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Katrina Strauss

Explore the darker side of love...

About Me

Update: My m/m yaoi series Blue Ruin is available through Loose Id. The first book, Some Kind of Stranger may be found at http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=635
Derek and Blue's adventures continue in book two, Close to Me, available at http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=707
If you have read and enjoyed the Blue Ruin series, you are more than welcome to join the Blue Ruin Reader Forum!

Join us as we discuss the adventures and mishaps of Derek, Blue, and friends. Chat about yaoi, manga, anime, hot bishie boylovin', blue hair... Any relevant, fun, and sexy topics are welcome! Interested? Register today at: http://blueruin.aceboard.com/ Please give the mods up to 24 hours to approve your membership. Thanks!
As for my m/f offerings -- If you're looking for something short and sweet, Sanctified is available as a stand-alone "Petal" from Red Rose Publishing at http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?prod ucts_id=43 . You can also read my 1920's bondage piece Efflorescence in the maledom installment of Freya's Bower A Rose of Any Colour
anthology series, available at http://www.freyasbower.com/content/view/286/79 .
If you're here for The Eldritch Legacy, that series is currently out of print. I will be announcing release information once contracts are signed and reprints are available through a new publisher. In the meantime, I'll be focusing on the Blue Ruin series mentioned above. My boys Derek and Blue (whose roots lie in a private slash outtake I penned between Legacy boys Devon Eldritch and Gareth Neville, just for the record) will be keeping me (im)properly busy for some time. ;)
Please visit my website at http://www.katrinastrauss.com for more details on myself and my work!
All the best,
Katrina S.
Romance for the Black Coffee Crowd

My Interests

anime, dark fantasy, erotic romance, erotica, historical romance, manga, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, vampires, writing, yaoi

I'd like to meet:

Writers, renegades, and kindred souls.

Music:

Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Joy Division, The Smiths, U2, The Damned, The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, The Sisters of Mercy, Rosetta Stone, Madonna, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Placebo, Suede, The Killers, White Rose Movement, She Wants Revenge, My Chemical Romance, Shiny Toy Guns, Muse, Dresden Dolls, Anders Manga, Gorillaz, Buck-Tick, Nightmare, D'espairs Ray, Back-On

Movies:

Star Wars, Repo Man, Bladerunner, Underworld, Fight Club, The Matrix, Equilibrium, The Crow, The Red Violin, Secretary, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, Howl's Moving Castle, Harry Potter, zombie movies, intellectual crap

Television:

D.Gray-Man, Death Note, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Code Geass, Air Gear, Zombie Loan, Cowboy Bebop, Queer as Folk, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dead Like Me

Books:

Anais Nin, Tanith Lee, Anne Rice, Douglas Adams, Poppy Z Brite, Jemiah Jefferson, JD Robb, William Gibson, Joe R Lansdale, Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, Neil Gaiman; Kaori Yuki, Miyamoto Kano, Yamane Ayano, Haruka Minami, Tori Maia, Lee Young Hee; Harry Potter, trashy romance, true crime, and entirely too much yaoi.

Heroes:

Anais Nin, Lord Byron, Chuck Palahniuk, Madonna

My Blog

A few photos from Yaoi Jam 2K8!

I spent this past Saturday and Sunday at the Renaissance Phoenix Hotel for the first Yaoi Jamboree.It turned out to be a rather lowkey, intimate affair, but then I only had to drive twenty minutes to ...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:53:00 PST

My latest m/m obsession - Luke and Noah

Thanks to the fine folks over at http://noahandluke.com/ I am now caught up on the Luke and Noah storyline from As the World Turns. Mmm, don't actors Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann look yummy together...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:23:00 PST

Yaoi for a good cause

Many thanks to readers who purchased Close to Me during its first month of release and contributed to the ten percent royalty donation to the EIF Women's Cancer Research Fund through Pantene's Beautif...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:30:00 PST

"E-books smell like burned fuel."

I admire Ray Bradbury. I read many of his works during my formative years, and we can see today that in many respects, he's proved a prophetic visionary. But as many folks grow older, they often lose ...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:34:00 PST

A hunting we will go (or...win free e-books!)

I'm one of 41 homoerotic romance authors participating in Rainbow Reviews' month-long scavenger hunt! Here are the juicy details: For the month of June, Rainbow Reviews is hosting a scavenger hunt! ...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:56:00 PST

Reader forum is down, while a new Ficwise listing is up!

Just a note, the Blue Ruin Reader Forum has been down for over 24 hours. I just dropped by the forum host's support board to let them know, and learned that several other forums are down as well. (At ...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:12:00 PST

Vacation pics, new reviews and...weeds, man...

While lots of folks hit the road this past Memorial Day weekend, I had already enjoyed a little getaway the previous weekend. I had to drive a family member up to southeastern Utah, so we brought my k...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:15:00 PST

Latest yaoi curiosities

Yes, I know, if "yaoi logic" is an oxymoron, then "yaoi curiosity" is redundant! While I don't plan to cross-post too much between the blogs and the Blue Ruin Reader Forum, I've recently shared a coup...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Tue, 13 May 2008 01:34:00 PST

A "Recommended Read" for Close to Me from Joyfully Reviewed!

Close to Me is a "Joyfully Recommended" read for May 2008 at Joyfully Reviewed! Reviewer Ley says that Close To Me is "an excellent follow-up to Some Kind of Stranger. " I also love her description o...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:24:00 PST

An early Mothers Day excerpt

Since Sunday is a slow day here on the Net, I thought I'd share my planned Mother's Day excerpt today. There's no such thing as the perfect mom, but there is such a thing as the mother who is willing ...
Posted by Katrina Strauss on Sat, 10 May 2008 11:59:00 PST