droll story, bro

mm romance for the most discerning of gremlins (now with 40% more slavs)

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Canticle: Interludes // Comrades in Arms

This month's short story is here, Canticle comrades! Come for the friendship! Stay for Gen and Niv arguing with each other about being weirdos.

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Interlude 3: Comrades in Arms - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

"I...do not understand, K'mrkad Senkov." Genesis had been in K'atc'ayet for three months, two weeks. And still, he felt no closer

Two more short stories left before the next volume! Next up...Senkov and Jean are up to no good. Meanwhile, Mirk has a turtle the size of a pickup named Francois???

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First Thing First // A Leader of Men (I)

I haven't forgotten about Niv and Yule after their weird mushroom picking hijinks! Join Niv on his quest to lead the First through a rough time...from a distance. Part 2 will be posted on Aug. 22!

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Canticle: Interludes // Part II // Honest Work

Heads up, Canticle comrades! This month's short story is live! Read about how Young Niv gets bullied by old ladies and performs dumb feats of strength!

Interlude 2: Honest Work - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

Sergei knew something terrible had happened when the cold shook him awake. A cold like that — one so sharp and so sudden that it could wake

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Hope you enjoy! Stay tuned next month for the story of how Gen and Niv became roomies! (And...friends???)

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Canticle: Interludes // Home

It's the 15th! And that means it's time for a Canticle short story! In this month's installment, Little Gen tries to learn how to People from two of the worst possible examples.

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Interlude 1: Home - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

It was far from ideal. He shouldn't have left that part of the planning to Earil. Predictably, nothing was done but the bare minimum: the wa

Thanks for reading if you decide to check them out! And stay tuned next Sunday (or maybe the Sunday after...) for a First Things First (Niv/Yule) story! <3

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Canticle // Chapter 98 (End of volume one!)

It's finally here! The last chapter of the first volume...ish...thing of Canticle! In which Mirk visits with his family, and Gen threatens a tailor. Ish.

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Chapter 98 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

In the musty, dim back corridor of Madame Beaumont's Lyon chateau, Mirk gathered the children close and crouched down to speak with them eye

Stay tuned for an update on future WIPs and reflections on writing this massive chonker of a volume soon! <3

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Emotional Walls Your Character Has Built (And What Might Finally Break Them)

(How your character defends their soft core and what could shatter it) Because protection becomes prison real fast.

✶ Sarcasm as armor. (Break it with someone who laughs gently, not mockingly.) ✶ Hyper-independence. (Break it with someone who shows up even when they’re told not to.) ✶ Stoicism. (Break it with a safe space to fall apart.) ✶ Flirting to avoid intimacy. (Break it with real vulnerability they didn’t see coming.) ✶ Ghosting everyone. (Break it with someone who won’t take silence as an answer.) ✶ Lying for convenience. (Break it with someone who sees through them but stays anyway.) ✶ Avoiding touch. (Break it with accidental, gentle contact that feels like home.) ✶ Oversharing meaningless things to hide real depth. (Break it with someone who asks the second question.) ✶ Overworking. (Break it with forced stillness and the terrifying sound of their own thoughts.) ✶ Pretending not to care. (Break it with a loss they can’t fake their way through.) ✶ Avoiding mirrors. (Break it with a quiet compliment that hits too hard.) ✶ Turning every conversation into a joke. (Break it with someone who doesn’t laugh.) ✶ Being everyone’s helper. (Break it when someone asks what they need, and waits for an answer.) ✶ Constantly saying “I’m fine.” (Break it when they finally scream that they’re not.) ✶ Running. Always running. (Break it with someone who doesn’t chase, but doesn’t leave, either.) ✶ Intellectualizing every feeling. (Break it with raw, messy emotion they can’t logic away.) ✶ Trying to be the strong one. (Break it when someone sees the weight they’re carrying, and offers to help.) ✶ Hiding behind success. (Break it when they succeed and still feel empty.) ✶ Avoiding conflict at all costs. (Break it when silence causes more pain than the truth.) ✶ Focusing on everyone else’s healing but their own. (Break it when they hit emotional burnout.)

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Canticle // Chapter 97

Sorry for being late once again! It's time for the K'maneda to elect a new Comrade! It goes...about as well as you'd expect. One more chapter left in this volume!

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Chapter 97 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

&quot;It's time to go.&quot; Mirk looked up from Kali's leg, shaking the hair back out of his eyes. Emir was leaning against the doorway, ar

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Canticle // Chapter 96

Gen and Mirk have (yet another) heart to heart. But with different results this time???

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Chapter 96 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

The corridor outside the door to the quarters Mirk shared with Genesis was quiet. None of the other rooms along the hall had shielding again

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Canticle // Chapter 95

It's finally here! Sorry for missing a week. In this week's installment, Mirk deals with the aftermath of Gen and Percy's fight...and trouble is already brewing. Only three chapters left in this volume!

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Chapter 95 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

&quot;What should we do with them?&quot; Danu whispered. When Mirk didn't reply immediately, she knocked him in the shoulder, pulling him o

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Canticle // Chapter 94

It's time for the final showdown! Gen vs. Percival! It goes...about as poorly as you'd expect.

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Chapter 94 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

It all seemed inexorable. Inevitable, the djinn and their cowering mage wardens dragged close to the road in front of the infirmary by a few

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Canticle // Chapter 93

The final battle for control of the City has begun! Yet Gen still hasn't dragged himself out from underneath the bed back at Fatima's...will he come in time to help?

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Chapter 93 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

Dawn was breaking as they trudged up the main north-south road that led into the heart of the City, K'aekniv, Am-Gulat with his war hammer,

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Canticle // Chapter 92

I'm updating on time for once! In this week's installment, the gang huddles up to discuss their plans to deal with Percival. And Am-Gulat is starting to come into his own...

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Chapter 92 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

When Am-Gulat jerked the pointed end of his war hammer out of Ravensdale's head, half of his face came away with it. But the djinn wasn't fi

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Canticle // Chapter 91

Time for a late-night update! In this week's installment, Mirk, Am-Hazek, and Er-Izat go looking for Samael and Sharael. They find more than they'd bargained for.

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Chapter 91 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

The City loomed before them, dark and silent, and in the pit of his stomach, Mirk knew that something had gone terribly wrong. K'aekniv, Am-

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Canticle // Chapter 90

Sorry for the delay, folks! I was struck down by plague, ugh. But we're back this week with a fresh chapter! In this installment, Madame Beaumont has some choice words for Mirk and Am-Hazek, the gang finds out where Casyn went, and Gen needs a hug.

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Chapter 90 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

&quot;Madame! Madame, what can I do?&quot; Mirk slid to a halt at his godmother's side, dropping to his knees and letting Jean-Luc's staff c

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Canticle // Chapter 89

The weekly update is here! Mage dancing! Ravensdale snaps! And Am-Gulat and Alice get their chance to shine.

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Chapter 89 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

When the shadows unfurled again, Mirk was prepared. They swarmed out of Genesis once he crossed the line of runes etched onto the ballroom f

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Canticle // Chapter 88

Time for the weekly update, Canticle comrades! The ball begins! No one's having a good time. But especially not Genesis and Catherine.

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Chapter 88 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

&quot;Good evening, Comrade Commander Margaret. It's such a pleasure to finally meet you outside the City.&quot; Margaret did not return his

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Canticle // Chapter 87

Time for this week's update, Canticle comrades! In this week's chapter, the ball begins! And Mirk is here to amuse and delight.

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Chapter 87 - Canticle [Historical M/M Romantasy]

&quot;Methinks it might be better for me to step in...&quot; Am-Hazek considered the two couples bristling at one another in the middle of M

For a quick scheduling update -- as I've needed to take a new job due to, uh, all of this -gestures around at the world on fire-, my writing schedule has gotten mucked up. For the next few weeks, Canticle will be updating 1x a week on Saturdays, either until the end of the present volume or I build up a reliable backlog. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your continued support! <3