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Exciting news: Preorders are now open for Two for Charging! If you order via NineStar Press, you can get the book four days early on May 22nd. Otherwise, check out the series here on Amazon or here on Smashwords . To tide you over and/or entice you, here comes a sneak peek of book four: Two for Roughing. The line edits are done, which means there are only two more rounds of editing to go before it goes to formatting and then to ARCs! The following section is from Chapter Six of the book and...

Two for Charging, the long-awaited (can I say that when book 1 has been out for less than a year?) has a release date! And a cover! When will it come out? May 26th, 2026 Who made the amazing cover? Tuisku Hiltunen as always! Check out her original work, she's awesome and we all need to hype her up so her lesbian cowboy dystopia comic can be made (pls, I want to know how it ends). What's it about? Check out the blurb below! What if I can't wait two months? You could sign up for an ARC to get...

“[...] Watching the football team careen into the opposition at full force really makes you wonder if they or their coach have ever heard of the cumulative effects of repeated head injuries known as CTE. While we walked away from the game with a narrow win thanks to the combined efforts of quarterback Hugh Trayman and kicker Alex Wright, it would be remiss not to mention the other athletes on the pitch: the cheerleaders. Captain Beth Hensgrave shone as the team’s main flyer, performing flip...

Starling "I have a confession to make. I'm not a real hockey coach. So why did I spend nearly a full year posing as one? And how did I get away with it despite negligible talent at the job? The latter I put down to the dual factors of me being a white man in his forties and no one expecting someone to do something that stupid. The former is a lot more complicated. Over the course of five articles, I will explain how I came to be in a position I was so tragically unsuited for, what I...

Three Times Diego Didn't Ask Mara Out (And One Time She Asked Him)

Eric   “After another historic NHL season, the playoffs have now concluded on the 2024/2025 season, leaving the Florida Wildcats this year’s Cup winner! Better luck next year for runner-up Seattle and everyone else!” Top comments: seelionssaylions: GO SEA LIONS clions2010: When our coaches aren’t actively conspiring against us we’ll be unstoppable firecrackers_spark: or when you loophole the fuck out of LTIR and put Easton on the ice in time for playoffs. Cheaters. (From: Post by the official...

The cover for Two for Boarding is finally here! Once again illustrated by the inimitable Tuisku Hiltunen. And with it, we have a release date. Which means...ARC signup is available here ! I'm very nervous to see this one published. It had a lot of rewrites and there are so many things about it I love that I think no one else will. So I am on tenterhooks to hear people's thoughts!

A Minor Penalties Short Story Spotted Jax Grant and Tom Crowler getting lunch at a bistro near the Marina yesterday! They were deep in conversation and I think they shared a dessert? Wonder what important Sea Lions business they were talking about. I heard something about the penalty kill, but when I passed them to go to the bathroom it sounded like they were talking about dog breeds. I didn’t want to bug them while they weren’t working but I did shoot a sneaky pic. (Image of Crowler and...

A Minor Penalties short story (NSFW) This just in: Tom Crowler is now a Prada brand ambassador. A weird choice for an athlete, let alone one as historically nondescript as Crowler. But a recent run of photos on Crowler’s brand new social media accounts show him in Prada’s line of loungewear, hanging out around the house and playing with his adorable dog, Artemis. So long as he isn’t looking directly at the camera, Crowler develops twice the personality, good gamble, Prada! Top comments:...

Two for Holding is now available as a paperback with all major retailers! Click on either cover to reach the book's amazon page or here for other retailers! To celebrate this momentous occasion, here comes the second bonus short story accompanying the book: "Performance Consultant", in which Tom Crowler sees a therapist. Performance Consultant   Title: Performance Consultant Job type: Full-time Job description: The San Francisco Sea Lions NHL hockey team seeks applications for the position...