#madeline loves erika!

[verystrxxwberry]

Hi, my lovely friend! I was wondering if you have considered of speaking about your OCs here? Do you have any Eldarya or mcl related OCs? I think it would be a nice topic you could talk about here, and I can bet that the small community we are in here will support you in case you decide to open up about them! (Bc I know you have a lot)

Kisses! <3333

LINA! <333 You asked about a sensitive topic and you know it. I am going to rant a tiny bit about it.

I have considered it, yes... But I do not dare to do it yet since I gotta organize most of them in my drive folders, and I have quite a lot of OCs to expose them one by one -I have around 75 that's even hard for me to organize them- (plus little alex wanted to develop each character so well that they have a full plot for themselves that could easily be a whole book so AAGHHH) Still, I will talk about them in a future. I recently have decided to create new OCs because I want to write a book and a lot of ideas had been in my mind lately. By now I have three projects in mind that I will write about in the future (in a book I mean), and about my other OCs... I will think deeply about them, and I will never ever delete them.

Now... about my Eldarya OC... yes, I have one and I want to develop her more. Because I have an idea that could be nice but I never got to develop it correctly.

Her name is Madeline and she is a human, she is friends with Erika and ended up in Eldarya after going on a walk with Erika to that forest where blablabla... we all know that lore. I have some things planned, but as I mentioned, I gotta organize my ideas first. Here are some pics, I hope you can see them correctly bc they are screenshoted lol :

THE ORIGINS:

The first outfit it's related to her normal outfit in the earth, the second is 'related' to the outfit that Miiko gifts to Erika to be comfortable around there (even though I did it on Mady's style because she is unique, duh-), and the third one is related to the final episodes.

A NEW ERA:

Nothing to mention here, simply normal outfit + the one to go to earth (she complained about the outfit the whole trip, it's not her style at all) And yes, I just realized she isn't wearing any shoes in the first pic but let's just think she does

I truly hope the pics aren't blurry, because at least from the pc I can see them decently.

Plus I didn't of any companion for her because I didn't think about it honestly... She will probably don't have.

[velvetcloxds]

~my loves

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~my moots:

#fern🪴 @cauliflowertree

#sarah🧣 @sarahisslytherin

#taja🐞 @natashxromanovf

#alyssa🧸 @scarlet-prey

#jess☕️ @/oliverwoodmarrymepls

#zoya🧁 @sheraayasher

#jules🧚🏻‍♀️ @saintlike78

#melli🌷 @/mellifluousart

#daisy mei🌼 @ddejavvu

#bella 🐺 @bellabadacadabra

#bee🐝 @/honeymunson

#cherry🍒 @/moonbcrry

#mia🎟️ @/weasel-b33

#jacky🌸 @/jackys-stuff-blog

#jaclyn🧝🏻‍♀️ @/spxllcxstxr

#erika🦢 @nocapesdahling

#grace🪷 @v1olentdelights

#millie🐰 @iliveiloveiwrite

#heloise🪄 @heloisedaphnebrightmore

#vic💃🏻 @sunflowersteves

#zee🍬 @/thesecretwriter

#abby📽️ @/sereinegemini

#cam🎷 @/destourtereaux

#madeline🌷 @/andsheloved

#sky☁️ @/thefanbasewhore

#honey🍯 @/honeybrowne

#katie🍄 @/chrisevansdaughter

#kylie🦎 @/imabee-oralizard

#ivy🌿 @inkluvs

#fawn🍁 @inkdrinkerworld

#katie🪻 @ssahotchnerr

#anna🎠 @headkiss

#marissa🕯️@dead-pcets

#mae🌜 @moonstruckme

~my emoji anons

🌸 anon- she/her

📸 anon- they/them

🇿🇦 anon- she/her

☕ anon- she/her

🥂 anon- she/her

🍄 anon- she/ they

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[writer-of-various]

Names and Meanings

Emilia Emilsdóttir // "rival" "daughter of Emil"

Erika Novak // "eternal Ruler, powerful" "novice"

Evan Garin // "good man, the lord is gracious" "old Armenian city"

Meredith Mason // "lord, ruler" "stone worker"

Michael Kalberg // "Who is like God?, archangel" "cold mountain"

Amanda Smith // "Lovable, Worthy of Love" "blacksmith, to smite"

Nancy Turner // "favor, grace" "lathe worker"

Lilja Alekov-Roze // "oath, flower (lily), God is abundance" "fateful" "famous type"

Adison Williams // "child of Adam" "son of William"

Madeline Hernandez // "tower" "son of Hernan"

Henry Morins // "ruler of the house" "moorish, dark skinned"

Jaren Bonfils // "cry of rejoicing" "Good son"

Athena Hunters-Mason // "wise" "to hunt" "stone workers"

[bellaphomet3]

I have so many. In one piece alone there’s Robin, Nami, Vivi, Boa, Bonney, Pudding, Kiku, Sanji, Hiyori, Rebecca, Viola, Baby 5, Shirahoshi, Koala, Otohime, Bellemere, Kureha, Kuina, Tama, Chimney, Aisa, Tashigi, Kokoro, Camie, (don’t forget the villains) Kalifa, Big Mom, Brulee, Black Maria, and Ulti.

There’s Jolyne from Jojo’s who’s like my number 3 protagonist behind Josuke and Johnny. Don’t forget the other members of the part 6 gang like F.F. and Hermes and Anasui that one time. Also can’t forget about Dragona or Trish or Hot Pants or Yasuho.

There’s Kaguya, Miko Iino, Fujiwara, Hayasaka, Ishigami, Kei, Kobachi, Nagisa, Maki, and Tsubame, from Kaguya love is war, also you can’t forget Karen and Erika from the spin-off manga.

There’s also like half the cast from She-Ra, Madeline from Celeste, Louis in My Adventures Either Superman, Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul, Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Miki Makimura and Miki Kuroda (no relation) from Devilman Crybaby. I’ve literally only mentioned a single video game and no movies, I can go on to characters like Bayonetta but I only have so much time in the day.

favorite character from any media BUT it has to be a woman. in the tags now go (pls talk to me about your favorite fictional women pls pls pls pls)

[afghanprincess69]

May 22

that unique taste of cruelty the summer brings - in the city

claudia's hesitance to get a tattoo. i dont blame her. i tatted belinda - she's on my outs now. i tatted steph. shes out. not to speak even of madeline. i realize this is an arbitrary pattern, but i don't want claudia to be afflicted by this ~ i do want her to be nice and ready - coming to me for said tattoo the lethargy of summer is a type of depression

having to run after erika for intel on my necklace - irreparable. at least she could have said that the first time without me having to run after her. instagram holding my username 10x hostage. release it already! alas my dinner with bo on monday was lovely. a great cut of meat for once. amazing potaoes. great conversation finally. it's just me and bo i suppose. i appreciate his vitality a lot. i appreciate our banter i get up in the morning and but on shes a lady by tom jones on repeat for motivation. a masculine presence in my life, egging me on. it does work. yet i keep thinking back to julia fox, "i don't know any men. i don't keep track of them. i don't know what they do on this earth." how i wished i remained a virgin. or rather, that i hadn't tasted that sweet loving held heaven on aerth. and how i took it for granted. did i ever really love it? i was hmphing all the time. discontent with our conversation. i only wanted the deep hugs and support. again - i miss dominick. again - i'm coming to terms with my status as divorced person. that's the only way it seems i feel - divorced. i want him back - but do i? i've got a new punk life . i've got a new academic path to keep me busy. i do suppose there is only that, and it's really not that deep otherwise. sov wanting me to move in for august. then i will - i like having a roomate. and he will end up being surrogate boyfriend? just a mere presence goes far to support me. just knowing that someone is there- just in case. i'll have access to his potentially hot friends. we can drink on the weekends. i'll have another foray into a punk life (outside of fattal 10years ago.) this time the despair isn't fueled by a youthful irreverance. there is an edge of futility to things, that i'm trying to get a hold of. the day - i need the presence of the day to move me again. we say the skys the limit, but i see it being relegated only to the phone. we wake up, i ought to look up at the sky and say there- that is the limit. yet i roll over into my phone and peer into the very real delineations there. my crush plays on sunday. he was just in bogota till monday. he is busy, the busiest guy ive ever seen. he has two days to inform me of his sunday show. if he informs me on saturday - i don't know. i already made up my mind not to go. but then he ought to invite me fartherouts to his show in vancouver. my fantasy has shifted to bitter disappointment again. and i miss dom's steadfastness all the more deeply. i miss his wisdom. and i do feel forlorn. and perhaps true love is nothing more than that. to be deeply supported and loved. and i've accepted that i am asexual now. infact i keep having to remind myself, every day- setting myself straight as in asexual. i'm fighting all my egoic insticts - the asexuality has set in.

[andsheloved]

🎭 Cast your mutuals as Witcher characters if you’d like I was tempted to send in the broad men one, but that may be coming

this ask made me scream actually and please i am always so ready to talk about my favorite broad men i cry but okAY i put on my largest thinking hat for these so i hope you enjoy mwauh!! (also i'm going with the netflix series/my small knowledge of the books because i have not played the games or read them really :') but yes)

geralt - @uncle-kenobi - what else can i say other than broad men with white hair and occasionaly drink seggsy eye potion, also you love roach just as much as the man himself so you are geralt now that is all.

mousesack - @mobbucky - you are just very encouraging and give very nice writing advice so in my brain you are my sorcerer advisor :)

ciri - @clints-lucky-arrow - ciri is girlboss and you are also the most girlboss sorry i don't make the rules here 🤷‍♀️ also i'm pretty sure everytime you post a fic a monolith falls because they are so earth shattering (affectionate)

triss - @nocapesdahling - you have very cottagecore vibes in my brain for some reason, i have no idea why but triss' cloak in season 2 has your vibes which are very good and nice and i would like to steal that cloak like you have stolen my heart mwuah

jaskier - @thumbsagain - everytime we talk just know that mentally we are talking in a tavern before you go on and perform your rage induced breakup set list (psst it's definitely not inspired by people who don't send you emails)

roach - @andromedaa-tonks - you have never seen the witcher so let me just say, yes, roach is a horse, but do i love roach with all my heart? yes, would i absolutely fight anyone who dared say anything bad about roach, also yes, so do what you will with that information.

thank you so much for this mwauh i hope you are doing so good!! mwauh!!

join in on my 500 followers celebration!!

[llovelymoonn]

enemies to lovers

hanif abdurraqib \\ walton ford gleipneir (detail) \\ madeline miller the song of achilles \\ john trevaskis & robin hyman the young readers press first dictionary (ill. john seares riley) \\ erika meitner copia \\ ?? \\ derold ernest sligh occupation \\ heather clarke red comet; the short and blazing art of sylvia plath (linda gates on ted hughes, quoted in the aforementioned) \\ gerard dubois \\ angela carter unicorn \\ ?? \\ ?? \\ ?? \\ maggie nelson bluets

kofi

[andsheloved]

erika.... i am so extremely unwell i need a moment oh my goodness i am not okay i am not alright. i am so :'))))) but also so just !!!!!!

alright hold on let me put the rest of this below the cut because this is a bit long because i have so many excited thoughts

okay let me just say i freaking loVE THIS SONG when i tell you i gasped when i saw the title i was like ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh it's the song and i knew the angst was absolutely going to hit so different i just- :')

"You held in a sob as you started to run. There would be no more lazy afternoons in the park or the apartment. There may never be again.

Steve may not come back."

hey!! i just want to talk!!

ithe pAIN??!! i am not alright, i need to wipe my keyboard of my tears after this actually because o w. the relationship you built in this was so *chefs kiss* and just made the angst so much more owee that my heart is in shambles (affectionate). i just- i love pre serum!steve i don't know why actually i do know why and it's because i love him :) and this just made my heart explode actually.

"You wanted him to live so badly and did not want to consider what would happen if he didn’t. How could you go on without him?"

:') the way you incorporated the song into the fic just made me scream and i was very much just

the entire time. also can we just talk about the way you write steve?? let's talk about the way you write steve because !!! it's so good !!! i don't know why but;

“Alright, I’m coming. I’m coming.”

LITERALLY I COULD HEAR HIM?? HELLO?? the power you have over me right now with this fic is making me yell scream etc. because that's literally him, it's him, that is him.

also the whole 'i thought you'd be happy for me' thing actually killed me even more because the feelings!!! like exactly!!! they were so spot on!!! like you don't want this person to leave because you love them but it's what they want to do so you just sort of have to love them through it hey why are my glasses fogging again :')

and the promises part.... erika.... how could you

“I promise, sweetheart. I owe you the first dance at our wedding after all.”

alright bye everyone i don't think anything will ever top how adorable that is and yet still so sad oh my i'm so unwell after this fic. and don't even get me started on the letTER AT THE END?????? HELLO??? choo choo it's the crying express and i am a first class passenger and i could not even fathom someone not tearing up during this cus !!! i'm in pain but it's like... a fluffy pain.

erika this was absolutely wonderful and you deserve all the hugs after this because holy freaking cow you are a genius!! mwauh mwauh mwauh!!

All of Me

Pre-Serum! Steve Rogers x F! Reader

My Masterlist

Summary: Steve Rogers, the man you want to spend the rest of your life with, is going to war and you don’t know what you’ll do without him.

Rating: T

Warnings/Tags: Established relationship; Angst; Some fluff mixed in; Mentions of death and war; No Peggy/Steve for the purposes of this fic; Steve Rogers is a sweetheart; Canon Compliant

Word Count: 2.7k

A/N: I haven’t posted anything I’ve written for Steve before, and I love pre-serum Steve so much. Well Steve in general, but pre-serum Steve does hold a special place in my heart. This story and its angst were inspired by the song, All of Me by: Billie Holiday.

Your Goodbye left me with eyes that cry

How can I go on dear without you?

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The wind was against you, blowing you backwards even as you pulled your coat tighter around you. It made your eyes water — the tears that you’d been holding in since hearing the news helped along by nature. Your throat was tight, but you couldn’t cry. Not now. You picked up your pace, jumping over a puddle and making sure your book was tucked under your arm. It had to stay in pristine condition. It had to, just like you had to get home.

You couldn’t believe it.

He was leaving. Steve was going to war. You knew how much he’d wanted it, going to recruitment offices as often as he could but you hadn’t considered what would happen if he was able to enlist. He was leaving you behind, just like Bucky. Bucky was your friend as he was Steve’s, but this was different. This was Steve, your Steve. The love of your life, the man you planned to grow old with — the man whose hand you’d held in yours as you both promised to live to 100 together. 100/100.

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[papa-nihilism]

Hi Artemis!! For the book ask game (I’m sending two, which I hope is okay): Witchmark by CL Polk and Circe by Madeline Miller

Hope you have a great rest of your Sunday! <3

Hiii, Erika! <3 <3 Okay, okay, okay! Two books, thank you! :’‘) Witchmark by CL Polk: never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

I never heard of this book before but I checked the sinopsis and it sounds so much like the kind of book I would LOVE when I was young so I’ll totally check it out soon! :’’) Circe by Madeline Miller: never heard of | never read | want to read | terrible | boring | okay | good | great | a favorite

Here’s the thing: this book is on my tbr list and amazon wishlist since it was translated to portuguese years ago but it was always SO EXPENSIVE that i never got my hands on a copy. I love The Song of Achilles so I already know that I’ll love Circe too :’’) Thank you!! <3 Sending you lots of vibes and loves!

[ladylike-foxes]

What I Read in 2020:

An incomplete list of general recommendations, in no particular order (certainly not chronological), of literature and poetry that I found entertaining, edifying, or impactful.

Note: I'd previously read probably about ⅓rd of these (especially the fiction) at least once prior to this year, and have reread at least once most of what I've listed here this year.

Fiction:

Tevinter Nights - Patrick Weekes & Asst.

Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson

The Fairyland Series 1-3 - Catherine M. Valente

Deathless - Catherine M. Valente

Palimpsest - Catherine M. Valente

The Hazel Wood - Melissa Albert

The Night Country - Melissa Albert

Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough

The Ghost Stories of Ambrose Bierce - Ambrose Bierce 

Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer - Steven Rimbauer / Joyce Reardon(?)

Medea - Christa Wolf

Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales - Angela Carter

Circe - Madeline Miller 

Galatea - Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Hangsaman - Shirley Jackson

The Sundial - Shirley Jackson

Monstrous Affections - Kelly Link

Deerskin - Robin McKinley

East - Edith Patton

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

Carmilla - J. Sheridan LeFanu

Uncle Silas - J. Sheridan LeFanu

Nonfiction:

Henry & June - Anaïs Nin

A Literate Passion - Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller

Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke - Rainer Maria Rilke

The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. 1 & 2 - Sylvia Plath

The Wounded Woman - Linda Schierse Leonard

Letters to Milena - Franz Kafka

Poetry & Short Stories:

7 Greeks - Transl. Guy Davenport

Rapture - Carol Ann Duffy

The Ecstasy of Regret - Dannye  Romine Powell

Selected Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke

Duino Elegies - Rainer Maria Rilke

Sonnets to Orpheus - Rainer Maria Rilke

You Will Hear Thunder - Anna Akhmatova 

The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Thomas Taylor

Introduction to Arab Poeti - Adonis

The Undressing: Poems - Li-Young Lee

Lessons on Expulsion- Erika L. Sánchez

A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters - Sam Sax

War of the Foxes - Richard Silken

The Complete Poems - Anne Sexton

Blud - Rachael McKibbens

Norma Jean Baker of Troy - Anne Carson

Antagonick - Anne Carson

An Ortesteia - Anne Carson

The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

Dearly - Margaret Atwood

Power Politics - Margret Atwood

Good Bones and Simple Murders - Margret Atwood

Bluebeard’s Egg - Margret Atwood

Morning in the Burned House - Margret Atwood

Second Words - Margret Atwood

Selected Poems - Margret Atwood

Born to Love, Cursed to Feel - Samantha King Holmes

Faithful and Virtuous Night - Louise Glück

Poems 1962-2012 - Louise Glück

Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod - Traci Brimhall

Felicity - Mary Oliver

Bright Dead Things - Ada Limón

Orpheus and Eurydice- Gregory Orr

Shame is an Ocean I Swim Across - Mary Lambert

Bestiary - Donika Kelly

Incarnadine - Mary Szybist 

Calling A Wolf A Wolf - Kaveh Akbar

We Slept Here - Sierra DeMulder

Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

The Galloping Hour: French Poems - Alejandra Pizarnik 

Bluets - Maggie Nelson 

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde - Audre Lorde

Songs for Ophelia - Theodora Goss

The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry - Robert Chandler

[bookclub4m]

Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021

This episode it’s the first part of our 2021 Battle of the Books! We’re each pitching a book that we think we should all read and discuss, and you get to decide which one we read! We talk about pombies, wooden book clubs, friendship, and more! Plus: Digressions about superheroes!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Which book should we all read?

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enriquez 

Vote for which book you’d like us all to read

Vote!

Our Shortlists

RJ’s Shortlist

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer

The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

Circe by Madeline Miller

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery

Meghan’s Shortlist

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Anna’s Shortlist

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Media We Mentioned

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Dr. Strange and Mr. Norrell

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke

Loki (TV series) (Wikipedia)

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Links, Articles, and Things

Episode 079 - Which Book Should We Read?

Episode 083 - The Fifth Season

Episode 103 - Battle of the Books 2020

Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Prudence

Shirley Jackson (Wikipedia)

The Shirley Jackson shirt RJ was wearing

Arsenal Pulp Press

Hark! Podcast

Mangasplaining

Canada Reads (Wikipedia)

Spider-Man (Wikipedia)

Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe) (Wikipedia)

Miles Morales (Wikipedia)

Ben Reilly (Wikipedia)

The New 52 (Wikipedia)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Wikipedia)

Imaginary Prisons (Wikipedia)

Wyvern (Wikipedia)

Sixties Scoop (Wikipedia)

Canadian Indian residential school system (Wikipedia)

Cultural genocide (Wikipedia)

1976 Argentine coup d'état (Wikipedia)

15 Spy/Espionage books by Authors of Colour

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by POC (People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers’ advisory. All of the lists can be found here. This is our retrospective book list for Episode 012 - Spies & Espionage. 

Benita Renee Jenkins: Diva Secret Agent by Lorisa Bates

A Hope Divided : A Novel of the Civil War by Alyssa Cole

A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de Leon

Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo, translated by Casey Loe

Gentlemen Formerly Dressed by Sulari Gentill

A Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin

Your Republic Is Calling You by Young-Ha Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim

The Starlet and the Spy by Ji-Min Lee, translated by Chi-Young Kim

A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Quotients by Tracey O’Neill

The Strivers' Row Spy by Jason Overstreet

Open House by Nabil Saleh

Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

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[writer-of-various]

Happy Holidays my sweet luvs!

I hope you have an amazing and safe holiday week. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm free. Don't feel bad for sending requests, I have a very bad history during holiday seasons so I need a distraction and writing is always one so please, if you need anything, I'm here for you all. I love you, drink water and eat something! Here's a virtual 🥔🍪 (I like 'tatoes okay)

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[lgbtqiahistoricalromance]

LGBTQIA+ Historical Romance Novels for Winter, Hanukkah, Solstice, and Christmas 2019 - Updated Dec 17th!


A Very Surrey SFS Christmas by Nicola Davidson (m/f, m/m, f/f, bisexual, and poly)

- Welcome to the Surrey Sexual Freedom Society - where unconventional and uninhibited ladies and gentlemen discuss all matters erotic…


It’s Christmastide in Surrey, and the Society members have gathered at Lady Portia and Denham’s estate to host a magnificent masked ball. Alas, not everything is going quite to plan, as a curmudgeonly duke, England’s naughtiest cat, a viscount with writer’s block, two newborns, and some colorful local residents conspire to turn order into chaos. But with those you love all things are possible, and it wouldn’t be A Very Surrey SFS Christmas without madcap mischief, banter, and a whole lot of wicked fun…

This series of extended epilogues include Beatrice and Amelia, Madeline and Ethan, Clayton, Susanna, and Joseph, Lady Portia and Denham, and Fairfield.
Please note this book contains explicit language and sexual content.

Peter Cratchit’s Christmas by Drew Marvin Fraye

- Peter Cratchit, a young lad preparing to make his way in the world, is the eldest son of Scrooge’s lowly clerk Bob Cratchit. Peter flourishes under the tutelage of his “Uncle” Scrooge and seeks to make his mark as a man of business, like his uncle before him.

One Christmas Eve, as Scrooge lays dying, Peter embarks on a risky ocean voyage that he believes will secure the future for his family. Onboard, Peter finds love, happiness, and success, only to lose it all by the voyage’s end. Returning to London, Peter shuns his family and instead finds himself living on the streets, haunted by his failures and his dead lover, selling his body just to survive while he waits for the winter cold to claim him once and for all.

But winter snows also mean Christmas is coming, and for the Cratchit family, Christmas is a time of miracles. Can a visit from three familiar spirits change Peter’s life again? Is there one more miracle in store for the lost son of one of Dickens’ most enduring families?

Yuletide Treasure by Eliot Grayson

- There’s not enough Yuletide spirit in the world to fix this holiday disaster…

Eben Sypeman’s world is falling apart. It’s two days before Yule and his business partner is dead, leaving behind empty accounts and looming bankruptcy. And if that isn’t bad enough, his patron goddess is irritated with him. It seems she’s tired of his tendency to mince words and avoid conflict. She’s insisting—quite forcefully—that he start being totally honest with everyone, including himself. Divinely enforced honesty couldn’t have come at a less opportune time, especially when his clerk’s tall, dark and distractingly handsome son enters the picture.

The last thing on Tim Pratchett’s mind is romance. All the former soldier wants is to fill in for his sick father at work and recover from his war wounds in peace. But there’s something about the grumpy Eben that confounds and entices him in equal measure. Their timing couldn’t be worse. They’re complete opposites. And yet … none of that matters when he’s with Eben.

But if Eben and Tim have any hope of finding their very own happily ever after, they’ll have to survive a dickens of a truth curse and the machinations of a trickster goddess—all while searching for enough yuletide treasure to save them all.

A joyous, relaxing Yule indeed. Bah, humbug.

This is an M/M romance with explicit scenes, a voyeuristic pagan goddess, and an odious nephew. Despite any other possible similarities to A Christmas Carol, there are neither ghosts nor geese, but readers can expect a happy ending and at least one use of the word “dickens.”

The Stonecutter Earl’s First Christmas by Adella Harris

- Nathan Fitzroy hates the holidays. Estranged from his family for refusing to marry, he’s still expected to keep up appearances, which means attending their holiday celebrations. And that means that, from the beginning of December until the middle of January, he needs to find work that will let him take off almost as many days as he works there. For him, that means working at a molly house called the Goat’s Horn.

Owen Landon was quite content to be a stone cutter. It was what he’d trained for, and it earned him enough money to pay his brother’s school fees and still live comfortably enough in a cottage in their village. He’d always been told his father was distantly related to nobility, but he’d never thought much of it, until a solicitor came to tell him he was the new Earl of Morebrook, a position he has no idea how to fill.

One night in December, when Owen can’t stand his new role another moment, he sneaks away to the seediest molly house he can find, the Goat’s Horn, for a distraction. And find one he does, a beautiful fellow with just the accent and bearing he’s supposed to be learning. When he sees the man again away from the molly house, he comes up with a plan to both spend more time with him and learn to be an earl. Owen offers him a position tutoring him before the start of the Christmas parties he’s supposed to attend.

Nathan’s worst nightmare comes true when one of the clients of the Goat’s Horn recognizes him outside of the molly house. But the man offers him a position that will allow him to earn money away from the Goat’s Horn until Christmas. If only he can remember he’s supposed to be tutoring the fellow, not bedding him, and certainly not falling in love with him. A steamy Christmas romance with hints of Pygmalion.

Approx. 50,000 words, 200 pages

Tinsel and Spruce Needles holiday series by Elna Holst (f/f and f/non binary MCs, MCs with disabilities !!!!!)

Candlelight Kisses

- Malmö, Sweden, 1994 Erika Stolt is a feminist activist, and not one of the slick, lipstick lesbian variety. She’s the kind who trashes beauty contests, who graffitis her own subversive messages over commercial billboards, and who fucks people mainly as a political statement. But then a community service sentence lands her a spot as the unlikely new assistant of one of the candidates for the Malmö Lucia contest, and the world as she knows it is promptly turned on its head.

Little X

- Malmö, Sweden, 1996 Sofie Andersson is a dyslectic born under the star sign Aries, who drives the local buses for a living. Her hobbies include knitting terrible hats and intermittent lesbianism. This December she is on the point of moving into her first flat of her own, figuring out her place in the world, when an instant attraction to a handsome stranger leads her to question everything she’s taken for granted.

Wild Bells

- Lund, Sweden, 1998 Mia Andersson is not a nice person. She is a sharp, sensational-looking, aloof lawyer-to-be, and the busiest sapphic player in town. Mia Andersson takes no prisoners, tells no tales, and if you gave her your number, chances are she won’t call. But this holiday season, at age twenty-seven, wheels that are out of her control have been set in motion, and it looks like she might just get caught in the spin.

February and December: Dominus Calendar Series I (Volume 1) by JP Kenwood

- As a lifelong passion continues to fade, another love deepens… two stand-alone m/m stories of love, lust, and friendship in ancient Rome featuring characters from JP Kenwood's Dominus series. February: Home from the first war against the kingdom of Dacia, Gaius Fabius ignores his obligations in Rome and returns to his secluded seaside villa in southern Italy. Under the pretense of a holiday trip, his best friend and secret lover, Lucius Petronius, surprises him with an unexpected visit. Later that evening, the lusty masters share the delights of Gaius’s blond pleasure slave, Nicomedes. December: With whispers of an embezzlement scandal floating through the capital, Lucius Petronius and his beloved concubine, Bryaxis, celebrate the raucous winter solstice festival of the Saturnalia with Luc’s family. After a joy-filled evening of food, gifts, and stories, Lucius and Bryaxis reverse roles in the master chamber. Warnings for explicit language, filthy loving, and daft shenanigans.

Christmas for a Vampire by Ruby Moone - Because even Vampires deserve a second chance.

Companion story to The Christmas Curse.

Recently turned vampire Ellis Davenport faces another dismal Christmas. His new life is filled with riches but is cold, lonely, and empty. Refusing to acknowledge his vampire self or to participate in any kind of vampire society, he skirts the edges of that world and has done so since the man he loved chose death rather than spend eternity with him.
As far as Ellis is concerned, Quinn Fordham died on the battlefield in Badajoz. But, as he circulates at yet another tedious Christmas party, he hears piano music, someone playing the Moonlight Sonata like Quinn used to play for him. Entranced, he finds his lover but just as their lips touch, Quinn disappears.
Before Ellis has time to resolve this odd hallucination, he and his friend Trent sense the approach of Lord Heath, their vampire sire. Yet, before their sire arrives, Ellis is stunned to find Quinn not only alive, but a vampire, and furiously angry with him. Can they move beyond the lie that separated them and find each other again?

Dances Long Forgotten by Ruby Moone - Coming December 19th! Per Ruby: Ghosts of past romance Second chance love Gentlemen dancing with gentlemen Long buried family secrets

On Christmas Eve, Dylan, the man of James Pell-Charnley’s dreams, is on the point of walking out. Then they hear the faint strains of a waltz in the library of the empty abbey. The music is said to be heard only by those truly in love, and it gives James the courage to tell Dylan the story.

In December 1841, Lord Hugo Pell-Charnley is in a terrible mess. The youngest son of the late Marquis, youngest brother of the incumbent, never felt to fit. When his life comes crashing down, and his life and his family are threatened, he is forced to face his elder brother and confess his deepest secret. When he arrives at Winsford Abbey he finds he must also confront the shame from his past in the form of Lyndon Cross. The boy he’d loved but betrayed in school. As they clear the ghosts from the past, they dance in each other’s arms in the library to the soft strains of the waltz, but long buried secrets threaten to destroy their happiness.

Two hundred years later, can those dances long forgotten give James and Dylan the courage to hold on to love?

Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian

- A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England.

James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor. The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years. It certainly doesn’t help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war.

The war may be over for the rest of the world, but Leo Page is still busy doing the dirty work for one of the more disreputable branches of the intelligence service. When his boss orders him to cover up a murder, Leo isn’t expecting to be sent to a sleepy village. After a week of helping old ladies wind balls of yarn and flirting with a handsome doctor, Leo is in danger of forgetting what he really is and why he’s there. He’s in danger of feeling things he has no business feeling. A person who burns his identity after every job can’t set down roots. As he starts to untangle the mess of secrets and lies that lurk behind the lace curtains of even the most peaceful-seeming of villages, Leo realizes that the truths he’s about to uncover will affect his future and those of the man he’s growing to care about.

If anything else becomes available, this list will be updated, and the date listed at the top–after the post title.

A Christmas Cotillion by Ellie Thomas

- England, 1820. Bachelor Jonathan Cavendish has become reclusive in the years following a failed romance with the love of his life. In the years following their split, he has thrown all his energy into restoring the small estate he inherited from a great uncle and has put aside any thoughts of romance. Although he’d rather remain at home alone for the festive season, this year he’s accompanying his cousin Freddy to a Christmas country house party. Freddie seems to be constantly falling in love and, on this occasion, he is infatuated with a young lady called Belinda. Jonathan is asked by Freddy’s anxious mother to accompany him to the house party to keep an eye on the situation, in case the young lady turns out to be an unsuitable choice. Despite this inauspicious beginning, Jonathan catches the eye of Nick, the handsome son of a local well-to-do farmer, who is a constant presence at the holiday entertainments. Nick is intrigued by Jonathan’s kindness and also by the sadness he hides from public view. The initial attraction between the men seems to be mutual, but can Nick break through Jonathan’s defences and teach him to love again?

2018′s More Extensive List

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Congratulations on 500 followers, Madeline!! You’re so lovely, and here’s to many more! 💜

📬 If you’d like, then what’re some of the museums in the world you’ve always wanted to visit?

thank you erika!!! i am sending all my hugs your way mwauh!!!

and hmm, i have always always always wanted to go to the american museum of natural history in new york, it just looks so pretty and also like, they just had a shark exhibit open which i scream i cry i just love sharks. (also isn't that the museum from night at the musuem?? i'm not sure but let me see owen wilson)

and this is probably very cliche but the smithsonian (the castle building, i realized while writing this there are like multiple smithsonian musems for different things in washington dc) and the national museum of natural history in dc!! i just feel like they are such iconic museums and the stuff in there is like, insane, the range of their collections is absolutely immense. like they just have kermit?? and then they'll have abraham lincoln's top hat next to it and then the hope diamond?? and it's like?? what is going on!! amazing!!

i will say i did manage to go to the air and space museum when i went to dc a few years ago, and that was thoroughly enjoyable, also i will not pretend and say that my main reason for going was because that's where the captain america exhibit was in the winter soldier but we pretend we do not see.

thank you so much for the ask my dear!! mwauh!!

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?erIKA i am so sorry it took me a minute to get to this because things got a bit chaotic this neck of the woods but this was eXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED!!?!?!? i am So Soft for geralt right now after starting the series a bit ago and ushghsakjfedwsak oh this is so soft i am in love

“You look wonderful covered in mud. You look wonderful in anything.”

oH he's so awkward and adorABLE????? my heart is simply about to burst out of my chest actually

“You gave it to me. Of course, I kept it"

i am cRYING HOLY COW????? this was absolutely so so so so so so so so so so so so so so well written, i could just hear his voice and little grunts after he says things and ahsgdwbk i am just so soft for this, my heart!!! this was amazing my friend!!!! mwauh mwauh mwauh!!!!

Geralt of Rivia SFW Alphabet

I love Geralt and have never posted anything I’ve written for him before, so I figured it was time. Ideally, I’d like to do more of these for more characters. I already have a couple of characters in mind, and would be happy to post a list of my fandoms if anyone is interested in requesting one as well. I have a one shot in the works for Geralt too, which I’m excited to finish writing.

This is a mix of show/book Geralt and video game Geralt, so feel free to picture him however you like.

Rating: M (16+)

Warnings: A couple of brief references to implied sexual content. If you would like to skip those, then skip letters J and P. Skipping those would make this rated T.

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Literary Venture #8: 2019 Books

2020 is upon us!

So here’s what I’ve read in 2019:

Doctor Sleep - Stephen King

The Children of Jocasta - Natalie Haynes

The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Beast - Paul Kingsnorth

Ransom - David Malouf

The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

The History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka

Pet Semetary - Stephen King

The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Erika L. Sanchez

Angles in America - Tony Kushner

The Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus

The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker

The Rage of Achilles - Terrence Hawkins

2020 will mark the first time l’ll be out of school (for a while at least). No more assigned readings, also meaning no more readings that I might not pick up on my own.

Angels in America, for example, is a remarkable play that was assigned to me for a Drama course in my last semester of my master’s program. But I generally don’t like reading plays. I loved reading Angels in America and I wrote my final essay on it, focusing on blood imagery and how it reflects each character’s experience as a gay man in America. Not the perfect paper, but a paper that I nonetheless enjoyed writing.

In 2020, I won’t have professors forcing me to read things. So maybe 2020 should be the start of me forcing myself to read things I might not pick up. We’ll see how that goes haha.

Happy new year!