by C. M. Taylor
I very pointedly kept myself from glancing in Derek’s direction, not sure how he would feel about the whole world knowing about his predilection for handcuffs. But then I felt his green-gloved fingers twining with mine.
And suddenly I was completely glad that the Arrys were there. Somehow, their being here with their congratulations and their fantastic nerdery made everything else real, everything else possible.
Derek Kitow really had just had sex with me. But more than that, he liked my friends. And somehow, because we were all friends, it meant that maybe—he really liked me. Far more of a December miracle than some barn birth.
And his eyes were on me, full of shining secrets and princely laughter. He leaned over to whisper to me, his soft lilting voice washing like waves:
“Did you ever think about guest starring on Human Street?”
I had.
Often.
C. M. TAYLOR was born in California and raised in Houston, Texas. She was raised evangelical and attended a private Baptist school where she was taught the dangers of demons, depravity, Darwin, and Democrats. In that order. She currently lives in Oregon where she has three children who require constant adoration and a house that is largely left to fend for itself. Her domestic skills are poor. Her husband handles the tasks of making money, cooking, and yard work.
She loves all things Final Fantasy (especially VII) and Star Trek (especially Deep Space Nine). Taylor began writing regularly when she discovered fanfiction and realized she had been writing fanfics since grade school. As the fanfiction world is filled with yaoi and crack pairings, the transition to writing LGBTQ+ romance was a logical one. She identifies as pansexual.
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By C. M. Taylor
Trading Tridents
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Trading Tridents
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Digital ISBN: 978-1-64080-303-9
Published December 2017
v. 1.0
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