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Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson

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MAIN BOOKSHELF Suspenseful fantasy, historical fantasy, friendship fiction, heterosexual love stories, original gen darkfic, and original het darkfic. Bard of Pain 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.
This novella is part of The Three Lands, a fantasy series set in a multicultural world where conflicts over law and spirituality provide opportunities for friendship, and for betrayal.
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HIGH BOOKSHELF Suspenseful fantasy, historical fantasy, contemporary fiction, friendship fiction, original slash darkfic, gay fiction, gay erotic love stories, and gay erotica. Parental supervision is strongly suggested for this section.Upcoming High Bookshelf Releases
Turn-of-the-Century Toughs (book trailer and music video)
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My Interests

Writing.
Indie publishing.
Self-publishing.
Blindness.
Braille.
Victorian and Edwardian history.
History of friendship and romantic friendship.
Gay history / GLBT history.
Gay leather history and leathermen.
Religion and ethics.
Memberships and forums I participate at.
Absolute Write Water Cooler (fantasy, historical fiction, and other genres).
Erotic Authors Association .
Erotic Romance Writers Forum .
Gay Authors .
Leather Titleholders (as a journalist).
Romance Divas .
Some places where my writings have appeared:
Arsenal Pulp Press (foreword to a novel).
Faces (article on social history).
Gay Chicago Magazine (guest leather columnist).
Gay Theological Journal (religion article).
Haiduk Press (afterword to a book of classical mythology).
MAS-Zine (original slash fiction).
Odyssey (articles on the history of astronomy).
The Unitarian Universalist Christian (article on the history of religious architecture).

I'd like to meet:


Anyone interested in my writings is welcome to send a Friend request.
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Books:

Genres I write in.
Fantasy.
Historical fantasy.
Friendship fiction.
Heterosexual romance (occasionally).
Darkfic (original gen, original het, and original slash).
Gay fiction.
Gay erotic love stories.
Gay leather erotica.
Far too many nonfiction genres to list.
A few relevant essays:
* What is Darkfic? An essay on the various ways in which the term "dark fiction" is used.
* What is Historical Fantasy? An essay on the various ways in which the term "historical fantasy" is used.
* What is Homoerotic Fiction? An essay on the various ways in which the terms "homoerotic fiction" and "homoerotica" are used.
What is Original Gen, Original Het, and Original Slash? An essay on the definitions of three forms of original fiction.
Authors I've read many times. (Authors who focus especially on gay themes are starred.)
* Drummer (leather magazine).
Sylvia Louise Engdahl (science fiction).
Diana Gabaldon (time travel).
* Jesse Hajicek (science fantasy).
Robert A. Heinlein (science fiction).
Guy Gavriel Kay (historical fantasy).
Ursula K. Le Guin (fantasy).
Alistair MacLean (military fiction and thrillers).
* Manna (science fiction).
* Marquesate (contemporary military fiction).
George R. R. Martin (historical fantasy).
Susan R. Matthews (military science fiction).
Patricia A. McKillip (fantasy).
* Parhelion (historical fiction and historical fantasy).
* John Preston (contemporary fiction, leather erotica, and essays).
* Ranger (historical military fiction).
* Mary Renault (historical fiction and contemporary fiction ).
Dorothy L. Sayers (mysteries and essays).
Mary Stewart (historical fantasy and contemporary romance).
Rosemary Sutcliff (historical fiction).
* Aaron Travis (leather erotica).

My Blog

"Bard of Pain" is now an Amazon Kindle e-book

Bard of Pain is now available as an Amazon Kindle e-book. Amazon currently has it priced at 20% off the list price.If you’ve previously read the novella and have thoughts (good or bad) about it,...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:46:00 PST

Where you can read my other blog entries

From this point forward, I’ll only be posting book publication announcements and Website update announcements at this blog. To read the "writing life," "mentoring life," and "online fiction" ent...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:20:00 PST

Writing life: Schedule struggles

Go to the blog entry.Topics in this post: Internet addiction, partial sightedness, publishing print books, publishing e-books, text-to-speech software, audio books, MP3 players, publishing online fict...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:39:00 PST

Mentoring life: How we got started, and where we are now

Go to the blog entry.Topics in this post: Regency etiquette, long-distance relationships, protocol, leather history, schedule, training, military discipline, leather clubs, spirituality, versatility, ...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST

Daily life: Why I dont agree with Robert A. Heinlein

"I tried out a local writers' group last summer, but the problem was there were two poets, a non-fiction writer and several short story writers. And they really, really didn't want actual critique. Pe...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:52:00 PST

Daily life: Naomi Novik, Age of Sail fiction, and turn-of-the-century fiction

"So all right, you're perfectly safe [on safari in Botswana], and you're trudging along through the tall grass, and the sun's beating down, and the soil in many places is quite sandy, so it's uncertai...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

Reader survey

Whether you're new to my writings or have been reading me forever, I'd appreciate it if you would take this survey so that I can figure out which writings I should publish first. You can post your ans...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:05:00 PST

Daily life: Edit, edit, edit

[In the midst of a romantic discussion with a woman:] "'I wish there was some place we could go,' I said. I was experiencing the masculine difficulty of making love very long standing up."--Ernest Hem...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:59:00 PST

Daily Life: More military fiction - Alistair MacLean

"He's reasonable, personable, smiling, open-faced, has a firm handshake and looks you straight in the eye - anyone can tell at once that he's a member of the criminal classes."--Peter Petersen in Alis...
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:17:00 PST

My library

In case anyone is interested: The subject headings of my personal library, along with the total number of works in each category.The rest of this entry....
Posted by Love in Dark Settings ¶ Fiction by Dusk Peterson on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:12:00 PST