Skullduggery Book Two {sapphic thriller}
Dead skeevy art collector. Vengeful ex(es). and a suspect on the run.Heads will roll in this Skullduggery sequel.*Book Two can be read as a stand-alone, but does contain spoilers for Book One*#ONC2024…
Skullduggery {sapphic thriller}
An art thief teams up with an unlikely ally in order to track down a bloodthirsty artist before she becomes the killer's next muse.* * * * *After serving time in a foreign prison for art theft, Kirby McKinley returns home only to be tempted by one last heist. And this time, the job is personal. But the simple heist goes awry when she pushes her luck and runs into the museum's gorgeous artist-in-residence, a forensic artist who is reconstructing a facial sketch from a mysterious skull. Kirby recognizes the unidentified person as a model her dead ex-girlfriend often hired and she drags the forensic artist along on an unofficial, slightly illegal tour through the museum's locked storage areas to show her. But before the two can part ways, they stumble upon the rest of the body. More dead models begin to show up in twisted tableaus of her ex's paintings and Kirby becomes entangled in a murder mystery that forces her to confront her past. But the forensic artist also has a few mysteries of her own and they must work together to track down the killer before Kirby becomes the muse in the final composition.…
Hidden in the Heartwood {sapphic paranormal}
A genderqueer hillbilly and a haunted woman must break a generational curse that has entwined their lives in the abandoned coal-stripped mountains of the Pennsylvania Wilds. *** Desperate to flee a dark past, Finley drives off a cliff and prays to the ancient hemlocks below to catch her fall.But in the abandoned hollows of the Pennsylvania Wilds, everything comes at a price.Tasked by an undead Not-Deer, Finley must find the three talismans that mark the mountain's boundaries in order to break a century old curse, one that has not only haunted the women in her family for generations, but has also bound the supernatural beings to the mountain, including the dead.Fortunately, the handsome genderqueer hillbilly up the road, River Hawthorne, is just as eager [maybe too eager] to break the curse. Together, they navigate the woods where hungry trees walk and other demonic haunts roam, growing closer every moment.But breaking the curse also comes at a price and Finley must decide what freedom is worth when her past comes crawling back through the woods to haunt her.HEARTWOOD blends gothic folk horror with cabincore sapphic romance. Rated Mature for violence, gore, sex, languageContent Warnings: body horror, alcohol/drug use, transphobic attack, animal death/hunting, DV/abusive relationships, generational trauma, mentions of suicide & infant deathRankings:1 in #appalachia1 in #folkhorror1 in #transmasc5 in #gothicromance8 in #sapphic…
Soul Tides
A sex worker turned private eye must investigate her supernatural hometown in order to find a missing girl, but when clues lead her on a path of deadly desire and deception, she's forced to face her own demons in a race against the looming Bloodmoon. *****Waking up naked on the beach isn't too off-brand for Mara Philips, considering the opened bottle of whiskey not far away. Recently forced to surrender her detective badge, she's been having a rough couple weeks. But blacking out the same night the neighbor's dog dies?A little sus.Something's amiss along the lakeshore and Mara discovers the dog might not be the only victim.Fliers for missing teenage girls are posted all over town and a mother desperate for answers begs the rogue detective to take her case. With the help of a new flame, Mara investigates the shadows of her rural town where shapeshifters roam and a government agency hunts them down. But when clues lead her on a path of deadly desire and deception, she'll be forced to face her own demons before they consume her in a race against the looming Bloodmoon.Content Warning: This story contains mature sexual content, violence, gore, pet death, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, drug mentions, kidnapping, mentions of sexual assault/trafficking, discussion of friend's suicide, homophobic slurs, racismSOUL TIDES blends dark supernatural mystery with sapphic romance and a dash of science fiction.#ownvoicesWATTY'S SHORTLIST 20211st Place Fantasy - Elite Awards 20191st Place Paranormal - Writer's Oscars 20192nd Place Paranormal - Pride Awards 20203rd Place Fantasy - Majestic Inc Awards 2019Top 3 Paranormal Finalist - Prime Awards 2020…
Teasers & Shorts
Teasers for future work and other short stories…
CJ's Sketchbook.
Digital paintings I'm currently working on along with some older traditional work.[maybe even some bad poetry idk]…