FIC: A Sexual Minority Speaks Out (Master/Other)

A letter to the editor from the future.

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

I am an adult male belonging to a rare minority group that is called, in layman's language, Plain Vanilla Straight. I have had these sexual desires for as long as I can remember . . .

FIC: What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets (Master/Other)

The first e-book in the world that presents Web accessibility information for the disabled in the form of a leather porn story.

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

What I want from you is quite simple. I want you to design a Website that's compatible with Section 508— Stop sobbing, damn it!

FIC: First Lesson (Loren's Lashes)

A security guard in a small town walks into the wrong bar.

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

He couldn't remember later why he began talking about bondage.

FIC: Puppets (Master/Other)

A reporter is assigned to cover what sounds like the perfect feel-good story: the victim of a crime will forgive her offender. The only problem is that the criminal and the victim are refusing to cooperate.

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

The adults wear the usual casual attire of weekend leisure: jeans and shorts and tee-shirts. The only oddity about this suburban gathering is that no children appear to be present.

FIC: Twenty Thousand Gold Stars (Master/Other)

White Rose has lived a double life for too long. For too many years, he has struggled alone to determine how he should handle an ethical dilemma he never wanted to face. Now, finally, he has found help online. But is it the right help?

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

It was a foundation of his life that he must tell no one. The first signs that this foundation would be shattered came on a windy day at the end of February, as he sat in a room lit only by the bright colors glowing from his computer screen.

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FIC: Eternally Divided: A Missing Canto from Dante's Inferno (Master/Other)

If you fall in love with one of the damned, should you join him in his damnation?

As a child hearing the song of his beloved mother is woken from deep sleep, so I felt myself drawn back from my darkness by the stern sound of my master's voice.

FIC: O Most Unthankful (Master/Other)

An Arthurian tale. A simple Greek lesson reaches deep when a tutor seeks to teach a prince what can happen when love and duty clash.

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

It is a great privilege that the gods have granted me: to serve as tutor and guide of the one who someday will serve as High King of this isle, uniting our people and thrusting back the darkness that has already overwhelmed so much of the world.

FIC: The Fool (Master/Other)

He'd abducted him, bedded him, and taught him every position he knew. So why wasn't the fool grateful?

Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this story.

I tried to cheer him by telling him that I'd decided not to share him with anyone, but that only made him sob louder.

FIC: Night Shadow (Darkling Plain)

A prince who could see beyond his borders but not see the people around him. . . . An enemy who would take any measure to get what he wanted. . . . And now a stranger would bring the prince news of an approaching danger.

Farsight stared down at the hundred-foot drop and murmured to himself, "If only I could see the people near me clearly. They seem so dim."

"That will be your death."

FIC: Bard of Pain (The Three Lands)

In the battle-weary lands of the Great Peninsula, only one fate is worse than being taken prisoner by the Lieutenant: being taken prisoner if you are the Lieutenant.

As the world's most skilled torturer struggles with his change of fortune, he finds that his fate is intertwined with the destinies of an idealistic army commander, an affectionate prisoner, and a protégé who reveres the Lieutenant's art . . . but is on the wrong side of the conflict.

The beginning of the end for him (or so it seemed at the time) came in the moment that he stepped into the shadow of Capital Mountain and was assaulted by a stranger.

ONLINE SERIALIZATION: Bard of Pain 2/7 (The Three Lands)

In one of those "How could I have done that?" moments, I discovered that, last week, I accidentally uploaded an earlier version of the Bard of Pain index that didn't have links to most of the e-book editions. My apologies to any of you who may have been frustrated in your quest for a particular edition; the links are fixed now.

Chapter Two of the online serialization is also online:

In the battle-weary lands of the Great Peninsula, only one fate is worse than being taken prisoner by the Lieutenant: being taken prisoner if you are the Lieutenant.

(This is the thread where you can post your comments on this chapter of the online serialization of Bard of Pain, as well as the songvid (booktrailer). If you want to comment on the e-book or audio book, please post your comments here in order to keep this thread spoiler-free.)

The second chapter (scroll down to "Online Edition"). For the songvid, go to the "Booktrailer" section.