's bedroom.
5 | Balladeer. Sometimes it takes an
outsider to point out the obvious.
Side story | Hunger. Some hungers
can only be satisfied by reaching out. As a prisoner struggles to find
the right path, a foul-mouthed guard and an uncommon torturer will
open a door . . . but stepping through a doorway with blackness beyond
requires courage.
Side story | Commoners'
Festival. The Eternal Dungeon is celebrating the Commoners'
Festival, and all the elite are feasting. Including a man who is
secretly a commoner.
Side story | Green Ruin. Three
guards and a mysterious substance provide a temptation too great to be
missed . . . especially when two torturers add their skills to the
mix.
Side story | Tax the Dungeon.
Nothing in life is certain but love, death, and taxes. But what if all
three should converge?
On Guard (Volume 4 of The Eternal
Dungeon)
A bloody knife from a crime scene becomes a mystery to be solved and a
foreshadow of trouble to come.
The ties forged between the noble-minded Eternal Dungeon and an
abusive foreign dungeon have set off an unpredictable chain of
horrific events, in which the love between two of the Eternal
Dungeon's Seekers (torturers) will be tested to the straining point.
Caught in the middle of the struggle are Barrett Boyd and Seward
Sobel, loyal guards who will find themselves questioning their most
fundamental beliefs about the royal prison's ideals.
Barrett must help his Seeker determine whether their mild-mannered
prisoner is an attempted murderer. His friend Seward has pledged to
guard his own Seeker against an assassin . . . or should Seward be
protecting the dungeon inhabitants against his Seeker? But when the
guards' two Seekers fall into a lovers' quarrel, that is when the real
danger begins.
¶ Honors: As part of the omnibus The
Eternal Dungeon, three honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2011: Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book. Winner, Best Gay
Fantasy. 2nd Place, Best Setting Development.
Novel and side story (88,000 words):
Novel only (87,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Promotion. "'Has it occurred to
you to wonder what would happen to this dungeon if their stubbornness
came into conflict?'"
2 | Protection.
"'Do you recall the orders that you were given when you were first
assigned to guard him?'"
3 | Searching. "The prisoner was meek
and gentle and very, very afraid."
4 | Appointment. "He was thinking
to himself that diligence ought to be rewarded."
5 | Mediation. "'Shall we allow
criminals to roam the streets at will because we're afraid to take the
chance of harming an innocent prisoner?'"
6 | Advice. "A great man and his
faithful guard – that was the tale of which ballads were sung."
7 | Judgment. "He knew at once that
something was wrong."
8 | Testing. "'Nervous?'"
9 | Decision. "His mind was focussed,
his goal clear."
10 | Consequences. "'He's your
friend, isn't he?'
Side story | Wax.
The Record-keeper of the Eternal Dungeon has always prided himself on
his skills in procuring any object needed by his employers. But when
the head torturer makes a seemingly innocent request for wax, the
Record-keeper goes in search of a very special supply.
Sweet Blood (Volume 5 of The
Eternal Dungeon)
The Eternal Dungeon has been split by a civil war, with the division
clearly marked by a quarrel between two Seekers (torturers) whose
faithfulness to each other has already become legendary. Into this
explosive situation arrives a new Seeker, one who is determined to see
that past evils do not continue in the dungeon. But can he keep
control of himself when assigned a prisoner who falls in love with
him?
¶ Honor: Honorable Mention in the Rainbow
Awards
2017.
Novel and side stories (193,000 words):
Novel only (177,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Bonds. A prisoner meeting his fate. A
torturer meeting his demons. And between them, a man whose bonds are
on the point of shattering.
2 | Searching. Walking into a trap
may be the only way to create one.
3 | Split. It was his duty to transform
the prisoner's soul. But which one?
4 | Checkmate. The Eternal Dungeon is
no longer a prison. It's a battlefield.
5| Truth and Trust.
He has ten days to prepare for his performance in the Eternal
Dungeon's first play. He may have fewer days than that to fight for
his career and to save his prisoner's life.
Side story | The Whipping Post.
Ten minutes left to contemplate what lies ahead, before the end
begins.
Side story | Open-Soul
Surgery. He expected death. What arrived was worse.
Side story | Ma'am. The guards who
serve under her are mocking her. In other words, it's an ordinary
workday.
Side story | Escape. When a youth
escapes his captivity, he starts a dangerous journey on a long road
that leads to the future. But will his future self remember what
brought him to that day?
Side story | Broken. What
would happen if a technophobic torturer was plunged into the
twenty-first century?
See also: Torture, crossover story
for the following series: The Eternal Dungeon / Life
Prison.
Forge (Volume 6 of The Eternal
Dungeon)
The capital city of the Queendom of Yclau has a restless population
of oppressed commoners, a queen determined to keep control of the
rabble, and a hidden killer stalking the streets.
It's an explosive combination. Into this world will come a man nobody
expects, least of all himself.
Novel (109,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Stalk. You can hide from the world,
but you can't hide from yourself.
2 | Broadside. His past is his
future.
3 | Guild. The entranceway to service can
be narrow.
4 | Protest. It is the anniversary of a
protest that ended in dozens of deaths and hundreds of arrests. Not
the best day on which to hold a protest.
5 | Trap. The hunt is
drawing to an end. The outcome remains uncertain.
6 | Historical
Annotations. The historian returns to interpret the events in Forge.
See also: Eternal Dungeon
outtakes.
DUNGEON GUARDS: a Turn-of-the-Century
Toughs series
In the Eternal Dungeon, there are only two types of guards: skilled
guards or dead guards. But one guard has been both.
Dungeon Guards is a historical speculative fiction series
about nineteenth-century prison workers who seek love and
companionship as they fight together against danger.
Table of contents to the Dungeon Guards titles below.
The Awakening (Volume
1 of Dungeon Guards)
Barrett Boyd has awakened from death to a new and baffling life. He
knows that he is a guard in the queendom's royal prison, the Eternal
Dungeon. But why do the prisoners matter so much to him? Who are these
other guards who appear to have claims over him? And how will he
survive while he finds his new place in this world?
As Barrett seeks to make sense of his surroundings, he must contend
with a would-be love-mate, a grumbling rebel, deadly enemies, and the
challenge of how to wield his expanded skills.
¶ Honor: Honorable Mention in the Rainbow
Awards
2020–2021.
Novel and side story (86,000 words):
Novel only (82,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | The Shining Ones. The Eternal
Dungeon is filled with prisoners who shine like the sun.
2 | Shot. Usually, the prisoners of the
Eternal Dungeon are at risk of dying. On this night, their guards face
death.
3 | Before. He grew up under the care of
a loving mother and father. Now he's about to meet them for the first
time.
4 | Tempest. He isn't prepared be swept
off his feet.
Side story | Rebel. To
answer a question, you must first know the question.
The Lighted World (Volume 2 of
Dungeon Guards)
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LIFE PRISON: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs
series
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 is a historical speculative fiction series on
friendship, romance, and rebellion in nineteenth-century prisons.
Table of contents to the Life Prison
titles below.
Mercy's Prisoner (Volume 1 of
Life Prison)
A cold-hearted murderer. A vicious abuser. A young man hiding a
shameful secret. A bewildered immigrant. A pure-minded spy.
All of these men have found their appointed places at Mercy Life
Prison, where it is easy to tell who your enemies are. But a new
visitor to Mercy is about to challenge decades-old customs. Now these
men's worst enemies may be hiding behind masks . . . and so may their
closest allies.
¶ Honors: Three honors in the Rainbow Awards 2014: Honorable
Mention. Finalist. Runner-up,
Gay
Fantasy.
Novel and side stories (126,000 words):
Novel only (91,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Life Prison. In the
unmerciful world of Mercy Prison, there is no rule but unending pain.
For Merrick, the arrival of his new guard provides hope that he may
break beyond the boundaries of his life prison. But appearances can be
deceptive, and Merrick does not yet recognize the danger this guard
poses to his future.
2 | Men and Lads.
Two guards. Two prisoners. A multitude of problems.
3 | Milord. He was the
model prisoner, respectful to his guards and loyal to his fellow
prisoners. What no one knew was that he held the key to destruction.
4 | Isolation. Being locked in a
prison cell can cause a man to re-examine his priorities. Especially
when the door never opens.
5 | Curious. His job is to guard the
prisoners. But against what?
Side story | Emancipation.
Civil war is tearing apart the land. Again. . . . "Emancipation" is
loosely inspired by events at a border-state manor during and after
the American Civil War.
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | Torture.
When the High Seeker of the Eternal Dungeon visits a foreign prison,
he discovers that his dark reputation has preceded him.
¶ Crossover story for the following series: The
Eternal Dungeon / Life Prison.
Side story | In the
Silence. He can't speak. He can barely see. He experiences only
fear and the faint whispers of something he had once known.
Side story | Coded Messages.
One of them rapes prisoners. The other wants to help prisoners. So why
are they talking to each other?
Side story | Cell-mates. His
future seemed brighter when he was paired with a cell-mate he'd been
eyeing for a long time with affection and lust. If only he could keep
from becoming his cell-mate's latest murder victim . . .
Side story | Lockdown. Having
other folks flaunt their winter festival celebrations is bad enough,
when you're a prisoner locked down for the rest of your life. The only
thing worse is having a cell-mate who is determined to join the
celebrations.
Side story | Lord and Servant.
When you're a long way from home, you find companions where you can.
See also: Alternative version
of Life Prison and Rain,
crossover story for the following series: The Eternal Dungeon
/ Life Prison / Michael's House / Waterman.
Hell's Messenger (Volume 2 of
Life Prison)
In Mip's most notorious life prison, Death appears in a strange
disguise.
It had seemed for a while that the plan would work: a bold conspiracy
by a group of idealistic prisoners and sympathetic guards to stop
abuse at Mercy Prison. Then betrayal occurs, and Tyrrell finds himself
in a new life prison, with new rules to be learned. No longer is he in
a position of leadership; now he is surrounded by men who question his
most fundamental values.
He has new allies as well: fellow prisoners who like what they see in
him, a healer who refuses to accept current conditions, and guards who
may or may not provide the help that the prisoners desperately need.
But Hell's messenger, Death, visits Compassion Prison, keeping his
face hidden until it is almost too late for Tyrrell to recognize his
touch.
Novel (117,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | Trial. The prisoner has suffered
endless pain and has raised a rebellion. Now he faces his greatest
trial.
2 | Tour. He has taken his first step to
being accepted by the other prisoners. But what is the secret of the
missing prisoners?
3 | Initiation. At Compassion Life
Prison, companionship comes with a price.
Justice's Hammer (Volume 3 of
Life Prison)
The fate of thousands depends now on the temperament of a group of
murderous prisoners.
For decades, abuse by guards has been rife in the life prisons of the
Magisterial Republic of Mip. Now the prisoners and their allies have
reached the limits of their patience. But whether they will succeed in
their battle depends on whether they can win over reluctant fighters.
At Mercy Life Prison, Harrow, still suffering from the heartbreaking
loss of an old love, is determined to never again involve himself in
controversies. At Compassion Life Prison, Tyrrell wishes to fit in to
his new prison home, which means making no trouble. Both men will need
keen incentive to risk themselves in a fight where the losers seem
foreordained.
But secretive acts by guards at their prisons may leave these two
prisoners with little choice. . . .
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Side story | Spy Hill. On a hot summer's day, on a
high hill surrounded by the enemy, the best battle-companion can turn
out to be the truth.
34,000 words.
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Risk,
four honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2016: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT
Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
MICHAEL'S HOUSE: a Turn-of-the-Century
Toughs series
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 is a historical speculative fiction series on
love in a Progressive Era slum.
Table of contents to the Michael's House titles below.
Whipster (Volume 1 of Michael's
House)
Michael is an ex-prostitute, which means that nobody in polite
society wants anything to do with him. He believes that the only way
to help other male prostitutes is to make their working conditions
bearable. His friend Janus is an upper-class gentleman who believes
that his duty to the gods requires him to fight against sexual
immorality. Now Michael wants Janus to help him run a house of
prostitution.
Novel (86,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | The New Boy. Running a business seemed a simple enough
matter: you learned what the patron wanted, and you forced an employee
to satisfy his needs. Then along came the new boy.
2 | Offstage. Michael's House is facing ruin – unless
one of the partners falls back on old ways.
3 | Blurred Lines. Michael has survived poverty,
prostitution, and the loss of love, but not even his partner may be
able to help him overcome the latest challenge.
See also: Michael's
House outtakes and Rain, crossover
story for the following series: The Eternal Dungeon / Life
Prison / Michael's House / Waterman.
Honor and Hope
(Volume 2 of Michael's House)
For two years, Michael's House has managed to survive in its
competition against richer, less scrupulous pleasure houses. Now
matters are reaching a climax at this unorthodox house of male
prostitution: money is running out, social reformers are arming
themselves for battle, legislation threatens to shut down the
business, and worst of all, signs are growing that Michael will be
betrayed by his closest companions. Will he have any allies left by
the time he reaches the end of his fight?
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WATERMAN: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs series
How can a youth from a bay island boarding school survive when he is
sent to a futuristic prison?
Waterman is a historical speculative fiction series of love in
an alternative version of the Chesapeake Bay region during the 1910s
and during the future as it was envisioned in the 1960s.
Table of contents to the Waterman titles below.
Master
and Servant (Volume 1 of Waterman)
Born into a society with a strictly ranked system of masters and
servants, Carr has sought to tread his way delicately between the
clashing values of the parents who raised him and the uncle whose
household Carr will one day live in. Yet when he and other students at
his boarding school become the latest participants in an ongoing
battle between the oystermen of their Bay, Carr finds that his
position of power may bring danger, not only to himself, but also to a
schoolfellow he is drawn toward.
Novel and side stories (256,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | The Abolitionist. When a
foul-mouthed, seditious foreigner turns up at your door, what are the
benefits of letting him in?
¶ Honor: Finalist, Gay Fantasy category, in the Rainbow
Awards
2013.
2 | 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?
3 | Unmarked. "Fair play" is the motto of the Third House at
Narrows School, but that motto takes on a different meaning when a
lonely member of the Third House is secretly wooed by a young man from
a rival House.
Side story | Master's Piece.
He was his master's piece: the model for his master's sculptures. But
his master was different.
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Risk,
four honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2016: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT
Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
Side story | The Lure. His
entire life has been a secret. Now he must rip open the secret.
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Risk,
four honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2016: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT
Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
Side
story | Far Enough Away. He knew he wasn't normal. Now
he must save others who have been left behind.
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | Rain. Five
boys. Five rainy days. Five opportunities for trouble.
¶ Crossover story for the following series: The
Eternal Dungeon / Life Prison / Michael's House
/ Waterman.
Side story | New Day. Kit
has reached her apprenticeship birthday and is on a path to inherit
power. But what sort of power will she wield?
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | Survival
School. Arrested for a crime he doesn't regret, Bat ends up
handcuffed to a group of fellow city boys and sent on a long journey
into the countryside. He know that he is being transported to a prison
for delinquent servant boys, but what form will his imprisonment take?
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | AI. Tripp has two
friends in high school: a rebel without a cause, and a girl fighting
the social restraints upon her. But only one human being has any real
hope of understanding Tripp, and he isn't human at all.
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | Sweeping Day.
"When she was hired as a maid, no one told her that she'd hold the
future of the Dozen Landsteads in her bosom."
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | Runaway. Bat
is in trouble. Again. The only way out of the trap this time is to
take a leap into the future, into a world of wonders that his mind can
scarcely grasp.
Side story | Duties of a
Second-Ranked Master. Studying at boarding school is hard
enough. Balancing the needs of your liege-master and liegeman is
impossible.
Side story | Queue. What should a
young servant do when his employer may fire him at any moment, his
employer's beautiful daughter is absorbed with her high school
textbook ("How to be Firm with Servants"), and he's blocked from
carrying out a simple task by a snooty cyborg?
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Danger,
two honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2017-2019: Honorable Mention. 3rd Place, Best LGBTA Anthology
/ Collection.
Side story | Journey
to Manhood. "Perhaps, when they spoke next, the other young man
could tell Simmons of any masters here who were in need of an
apprentice who was perilously close to the age of journeymanship."
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Risk,
four honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2016: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT
Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
Sacrifice (Volume 2 of Waterman)
The deepest sacrifices arise from love.
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Current contents (15,000 words):
VOLUME CONTENTS
1 | The Playing Field.
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2 | Lost Haven.
Amidst a servant's nightmare, can a haven of hope be found?
¶ Honors: As part of the collection Risk,
four honors in the Rainbow
Awards
2016: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT
Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
3 | Harbor of Grace.
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4 | Serve and Protect.
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Side story | Liegeman's
Service. With his bed now cold, Pembroke must decide how far his
loyalty extends to his liege-master. The answer may lie in
long-remembered tales from Pembroke's boyhood.
