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Take Me Now - Tales From The Dark District #1
Imagine a place where you can hide and no one will ever find you.
Imagine a place where rules can be broken to serve your needs.
Imagine your needs and darkest desires met and fantasies fulfilled.
Fuse these conditions with a little magic and you have entered the Dark District.
Alvin has been looking for love in all the wrong places.
Wrong time. Wrong choices. Wrong men. But when he is finally brought to the District, he finds himself getting more than what he bargained for.
But such things of and from the District are never what they seem.
From nocturnal visits to sensual surprises during the day, Alvin may have just found the right condition in his search for love and a relationship and perhaps even sex, to take him...now.
Imagine a place where rules can be broken to serve your needs.
Imagine your needs and darkest desires met and fantasies fulfilled.
Fuse these conditions with a little magic and you have entered the Dark District.
Alvin has been looking for love in all the wrong places.
Wrong time. Wrong choices. Wrong men. But when he is finally brought to the District, he finds himself getting more than what he bargained for.
But such things of and from the District are never what they seem.
From nocturnal visits to sensual surprises during the day, Alvin may have just found the right condition in his search for love and a relationship and perhaps even sex, to take him...now.
172 pages, Paperback
First published September 22, 2022
About the author
C.J. Edmunds
10 books34 followersA singer-songwriter, voice-actor, and now writer.
Geek at heart. A Green Lantern, Sith, PotterHead, and Dwarf living in Middle earth while being a Watcher and Witch in Sunnydale. Believes himself to be one of the long lost Halliwell siblings who aspires to open his 3rd Eye more in order to serve the Vishanti better and be a worthy apprentice to Sorcerer Supreme, Dr. Stephen Strange.
He is the author of Take Me Now, the first of 3 novellas from the Tales from the Dark District series, now available on Kindle and Kobo.
Released his first Dark District-centered novella, SOJOURN, as part of the Darkest Dreams bundle in 2015, during the Strange Lit writing course, and available through the BUQO app and the updated version on KINDLE.
He has since released Take Me Now and Take My Hand, the two stories in his ongoing Tales from the Dark District series as well as the print version of Sojourn.
In addition, he is currently writing the 3rd book in the series, entitled, "Take My Heart", and also working on a new Young Adult series set in the world of the Dark District and a new Fantasy series, on top of other side projects.
Geek at heart. A Green Lantern, Sith, PotterHead, and Dwarf living in Middle earth while being a Watcher and Witch in Sunnydale. Believes himself to be one of the long lost Halliwell siblings who aspires to open his 3rd Eye more in order to serve the Vishanti better and be a worthy apprentice to Sorcerer Supreme, Dr. Stephen Strange.
He is the author of Take Me Now, the first of 3 novellas from the Tales from the Dark District series, now available on Kindle and Kobo.
Released his first Dark District-centered novella, SOJOURN, as part of the Darkest Dreams bundle in 2015, during the Strange Lit writing course, and available through the BUQO app and the updated version on KINDLE.
He has since released Take Me Now and Take My Hand, the two stories in his ongoing Tales from the Dark District series as well as the print version of Sojourn.
In addition, he is currently writing the 3rd book in the series, entitled, "Take My Heart", and also working on a new Young Adult series set in the world of the Dark District and a new Fantasy series, on top of other side projects.
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October 25, 2025
Take Me Now - Tales from the Dark District is a short read follwing the story of Alivn in search for love. His search led to explore the mysterious Dark District in Malate, where he had his fortune told. He did not know his life was already altered then.
I enjoyed reading this queer fiction a lot! It is such a fun and steamy read. This would be my second time reading queer fiction and I learn more about the struggles and concerns of the community for their love to be normalized. I think that having more queer fiction written by Filipino queer-authors is important for many Filipinos so that they feel more seen in our literature.
I also love how the author built a fantastical world in our very own land. With deep mythology and lots of urban legends, Filipino literature has a vast world to explore. I do not read a lot Filipino fantasy and mythology, but with this work, I am very much curious to explore and read more of the same genre.
I enjoyed reading this queer fiction a lot! It is such a fun and steamy read. This would be my second time reading queer fiction and I learn more about the struggles and concerns of the community for their love to be normalized. I think that having more queer fiction written by Filipino queer-authors is important for many Filipinos so that they feel more seen in our literature.
I also love how the author built a fantastical world in our very own land. With deep mythology and lots of urban legends, Filipino literature has a vast world to explore. I do not read a lot Filipino fantasy and mythology, but with this work, I am very much curious to explore and read more of the same genre.
May 18, 2024
Quickie of a read from a fellow label mate. Can't wait to see what's next.
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