#Annabeth Leong

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New Releases: October 4, 2022

New Releases: October 4, 2022

Moonflowers and Nightshade: an Anthology of Sapphic Horror ed. by Samantha Kolesnik (1st) Moonflowers and Nightshade presents eighteen original sapphic horror stories, including works by: Alex Luceli Jiménez, Christina Ladd, G.B. Lindsey, Kat Siddle, G.E. Woods, Rae Knowles, Lowry Poletti, Cyrus Amelia Fisher, Jade Lancaster, Archita Mittra, Ali Seay, Hailey Piper, Anastasia Dziekan, E.F.…

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top five fictional characters 😘

1. Astrid Leong 

2. Annabeth Chase 

3. Charlotte Holmes 

4. Nancy Drew

5. Brooke Davis  

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I DID IT HERE THEY ARE:

Rachel x Astrid - Crazy Rich Asians

Piper x Annabeth - PJO/HOO

Toni & Nora - The Wilds

Hope you guys enjoy!

What if I just…posted the snippets of fanfics I wrote while hyperfixating that will likely never be finished

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So in this submissions pile we’ve come across a new erotica cliche, and...I like it, but it’s still a problem in that having the same dialogue exchange occur across multiple stories could give readers a weird sense of deja vu.

The exchange (and if you think I’m quoting your story here, I might be, but also one of numerous others):

“What’s your color?”

“Green.”

It’s fucking awesome that we’re checking in consent! But...huh. I dunno. Maybe we writers need to experiment with different phrasing? (I’d also love to see more “Yellow/Orange*” or even “Red”--”Oh, okay, I’m stopping” exchanges.) 

If we wind up accepting multiple stories with this phrase, I might just request in copyediting if the author wants to experiment a little for another way to phrase the consent check (even if the dialogue is exactly the same, there might be ways to avoid deja vu if the surrounding context is distinct enough). 

I am really, really happy to have this problem!

*Annabeth Leong’s story in our antho Between the Shores pointed out that “yellow” rhymes with “no,” and since then I’ve always favored either “orange” or “yellow light” for a slow-down phrase to avoid any possible misunderstanding. 

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LAST CHANCE TO PREORDER TO THE VICTOR EDITED BY SAMANTHA M. DERR

To the Victor by edited by Samantha M. Derr will only be the special preorder price of $5.09 until 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time tonight November 14, 2017!

In this anthology, knights, lords, ladies, and royalty collide as tournament and quests are faced in the name of love. To Rescue a Princess by Annabeth Leong—All the knights of the realm are invited to compete to win the hand of Princess Cordelia by rescuing her from a dragon, and Sir Elizabeth, the only female knight, demands to be included. Princess Cordelia, however, doesn't want her dragon to be killed and has mixed feelings about being rescued and won. Damsel in Distress by Asta Idonea—When King Wybert holds a joust to choose a suitable husband for the princess, foreign knights journey to the court to compete. Ser Hemming is drawn to one of their number—Ser Estienne. Then the kidnapping of the princess puts loyalties and loves to the test... Wolf Knight by C.C. Bridges—It should be a simple assignment: Renne has only to escort a noblewoman to Castle Graymore for the celebration of fifty years of peace. But the noblewoman is really a princess bound for marriage, and no good can come of a princess and a knight falling in love... Pipsqueak by L.S. Engler—Squeak is used to being thought of as unremarkable. Too small, too slight, too unremarkable. Never enough of anything. He's hoping the Tournament of Champions will give him a chance to prove he's more, not less. Then the princess gets kidnapped. My Brave Knight by Daniela Jeffries—When they meet at a joust, it is love at first sight for Amir, a Moorish knight from Italy, and Miryam, the wealthy daughter of Algerian merchants. But romance doesn't do well when there's a secret, especially if the wrong person learns it... Debating the Dragon by Meredith Katz—Dame Ismay Wexley (May, to her friends) is like any other knight: she wants to win love and glory, and be known far and wide for her great deeds. Too bad she has to work three times as hard as her male peers. It's with this in mind that she decides to take on a great quest: to rescue a princess trapped in a tower and guarded by a fierce dragon... For Queen and Country by Kayla Bain-Vrba—Kyrrin is a knight of the Queen's Guard and has sworn to protect the Queen with his life. When the Queen falls ill from some magical malady, the entire kingdom rallies to her cause, but to no avail. Just when he is about to lose all hope, Kyrrin is given a map to a magical flower that just might save his Queen. Perilous Knights by Charles Payseur—Sir Lamorak might be a knight from an influential family, but ever since he ran away from home with only his younger brother Percy and older squire Ruwena, he's struggled to stay out of trouble. In serious debt to a nefarious knight, all Lam's hopes rest now on winning a major tourney...

Pairing: Fairy Tales, Fantasy,  Steampunk – Bisexual, Genderqueer, Lesbian, Pansexual, Trans

Word Count: 129,000

Price: $5.99 $5.09

Content: To the Victor contains some explicit content.

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“Erotic stories in the worlds of Jules Verne. Verne's books feature daring, intelligent men facing danger and overcoming obstacles in the name of scientific discovery. Journey to the Center of Desire tells the stories of people who love the adventurers: the ones left behind, or carried helplessly along, or are otherwise affected by these harebrained schemes. In "Lunacy" by Jean Roberta, based on From the Earth to the Moon, two brave and daring women struggling in a man's world come up with a brilliant--and ridiculous--idea to win their freedom and future life together. Luckily for them, great men can still be made into fools by beautiful women with a plan. In Annabeth Leong's "Journey to the Disappearing Sea," Axel, from Journey to the Center of the Earth, is forced to realize that his precious porcelain doll of a fiancée has her own hopes and dreams and strengths and they will not be hidden any more. In Corey Reid's "The Unresolved Wager," (based on Around the World in Eighty Days) Phileas Fogg's friends Aouda and Passepartout make a bet to see who can teach the man they both love that living well requires paying attention to your friends... and having lots of orgasms. In "Poulp Friction" by Evadare Volney, we learn how deep the friendship between M. Aronnax and his loyal Conseil (of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) actually is, and that Captain Nemo's rebellious nature and technological acumen extended to much more personal matters than we were led to believe. 

Includes: Lunacy by Jean Roberta, Journey to the Disappearing Sea by Annabeth Leong, The Unresolved Wager by Corey Reid, Poulp Friction by Evadare Volney

Now available for ebook pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, Google Play, and Kobo (all listed at link above).

I’m so honored to be in a book from Circlet Press - proudly publishing all-gender, all-orientation, kink and kink-friendly SF/F smut since 1992 - it was so worth the wait. The other three stories are all delicious too, and deep, this is not simplistic PWP (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Steampunky social-commentary-literary weird smut...bring it!

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thanks for the tag!!

1. Annabeth Chase and Thalia Grace from Percy Jackson (i'm so sorry I can't choose between them,,)

2. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

3. Anya/Anastasia from Anastasia

4. Angelica Schuyler from Hamilton

5. Astrid Leong from Crazy Rich Asians

6. Violet Harmon from American Horror Story: Murder House

7. Alya Césaire from Miraculous

8. Madame Giry from Phantom of the Opera

9. Toph Beifong from Avatar: The Last Airbender

10. Merida from Brave

tagging.. everyone who sees this,,,,,

rules: write your 10 favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people

thanks for the tag @thegirlwiththepuffhat! these are in no particular order:

princess leia organa from star wars

thalia grace from percy jackson and the olympians

liana castell from the girl who dared to think

anathema device from good omens

buffy summers from buffy the vanpire slayer

dinah lance (black canary) from birds of prey

samirah al-abbas from magnus chase and the gods of asgard

carol danvers from captain marvel

elizabeth swann from pirates of the caribbean

jane hopper (eleven) from stranger things

i’m tagging: @ineffable-yikes @ancynamonek @ilicythings @magnetothemagnificent @ladyedwina @madam-orpheus @ivegotdimpleswhenismile @def-not-a-bottom @saoirse-1887 @cupofteaandstars and anyone else who wants to do it xx

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Witches, Princesses and Women at Arms

I am so thrilled to be featured in this new anthology of erotic lesbian fairytales (the best combination of three words I can think of) edited by Sacchi Green and published by Cleis Press.  I have read the published anthology and can attest to there being a story that will appeal to everyone.  You want action and plot with swords and dragons? Gotcha.  How about lyrical writing and slow-burning love? No problem. Pure, decadent smut? But of course! Comedy and sexy banter? Sure thing.  Whatever sort of tone or mood you’re looking for, you’ll find it in this delicious collection of brilliant writers.  It’s super flattering to be a part of it.

My story is called “Woodwitch,” and it was probably the fastest short story I’ve ever written.  Over the course of two evenings the words flew off the page. Even though I’ve never written a similar story before, I think that ‘fairytale voice’ was already in my hands and fingers.  I just had to uncurl them, and it was free.  I was raised on old dusty books of fairytales, where the princesses were always fair, the witches always hideous, and the endings always wet with blood and justice.  “Woodwitch” tells a familiar story: a princess disguises herself as a man and goes off to war.  However, the story diverges a bit on the battlefield, where the princess meets a truly uncommon witch. I tried to capture a little of that old fairytale darkness: the threat of violence that lies at the edge of the woods, or in the witch’s cottage, or behind the keen eyes of the wolf.  There’s definitely a bit of “Game of Thrones” inspiration as well; my world is vaguely magical and medieval, but with a healthy dose of modern day sexism and war-mongering. (One day I SWEAR I’m going to write a fairytale where women don’t have to disguise themselves as men to go to war, and are free to live the lives they please without fear.  It seems sad that I could imagine a world of magic and witchcraft, but gender equality just seemed a little too much of a stretch...)

Anyway. Wanna take a peak?

The battle raged for the rise and fall of two moons, and when at last the enemy ran staggering from their sight, the princess found herself slick with sweat and blood. She had cut down two men, she knew that much. Maybe more. One had his throat slit open, wet red roses blooming over the dry earth. One had her sword buried in his belly, opened up around her blade like rotten meat. The princess had been sick after that, but the ground was so mired in filth, the air so ripe with smoke, that no one had taken any notice of her.

There were fewer of her number than before, and as she stood amidst the thinned crowd of the injured and the dying, she realized that her leg was bleeding.

Cursing, she tore a strip from her tunic. The cut was high and deep, rending both skin and muscle. Even as she bound it, blood spilled from the bandage like dark fingers, the pain enough to make her dizzy. She had felt numb before, fueled only by pure and terrified survival, but in the aftermath of battle all her injuries were making themselves known. Her muscles screamed with exhaustion, her ribs throbbed where she had been kicked. She took a hesitant step, and felt bile at the back of her throat.

She wondered if her brothers had felt like this after battle. She wondered if she was a true knight now, now that she had stopped a man’s heart.

“That wound needs seeing to.”

The princess did not know who spoke until she noticed the dark-haired witch a few yards away, moving like a dancer between the crows and carrion. The princess ignored her, pulling the binding tighter. The witch was not looking at her, crouched and peering into the mouth of a fallen soldier. When she jerked her arm, the princess realized she was pulling teeth from the corpse, strange pinching tools clutched in one hand and a rattling bag in the other.

“It is ungodly to desecrate the dead,” the princess said, despite the heartbeat of pain running from her leg to her throat. 

“The dead don’t need their teeth.” The witch stood, brushing off her skirts. “And the eyetooth of one killed in violence can be used as a charm against drowning.”

“That is ridiculous.”

“Not if a sailor believes it.” The witch looked at the princess then, bird-black eyes narrowed in suspicion.

At last, the princess thought, and then felt alarmed. Those words meant nothing. She had been waiting for nothing.

“The battlefield is no place for a woman,” the princess said, because that was what a true knight would say.

“I am ministering to the wounded.”

“You are mutilating corpses.”

“Bit of both, then.” The witch came closer. “I tell it true, m’lord. That wound will fester if not tended. I’ve seen men lose their legs to shallower cuts.”

“I have bound it. I can see to it myself.”

“Aye, bound it in your own rags, you have. In a fortnight, it will be black and you’ll be begging for your friends to take a blade to it.” The witch knelt suddenly, digging her hands into the soil. After a moment, she rose again, thin fingers clutching damp, gray earth.

“Beggar’s clay,” the witch said, meeting the princess’s eye. “It will draw the sickness out.”

“I have no need of your black magic.” The thought of those hands against her skin made the princess feel nauseous. She hunched her shoulders, ready to be sick, but there was no food in her belly. She sank to her knees and heaved, dryly. The ground was spinning again, and the princess lay down on her back, squeezing her eyes shut. When she opened them, the witch was peering down at her.

“Lie still, for I do not wish to cut you.” With a flash of silver, the witch sliced through the meager bandage with her dagger. The princess flinched, trying to force the other woman away.

“Lie still, I said,” the witch hissed, spitting into her hand before smearing the clay mixture against the princess’s thigh. The relief was immediate, and the princess almost let out a gasp in her true voice, a breathy female gasp that would have revealed her immediately.

Luckily, she composed herself in time. She had been playing this role for too long to let a kohl-eyed crone unmask her now.

“There now,” the witch murmured. “Bind soft cotton over the clay, and change it nightly. In two days’ time, the pain will ebb. In a moon, the scar will fade.”

“Away from me, madwoman.” The princess scrambled backward, putting distance between them. The witch still knelt before her, eyes wide and curious.

“As skittish as a colt, you are. And no more than a lad, I’d bet my throwing stones on it. I’ve never seen a grown man with eyes so blue.”

The princess cast her blue eyes toward the ground. Many knights had thought her a boy before this; it was as good a disguise as any. Still, she remembered the witch’s rough hand on her thigh, and felt a tremor run through her. It might have been fear, but it did not feel like fear.

“Fare thee well, then, my errant knight.” The witch rose, wiping her clay-covered hands on her skirt. She tossed a look over her shoulder as she strode off into the smoke, and the princess watched the corner of her mouth curl, like the whorls of black ink marking her forearms.

‘An ill omen, she is,’ the princess thought, and her thoughts had the same low pitch as her voice these past few weeks. Already she was forgetting what she truly sounded like. Or perhaps she’d always sounded like this—gravel throated and weary. Perhaps this life was her truth now, and the other was nothing but a dream. A fairy tale.

If you liked that, you’ll love the rest of the anthology! Comment below for a chance to win a free copy!

THE GIVEAWAY and LINKS

Anyone who comments on any of these blog posts will be entered in a drawing for a paperback copy (in North America) or an ebook (elsewhere) of Witches, Princesses, and Women at Arms. Each blog you comment on gives you one more entry.

 Here’s the lineup of blog posts.

June 14th: Sacchi Green-“Trollwise” (plus the Introduction)

www.sacchi-green.blogspot.com

June 15th: Cara Patterson-“Steel”

www.sacchi-green.blogspot.com

June 16th: Michael M. Jones-“The Miller’s Daughter”

michaelmjones.com

June 19th: H.N. Janzen-“The Prize of the Willow”

www.sacchi-green.blogspot.com

June 20th: Annabeth Leong-“The Mark and the Caul”

http://annabethleong.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-mark-and-caul-origin-story.html

June 21st: Brey Willows-“Penthouse 31”

breywillows.com

 June 22nd: Salome Wilde-“The Princess’s Princess”

sacchi-green.blogspot.com

 June 23nd: Emily L. Byrne-“Toads, Diamonds and the Occasional Pearl”

writeremilylbyrne.blogspot.com

 June 26th: A.D.R. Forte-“Warrior’s Choice”

sacchi-green.blogspot.com

 June 27th: M. Birds-“Woodwitch”

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 June 28th: Madeleine Shade-“Robber Girl”

https://www.facebook.com/carina.bissett.5

 June 29th: Lea Daley-“The Sorceress of  Solisterre”

sacchi-green.blogspot.com

June 30th: Allison Wonderland-“SWF Seeks FGM”

aisforallison.blogspot.com

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HAVE YOU PICKED UP YOUR COPY OF TO THE VICTOR EDITED BY SAMANTHA M. DERR?

To the Victor edited by Samantha M. Derr is an anthology featuring fairy tales/fantasy/steampunk and bisexual/genderqueer/ lesbian/pansexual/trans romance about knights, lords, ladies, tournaments and quests in the name of love from LT3 Press.

In this anthology, knights, lords, ladies, and royalty collide as tournament and quests are faced in the name of love. To Rescue a Princess by Annabeth Leong—All the knights of the realm are invited to compete to win the hand of Princess Cordelia by rescuing her from a dragon, and Sir Elizabeth, the only female knight, demands to be included. Princess Cordelia, however, doesn't want her dragon to be killed and has mixed feelings about being rescued and won. Damsel in Distress by Asta Idonea—When King Wybert holds a joust to choose a suitable husband for the princess, foreign knights journey to the court to compete. Ser Hemming is drawn to one of their number—Ser Estienne. Then the kidnapping of the princess puts loyalties and loves to the test... Wolf Knight by C.C. Bridges—It should be a simple assignment: Renne has only to escort a noblewoman to Castle Graymore for the celebration of fifty years of peace. But the noblewoman is really a princess bound for marriage, and no good can come of a princess and a knight falling in love... Pipsqueak by L.S. Engler—Squeak is used to being thought of as unremarkable. Too small, too slight, too unremarkable. Never enough of anything. He's hoping the Tournament of Champions will give him a chance to prove he's more, not less. Then the princess gets kidnapped. My Brave Knight by Daniela Jeffries—When they meet at a joust, it is love at first sight for Amir, a Moorish knight from Italy, and Miryam, the wealthy daughter of Algerian merchants. But romance doesn't do well when there's a secret, especially if the wrong person learns it... Debating the Dragon by Meredith Katz—Dame Ismay Wexley (May, to her friends) is like any other knight: she wants to win love and glory, and be known far and wide for her great deeds. Too bad she has to work three times as hard as her male peers. It's with this in mind that she decides to take on a great quest: to rescue a princess trapped in a tower and guarded by a fierce dragon... For Queen and Country by Kayla Bain-Vrba—Kyrrin is a knight of the Queen's Guard and has sworn to protect the Queen with his life. When the Queen falls ill from some magical malady, the entire kingdom rallies to her cause, but to no avail. Just when he is about to lose all hope, Kyrrin is given a map to a magical flower that just might save his Queen. Perilous Knights by Charles Payseur—Sir Lamorak might be a knight from an influential family, but ever since he ran away from home with only his younger brother Percy and older squire Ruwena, he's struggled to stay out of trouble. In serious debt to a nefarious knight, all Lam's hopes rest now on winning a major tourney...

Pick it up at LT3, Amazon, Kobo, B&N, iTunes, Bookstrand, Smashwords, or request it at your local library!

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Summer Love Anthology Release Day

Sun-soaked beaches, glittering blue pool surfaces and oceans painted by an orange-hued sunset have one thing in common: they’re the perfect background for falling in love. Who hasn’t felt that first wave of butterflies rise deep in their belly while pool side? Or that first quickening of the pulse when lounging on a lush patch of grass during a music festival? Summer is the perfect time to…

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NOW AVAILABLE: TO THE VICTOR EDITED BY SAMANTHA M. DERR

To the Victor by edited by Samantha M. Derr is now available in the LT3 Book Market and at all major retailers!

In this anthology, knights, lords, ladies, and royalty collide as tournament and quests are faced in the name of love. To Rescue a Princess by Annabeth Leong—All the knights of the realm are invited to compete to win the hand of Princess Cordelia by rescuing her from a dragon, and Sir Elizabeth, the only female knight, demands to be included. Princess Cordelia, however, doesn't want her dragon to be killed and has mixed feelings about being rescued and won. Damsel in Distress by Asta Idonea—When King Wybert holds a joust to choose a suitable husband for the princess, foreign knights journey to the court to compete. Ser Hemming is drawn to one of their number—Ser Estienne. Then the kidnapping of the princess puts loyalties and loves to the test... Wolf Knight by C.C. Bridges—It should be a simple assignment: Renne has only to escort a noblewoman to Castle Graymore for the celebration of fifty years of peace. But the noblewoman is really a princess bound for marriage, and no good can come of a princess and a knight falling in love... Pipsqueak by L.S. Engler—Squeak is used to being thought of as unremarkable. Too small, too slight, too unremarkable. Never enough of anything. He's hoping the Tournament of Champions will give him a chance to prove he's more, not less. Then the princess gets kidnapped. My Brave Knight by Daniela Jeffries—When they meet at a joust, it is love at first sight for Amir, a Moorish knight from Italy, and Miryam, the wealthy daughter of Algerian merchants. But romance doesn't do well when there's a secret, especially if the wrong person learns it... Debating the Dragon by Meredith Katz—Dame Ismay Wexley (May, to her friends) is like any other knight: she wants to win love and glory, and be known far and wide for her great deeds. Too bad she has to work three times as hard as her male peers. It's with this in mind that she decides to take on a great quest: to rescue a princess trapped in a tower and guarded by a fierce dragon... For Queen and Country by Kayla Bain-Vrba—Kyrrin is a knight of the Queen's Guard and has sworn to protect the Queen with his life. When the Queen falls ill from some magical malady, the entire kingdom rallies to her cause, but to no avail. Just when he is about to lose all hope, Kyrrin is given a map to a magical flower that just might save his Queen. Perilous Knights by Charles Payseur—Sir Lamorak might be a knight from an influential family, but ever since he ran away from home with only his younger brother Percy and older squire Ruwena, he's struggled to stay out of trouble. In serious debt to a nefarious knight, all Lam's hopes rest now on winning a major tourney...

Pairings: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Steampunk – Bisexual, Genderqueer, Lesbian, Pansexual, Trans

Content: To the Victor contains some explicit content.

Word count: 129,000

Price: $5.99

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Capture Cupid Blog Hop - Day 5!

Capture Cupid Blog Hop – Day 5!

Today’s stop on the tour brings us to Annabeth Leong, and what a joyful, thought-provoking post she has created for us! Annabeth has a way of manipulating words and turning them into a masterful piece of prose that will leave you breathless. I’m going to can my usual goofy banter, take you by the hand, and lead you gently to Annabeth’s contribution.

Please read her wordswith your entire being,…