"Will he die," Cameron asked.
"Not by my hand," Philetus answered. "He is simply exhausted from the transformation." Then he turned to Lord Sigmund. "So, my lord, it appears you have need of a mage. Might I offer you my services?"
Lord Sigmund turned from where he had been watching the fox slink away. "I fear it would be unwise of me to deny you."
Philetus smiled. "I make a much better ally than enemy, my lord." Then he pulled Cameron closer. "You have nothing to fear from me." They walked back to the keep where a good portion of the people had gathered after the soldiers had returned. Lord Sigmund introduced his new mage who never let go of Cameron. There would be difficult times ahead but they would manage. Cameron was a hero in the making and Philetus was a power in his own right. It might not be happily ever after but it would be close.
Contributors
Lawrence Barker
Lawrence Barker lives outside Atlanta, Georgia, where he writes horror, dark fantasy, erotica, and poetry. His novel, Renfield, a revisionist version of Dracula told from Renfield's point of view, is available from Marietta Publishing.
Camilla Bruce
Camilla is a 28 year old living in Norway. She is currently working hard not to finish her MA. Preferring the darker corners of fiction, she usually writes dark fantasy/gothic suspense, all of it male gay erotica, as that's her preferred poison of choice. She has been previously published in anthologies and zines.
Dallas Coleman
Dallas Coleman grew up in Deep East Texas. She survived. She escaped. She has, thus far, resisted her daddy's attempts to reclaim her. She writes because it's cheaper than therapy.
Alex Draven
Librarian by day, storyteller by night, Alex Draven is addicted to language, music, love and all the stuff of fairytales.
J.R. Earlbecke
J. R. Earlbecke is a fantasy/science fiction artist and writer from Thornton, Colorado. More of her work can be found at www.melted-dreams.net.
Eumenides
Eumenides lives on the east coast of the United States, where he enjoys kayaking, camping and taking long walks on the beach with his three dogs. His passions include history, music and dark haired men.
Jessamy Falcon
Occasionally Jessamy writes - she's much better at taking photographs. All of the photographs for Blasphemy were taken on the Oakland side of the San Francisco bay where she makes her home.
Alex Freeman
Alex Freeman lives in the Pacific Northwest with his partner and their three cats. When he's not writing or curled up with a good book and a cup of tea, he enjoys gardening and hiking in the Cascades.
Ariel Graham
Ariel Graham writes speculative fiction and nonfiction articles under another name. She’s published nonfiction in national and regional magazines including Writer’s Digest, fiction in anthologies and magazines and received several honorable mentions in Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror. She’s a graduate of Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Ariel lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and more cats than is sensible. Her work can be found in "Sacred Exchange," available through Amazon.com.
Josie Holiday Charlee Jacob
Charlee Jacob has some 800 publishing credits. Two of her novels, "This Symbiotic Fascination" and "Haunter", were published by Leisure in 2002 and 2003. Novels "Dread In The Beast" and "Vestal" will be out shortly from Necro and Delirium respectively. DNA will publish another novel, "Dark Moods" and her poetry fiction collection, "The Indigo People". Dark Regions Press will soon release another fiction collection, "Ghost Dances", and a poetry collection, "The Desert". Fictionwise and Lulu will soon produce another poetry collection, "Sineater". She's published five other poetry collections and three fiction collections. She lives in Texas with her husband, Jim.
Jules Jones
Jules Jones is a materials scientist, whose publishing credentials include such gems as European Union research reports. Thrilling though these might be to at least three readers, Jules believes that variety is the spice of life. Writing erotica provides an adequate amount of variety. It's better not to mix the two styles of writing, though - it's very embarrassing when your manager points out that the file you were working on during the lunch hour has found its way into the project folder... http://www.julesjones.com/
Rob Knight
Writer, editor, animal lover and avid reader of erotic fiction, Rob was please to be asked to work with Torquere Press again, especially on the Monsters and Myths Anthologies, which once again gave him a chance to explore the strange and visceral, that animal magnetism. Rob enjoys travel, pets, bad B movies, and men kissing.
Tammy-Lee
Tammy Lee has been creating m/m comics and illustrations since 1999. She is a member of UmbrellaStudios.com. You can find her individual works at LaLeeLoo.com.
Jay Lygon
Jay is a military brat who lived all over the US but considers Colorado home. He has a full time writing addiction that eats into his video game and television time, but refuses to accept intervention. Published in erotica under several pen names, he is a frequent contributor to the Erotica Readers and Writer's Association website.
Therese Melina
Ms. Melina has lived in the steamy tropics and the cozy sub arctic. She is finally sitting still in her humid hometown, and putting her writing addiction to work. A student of literature, the sciences, and this crazy ride called life, she believes that the sexiest organ is the human brain.
Nick O'Meara
There are two ways of pronouncing Nic O'Meara's name, both equally correct. Exiled in Germany (nothing wrong with the country - it's Planet Earth that's confusing!) since her birth in 1973, Nic spends her days throwing commas at Germans, staring down uppity servers and amusing other people's cats. She has not yet found out how she came by the World War 1 sabre in the picture, but suggestions (true, strange, and fictional) are always welcome.
Quatorze
Quatorze is a grown-up female from Finland who, since her university years, has shared her life and interests with her female partner. One major interest has been the exploration of other worlds and universes, all of them somehow rife with male/male relationships. Her profession involves producing and editing various texts, but she only began writing the stories down in 2003. And thus the plug was pulled... since then there's always at least one story in the works, all of them in English. Her other great passions are dogs and Oriental Dance.
Carrie Richerson
Carrie Richerson's short stories have appeared in F&SF, Realms of Fantasy, Amazing Stories, the anthologies Gothic Ghosts, More Phobias, Swords of the Rainbow, and the science fiction and horror volumes of the Bending the Landscape series. Her story “A Birth” is forthcoming from Asimov’s SF. She lives in Austin, Texas, where her writing is supervised by Jeep the Blue-Eyed Wonderdog and the notorious feline escape artist Houdini.
Lorne Rodman
Lorne Rodman's characters tend to reflect the wide array of personality traits possessed by the author; from shy and squeaky to bold and arrogant, they represent the best and worst of Lorne's life. Humor and hot sex are trademarks of Lorne's stories, as is pushing the envelope of what is proper and acceptable. Lorne's hobbies range from searching for the ultimate gay porn story to attempting needlework with his toes. Silent Need is his first published story.
Atta Vazzy
Atta Vazzy is trapped in a world of faeries and fantasies, or Austin, Texas, whichever seems most real at the time. Her artwork can be found in the jarheads novels, Mysterious Ways, and her website: http://www.glasscatstudios.com
Emily Veinglory
Emily Veinglory is a occasional freelance writer and illustrator. Torquere Press also distribute her fantasy novel 'Broken Sword' and her Arthurian novellas are available from Angelwings Press. You can keep up to date with all things Veinglorious at veinglory.com – and Emily is always happy to hear from readers ([email protected]).
Edith Walker
Edith lives in
a small town in Texas whose residents have no idea what she writes. It's better that way. Her family finds it all highly amusing.
Vic Winter
Vic loves words, loves how they move together to make things happen. Acrobat is the first group of words that Vic has had published, hopefully it won't be the last.
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