Freebies

Signed Bookplate

If you would like me to send you a bookplate which looks like this:

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with my signature on it, so that you can stick it inside one of my books, then I’ll be happy to send one.  Drop me a line using the contact form and tell me your name and address, and who you want the signature addressed to, and I’ll send it to you asap :)

Free Stories

Valentine’s Day on a Tropical Island – an out-take from ‘Captain’s surrender’, set during those years when Josh and Peter were desperately trying to pretend they weren’t in love.

Christmas 2130 – a short, fluffy Christmas tale with a futuristic setting.

Hereward Wakes – a new story for Halloween.  Featuring a mysterious sword with a mind of its own, warrior women, orcs with plastic ears, and an appearance by the real Robin Hood.

insubordinationInsubordination – This is a free short story set around the middle of ‘Captain’s Surrender’. Unlike the book, it’s a foray into erotica without a great deal of plot, because you can’t fit a lot of plot into 2,000 words :)

For the sake of their lives and careers, Josh and Peter agreed to put their need for one another behind them. But then a luxurious and sensual dinner together becomes foreplay, leading Josh to an act of insubordination that Captain Peter Kenyon will never forget.

Oh, squee! Val Kovalin has reviewed my short story ‘Insubordination’ on her wonderful review site ‘Obsidian Bookshelf’. It’s always a total delight when you read a review from someone who really gets under the skin of what you were trying to do with a book or story, and Val really has the gift for that. Not to mention that her reviews are like hearing a well informed and interesting member of the slash community deconstruct a book in that kind of meta-y way that makes you want to start a conversation.

If anyone’s thinking of venturing into buying m/m books for the first time, I recommend her reviews (and not just because she likes my stuff!) because they really do give you an excellent flavor of the book before you buy it, and also because they’re so interesting in themselves.

Val on LiveJournal | Val on Obsidian Bookshelf

Other

A selection of user icons which you can download for your own use.
(Right click on the picture then choose ‘save image as’ from the drop down menu to save the icon to your own PC.)

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Embarrassed to read ‘Captain’s Surrender’ on the train/your mother’s house/the Bible Belt because of the naked men on the cover?  Print out this alternative cover, and use as a dust jacket.

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Click the image to see it at full size, then print this out at 10.8″ by 8″ on A4 paper, then cut off the excess at top and bottom.  There will be a little bit of white left over at each side to fold over in order to hold it on.

Many thanks to Gryphons_Lair for the new corrected file!


Alternatively: Do you love the Samhain Cover, but have a copy of the LBR edition?  Here’s a simple solution – print out this dust cover and put it on top :)


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I also loved the new cover of Captain’s Surrender so much that I made computer wallpaper from it:

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Feel free to download and use if you like :)