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Halcyon Cats
Dear Author,
I want the guy on top to be a black panther shifter, and I do want this particular visual to show up in the story. The rest is entirely up to you.
Photo Description: Two young men playing together on a boardwalk railing
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is Always Write" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
Read the story here or find it in Love Is Always Write: Volume 4.
I want the guy on top to be a black panther shifter, and I do want this particular visual to show up in the story. The rest is entirely up to you.
Photo Description: Two young men playing together on a boardwalk railing
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is Always Write" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
Read the story here or find it in Love Is Always Write: Volume 4.
18 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Derekica Snake
24 books403 followersGreetings, gentle readers. My name is Derekica Snake aka kiix. This is the part where I write about myself. It is harder than it looks. It is so much easier to write about fictional characters…hummm. Wait. I have a light blub moment.
On a dark and quiet evening in the month of April, a little girl child came into the world in St. Joesph General Hospital. Upon seeing the little girl with the little curl in the middle of her forehead, the father was heard to remark…why does she have red hair? At that moment I’ve been known as the milkman’s kid, oops, I meant she’s been known as the milkman’s kid. See, this is why I write in first person. If it works for you, stick with it.
My favorite book was “Green eggs and ham”. Apparently my mother got so annoyed with me reciting it that it accidently on purpose got tossed out the window of a moving car. So I guess I started writing my own stories once I was taught to print. I’ve always loved writing fiction. In elementary and secondary school we were required to keep a journal. I didn’t want to. I love to write but not about myself. I just wrote little ideas down and handed them in. I graduated so I guess it was good.
I thought I was in deep fascination with a boy in grade seven who was very into Star Trek. I had no clue what he was talking about so I started learning about Star Trek and now it was what was his name? Sci-fi segued into Fantasy and from there I never looked back. I was a big Star Wars geek (pre-episode 1) and wrote pastiche Han Solo adventures as a teenager.
My writing began to lean towards my current selection of offerings. I initially was a little distressed. I thought I was off – way off. I was uncomfortable with the content and toned it down or cut it out completely on second draft attempts. However, it kept cropping back up and I thought I was going to have to pull my hair out to make it stop but then…on May 6, 2006 at 9:15 a.m. I discovered “Ai No Kusabi” on youtube.
That was also the same time that I realized that what I had been writing and hiding away for years had a name. Yaoi. If it had a name others were reading and writing it so I wasn’t the lone pervert out in the world. I took my hands out of my hair and put my fingers on the keyboard and embraced the world of Yaoi.
It only took me six months to figure out how to start posting stories on the Internet on www.adultfanfiction.net. It wasn’t long before I moved from writing AnK fan fiction to posting my own original Yaoi writing under the pseudonym kiix.
I started writing daily. I found a continuing education course on Professional Creative Writing in a local city and started taking courses. There were some tips and facts that were good but the social networking was the key. It was after this that I started actively exploring getting my works published. That expensive piece of paper honed my confidence enough to start sending out queries and posting my first drafts right to the net.
While I had to pony up time and money to self publish once the rejection e-mails came in, I didn’t mind. I think it was the start of something good. I think? I know it was the start of something good.
Welcome to my version of the world of Yaoi. I look forward to leaving my touch in your mind.
On a dark and quiet evening in the month of April, a little girl child came into the world in St. Joesph General Hospital. Upon seeing the little girl with the little curl in the middle of her forehead, the father was heard to remark…why does she have red hair? At that moment I’ve been known as the milkman’s kid, oops, I meant she’s been known as the milkman’s kid. See, this is why I write in first person. If it works for you, stick with it.
My favorite book was “Green eggs and ham”. Apparently my mother got so annoyed with me reciting it that it accidently on purpose got tossed out the window of a moving car. So I guess I started writing my own stories once I was taught to print. I’ve always loved writing fiction. In elementary and secondary school we were required to keep a journal. I didn’t want to. I love to write but not about myself. I just wrote little ideas down and handed them in. I graduated so I guess it was good.
I thought I was in deep fascination with a boy in grade seven who was very into Star Trek. I had no clue what he was talking about so I started learning about Star Trek and now it was what was his name? Sci-fi segued into Fantasy and from there I never looked back. I was a big Star Wars geek (pre-episode 1) and wrote pastiche Han Solo adventures as a teenager.
My writing began to lean towards my current selection of offerings. I initially was a little distressed. I thought I was off – way off. I was uncomfortable with the content and toned it down or cut it out completely on second draft attempts. However, it kept cropping back up and I thought I was going to have to pull my hair out to make it stop but then…on May 6, 2006 at 9:15 a.m. I discovered “Ai No Kusabi” on youtube.
That was also the same time that I realized that what I had been writing and hiding away for years had a name. Yaoi. If it had a name others were reading and writing it so I wasn’t the lone pervert out in the world. I took my hands out of my hair and put my fingers on the keyboard and embraced the world of Yaoi.
It only took me six months to figure out how to start posting stories on the Internet on www.adultfanfiction.net. It wasn’t long before I moved from writing AnK fan fiction to posting my own original Yaoi writing under the pseudonym kiix.
I started writing daily. I found a continuing education course on Professional Creative Writing in a local city and started taking courses. There were some tips and facts that were good but the social networking was the key. It was after this that I started actively exploring getting my works published. That expensive piece of paper honed my confidence enough to start sending out queries and posting my first drafts right to the net.
While I had to pony up time and money to self publish once the rejection e-mails came in, I didn’t mind. I think it was the start of something good. I think? I know it was the start of something good.
Welcome to my version of the world of Yaoi. I look forward to leaving my touch in your mind.
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Displaying 1 - 16 of 16 reviews
August 13, 2012
Enjoyed it very much, but I do not want to see the two of them get back together. He might forgive him eventually, but that is not something you forget.
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June 1, 2012
Very interesting premise.
July 8, 2012
An angsty, dark story about shifters. The story revolves around Rowdie a werejaguar and a visit from Tristan a former lover, and Roddie the son Rowdie never knew he had.
June 3, 2012
3.5 stars
A darker story than I expected but it felt real, honest. I liked that Rodrigo put his son first, despite everything. To go back to where his whole life had been betrayed, for the sake of his son, shows he is a man of honor and courage. Perhaps not only his son will learn from his example, Travis might learn about honor and courage too...
A darker story than I expected but it felt real, honest. I liked that Rodrigo put his son first, despite everything. To go back to where his whole life had been betrayed, for the sake of his son, shows he is a man of honor and courage. Perhaps not only his son will learn from his example, Travis might learn about honor and courage too...
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June 8, 2012
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June 16, 2012
Definitely a darker side to this story! I think that I personally could have benefit from a bit more background – it felt a little bit like I dropped into the middle of an ongoing story. I love the whole concept of werecats – sexy and graceful. Would have loved more with Rod and his son. Definitely interesting! :)
June 2, 2012
Just a little dark and not typical shifter story. My favorite kind. Rodrigo was betrayed by his family. In order to survive in the real world he had to change and became dark and deadly. Then the past comes back to haunt him with an unexpected twist. I enjoyed it immensely and wanted more.
September 8, 2015
This is a hard story to review without giving anything away. It's not a HEA or HFN. I liked how the story gives so much detail of a world without using a ton of words. The story is also very "edgy" and dark. I would love to see a longer story evolve from this.
June 10, 2012
honestly, I don't want to see any forgiveness here ...
June 10, 2012
3 stars.
April 18, 2015
I really enjoyed this. Please tell me this was a prequel, and there's more to come? Thank you Derekica Snake, for donating your time and talent.
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May 30, 2014
Interesting plot, but for the inconsistent switching between 3rd and 1st person PoV. That was really distracting.
September 14, 2014
A dark but interesting story. The writing wasn't easy to read for me. At times the plot was confusing for me and I had to reread parts to get it right.
March 19, 2015
Great start...I want more. Just enough to drag you in. It didn't leave you with a cliff hanger or anything...but it was still just the start of a much longer story. I would love to read more.
May 25, 2015
Short story of going home and finding what you need.
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