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C. R. Collins 🌳 🐸23h ago

Steph (crisis version)

My weird queer horror novella, The Hand That Touches Flame, is DONE!

(And it ended up being five parts long. Oops. At 38.5k words it actually almost doesn't qualify as a novella at all, so that's fun.)

Anyway, if anyone was waiting until completion to read my strange story about a couple of traumatised idiots battling extra-dimensional demonic horrors, secretive representatives of a hostile government agency, cultists that may be a thinly disguised metaphor for capitalism, serious communication issues and like, SO much queer pining: now is your TIME.

It is FREE TO READ, ad- and tracker-free on AO3, at the link below. You can also download it as a PDF or EPUB or MOBI or HTML or whatever a AZW3 file is.

If you like it you can hit the Kudos button or you can yell at me in the comments or on here and I'd love you forever for it 💛

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78787056

#fedifiction #fiction #writing

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

I'm gonna take a little break and then I'm going to work on something new and probably less overtly horrific. Sapphic ghost hunters? Maybe. Sapphic dungeon explorers? Also maybe. Girls, anyway.

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

can't believe I finished this while in the process of being evicted but hey, it gave me something else to focus on!

also sorry in advance for obnoxiously boosting the top post, I will try not to self-promote too rampantly I promise

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

oh also forgot to add that my AO3 comments are moderated because of the bastard scammers who pretend they are super interested in your story to get you to join their Discord or pay for fanart or whatever it is they're up to

so you can comment as a guest but it won't appear until I okay it

Jules she/her 1d ago

@astronomerritt boost away, it's a proper achievement!

Asta [AMP]1d ago

@astronomerritt the tags are killing me 😂

"excessive use of em-dashes"
"cw: british people"

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@aud everyone seems to enjoy the British people content warning and this gives me a great deal of pride

(can't believe so many folk I respect are taking a look though, may die quietly)

Jules she/her 1d ago

@astronomerritt aaaand bookmarked to download when I'm back tomorrow

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@afewbugs 🙏🙏🙏 very exciting for me!

Abhijit Menon-Sen 1d ago

@astronomerritt 🙌 Looking forward to finishing it.

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@amenonsen Thank you so much for being one of the people who was reading from the start. It's been so deeply appreciated 💛

@astronomerritt woo, go you! 🏆

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@WiteWulf I think I just wanted to prove that I am too powerful for landlords to stop. 😆

skittles 1d ago

@astronomerritt Yeah! Looking forward to that, perfect timing for the long weekend as well! Thank you! 💛

And good luck with the flat! It will be super nice, you’ll see! 🤞

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@skittles No thank you!! 💛

skittles 1d ago

@astronomerritt This definitely isn’t going to end in one of those shouting matches where each side goes „No! Thank YOU!“, right? 😂

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@skittles You may in fact have prevented a disaster by cutting it off here 😆

DJDarren 1d ago

@astronomerritt Big fan of "CW: British People"

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@DJDarren The Brits may be the greatest horror of all.

Jay Bear 1d ago

@astronomerritt Really looking forward to reading this!

Steph (crisis version)1d ago

@Jbear5 Aww, I just hope you enjoy it!! 💛

Dr Emma Kate Ward 23h ago

@astronomerritt

Whooaa that's amazing. Well done! I hope you can eat something delicious to celebrate

Steph (crisis version)22h ago

@emma_cogdev I didn't even think of doing that! Although I'm getting a nice Easter dinner tomorrow 😅

@astronomerritt hurray! I'm looking forward to this! Well done for finishing it with everything else that's going on :)

Steph (crisis version)11h ago

@nellielephant Thank you so much!! 😊😊

Amandine 18h ago

@astronomerritt congrats!

Steph (crisis version)11h ago

@eco_amandine thank you!!

Abhijit Menon-Sen 17h ago

@astronomerritt Just finished! Still slightly short of breath. Really enjoyed it.

Steph (crisis version)11h ago

@amenonsen Thank you!! I am probably a little too proud that it affected you enough for that 😆 and thank you so much for reading!!

@astronomerritt @robchapman <added to reading list>

Steph (crisis version)9h ago

@WTL 🙏🙏🙏🙏!!