{"id":402,"date":"2012-02-07T01:08:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T09:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/?page_id=402"},"modified":"2012-02-07T01:08:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T09:08:37","slug":"compilation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/free-reads\/compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"Compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-403\" alt=\"ArewaUnbound\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/arewaunbound-e1328605690340-228x300.jpg?resize=228%2C300\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" \/>Sometimes I like to throw story excerpts in with a bunch of babble. This not only confuses all the people checking out my blog, but it also makes it hard for me to figure out what exactly I have happening here &#8212; I admit that I am incredibly disorganized.<\/p>\n<p>As such, I felt that it would do myself and my fans good if I listed all the Easter eggs here. So enjoy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Story excerpts<\/strong> &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Harper Kingsley<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>HEROES &amp; VILLAINS<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; science fiction\/fantasy. superheroes. mm. romance. series.<br \/>\nSummary: Set in a world where metahumans are fairly common, Vereint has been gifted with extraordinary power. Unfortunately, with great power does not come great popularity. Not until the good boy goes bad&#8230; then the wannabes pop out of the woodwork and bring terror to the world at large in his name (&#8220;AS DARKSTAR WILLS THE DARKSTERS FOLLOW.&#8221;)<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Viallins 1: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/heroes-villains-by-harper-kingsley-superhero-science-fiction-mm\/\">Heroes &amp; Villains<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter Seven. sci-fi. superhero. gay characters. RTB.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 1: <a title=\"Heroes &amp; Villains\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/06\/ch09-heroes-villains-superhero-sci-fi\/\">Heroes &amp; Villains<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter Nine. sci-fi. superhero. gay characters. RTB.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 2: <a title=\"Allies &amp; Enemies\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/i-hate-writers-block-but-im-getting-past-it-i-hope-amwriting\/#more-211\">Allies &amp; Enemies<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter One. sci-fi. superhero. violence. gay characters. WIP.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 2: <a title=\"Allies &amp; Enemies Ch 1-2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/allies-enemies-by-harper-kingsley-chapters-12-superhero-mm\/\">Allies &amp; Enemies<\/a> &#8212; Chapter One and Chapter Two. sci-fi. superhero. violence. gay characters. WIP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>ALLIES &amp; ENEMIES<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; science fiction\/fantasy. superheroes. mm. romance. series.<br \/>\nSummary: Picks up where Heroes &amp; Villains left off.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 2: <a title=\"Allies &amp; Enemies Ch 1-2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/allies-enemies-by-harper-kingsley-chapters-12-superhero-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter One + Chapter Two<\/a> &#8212; Vereint and Warrick decide to take in a ward. WIP.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 2: <a title=\"Allies &amp; Enemies Ch 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/allies-enemies-harper-kingsley-chapter-3-superhero-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter Three<\/a> &#8212; Vereint panics when his parents want to meet Melissa and Warrick can&#8217;t be found. WIP.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 2: <a title=\"Allies &amp; Enemies Ch 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/allies-enemies-harper-kingsley-chapter-4-superhero-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter Four<\/a> &#8212; Melissa discovers she&#8217;s not quite a normal girl. WIP.<br \/>\nHeroes &amp; Villains 2: <a title=\"Allies &amp; Enemies Ch 5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/allies-enemies-harper-kingsley-chapter-5-superhero-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter Five<\/a> &#8212; Warrick comes home hurt after a superbattle. WIP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>PARADIGM SHIFT<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; science fiction. fascist society. forced breeding. mpreg.<br \/>\nSummary: Gregor Tierney is a Third that has been using suppression drugs to pass for a Third. He is a scrappy survivor, and now, with the mandatory blood test taking away his freedom, he has been forced to join the Duadenora Family, where he is caught in the web of Magister Dylan Park. Powerful, deadly, and deep into the machinations of the State.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Paradigm Shift excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/paradigm-shift-by-harper-kingsley-science-fiction-mm\/\">Paradigm Shift<\/a> &#8212; excerpt. WIP<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>JULIAN DUNCAN<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; science fiction. horror.<br \/>\nSummary: Before he used his psychic gifts to work with the police. Before he became Julian Duncan&#8230; He was Julian DeVries, a scared boy held at a secret facility known only as The Center. Abused and experimented on, his only desire was freedom and escape from a terrible future only he could see.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/806\/\">The Center<\/a> &#8212; excerpt. RTB.<br \/>\nCannot Hold &#8212; WIP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>THE PANIC PURE<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; thriller. contemporary. mm. romance.<br \/>\nSummary: Marshal is an FBI agent. Daniel is a very rich, very anxious man plagued with memories of a terrible childhood. When their lives converge, one will do anything to see them end up together, while the other has never even thought about having a love of his own. A quiet, yet passionate love develops between these two very different men; meanwhile a dangerous serial killer catches sight of his newest victim&#8230; Daniel.<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Panic Pure\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/12\/excerpt-of-the-panic-pure-rough-draft\/\">The Panic Pure<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Prologue. WIP.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Marshal: The Panic Pure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/marshal-the-panic-pure\/\">Marshal: The Panic Pure <\/a>&#8212; some kind of meta thing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>PULSE OF THE CITY<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; YA. science fiction\/fantasy. superhero. superheroine.<br \/>\nSummary: Susie Smith has amnesia and has just about settled into a life of normalcy when she runs into the Teen Demis at the mall. They&#8217;re getting their asses handed to them, and when she sees Teen Steel almost <em>die<\/em>, she unhesitatingly leaps into the situation. And that&#8217;s when she finds out she&#8217;s not quite the Susie Normal she thought she was.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Pulse of the City, by Harper Kingsley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/pulse-of-the-city-by-harper-kingsley-ya-superhero-amnesia\/\">Pulse of the City<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from the beginning. sci-fi. superhero. YA. RTB.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>THE HASTINGS<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; science fiction\/fantasy. superhero. family.<br \/>\nSummary: The Hastings are a superfamily that spend their time fighting crime and battling the opinions of the world around them.<br \/>\n<a title=\"EXCERPT: The Hastings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/excerpt-the-hastings-superhero-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hastings<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from the beginning. WIP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>THE BRAND<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; fantasy\/science fiction. mm.<br \/>\nSummary: Pen is a Royal Concubine that belonged to King Darling, who has just been overthrown. Now Pen and the rest of the harem are spoils of war and belong to Duke Wrathful Fury, a hard man with the ear of the Emperor of the West.<br \/>\n<a title=\"EXCERPT: The Brand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/the-brand-excerpt-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Brand<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from the beginning. WIP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Sol Crafter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">THE BROWNSTONE DIARIES<\/span><\/strong> &#8212; mm. contemporary. romance. series.<br \/>\nSummary: A series of stories set in the same world. The characters meet and interact with each other.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Bastian\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/excerpt-bastian-novella-mm-romance-brownstone-diaries-2\/\">Bastian <\/a>&#8212; excerpt from Chapter One. mm. contemporary. romance. WIP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DOGGY STYLE<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; mm. romance. supernatural.<br \/>\nSummary: While examining a new shipment of artifacts, Zack is struck by a powerful force and when he regains his senses he finds that he is no longer human.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Doggy Style\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/16\/stuff-your-stockings-christmas-blog-hop-giveaway-free-stuff\/\">Doggy Style<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter Two. mm. magical artifact. romance. WIP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>ERSATZ<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; mm. contemporary. romance.<br \/>\nSummary: Two men are asked a rather uncomfortable question, one that completely changes their relationship forever. &#8220;What&#8217;s it like to be in an ersatz homosexual relationship?&#8221; That was easy; they&#8217;re not in an ersatz homosexual relationship. They&#8217;re both completely straight and there&#8217;s no way they could possibly be in love with each other.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Ersatz\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/04\/bunch-of-crapples-in-my-coffee-or-something-like-it-excerpt-of-ersatz-included-pls-enjoy\/\">Ersatz<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter One. mm. contemporary. romance. RTB.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>FIENDS<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; mm. supernatural. romance.<br \/>\nSummary: The fiend Teablossom is sent to Earth to seduce Henry Lerner, a rather normal man that at first has no idea what is going on. Then the angel and the ghost and the craziness starts happening and his life is suddenly as far from normal as possible.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Fiends\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/excerpt-fiends-mm-romance-solcrafter\/\">Fiends<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter One. mm. supernatural. romance. WIP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Lisa Bailey<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">ALTREDES<\/span> <\/strong>&#8212; science fiction. mf. fascist society.<br \/>\nSummary: The Altredes and Mercana Families are rivals attempting to form an alliance.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Altredes\" href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/excerpt-altredes-ya-science-fiction-lisabailey\/\">Altredes<\/a> &#8212; excerpt from Chapter One. fm. science fiction. crime. WIP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Linnea Kingsley<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DAISY<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; mm. science fiction. steampunk.<br \/>\nSummary: Duke Harry Landaugh is grateful to Cordelia VanPein for saving his life and vows to find her a good marriage match. His intended victim: Baron Denis Buckles, a rather foolish yet gentle young man.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/excerpt-of-daisy-from-pomegranate-01-romance-light-mm\/\">Daisy<\/a> &#8212; excerpt. science fiction. romance. gay characters. WIP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>RTB &#8212; ready-to-buy. Complete and available for purchase now.<\/p>\n<p>WIP &#8212; work-in-progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Word from your mother<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>1) Even if a story is near to being available for purchase, it is still shown as being WIP. It only becomes COMPLETE once you can buy it.<\/p>\n<p>2) &#8220;Harper Kingsley&#8221; stories are for the most part PG-13, at least when it comes to relationship stuff. On occasion things get real, but that&#8217;s usually pointed out somewhere in descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>3) &#8220;Sol Crafter&#8221; stories are oriented toward adults that like HEA endings, though there may be exceptions. Mm (male-male) romance written in a fairly straight-forward style.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m definitely on the lookout for beta readers. If you&#8217;re interested, feel free to drop me a line.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m comfortable with private user posts to make it easy. Or we can handle it all through GoogleDocs and email, so it doesn&#8217;t have to get weird. Appreciations are always given and heartfelt.<\/p>\n<p>~Pax<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>:<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Raw feed<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/fiction-memoirishu-by-harper-kingsley-harperwck\/\" target=\"_blank\">FICTION: Memoirishu, by Harper Kingsley #HarperWCK<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">MEMOIRISHU\nby Harper Kingsley\nThe worst part of being crazy were the moments of lucidity. The moments of looking around and realizing &quot;This is all really happening. You are this person. This is your life.&quot;\nThere&#8217;s a pleasantness to disassociation. To being able to tell yourself that you are currently existing in a dream. In a vision. In ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-all-that-remains-kanon-darkstar-after-the-battle-for-terra\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: All That Remains (Kanon Darkstar, after The Battle for Terra)<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Kanon-Darkstar goes to the care facility after ALL THAT REMAINS (beginning of JUST ANOTHER TITANIC TUESDAY) and looks at Warrick Tobias. Darkstar is dressed in normal clothes and has his powers dampened.\nDARKSTAR &quot;You could have been my happiness,&quot; he says to the unresponsive face. He&#8217;s saddened by what might have been.\n&quot;Another time, another place. We ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/fic-sound-beyond-sound\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fic: Sound Beyond Sound<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Sound Beyond Sound\nExcerpt:\nI feel like I&#8217;m getting sick. Or on the brink of having a migraine.\nIt&#8217;s that feeling of having woken up on the wrong side of the bed.\nPart of me just wants to go back to bed, curl up in my blankets, and sleep and sleep until I feel less like everything is off ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/hobnail-moment-the-adventures-of-caspian-dukes-excerpt-harperwck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hobnail Moment The Adventures of Caspian Dukes (Excerpt) #HarperWCK<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">HOBNAIL MOMENT\nby Harper Kingsley\nmurmur murmur. &quot;What the fuck DID YOU SAY TO ME?!?&quot; scritch-SCREECH-crash of a cafeteria chair forcefully shoved across the floor and back into a wall.\nCaspian turned his head to look. His lips tightened at what he saw.\nHobbs was leaning over PSI threateningly. The visible portions of her face were a purpling red ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/thank-you-for-the-chocolate-i-dont-know-what-this-is-with-excerpt-harperwck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thank you for the chocolate!; I don&#8217;t know what this is (with excerpt) #HarperWCK<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Thank you for the chocolate!\nI am currently enjoying some firecracker chocolate candy from Chuao Chocolatier sent to me as a gift.\nI contacted the  store multiple times asking if there were any packages for me, and they kept saying No. Finally when my brother went in, there was a package left for me since Valentine&#8217;s ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/hand-soap-bubbles-excerpt-corpse-flower\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hand soap bubbles; Excerpt: Corpse Flower<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Today&#8217;s appreciation: The way the bubbles look while rising through the hand soap refill bottle.\nThey make me think of hot air balloons. The more the bottle is squeezed, the more air is sucked back in, and the bigger the bubble. Rising up past the rim and up through the viscous fluid to burst against a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/heroes-villains-dinner-for-two\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heroes &#038; Villains: &#8220;Dinner For Two&#8221; by Harper Kingsley<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Dinner For Two\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nSeries: Heroes &#038; Villains\nSetting: post-The Wedding, pre-Allies &#038; Enemies\nCharacters: Vereint Georges, Warrick Reidenger Tobias\nInspiration:\n\nSteak Dinner For Two pic.twitter.com\/qsyNJMgu2R\n&mdash; Recipes GIFs (@TheDIYideas) March 17, 2017\n\nWalking into the penthouse, Warrick was greeted by bags of groceries on the counter and Vereint wearing an apron and nothing else. The sight of that devilish ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/sneak-peek-complicit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sneak peek: Complicit<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I was working on a drawing project and this idea popped in my head. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Complicit&#8221; and it&#8217;s a short story that will be on KDP Select. As such, expect a download link that will allow you to grab a free copy before it&#8217;s released to the public.\n&#8220;When Hannah was young, she knew her ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/things-im-growing-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">Things I&#8217;m growing; Projects and Such<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">It&#8217;s gardening time again. I&#8217;m not the best at it, but I keep trying.\nThings I&#8217;m growing so-far:\nJalape\u00f1o\nCherry tomatoes\nLettuce\nBell pepper\nPumpkin\nWatermelon\nPet grass\nStrawberries\nI&#8217;ve got tons of other seeds, but I lack the space to grow them in once they&#8217;re big.\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t plant where I gotta mow.&#8221;\n&#8220;We don&#8217;t need a bunch of holes in the yard.&#8221;\nSo I&#8217;m looking at container ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-overwatch-segment-drawing-whatever\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt: &#8220;Overwatch&#8221;-segment; Drawing; Whatever<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Overwatch\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nUniverse: Kanon-verse (alternate universe version of Heroes &amp; Villains)\nEXCERPT &#8211;\nHere I am, he thought. One day older. One day closer.\nHe squeezed his eyes closed. Drew a deep breath in through his nose. Then he pressed the button that raised the top portion of the hospital bed to an upright position. He clenched ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-all-that-remains-from-chapter-five\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt &#8220;All That Remains&#8221; &#8211; from Chapter Five<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: All That Remains &#8211; excerpt Chapter Five Author: Harper Kingsley Genre: superhero. science fiction. action. mm.\n EXCERPT-\n They didn&#8217;t get to enjoy the afterglow for even five minutes before someone rang the front doorbell. Then rang it again, and again, and again, before leaving their finger on the button for a long time.\n One ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-some-sci-fi-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: some sci-fi thing<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Seiver hit the ground hard. Thankfully it was kneepads first, though it still felt as though his bones were coming apart. He immediately muscles to his feet with a mental note to watch what he was doing.\n He wasn&#8217;t getting shot.\n Amongst the maelstrom of returning fire, Seiver focused on his job. The reason he ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-mamas-boy-sci-fi-time-travel-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Mama&#8217;s Boy [sci-fi, time travel, drama]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&#8220;She always kept herself ready for the end of the world.\n &#8220;That&#8217;s what I remember of my mom.\n &#8220;She was always prepared.\n &#8220;Even as we lived the normal suburban lifestyle; quietly she taught me all of the skills I was using in the resistance. Such as camping and lying and getting the most out of ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-all-that-remains-heroes-villains-iii-scene-from-chapter-four\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: All That Remains [Heroes &#038; Villains III] &#8211; Scene from Chapter Four<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">NOTE: There&#8217;s a reason I&#8217;ve been obsessing over &#8220;Tuesday Night.&#8221; It&#8217;s because of these guys.\n *\n Being pinned down by a superpowered madman and his cohort of belligerent henchmen had to be on Seth&#8217;s Top Ten list of unwanted scenarios to face. The guy was practically a Bond villain with all of the elaborate traps ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-all-that-remains-heroes-villains-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: All That Remains [Heroes &#038; Villains III]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">NOTE: this is pretty raw. If you want to point out things I need to edit, that&#8217;s fine. This whole story needs a thorough going over before it gets submitted anywhere. (What a hot sexy mess.)\n *\n There was the acrid stink of smoke filling the air, along with the screams and desperate cries of ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-ruined-lilacs-and-broken-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: &#8220;Ruined Lilacs and Broken Dreams&#8221;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Ruined Lilacs and Broken Dreams Author: Harper Kingsley Character: Lindsey Fill for the Bed Amongst the Leaves prompt.\n EXCERPT-\n Lindsey wanted to enjoy her life. She wanted to be happy and proud of herself. She didn&#8217;t want to be this giant loser, where everything she tried failed and every golden opportunity spoiled in her ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/cake-the-time-of-her-life-tthl-01\/\" target=\"_blank\">CAKE: The Time of Her Life [TTHL] 01<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">CAKE: The Time of Her Life  Author: Harper Kingsley Tags: Dahl Quinzant, serial Summary: Drabbles strung together in the Cakeverse. Shifting POVs and styles. *\n I am a constant hand washer. To the point that people have begun to make jokes.\n Seriously, I wash my hands because I know where my hands have been. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/fated-to-love-you-excerpt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fated to Love You; excerpt<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I&#8217;m not 100% sure what I&#8217;m supposed to feel about the kdrama &#8220;Fated to Love You.&#8221; I&#8217;m pretty sure I saw the Chinese version of this show, and while I watched it to the end, there was something a bit distasteful about the whole thing.\n A rich guy sleeps with the wrong girl after getting ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/stalker-studio-excerpt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stalker; studio; excerpt<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Finally caught up with all my DVR&#8217;d episodes of Stalker. Seriously, I am obsessed with the show, pun intended. It&#8217;s one of those dramas that you want to catch from the first episode, and it&#8217;s a great show for mainlining&#8211;binge-watch it, it&#8217;ll hit all your taste buttons.\n WARNING: There is a bit of a creep ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/news-of-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">News of the World<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There are currently plans afoot for what I think are some truly awesome things. At the very least, I am enthused.\n *\n I really have to start taking pictures, though I&#8217;ve been holding off a bit so I can practice my different crafty things. I probably shouldn&#8217;t be so shy about it, but I am. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-tuesday-night-superhero-sci-fi-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Tuesday Night [superhero, sci-fi, mm]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Tuesday Night Author: Harper Kingsley World: Metahumans Frame set: Kanon-verse Pairing: Sunfire\/Teen Steel Characters: Tony Randolph (Teen Steel), Seth Payne (Sunfire), Layla Rogers (Queen Midnight), Danica Steele (Powergirl), Evan Lee (the Flame Burst), Carrie Bok (Solar), Nathan Bok (Pulsar) Genre: superhero, sci-fi, mm Rating: mature Summary: In an alternate universe where &#8220;Pulse of the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/didnt-ask-well-let-tell\/\" target=\"_blank\">What am I doing, you didn&#8217;t ask? Well, let me tell you &#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I am readying Chapter Nineteen of The Panic Pure for posting. It&#8217;s all hospital, coping, love-love feelings, and h\/c.\nI&#8217;ve been writing on Tuesday Night, which is set in an AU of the\u00a0Heroes &amp; Villains universe. I&#8217;ll be giving you all a taste of Part Three of Tuesday Night. Final manuscript should be around 40k, if ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/saturday-stuff-happenings-hop-new-stove-harvey-birdman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday stuff: happenings; hop; new stove; Harvey Birdman<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Okay. Hopefully I&#8217;ve managed to wrangle all the commenters and everything. A couple of people didn&#8217;t give me their preferred format, so I&#8217;m going to have to hunt them down (full on safari style).\nOther than that, this hop has been going great. Thank you to everyone that has entered. I love you!\nBtw, I found out ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-fierce-simon-peters-mm-movie-star\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Fierce [Simon Peters, mm, movie star]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Fierce Frameset: Shame Universe: Simon Peters Genre: movie star, mm, abuse survivor\n Blurb: In Shame, Simon faced a harrying experience and even after years he&#8217;s still dealing with what he went through. He&#8217;s just getting back into the world and he&#8217;s finding good friends to help him deal with what happened.\n Author: I find ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/lj-down-excerpt-allen-the-alien-excerpt-harsh-buzz\/\" target=\"_blank\">LJ down?; EXCERPT: Allen the Alien; EXCERPT: Harsh Buzz<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">For some reason I can&#8217;t log in to my LiveJournal with Semagic. I&#8217;m hoping LJ is down. I would lose my mind if I couldn&#8217;t use my Semagic to post to LJ.\n Anyways, here&#8217;s two things by me: Allen the Alien Harsh Buzz\n *\n Watching the episode of Futurama where Fry is basically ET to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-the-hastings-superhero-family\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: The Hastings, by Harper Kingsley [superhero, family]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: The Hastings Author: Harper Kingsley Genre: superhero, family, genhet\n Blurb: &#8220;Family drama of the superhero kind.&#8221;\n EXCERPT:\n They were on a call, a normal situation for their superhero family. A gang of bank robbers had tunneled their way through the basement of the vault and made off with a small fortune. It should have ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/cold-spaghetti-and-nanowrimo-the-perfect-combination\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Spaghetti and NaNoWriMo: The Perfect Combination<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Ugh, it&#8217;s the middle of the night and I got up and ate a big bowl of cold spaghetti. Now my stomach is feeling all roly-poly &#8220;I think I&#8217;m going to be sick&#8221;-oly. I&#8217;m starting to feel tired again and I&#8217;ll go back to bed in a moment, but until then I&#8217;ve been planning out ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-fierce-shame-mm-contemporary\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Fierce (Shame) [mm contemporary] *TW: previous non-con*<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Fierce\nLarger work: Shame\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nGenre: mm contemporary\nWarning: Possible triggers for mention of past non-con.\nA\/N: Fierce and Conflagration will be added to the original Shame. There will be a non-Shame version called &#8220;Without Shame&#8221; too if you want to stay away from the unpleasant.\nSummary: Simon Peters is dealing with the aftermath of the events in ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-rascal-brand\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Rascal Brand<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I&#8217;ve got this little story I&#8217;ve been playing around with that I&#8217;ve tentatively named &#8220;Rascal Brand&#8221; after the titular character. It&#8217;s kind of a &#8220;space hippie marooned on an alien planet desperate to survive&#8221; story.\nBlurb: &#8220;There&#8217;s an intergalactic war happening between the Terran Empire and the Nyxti, but it&#8217;s very far away from Cal&#8217;s world ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/kimichee-pacific-rim-excerpt-dude-theres-a-body-in-your-bathtub\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kimichee; Pacific Rim; Excerpt: Dude, There&#8217;s A Body In Your Bathtub<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I have been working on my site &#8212; Kimichee.com &#8212; all day. Tuning up the featured images, adding some chapters, adding actual excerpt stuff. It&#8217;s been kind of fun, though I hate how much stuff I don&#8217;t know: programming, WordPress, art, anything to do with graphic design.\n I know what I like when I see ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/allies-enemies-harper-kingsley-chapter-3-superhero-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allies &#038; Enemies, by Harper Kingsley. Chapter 3 [superhero mm]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Truly, Vereint is desperate to fit into normal life. I think that&#8217;s what I like about him. Sure, he messes up, but he tries hard. He just can&#8217;t help it that sometimes he forgets how breakable other people are.\nTitle: Allies &amp; Enemies &#8211; Chapter Three\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nWorld: Heroes &amp; Villains\nGenre: mm superhero novel\nRating: mature\nA\/N: Sequel ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/master-post-paradigm-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\">Master Post: Paradigm Shift<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Paradigm Shift\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nGenre: mm science fiction\nRating: mature\nStatus: WIP\nNotes: This is a State Rule story. There are Judges, Law Officers, and zombies.\nWarnings: genetic modification capability of mpreg, mentions of forced breeding, fascist society, post-zombie apocalypse\nA\/N: I&#8217;m posting the Gregor POVs at my LJ in 500-1000+ word bursts. The version that will be available for ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-allies-enemies-and-winner-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt: Allies &#038; Enemies, updates, and winner announcement<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I&#8217;m still doing the Scapple beta, but not as seriously as those first few days. I&#8217;ve turned in a few bugs and hiccups to the team and it&#8217;s likely that I&#8217;ll be buying the program when it&#8217;s out of beta. Until then I don&#8217;t want to save too much to it.\nStill, I&#8217;ll try to get ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/new-books-and-excerpt\/\" target=\"_blank\">New books and Excerpt<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Okay, so there&#8217;s been stuff happening with me. Sorry I haven&#8217;t kept you up-to-date, but I&#8217;ve been in one of my moods, though I seem to be coming out of it fast \ud83d\ude42 So that&#8217;s good.\n  Heroes &amp; Villains is releasing August 14th (tomorrow!) from Less Than Three Press. You can pre-order it now ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/allies-enemies-by-harper-kingsley-chapters-12-superhero-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allies &#038; Enemies, by Harper Kingsley. Chapters 1+2 [superhero, mm]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Allies &amp; Enemies\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nPairing: Vereint Georges\/Warrick Tobias\nGenre: mm superhero\nA\/N: This isn&#8217;t even 10% of the novel, which is 136,000+ words of awesome. You know you want some superhero\/supervillain relationship action. Plus, OMG, it gets real in this one.\nA\/N 2: **Spoiler alert** If you haven&#8217;t read Heroes &amp; Villains, you might be a bit ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-appreciate-how-much-better-my-kindle-has-made-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">I appreciate how much better my Kindle has made my life<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I appreciate how much better my Kindle has made my life.\nI will never give up having at least a laptop, but I&#8217;m not chained to it anymore. I have something that more easily fits my hand. I can work outside or thanks to Swype write while I&#8217;m walking somewhere.\nI use ColorNote to write posts, then ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/cut-scene-from-allies-enemies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cut scene from Allies &#038; Enemies<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Half editing this monster (Allies &amp; Enemies) in my spare time. I like this scene, but it&#8217;s most likely going to be cut because it doesn&#8217;t really serve a purpose. I just thought it was cool.\nI was thinking I might turn it into a one-shot or the opening scene of someone else&#8217;s story. There&#8217;s gotta ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/marshal-the-panic-pure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marshal: The Panic Pure<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I&#8217;m wrapping up The Panic Pure and I&#8217;ve been going back through and rereading some stuff. Which means I get to see my characters from a bit of a distance. Here&#8217;s my thoughts on Marshal:\nMarshal is almost sickeningly romantic, and I like that he realizes it. He has these sweeping thoughts and a stylized image ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/paradigm-shift-by-harper-kingsley-science-fiction-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Paradigm Shift,&#8221; by Harper Kingsley [science fiction, mm]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Well, I&#8217;m currently working on &#8220;Paradigm Shift,&#8221; a story about a world where people are broken up into three sub-species: Firsts, Twos, and Thirds.\nFirsts are stronger, faster and more aggressive, all of their senses and reflexes having been amped up by the genetic changes made by the Cure. They are type A personalities, no holds ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/faizel-by-harper-kingsley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faizel, by Harper Kingsley<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Faizel\nAuthor: Harper Kinsgley\nGenre: mm supernatural, vampire\nWord count: 10,400\nRating: Adult\nAvailable as KDP Select. If you&#8217;ve got an Amazon Prime membership, go read it for free.\nEXCERPT:\nHe was a handsome stranger in painted on pants and Chuck Taylors. His dark brown hair curled around his ears in enticing tousled waves. He had rich olive skin and a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/life-update-nov-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">Life Update: Nov 2012<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">There&#8217;s not been much happening lately. I&#8217;ve been working my way through my NaNoWriMo story &#8220;Across Two Divides,&#8221; by Sol Crafter. It&#8217;s a mm contemporary novel following the life of Nicholas Underwood and Christian Jacobson, and their respective romantic partners.\nIt&#8217;s being updated at Smashwords if you&#8217;d like to pick up a copy. It&#8217;s set your ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-tuesday-night-by-sol-crafter-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Tuesday Night, by Sol Crafter &#8211; ONE<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Tuesday Night\nAuthor: Sol Crafter\nGenre: mm superhero\nRating: Mature\nA\/N: Starts off with a m\/f scene that&#8217;s pretty important to the plot.\nSummary: In a world where Ashley never returned, Tony had to keep going forward alone. With just a few&#8211;giant!&#8211;life-changing errors on the way.\nTUESDAY NIGHT\nBy Sol Crafter\nONE\nSometimes the loneliness ate away at him like a cancer. It ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/nanowrimo-day-16\/\" target=\"_blank\">NaNoWriMo Day 16<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">NaNoWriMo seems to be going well \ud83d\ude42 I&#8217;m actually pretty happy with what I&#8217;ve written so far and the story is coming together at a good pace. I&#8217;m very pleased.\nI keep checking on Smashwords to see if anyone has downloaded samples of my NaNo and I would really like to see what people think of ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/update-and-excerpt-woke-up-in-vegas-by-sol-crafter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update and Excerpt: Woke Up In Vegas, by Sol Crafter<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I realize that I seemed to disappear for several days, but that&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve been doing a handful of different things&#8230; all at once \ud83d\ude42\nNANOWRIMO &#8212; I&#8217;m working on my NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) story. If you want to cheer me on, here I am at NaNoWriMo.org: HarperKingsley. The title of the story I&#8217;m ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-awakened-by-harper-kingsley\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: &#8220;Awakened,&#8221; by Harper Kingsley<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Awakened\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nGenre: superhero, genhet\nExcerpt rating: teen\nA\/N: Set in the H&amp;V universe.\nSummary: She&#8217;s a stranger in her own skin and she&#8217;s awakened once again. The world will tremble at her feet for she is a goddess given the flesh of a girl that died long ago, but she refused to lay down and let ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-dandelion-1988-by-harper-kingsley\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: &#8220;Dandelion: 1988,&#8221; by Harper Kingsley<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Dandelion: 1988\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nRating for excerpt: PG\nWarning: sick kid in the hospital\nSummary: When Danny was young he had a brother that he loved very much.\n\nDANDELION: 1988\nSitting on the lumpy waiting room couch it was a struggle for the small boy not to fidget. His legs still stung from the pinches he&#8217;d already earned himself ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-bastian-novella-mm-romance-brownstone-diaries-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Bastian [novella m\/m contemporary romance] Brownstone Diaries #2<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Bastian\nSeries: The Brownstone Diaries\nAuthor: Sol Crafter\nGenre: mm contemporary romance\nA\/N: This excerpt is the start of the story. Looking for beta readers if anyone is interested. And of course, once it&#8217;s all done and published for real, there&#8217;s acknowledgements and a free good copy.\nSummary: A bookshop clerk meets a lawyer and they both get a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-leviathan\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Leviathan, by Linnea Kingsley [fantasy, mm]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTitle: Leviathan\nAuthor: Linnea Kingsley\nGenre: fantasy, mm\nStory rating: Mature\nExcerpt rating: PG\nSummary: A young man finds himself in a very strange situation with a very strange companion.\nComing soon to a store near you (on the Internet.)\nLeave a comment if you want an early copy and are willing to offer constructive feedback.\nEXCERPT &#8212;\nTaeyon had been traveling for what ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-idlewile-by-harper-kingsley-rockstar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt: Idlewile, by Harper Kingsley [rockstar]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">So this is part of my rockstar story. I&#8217;m thinking about sending it around, but hopefully I&#8217;m not going to get shot for sharing the first chapter. And if so, this excerpt will mysteriously disappear off the Internet sometime in the future \ud83d\ude09\nIt&#8217;s like one of the unwritten rules of slash writers &#8212; at some ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/heroes-villains-by-harper-kingsley-superhero-science-fiction-mm\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Heroes &#038; Villains&#8221; by Harper Kingsley [superhero, science fiction, mm]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Heroes &amp; Villains\n Author: Harper Kingsley\n Genre: superhero, science fiction, gay\nWord count: 135,000+\n Novel rating: M\n Excerpt rating: PG-13\nSummary: Starburst &#8211; loser, joke, failed superhero.\n Darkstar &#8211; powerful, dark legend, supervillain.\n Both Vereint Georges\nVereint has spent his entire life dreaming about being a superhero, and now he&#8217;s registered his name and set out to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/echo-by-sol-crafter-mm-contemporary-romance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Echo, by Sol Crafter [mm contemporary romance]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: Echo\nAuthor: Sol Crafter\nGenre: mm contemporary romance\nAvailable from: Amazon or Smashwords .\nSummary: Painfully shy, Cole Heath has always had a hard time connecting to people outside of his family. So when he meets Anderson Bester for the firsttime, he doesn&#8217;t really think anything of it. He certainly doesn&#8217;t imagine that he&#8217;ll end up falling in ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-fiends-mm-romance-solcrafter\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXCERPT: Fiends [mm romance] #SolCrafter<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">&#8220;Fiends&#8221; &#8212; It&#8217;s a novella about a young devil sent to seduce a normal man, but ends up being the one seduced instead.\nDramatis Personae:\nTeablossom &#8212; our devilish seducer.\nHenry Lerner &#8212; our intrepid hero.\nKaras &#8212; the opposition.\nRiordan James &#8212; the lost love.\nThe story begins with Henry wallowing in grief over the death of his lover, and ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/bunch-of-crapples-in-my-coffee-or-something-like-it-excerpt-of-ersatz-included-pls-enjoy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bunch of crapples in my coffee&#8230; or something like it. Excerpt of &#8220;Ersatz&#8221; included. Pls enjoy.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Silly stuff: Is there some way I can be known as &#8220;Harper Kingsley, God MC&#8221; without knowing how to do anything? *~* Listening to &#8220;Conquest&#8221; by the White Stripes. I realize that it&#8217;s practically prehistoric, but it&#8217;s still on my playlist. Kind of hard to believe that someday it might be seen as &#8220;Classical music&#8221; ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-hate-writers-block-but-im-getting-past-it-i-hope-amwriting\/\" target=\"_blank\">I hate writer&#8217;s block, but I&#8217;m getting past it. I hope #amwriting<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">So lately I&#8217;ve had tons of ideas. The problem is that every time I start to write, I get distracted by various things and then it&#8217;s impossible to come back to what I was doing. So lame.\nI&#8217;ve still typed up some stuff, but it&#8217;s taking me longer to get to it than I would like.\n\n&#8220;Altredes&#8221; ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/the-brand-excerpt-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Brand&#8221; excerpt. Coming soon&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Title: The Brand\nAuthor: Harper Kingsley\nGenre: sci-fi, fantasy, mm\nPen is a Royal Concubine that belonged to King Darling, who has just been overthrown. Now Pen and the rest of the harem are spoils of war and belong to Duke Wrathful Fury, a hard man with the ear of the Emperor of the West.\nExcerpt&#8211;\n\nThe sound of hoofbeats ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/ch09-heroes-villains-superhero-sci-fi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ch09-Heroes &#038; Villains [superhero, sci-fi]<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I&#8217;m such a gigantic nerd that I was flipping through the print copy of my own book and was like, &#8220;Hey, this is pretty good.&#8221;\nI think that once I write something, my mind completely shifts away to other things and I kind of blank out on what I wrote. So even though I have a ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I like to throw story excerpts in with a bunch of babble. This not only confuses all the people checking out my blog, but it also makes it hard for me to figure out what exactly I have happening here &#8212; I admit that I am incredibly disorganized. As such, I felt that it&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/free-reads\/compilation\/\" title=\"Compilation\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Compilation<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":997,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-nosidebar.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-402","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2pPoL-6u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2900,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/bibliography\/","url_meta":{"origin":402,"position":0},"title":"Timeline","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"timeline of events and the universes they happen in. UNIVERSE A -- kama Hermaphroditus The Hand of Ares (short story, Pomegranate) Mischief's Tears Ares Unbbound Persephone's Glaive TIME JUMP Modern Gods Gentle Is the Night Morpheus (short story, Pomegranate) Jacky Moon UNIVERSE B -- Vereint Georges Psiren's Call Heroes &\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2636,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/harper-kingsley\/rtb-heroes-villains-psychotic\/","url_meta":{"origin":402,"position":1},"title":"RTB &#8211; Heroes &#038; Villains: Psychotic","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"August 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Title: Psychotic Author: Harper Kingsley World: Heroes & Villains Genre: mm superhero Word count: 8750 Note: Set during part three of Allies & Enemies. Includes excerpts of upcoming stories. 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The taste can be sweet, but sometimes bitter, as are the stories in \"Pomegranate.\" Issues of Pomegranate will each include at least two complete stories and serialized chapters of novels that will go through until they're complete.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1006,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/biophage\/","url_meta":{"origin":402,"position":5},"title":"Biophage","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"June 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(auto)BIOGRAPHY biophage - definition: 1. An organism that derives the nourishment for its existence from another living organism. There is no me without you. And so I am incredibly grateful for every reader out there and I hope that everyone finds at least one story they enjoy. Thank you! 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