the Protolith WIP Intro💃🏾✨
Let's play WIP Intro tag! Also, I'm due for an updated intro...
Hi! I'm Alyssa (she/her). I'm a scientist, artist, and writer. I'm a woman of color and bisexual. I write dark fantasy with romance, scifi, and gothic elements. My current and only WIP is The Protolith!
[Cover stock credits: Cathleen Tarawhiti, Faestock, Digital Curio, Phoenix Rising on DeviantArt; Gif from Brigderton]
This novel follows Charlotte, a biracial medical student and noblewoman who seeks to bring honor back to her disgraced family. This second world fantasy takes place in a world scarred by an ancient, unexplored meteorite, in an Empire where the traditional theocracy and sexually liberated culture are constantly at odds. Follow Charlotte as she discovers her strange magicks while haunted by past, romantic affairs.
Genre: Adult [18+] Fantasy Nonlinear Romance
Subgenres: gaslamp fantasy, dark academia, forbidden romance
Charlotte spent her nights one of two ways: seducing wealthy men at lavish parties or studying the cardiovascular system of a stolen cadaver. Though she vastly preferred the company of cadavers to men, tonight, Charlotte attended the former.
[Chapter 1]
Progress: First draft, 150k words so far!
Tags: Protolith, Protolith Chapters, Protolith OCs
[Original Art]
Characters:
Charlotte [26, she/her]: impulsive, outspoken medical student and disgraced noblewoman. Seeks to re-enter the high court with her new husband, leaving her salacious past behind
Edith [26, she/they]: witty, feminist, polyamorous mathematician who works as Charlotte's lady-in-waiting and confidante
Byron [42, he/him]: a wealthy war priest with a playboy reputation which contrasts his stoic exterior
Nathaniel [22, he/him]: new-to-town rich boy using his marriage to Charlotte to launch his career at court
Setting: Lorenzia, a marble city at the center of the Empire, a theocratic and oligarchic state
Vibes: late nights, summer rain, smoky scotch, cigars after sex
Read More Here:
The Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
[I only post the first scene from each chapter, so please click the "read more!" link to read the entire chapter]
[TW: This story contains discussion of sex work including graphic sexual content, survival sex work and sexual assault. Additionally, there are discussions of depression, suicidal thoughts, suicide, self-harm, and heavy drug use. Each chapter has a specific list of triggers.]
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