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Episode 3: Part 1 Welcome back to Falcon & Manon: A Charleston Tale. Manon has accepted that her lover, Charlotte Falcon, is a vampire, but the truth is only the beginning. Now, they must navigate the complex, centuries-old realities of an immortal life, starting with the intimate and dangerous ritual of feeding. Late Summer 2024 MANON The first week after… Continue reading A Charleston Tale
Morning After & Yule Celebration (FINALE) Welcome to the final installment! Content reminder: This finale contains some mature content (though less explicit than the last installment) and a whole lot of sapphic swooning. Last time, Vera and Fiona saved the Yule Hearth and then… well, they discovered that some kinds of magic don’t require ancient charms or GPS coordinates. Today,… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Spiced, Part 4
The Yule Celebration (FINALE) Welcome to the final installment! We’ve watched Vera and Fiona save the town’s magical Yule Hearth, survive a harrowing night trapped in the archives, and discover that sometimes the most powerful magic is the connection between two people who never expected to find each other. Today, we’re jumping ahead a few weeks to see how their… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Vanilla, Part 4
Winter Short Stories A century of domestic spite, a weeping kitchen floor, and the one contractor in Charleston who isn’t afraid of the dark. The kitchen floor was screaming again. Not a metaphorical house-settling-at-night wail, but the high, thin screech of over-stressed heart-pine being forced to hold a weight it didn’t recognize as life. Hillary adjusted her grip on the… Continue reading Structural Integrity
Episode Two: Part Two The Charleston summer is reaching its peak, thick with heat, humidity, and an unbearable secret. For three months, photographer Manon has been wrapped up in a careful, cool courtship with Falcon, collecting beautiful flowers, insightful conversation, and a mountain of strange, impossible evidence. She’s formed a theory that belongs in the darkest of fiction: Vampire. In… Continue reading Falcon & Manon: A Charleston Tale
Into the Storm Hello again, dear readers! Content warning: This installment contains adult content. If that’s not your cup of tea, this is your exit point! The vanilla version is available on my page. We’re at the climax (ahem) of our story. Vera and Fiona have the coordinates they need to save the Yule Hearth, but first they have to… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Spiced, Part 3
Into the Storm Hello again, dear readers! We’re back with the third installment and things are heating up (ironically, just as our heroines are about to go out into a freezing storm). Last time, Vera successfully translated centuries-old coordinates into modern GPS data, proving that sometimes the most magical thing in the room is pure mathematical precision. Now she and… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Vanilla, Part 3
Episode Two: Part One The air in Charleston is getting heavier, thick with the scent of jasmine and old secrets. And for photographer Manon, the spring season is giving way to something far more complicated than the heat: a woman named Falcon. Falcon writes letters by hand, drives a vintage Shelby Mustang, and knows the crumbling history of every building… Continue reading Falcon & Manon: A Charleston Tale
The Foundation Survey Welcome back, readers! Content reminder: This is the mature/explicit version of the story. Things are heating up considerably in this installment! When we left off, Vera and Fiona were trapped in a pitch-dark archive, pressed close together for warmth, and the tension between them was already thick enough to cut with a knife. Now they need to… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Spiced, Part 2
The Foundation Survey Welcome back, readers! When we left off, meticulous archivist Vera and wild-hearted witch Fiona were trapped in a pitch-dark archive during the worst storm of the season. The town’s magical Yule Hearth is failing, and they have until dawn to find the original construction plans and fix it. No pressure, right? In today’s installment, we’ll see what… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Vanilla, Part 2
Episode One: The Gallery Opening Welcome to the start of Falcon & Manon: A Charleston Tale, a series exploring the secret history, old magic, and eternal shadows of the Lowcountry. If you’re new here, buckle up, it gets humid, and the past is never truly dead. Spring 2024 “They’re not for sale.” Falcon turned from the photograph—a phosphate factory drowning… Continue reading Falcon & Manon: A Charleston Tale
When the Archive Door Exploded Happy holidays, readers! I’m excited to share a cozy (and steamy) winter romance that’s been percolating in my imagination. This is the story of Vera, a meticulous archivist who lives by rules and procedures, and Fiona, a wild-hearted witch who’s about to crash through more than just a locked door. **Content note:** This version is… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Spiced, Part 1
When the Archive Door Exploded Happy holidays, readers! I’m excited to share a cozy winter romance that’s been percolating in my imagination. This is the story of Vera, a meticulous archivist who lives by rules and procedures, and Fiona, a wild-hearted witch who’s about to crash through more than just a locked door. Over the next few posts, I’ll be… Continue reading The Hearth Fire Affair: Vanilla, Part 1