aardvarkia

How many stories this month?

I've got a bunch in the works and honestly will probably have several I'm able to put out. But since I charge per story...

Names

It's usually a challenge thinking up names for characters. Sometimes they'll show up in my head already named (Clay from Clay & Owen is an example of this, I dunno why, he was just...always a Clay!) and other times I'll write a whole story only to change a name afterwards because I'm not feeling it.

So, my friends: drop a first name in the comments if you'd like to see a character in my stories have it. It can be your own name, someone else's, or just one you like. ...

The Exclusivity Window

As mentioned, stories that are first posted on this Patreon will eventually be posted publicly as well. However, I have yet to establish a cadence. Let me ask my OGs, as I'm so grateful for your patronage and want to make YOU happy: how long does a story need to live exclusively on here for you to feel like you got your money's worth?

Clothes Make the Man

Dylan wanders into a menswear store in search of a makeover, and the salesman turns out to be extremely good at his job...

Heads up re: collaborators

One thing I want to make clear from the start is that I have a few stories that I've written with friends and co-writers, like the ones from Mad Dog or AgingTime that you've likely seen posted on Tumblr in the past.

Because it could get very complicated (and even shady) to make these stories paid when they involve other collaborators who put in real work on them, and because I'm cognizant of the fact that you're paying for my words and not someone else's, I will continue to pos...

Bears. Just...bears.

A lot of the stories that are finished or in the works are bear-themed. Possible to have too much big burly content?

Story coming this week

It's hot as hell and 24 pages in Word.  My hope is that you all like it so much that I can crowdfund some extra cash and get my boy BigBerserk to illustrate it...and perhaps those illustrations could be a Patreon exclusive, mm?

Here's how it starts:

The door made an unusual noise when it opened: a low, dull note that tapered off into a whisper, like an exhale. The first thing Dylan Crabtree thought when he heard it was that it sounded like a deep...