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The Scavenger of the Skies
A sapphic steampunk adventure

Falling Apart
A sapphic horror ghost story

A Curse Is on Her If She Stay
A sapphic fantasy mashup of "The Lady of Shalott" and Cupid & Psyche

Meet Me At the End
A sapphic sci-fi meet cute

Here Be Salt and Dragons
A sapphic adventure with pirates and dragons

Blooming in Brimstone
A sapphic monster novelette

The Wedding Heist of Ellen o' the Dale
A sapphic Robin Hood retelling with a twist

The Scavenger of the Skies

Indie Bites, Issue 7: Revenants and Renegades

Mechanic Meg is working on a Royal Air Navy ship when it's taken over by a dashing butch sky pirate.

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Information Originally published in: Indie Bites, Issue 7 - Revenants & Renegades
Release date: August 26, 2022
Genre: Steampunk
Length: ~4,600 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F (sky pirate & mechanic)
Sex: none
Trigger Warnings
  • Violence (guns)
  • Death (off-page & some by gunshot wound, not gory)

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Falling Apart

iReadIndies Presents Sapphic Bumps in the Night: A Spooky Anthology

Ava discovers that she shares her decrepit rental house with a ghost.

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Information Originally published in: Sapphic Bumps in the Night: A Spooky Anthology
Release date: October 30, 2022
Genre: Supernatural/Horror
Length: ~6,000 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F
Sex: metaphorical
Trigger Warnings
  • Alcoholism
  • Murder (stabbing)
  • Drowning
  • Mentions of financial issues
  • Mentions of divorce
  • Partner violence (past, relived through flashback)

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A Curse Is on Her If She Stay

Indie Bites, Issue 9: Castles and Curses

A witch schemes to rid herself of the curse keeping her trapped in a tower in this sapphic fantasy mashup of "The Lady of Shalott" and Cupid & Psyche.

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Information Originally published in: Indie Bites, Issue 9 - Castles & Curses
Release date: February 17, 2023
Genre: Fantasy, Retelling
Length: ~6,400 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F witch x human
Sex: symbolic descriptions of lust, no sex
Trigger Warnings
  • Needle stab (with blood, intentional)
  • Forced marriage
  • Burn (by candle, accidental)
  • Murder (by bludgeoning, not graphic)

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Meet Me at the End

Roots of Love: A Collection of Romantic Origins

A sapphic sci-fi meet cute that takes place at the end of the world.

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Information Originally published in: Roots of Love: A Collection of Romantic Origins
Release date: May 15, 2023
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: ~3,000 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F
Sex: none
Trigger Warnings
  • Aftermath of war
  • Death (past)





Here Be Salt and Dragons

Indie Bites, Issue 10: Tricksters and Treasure

The daughter of a pirate captain has to steal a dragon's treasure hoard to quell the (founded) doubts about her ability to captain the ship.

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Information Originally published in: Indie Bites, Issue 10 - Tricksters & Treasure
Release date: May 26, 2023
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Length: ~7,500 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F human x dragon shifter
Sex: none, some innuendo
Trigger Warnings
  • Stabbing
  • Forced marriage (past)
  • Death by dragon(off-page)

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Blooming in Brimstone

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Teynan, a demon sick of reaping souls, chooses what she hopes to be an easy target for the night: an inebriated human woman named Helena. When Helena turns out to be more complicated than expected, Teynan faces a moral dilemma about going through with reaping her soul.

Available exclusively in She Was Monstress: Volume 1.

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Information Originally published in: She Was Monstress: Volume 1
Release date: April 9, 2025
Genre: Fantasy, Monster Romance
Length: ~10,000 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F demon x human
Sex: none
Trigger Warnings
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Gambling addiction
  • Murder
  • Violent imagery
  • Robbery
  • Arson
  • Attempted physical assault

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The Wedding Heist of Ellen o' the Dale

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Harpist Ellen o' the Dale tricks the Merry Men into helping her crash a wedding.

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Information Originally published in: Indie Bites, Issue 18 - Bards & Bargains
Release date: May 16, 2025
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Retelling
Length: ~5,500 words
Romance & sex spoilers Romance: F/F
Sex: none
Trigger Warnings
  • Forced marriage
  • Death of family member (off-page)

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