Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! Whether you’re single like me or in a relationship with someone you love, we can all agree that romance itself is complicated. It can be convoluted too. Not as much as it can be in fiction though. So to celebrate this holiday of love, let’s discuss what romance cliché or trope everyone here either dislikes or downright despises.
Me? I can tolerate certain tropes depending on whether or not it’s well written or well-paced. However, if there is ...
2025-02-14 19:21:25 +0000 UTC
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Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate the holiday of love, I've decided to share with you a short story I originally wrote for an anthology. "A Communal Retirement" is about a middle-aged grizzly bear named William who is retiring from his city job to reunite with his separated husband, who lives in an eco-village commune and is eager to welcome him into his community.
While it didn't make the cut, I still feel like the themes and love story fit perfectly. If you enjoyed the story a...
2025-02-14 18:52:04 +0000 UTC
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Taking place in my "Second Chances" universe, we follow an older deer and his young fawns as they near the end of their first leg of their journey. During which, the father plans to fulfil one last request for his deceased wife.
2025-02-12 21:16:07 +0000 UTC
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This is a commission for an anonymous patron. Their request involved writing a sequel to "A Stereotypical Pair", the story about a gay couple, one a Catholic and the other a Protestant. What do you think? If you enjoyed this story, feel free to leave a comment down below! Have a wonderful start to the week!
2025-02-10 04:35:45 +0000 UTC
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Do you believe in reincarnation?
Daniel Lierre feels like he has met Nate Haynes before, in a previous life.
During an impulse trip to a remote manor in Cornwall, England, Daniel encounters supernatural events that lead to him befriending an English beagle named Nate, who not only recognizes him from his dreams of a past life, but who also resembles one of Fangcrest Manor's previous owners: the mysterious Earl of Haywood, Jonathan.
Together, the curious fruit ...
2025-02-07 21:32:01 +0000 UTC
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Do you believe in reincarnation?
Daniel Lierre feels like he has met Nate Haynes before, in a previous life.
During an impulse trip to a remote manor in Cornwall, England, Daniel encounters supernatural events that lead to him befriending an English beagle named Nate, who not only recognizes him from his dreams of a past life, but who also resembles one of Fangcrest Manor's previous owners: the mysterious Earl of Haywood, Jonathan.
Together, the curious fruit ...
2025-02-07 21:25:55 +0000 UTC
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Just a small and slightly-NSFW flashfic I wrote on the side. What do you think?
2025-02-05 12:32:29 +0000 UTC
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Do you believe in reincarnation?
Daniel Lierre feels like he has met Nate Haynes before, in a previous life.
During an impulse trip to a remote manor in Cornwall, England, Daniel encounters supernatural events that lead to him befriending an English beagle named Nate, who not only recognizes him from his dreams of a past life, but who also resembles one of Fangcrest Manor's previous owners: the mysterious Earl of Haywood, Jonathan.
Together, the curious fruit bat and ...
2025-02-03 16:47:21 +0000 UTC
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Love is in the air next month and so is society’s holiday that pressures you to be in a relationship. Do you have any plans for this day?
I certainly don’t. That is the downside of working the night shift and being the only gay furry in his 20s in a medium sized city. Maaaaaaaaybe I’ll hook up with someone on Grindr, though that is a bit risky nowadays.
How about you? Got any plans for Valentine’s Day?
2025-02-01 05:00:12 +0000 UTC
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A male hooker and a contract killer walk up to a bus stop...and then, they begin a brand-new life across the sea.
2025-01-31 18:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Happy Lunar New Year! To celebrate it, I decided to write a flash fiction about a gay couple celebrating the holiday. I hope you enjoy it!
Could you tell I originally wrote it to be themed for the Year of the Tiger, only to realize too late that 2025 is the Year of the Snake?
2025-01-29 18:21:26 +0000 UTC
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Cherry and Markus did it. The former killed Mitchell Corbin, his father's killer and the monster responsible for all this madness. Now, our wolf hitman and ocelot apprentice must get to safety and say goodbye. To Lakertown. To their former lives. To everything.
2025-01-29 18:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Markus and Cherry have struck! Richard Walker's campaign for Lakertown mayor is in tatters. Mitchell Corbin's path towards power is destroyed with his crimes exposed. Now, our hitman and his ocelot must escape Lakertown alive!
2025-01-27 19:29:59 +0000 UTC
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You can now gift my Patreon membership to friends, family, and anyone else you want to invite into our space!
Your gift helps grow our community and support my work, while giving you and your friend one more thing to talk about. Plus, you don't need to deal with shipping or wrapping.
Just go to https://www.patreon.com/domusvocis/gift to give a gift.
2025-01-26 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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This is for a writing challenge in a Telegram group I joined (link here if you're interested: https://t.me/joinchat/TXMB1RU1ETeKOakg). At just over a thousand words, we would write a short story fitting a chosen theme. The new theme for this week is, "Two promises, but only one can be kept."
I figured that it would be appropriate to write a standalone Maverick Hotel story, only in this one, we're given a glim...
2025-01-25 17:10:37 +0000 UTC
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It’s Halloween! Richard Walker’s election fundraiser is in full swing & Markus and Cherry are about to enact their revenge. Plus, teach Mitchell Corbin an important lesson about living in polite society vs. the criminal underworld.
2025-01-23 23:02:11 +0000 UTC
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With how hectic our world is, everyone wants to escape to somewhere regardless of money or obligations.
For me? I would love to go on a six-month vacation across the British Isles. I'd visit Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England, spending nights in cozy hotels during the night and touring old castles during the day. I'd love to visit the Jurassic Coast again, see Winchester Cathedral once more, and definitely spend another moment of my trip in Shakespeare's Theater. I'd also love to tr...
2025-01-23 20:26:14 +0000 UTC
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Ignoring my anxieties about Inauguration Day and the weeks ahead, this year has actually been pleasant for me so far. I’ve been enjoying the new air fryer I got for Christmas (I’m almost never gonna use the oven again, haha), went on a mini-vacation, and actually finished writing the rest of “Cherry” just this week.
Yes, you read that. “Cherry” is now complete and I’m in the process of editing and posting it. Keep an eye out during the rest of January and February, or read...
2025-01-18 19:47:21 +0000 UTC
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After gaining the evidence they need to take down Corbin, but at the cost of losing sanctuary at St. Francis, Markus and Cherry prepare for one final battle. As they get ready for the night that will change everything, Cherry gets see his remaining family one more time.
2025-01-16 05:53:52 +0000 UTC
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This is a commission for an anonymous patron. Their request involved writing a story about a gay couple, one a Catholic and the other a Protestant, and this is the result. What do you think? If you enjoyed this story, feel free to leave a comment down below! Have a wonderful rest of the week!
2025-01-13 18:58:28 +0000 UTC
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This is for a writing challenge in a Telegram group I joined (link here if you're interested: https://t.me/joinchat/TXMB1RU1ETeKOakg). At just over a thousand words, we would write a short story fitting a chosen theme. The new theme for this week is, "A resolution ruined."
Happy 2025! How's everyone doing so far? I felt it was appropriate to post my first story of 2025 around New Year's Resolutions. What do...
2025-01-04 19:18:43 +0000 UTC
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At last, we meet the Benefactor himself, Mitchell Corbin. As Markus and Cherry confront him, with Father Abraham acting as an underworld mediator, can the dingo and our heroes come to an agreement that doesn't result in more bloodshed? Or is there truly no honor amongst thieves?
2025-01-02 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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What a year, huh? What a year.
In all seriousness though, it's not been too bad for me. I just started working for my new job in late November of the previous year, so I spent most of the earlier part of the year making sure I kept it. So, I didn't do much other than some Writing Group Challenges and a few small stories. In terms of big events, I got to go to Pittsburgh for Anthrocon, where I got to visit amazing booths and meet fantastic people. I hope to return next year, as well as a...
2024-12-29 18:38:08 +0000 UTC
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One more week until 2025! You can now gift my Patreon membership to friends, family, and anyone else you want to invite into our space!
Your gift helps grow our community and support my work, while giving you and your friend one more thing to talk about. Plus, you don't need to deal with shipping or wrapping.
Just go to https://www.patreon.com/domusvocis/gift
2024-12-26 13:35:52 +0000 UTC
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Merry Christmas Day! Thought I'd celebrate by releasing a short story that takes place after Season 1 of "Maverick Hotel". There's not much plot in this other than, "What if Adam and the others discovered Cards Against Humanity?"
I hope you're having a wonderful time during the holidays, and that you enjoy this! <3
2024-12-25 20:39:10 +0000 UTC
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Fruitz drew this amazing illustration to go with a Christmas story I wrote for Tiberius Rings.
2024-12-24 17:43:10 +0000 UTC
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It's Christmas Eve in 1890s New York City. Two teenage brothers plan to steal food from a rich house...only to be interrupted.
This is a Christmas gift I wrote for my good friend Tiberius Rings, who alongside our other good friend Fruitz wrote the "Simon King" trilogy, featuring the titular character and well as Fruitz's own OCs, Fiz and Rut. Fruitz not only gave me permission to write his OCs, but helped edit too. Consider this a standalone prequel short story showing how the twins sp...
2024-12-24 17:34:14 +0000 UTC
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It's the holidays, which means people out there are watching Christmas movies made by Hallmark. Some love them, some hate them, and some tolerate them.
Me? I'm not a huge fan of Hallmark movies, especially Hallmark Christmas movies. Much of it has to do with how boring and predictable they are, with some tropes that bleed together and make each film look no different than the last. I wouldn't mind it so much if the characters were all distinct and each setting not a small town that's bl...
2024-12-13 18:40:28 +0000 UTC
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Here's small NSFW flash fic I wrote out of the blue. There's not much to say without spoilers, but I hope you enjoy what I managed to come up with!
2024-12-12 21:07:18 +0000 UTC
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This is for a writing challenge in a Telegram group I joined (link here if you're interested: https://t.me/joinchat/TXMB1RU1ETeKOakg). At just over a thousand words, we would write a short story fitting a chosen theme. The new theme for this week is, "How Santa REALLY got his elves."
This idea's been on the back of my mind for years. Now I finally have a good prompt to use it for! <3
Btw, no joke, ...
2024-12-12 12:26:23 +0000 UTC
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