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See where it all began for several prominent figures who appear in the Black Rain Chronicles series. These stories shine a light on how figures like Malthus Emerson, the Whiteheart siblings, Al, Peter, and Bartamus were raised. Witness their formative memories in pivotal moments as seen through the lens of a Watcher.
A captive psychic performs a dance to decide his value ahead of taking his place as a prostitute, where his talents will be exploited for his mistress's personal gain. A boy braves the winter snows to find the source of a haunting song, and discovers something waiting for him under the light of the full moon. A grieving father comes to terms with the loss of his wife, and tries to mend fences with his son. A game of hide and seek played by three siblings exposes a secret as enticing as it is troubling. And two boys abandoned by their mothers make decisions about whether to trust a woman who is as likely to enslave them as she is to save them from life in the streets.
Five short stories provide a window iinto a grimdark world in which survival comes at a steep price for the most vulnerable. Whether you're coming to The Black Rain Chronicles for the first time or returning after the novels, this collection offers a more intimate look into the moments that shaped pivotal characters in the series.
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Dylon Prior and the Magic of Musk
When Allen sees Dylan working at a local Philadelphia coffee shop, he knows he has to have him. A back alley liaison during Dylan's lunch break begins an adventure in debauchery that leads Allen to seek out a loan from a fin dom to use against a protection detail from a pup master he angered. He walks away with three, twinky new guards for his trouble, but they are naughty boys who need to be tamed before he can trust them to perform their duties. The Hive, a cult headquartered in the heart of the Gayborhood, draws Dylan's interest, but Allen must earn his trust before someone else takes him.
When Dylan takes Allen's number, he unwittingly takes his first step onto a path that ends in sweaty, sultry games of domination and control; and Allen isn't the only one with an interest in him.
Stranger in the Club House
Allen wants Dylan bad, and he won't have someone else stealing his attention before he can seal the deal. In order to give himself the best chance of getting what he desires, he sets pups Jake, Luke and Willy on guard duty around the clock, but before he can let them loose, he needs to ensure bad boy, Luke, will comply with his orders. A morning training session sees Luke loaded up and satisfied, and ready to take on his duties.
When Dylan gets off work at the coffee shop, he decides he wants to go to The Hive and see what this cult is all about, but his boss won't let him go alone. They venture to headquarters where Jake introduces himself. The attraction between he and Dylan is intense and immediate, but he has been barred from touching Dylan by Allen. The solution: taking Dylan for a doubles session in the Manifest Ballroom, where they can both get off without breaking Allen's rules.
Safe Words Are for Suckers
Momentarily distracted by the revelation that Dylan's boss is a house boy and therefore an immediate threat to Allen's tenuous claim to him, Luke goes looking for Jake. He finds his bad boy, pup beta bumping uglies with an old flame and interrupts them just as they get their rocks off. Jake appears to listen to him and take the message about Dylan's boss back to Allen while he goes on the hunt to find their quarry, but when he arrives at Dylan's house he is uncertain whether his employer's beau is home. He decides to break the rules and introduce himself, but finds himself unprepared when Dylan comes onto him. He wants what Dylan is offering, but to get with him means violating Allen's rules and being punished by his master besides. A taste of freedom and Dylan's hot physique prove too tempting to refuse, but he gets exactly what he needs in the end.
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Following a man with two distinct souls inhabiting the same body, Gilded Son is a dark fantasy novella that explores the behavior of a demigod seeking recognition from the body of warrior priests who watch over his homeland. Wouldn't it be that just in time for his matriculation into the order of Sanarks, his godly father decides to pay him a visit. But the God of Luck is fickle, and his appearance may throw everything Ank has been striving toward into disarray.
As a Sun Man, Ank A'tar was born lucky, but when he fails to gain the favor of an order of warrior priests called the Gilded Sons, he is left with a bad taste in his mouth. Disappointments and setbacks lead him to believe his bloodright gift is being undermined by external forces, but his other half does not think so. A man with two souls, Ank is rarely of one mind in anything, and his Earth Soul believes it is his poor manners that have kept them from getting what they want. The Sanarks, to whom the Order of Gilded Sons belongs, don't like him and don't trust him, and they shouldn't. Ank's goals deviate from their mission, leading him to court the imprisoned Great King who they are honor bound to watch over, and defend the various peoples of the land of Sana against. Where they see an enemy, he sees a potential wellspring of information he may use to unlock myriad secrets about the gods of the Waxing World.
Ank A'tar is a man with a dangerous bent toward curiosity, and it shows when he seeks out the Great King alone.
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