Oh my, what a couple of days...

I'm delighted to announce that Manifold Press have now published a third title of mine: The Valley of the Shadow of Death. This is set in Chicago during the nineties, and features an unlikely partnership between a cop and a mobster, as they work together to bring down the local mob boss ( Read more... )

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This tweet refers to the novel which features a walk-in freezer... Thank you kindly to those of you who helped me with the terminology for that! I am certainly feeling rather happier than I was this fine Monday morning...


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Title: The Warlock and the King
Author: Harlequin
Universe: Merlin
Characters featured: Merlin/Uther, implied Gaius/Uther
Category, Word count: Short story; 2058 words
Rating: NC17
Summary: Uther may be broken, but he's not quite done with life yet.
Notes: For yue_ix, cos she is made of the awesome.

Read it at my website or on AO3.

What would the right terminology be in America (Chicago, specifically) in recent times for the kind of cold storage that's room-sized...?

I'm writing about a very large 'freezer' in which bulk amounts of frozen food packages and boxes are stored on shelving, and there is room enough for people to walk about in. It is also cold enough to potentially ( Read more... )

Title: Seven Steps
Author: Harlequin aka slashweaver
Artists: The awesome kinkme_merlin for the art, and the wonderful slashweaver for the graphics.
Betas: The amazing tindu, with admirable support from slashweaver and kinkme_merlin on technical matters; Thank you, all! Remaining infelicities and misguided choices are alas my own.


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Title: where you once belonged
Author: Harlequin
Universe: Merlin
Characters featured: Merlin/Arthur
Category, Word count: Short story; 1380 words
Rating: NC17
Summary: In the showers after a game, Arthur's footy mates notice something a bit odd about him…
Notes: Written for yorkshirewench in return for a favour… She suggested I might find this prompt at kinkme_merlin ( Read more... )

I am delighted to announce that the lovely people at Manifold Press / manifold_press  have agreed to publish two new titles of mine.

If our current plans come to fruition, The Valley of the Shadow of Death will be published in November 2011 - though perhaps not under exactly that title, as it is felt to be a trifle long. This is a modern-day tale of a cop, ( Read more... )

I have recently been reading the novel Stage Whispers, and loving it. It's a great long detailed read, considering a relationship as it evolves over the years - as the individuals in it change, and the world changes around them as well. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to read an intelligent love story set in the theatrical world.

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First up, I want to thank my fellow fen for the lovely kisses on my profile page... cinnatart , filmatleven  and kittie8571 , I love you all! ♥

And secondly, I wish to rave on about my new favourite production of Handel's Messiah: a sacred oratorio. I have loved this gorgeous music since I was a kid, but then it was a family love, so I suppose there was no way it wasn't going to ( Read more... )