She wasn't the brilliant and wise princess. She had already left home for sorcerous training. She wasn't even the adorable baby princess and Daddy's favorite.

Margeaux was the third princess of four, and most people forgot she even existed most of the time. So nobody was too put out about giving her to the dragon.

Except Margeaux.

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From "Water Wheel" in Storm Moon's Devout anthology ( Read more... )

From Tall Dark and Wriggly

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From "The Arcology Job" in Somewhere Out There


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This is from Barbarossa's Bitch coming Feb 22.

Dear Diary, this is the story of what happened after the world ended. It felt like someone should keep a record, and I'm as good a person as any ( Read more... )

(Yes, I know it's technically Tuesday, but I'm still on Monday)

From Now, until Feb 22, it's going to be Barbarossa's BitchSpin, Weave and Dye was the first shop, and it showed a wide variety of items. Looms, spindles, hanks of yarn, baskets of raw fiber, jars of dyes, and even a few bolts of cloth filled the shop. A stocky woman in a purple ( Read more... )

This is from "Induced Paroxysms" in ADVENTURESSES (Which is free tomorrow ( Read more... )

"And there are always renegade gangs that want to wallow in blood until the streets run with it. Dad deals with them, if King or the cops don't get them first.” Brett shrugged. “Our cops have an eastward facing holding cell with great big windows just for vampire prisoners caught killing humans. It doesn't see a lot of use. Neither does the ( Read more... )

From "Concubine"

“The packages are safely away?” she asks.

“On their way.” I kiss the dome again. I will polish it tomorrow.

I sleep with her head in my arms all night, as my mythical ancestor would have back on legendary Earth. We are the product of our ancestors and re-enact the myths from the beginning of history here at the end of it.

From the "Like it or not" story:

Connor swallowed and admitted the truth he'd never told anyone. “Want you to hurt me.”

Jarrett smirked. “Really...” he drawled. “This from the guy who asked for reassurance that I wasn't kinky the first night. I guess we both lied.”

Daily word count 1032