Simon Says

Shadow of the Templar #1.5

by M. Chandler

On timeline: at some point post-Morning Star
Spoilers for: extremely mild spoilers for The Morning Star
Warnings: really, really cheesy porn, unnecessary present tense, completely unnecessary language and style fuckery

This was an attempt to mimic the style of a bad but effective 70s-era sex thriller that I was reading at the time. As a mimickry of that book's style, it's pretty good. By itself, it's a whole bunch of bad cheese, and much more overstylized than SotT usually gets. But, well, I am a completist, so here it is, archived for posterity. I must admit that even in the midst of all that wordfuckery, Simon and Jeremy somehow managed to remain Simon and Jeremy. I'm always pleased when that happens.

And if you thought I was going to let Shadow of the Templar get away without doing a 'Simon Says' joke...

400 words

Genres: Romance, M M Romance, Contemporary, LGBT, Short Stories, Espionage, Crime

About the author

M. Chandler is a lady of a certain age, currently wandering around the Seattle area. Whenever she manages to make her way home, she writes action-oriented fiction that tends to be heavy on the gay themes.

She has a website with lots of free fiction, a Facebook fan page, and, God help us, a Twitter.

Reviews

[Kylie Lacefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh so cheesy, but it needed to be.

[Anyta Sunday]

So I jumped the gun on this one. But yeah. I don't care.

[Fritz42 · Rating 5 out of 5]

An extremely enjoyable scene between Simon and Jeremy.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stylized fun for the author, but I loved enjoyed it for itself.

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one could have stayed in the drafts tbh