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Fiction Serialized short stories, book excerpts and reviews with a focus on paranormal romance, dark contemporary or fantasy fiction.
Metaphysics Dreamwork, paranormal / supernatural topics, occasional posts on tarot, Jung and more.
Writing On The Spectrum Essays, poetry and memoir. My thoughts on writing and autism, Autistic POV podcast episodes.
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My Fiction
🩸 Scenes 1-7 of my vampire romance Trancing Miranda are are available to read for free. This book is finished and will go up on Amazon this fall. Sign up for my free newsletter and get advance notice of the upcoming free promo of the ebook.
💕 I'm currently working on a contemporary romance with an autistic FMC. I will be posting the short story that inspired the book in several short scenes.
My vampire romance (Trancing Miranda)
This is the first book in an ongoing series set in and around a walled vampire-run community called the Regio.
📖 Blurb | When vampire addict Miranda O'Malley regains consciousness after a brutal attack, she learns that blue-blood vampire Nick Markovich has saved her life. All Nick wants in return is Miranda's help in finding the half-breed vampire who attacked her. It's tempting to think the beautiful blue-blood wants to make things right because he likes her. But it's a lot more likely that Nick is interested in her rare fae blood—or using her against her powerful vampire cousin Daniel. Or hurting her like she's been hurt a million times before.
Trancing Miranda is a full-length paranormal romance with elements of magical realism and true-to-life characters and themes. It is a mostly closed-door romance with mature content that may not be a good fit for every reader.
⚠️ Trigger Warning Possible triggers include addiction, abuse, co-dependency, patriarchy, self-harm, coercion, and PTSD.
Access
Installments 1-7 (about 10% of the book) are public.
Trancing Miranda will be available on Amazon as soon as the cover is finished.
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Dream Memoir
🦋 I'm currently working on a memoir about dreams, autism and my search for answers. I hope to finish it by the end of 2025.
I will be sharing excerpts to the creative nonfiction section very soon!
You can read the intro at The Story of a Dream.
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