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Thematically speaking (oh, and a new release...)

Themes, themes, themes. Never set out to have any, but boy, do I. You don’t need to read much of my work to realise that certain motifs repeat, certain ideas are explored in different ways with different outcomes, and that I do – yes I do – have an obsession with family. Which is odd because I’m not family oriented. No kids, not close to my biological family and my husband’s family pretty much pretend their only son and brother is still single. But yet families – interactions, estrangements, remaking, building them – are features of everything I write in one way or another.

Free Sequel to 'Interstitial' now available

So, you read Interstitial (my new m/m novella with ravening space monsters, heroics, love triangles and bickering), and wondered what happened next, right? Well, wonder no more!

There is a completely free, 11k short story sequel, called ‘Synchronised’ available now on the ‘Other Fantasy’ page of my website. No passwords, no competition, no tricks – all freely available, right at the top of that page.

Warnings: HUGE, huge spoilers for Interstitial, explicit sexual content and bad language. Seriously, this story will make no sense if you haven’t read Interstitial, so if you haven’t bought it, or you’ve bought it and haven’t read it, or I gave you a copy and you went, yeah yeah, one day – make today, the day!

And while you’re visiting my site, to tide you over until my next Samhain story comes out (contract arrived last week, squee!), you can enjoy the dozen or more completely free novels, as well several novellas and shorter stories. Something for everyone, so long as you’re a mature reader.

So, go on over, read the sequel to Interstitial, and enjoy!

Interstitial

My first novella with Samhain, Interstitial, is now out. You can buy it here. Blurb below.

Read An Excerpt Online

Love triangles. Alien monsters. Planetary war. Just another day in space.

Sebastien ven Hester, decorated war hero and captain of the sentient cargo ship Naurus, can face any danger—except his own feelings. Jason North, his pilot, finds out the hard way that Seb’s not ready for a relationship after his recent divorce. And Jatila Kan, their engineer, discovers her feelings for North aren’t returned—because her lover’s pining after another man.

Not the best situation for a crew starting a three-week run across the galaxy.

But there are bigger terrors in space than their messy love triangle. A ruthless, horrifying enemy stands ready to test them to their physical and emotional limits.

Failure means certain death not only to themselves and their passengers, but to the entire planetary alliance.

Warning: This title contains explicit sex, a messy love triangle, sniping, bad language and ravening space monsters.

My thanks to my editor at Samhain, Anne Scott, and to my friends and readers who have worked so patiently and graciously with me to bring this story out. It’s really been a joint effort, so feel proud of what you’ve done.

All royalties from this novella in 2008 will be going to Medecins sans Frontieres Australia. Please consider sending them a donation anyway, to help with their work around the world, including with the Burmese Cyclone victims