Bonus Story: Never Too Many, Chapter One (Patreon)
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Hi all!
This post is a bit of a bonus—and, full disclosure, a bit of previously-published stuff. That's why I'm opening it to all paid tiers. This is what I mentioned in my last post about some hopeful extras for this month.
"Never Too Many" started out a few years ago as a fanfic exercise on Ao3 and Literotica just for fun. It's sword-and-sorcery with an absurd but fun polyamorous/harem-ish* premise. You'll also probably recognize its deep roots in a certain ttrpg literally everyone knows. I got a few chapters into it before I had to focus on books, so it has been untended for a while. Whenever I thought about it, I wanted to scrub the setting references to perhaps publish it as a full novel someday, but I just didn't have time.
Even now, this needs to be a back-burner project. Series books have to come first. I only turned to this after finishing another chapter for Tanner, and only gave it a couple days. (It got my weekend, tbh, but it felt like a nice break).
Right now, I've only got this chapter done & the originals of the next two still needing the revision. Everyone here now an original character, though the gods have some possibly obvious early models. Later characters may show some clear inspiration; this came from a fanfic, after all, so at some point I said "screw it" and leaned in. :)
Warning: Explicit Smut Ahead.
ALSO! I've always wanted to try putting some sort of actual art on the "cover" for the ebook and mobi files. For this story, I browsed through Shutterstock and picked up the closest-appropriate pic I could find. (I hope this isn't AI. I'm not the best at spotting that.) I wanted a drow/dark elf lady, but the options were all a little too "fantasy armor" for the character. The title work is my own very clumsy and amateur labor with the dazzling magic of the Preview app on my Mac, so do not make fun of me! My options were limited! :)
Anyway, give this a read and hopefully you'll enjoy it. Let me know what you think!
(*harem-ish: the focus will be on the protag & his partners, but I'm just not down with the double-standard fantasy. If one partner gets to play, they all do. Don't get upset if & when one of the women gets with another guy. Everyone's fine.)