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"'I thought that he would return once his wounds were healed. I would never have left him if I had known this would happen.'"
The prince was told that he must find himself. But what if finding oneself means losing one's love?
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- Part 6 of Master/Other
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"His King had shown mercy to the people of the Palm, had sought to bring peace to them, and now the King was dead. And Lomus was left with only one duty more to Brandin before he too died."
Revenge is sweet . . . unless you are haunted by dark memories of your own misdeeds.
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- Part 7 of Master/Other
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"Thinking about it, I've decided that bringing Jell-O to a gathering of leathermen wasn't my big mistake. My big mistake was bringing it on the night that Master Trent was attending."
Can an Old Guard top survive in a world with safe words?
This story was runner-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize for erotic fiction.
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- Part 2 of Leather in Lawnville
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When fan fiction writers have had way too much caffeine.
"You will note that several reply buttons in this questionnaire have been disabled. The buttons are present because a volunteer (since dismissed) made the error of feeding historical data on real-life slavery into the computer."
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Everyone calls her a fag hag. But Gay Pride Day has arrived, and her best friend is about to give her a new name.
"'Tell me you're gay!' Gary nearly knocked her to the floor as he scrambled over her. 'Please tell me you're gay!'"
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- Part 4 of Loren's Lashes
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"He could not leave this room without his father's permission. And he could not imagine going to his father and saying, 'Please let me go gather moss so that my slave can have a proper New Year for once.'"
What can you give a slave who, by law, can own nothing? That is the question faced by Peter, the teenage heir to the throne of an empire. Despite his father's desire that the imperial heir maintain a formal distance from servants, Peter finds himself drawn in friendship to the younger boy who serves as his slave.
But a shocking revelation on the eve of the New Year forces Peter to confront his own motives for keeping the slave close by. And that in turn will help him understand the deeper meaning of the gift-giving festival.
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- Part 10 of The Three Lands
- Part 3 of The Three Lands: side stories to Blood Vow and Law of Vengeance
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"Depositing money in the bank was always the worst problem."
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- Part 13 of Waterman
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"I'd heard of guards like this; they existed in prisoners' tales like beautiful princesses exist in the tales of ugly boys. I supposed that I ought to be grateful to have been assigned such a guard. . . . I didn't feel grateful."
In the unmerciful world of Mercy Prison, there is no rule but unending pain. For Merrick, the arrival of his new guard provides hope that he may break beyond the boundaries of his life prison. But appearances can be deceptive, and Merrick does not yet recognize the danger this guard poses to his future.
Merrick's guard is bound in his own special imprisonment. The meeting of these two troubled men will determine their destinies, and the destiny of their nation's life prisons.
This is the original, shorter version of Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison.
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- Part 10 of Life Prison
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Two guards. Two prisoners. A multitude of problems.
"He knew what his prisoner's expression would be before he saw it: a mixture of apprehension, wary hope, and the expression he had come to fear most of all – determination."
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- Part 11 of Life Prison
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The Breaking (Rebirth #1) by Dusk Peterson (duskpeterson) for lemurjoe
Fandoms: Original Work
24 Feb 2012
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The prisoner knew that the Eternal Dungeon was a place where suspected criminals were broken by torture, and he was prepared to hold out against any methods used against him – except the method he could not anticipate.
"'Do you have any questions?' the Seeker asked. 'About the routine of the dungeon? The times you will be fed? The questions you will be asked? The instruments of torture I use?'"
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- Part 1 of The Eternal Dungeon
- Part 1 of The Eternal Dungeon, Volume 1: Rebirth
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The Unanswered Question by Dusk Peterson (duskpeterson) for shadowsonthesun, telepwen, hpfan12
Fandoms: Original Work
27 Feb 2012
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"He was weaponless. Or rather, not quite weaponless, for he knew what he was capable of doing with his body, but he bore no blade, nor any whip, nor any lead pipe with which to stun his victim, nor any rope with which to strangle the victim . . . The number of potential weapons he had deliberately laid aside was frighteningly high."
No weapons, no allies, and no guarantees that he will survive the test.
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- Part 7 of The Eternal Dungeon
- Part 1 of The Eternal Dungeon, Volume 1: side stories to Rebirth
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All in all, he held a satisfactory position, one where his talents were properly appreciated. But the Record-keeper, rubbing his bleary eyes as he began his shift, could not help but wish that his employer had chosen a love-mate who was less loud.
The Record-keeper of the Eternal Dungeon goes in search of a very special supply.
This is a side story in the series, but you can read it without having read the rest of the series.
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- Part 29 of The Eternal Dungeon
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Broken by Dusk Peterson (duskpeterson) for HopeofDawn, Caethes Faron
Fandoms: Original Work
27 Feb 2012
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Layle Smith is not always the ideal man for the job.
"Layle put his fingers over his eyes. Mercy help him. Let it not be about the computer."
This is a side story in the series, but you can read it without having read the rest of the series.
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- Part 40 of The Eternal Dungeon
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"'Oh,' said the representative. 'Well. If he turns violent, I suppose you can take care of him yourself. I mean, if the stories about you are true . . .'"
The High Seeker of the Eternal Dungeon visits a foreign prison.
This is a side story in the series, but you can read it without having read the rest of the series.
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- Part 39 of The Eternal Dungeon
- Part 4 of Life Prison
- Part 2 of Life Prison, Volume 1: side stories to Mercy's Prisoner
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Some hungers can only be satisfied by reaching out. As a prisoner struggles to find the right path, a foul-mouthed guard and an uncommon torturer will open a door . . . but stepping through a doorway with blackness beyond requires courage.
This is a 2012 holiday gift story for my readers. It's a side story in the series, but you can read it without having read the rest of the series.
"By now, the hunger pangs had subsided, leaving him feeling as though he were floating effortlessly through the cycle of death, transformation, and rebirth. He wondered whether this was what it would be like, when he reached the end of his fast."
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- Part 24 of The Eternal Dungeon
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If Dante Had a Beta Reader by Dusk Peterson (duskpeterson)
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, La Divina Commedia | The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
30 Apr 2013
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Who needs the Muses for inspiration when you have a beta reader to tell you what to do?
"Dear Dante (do you mind if I call you Dan?) . . ."
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"He had not seemed a threat at first, even after it became apparent that he was attending the ball as an honored guest. He had no fortune, his face was pleasant but nothing to boast about, and he said not a word about his deeds, though he might easily have done so, with the Queen's medal of honor glittering upon his chest."
She was attending the ball at the palace to dance. That was all. Which made it annoying to face a proposal of marriage from a guard who was distinctly not the sort of man she would ever consider marrying. Certainly not.
It was even more annoying to find that she kept thinking about the man. Why would she want to continue to speak to a guard who rudely implied that she led a frivolous life?
And why oh why were all the balls in the capital suddenly so boring?
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- Part 9 of The Eternal Dungeon
- Part 3 of The Eternal Dungeon, Volume 1: side stories to Rebirth
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Lost Haven: a master, his servant, and a disappearing island by Dusk Peterson (duskpeterson) for yingtai
Fandoms: Original Work
28 Dec 2013
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Amidst a servant's nightmare, can a haven of hope be found?
Meredith has brought his beloved master to the island where he spent the happiest days of his childhood. But when danger descends upon them, they must seek refuge, and Meredith must confront the tantalizing sorrows and rewards of change.
You can read this story without having read the rest of the series.
"Then he remembered (on the edge of his memory, like a smudge of land on the horizon of the Bay) the reason that he and his father had lived alone on an island where once hundreds of people had lived."
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- Part 4 of Waterman
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He'd abducted him, bedded him, and taught him every position he knew. So why wasn't the fool grateful?
"Truly, the boy's the stubbornest person I've ever met. He reminds me of myself when I was young."
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- Part 3 of Master/Other
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"Sweet blood, Tom, sometimes I wonder at your innocence. Why do you think that your prisoners were sent to prison? It wasn't for lacing daisy chains."
One of them rapes prisoners. The other wants to help prisoners. So why are they talking to each other?
As guards send each other telegraph messages through their prisons' coding offices, strange developments occur in the life prisons of the Magisterial Republic of Mip: hardened prisoners become reformers, idealists dally with danger, and the prison keepers struggle to keep control. The strangeness will only become odder when two guards, who hold very different views on the proper handling of prisoners, strive to find common ground.
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- Part 5 of Life Prison
- Part 4 of Life Prison, Volume 1: side stories to Mercy's Prisoner
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