information is power
I aim to provide a safe and fun path to escapism through books while empowering readers with the information they need to make informed choices over whether or not a book is or isn't for them.
1. The Night and Its Moon series
2. The Night and Its Moon accompanying novellas
3. No Other Gods series
4. Villains Duology.
5. Indie Novellas
A Note on Queer Identity and Alternative Relationships
A Note on Sex Work
There is no trigger warning for sex work, just as there are no trigger warnings for loan officers, real estate agents, veterinarians, or authors. Sex worker empowerment and destigmatization is an issue that is important to me and is prevalent in many of my works. If something about sex work causes you discomfort, my goal is not to make the environment more comfortable for you, but to encourage you to confront thoughts and feelings of whorephobia. For more information, please read the lived experiences, articles, and input from sex workers themselves as they contribute to https://tryst.link/blog/tag/articles/ and other resources.
I've done my best to be intentional with my language when marketing my books as bisexual so that readers can be as informed as possible when entering into the portrayal of sex and sexuality on page, as there are vivid, beautiful, often graphic, sometimes hateful sex scenes between women, and also between men and women. I respect that many queer readers do not want a penis in their literature (and trust me, I get it, I don't let the fact that I'm attracted to men stop me from hating them.)
That said, bisexuality is not something that will ever warrant a "trigger warning", nor is polyamory, unless of course we also begin to TW for monogamy and heteorsexuality which... maybe that part wouldn't be so bad.
The Night and Its Moon
content warnings and trigger warnings for books 1-4
book one - The night and its moon
corrupt orphanage that deals in human trafficking, abuse of power from orphanage matrons including unjust punishment, ethnocentricm and xenpophobia displayed from the corrupt members and educators from the church and orphanage, abuse of power from members of the church (including corporeal punishment) in a showcase of power structure corruption, sex and explicit sexual content (all who partake or are portrayed are over the age of 18), reference to an off-page sexual assault with swift retribution, powers used for villainy through physical means (namely: "the touch of death"), mental health and portrayal of coping mechanisms, drinking and alcohol consumption, misogyny, cursing, violence, death
book two - the sun and its shade
themes of overcoming and confronting ethnocentrism and xenophobia following a character's microaggression against a character from another kingdom, physical and magical violence, consensual breath play and choking, drinking and alcohol consumption, sex and explicit sexual content, corruption, the portrayal of mental illness as the masses refer to the king as "mad", mental health and portrayal of coping mechanisms, cursing, death
book three - the gloom between stars
themes of brainwashing, religious zealots, corrupt religious ideology, physical and magical violence, mass death, one instance of fade-to-black suicide, themes of dealing with grief, trauma, and isolation, themes of religious growth and rehabilitation, sex and explicit sexual content, introduction to power dynamic and BDSM play, mental health and portrayal of coping mechanisms, drinking and alcohol consumption, cursing, death
book four - the dawn and its light
themes of brainwashing, religious zealots, corrupt religious ideology, physical and magical violence, mass death, instances of confronting xenophobia, themes of dealing with corrupt power structures and politics and government, sex and explicit sexual content, introduction to power play (sexual, consensual sub-dom), primal play (sexual, consensual sub-dom), mental health and portrayal of coping mechanisms, cursing, death
the accompanying novellas
novella one - a night without whispers
themes of grief, loss, death of loved ones, alcohol, sexuality, language, and on-page murder and violence
novella two - wing and arrow
themes of struggling with identity, love, loss, sexuality, language, betrayal, alcohol, attempted murder
novella three - a year of tea and honey
sex and explicit sexuality, language, grief, problematic relationship to alcohol, loss
novella four - crown and crumble
trigger warning for on-page instances of childhood abuse from a parent, themes of revenge, language, sexuality, alcohol, xenophobia and attempts to overcome or confront ethnocentrism, violence, murder
No Other Gods
content warnings and trigger warnings
religious disclaimer
The No Other Gods series is a work of fiction, comedy, commentary, and irreverence. While it has been thoroughly researched and informed by my lived experience in the church, it is in no way representative of the religious majority or meant to be a how-to handbook on interacting with the supernatural of any realm or pantheon, or a reflection of the personalities of the beings within them.
Book one - The deer and the dragon
themes of grappling with mental health, the main character not looking upon their mental health with kindness or grace, themes of intergenerational trauma, tumultuous religious upbringing, parent-child emotional abuse and corporeal punishment, neglect, premeditated attempted murder, stalking, creative depictions of deities, demons, fae, sex and explicit sexuality, cursing, drinking and alcohol consumption, references to war, dubious consent resulting in attempted sexual assault (by villain), death, violence, murder
Villains
content warnings and trigger warnings
Book one - A CHILL IN THE FLAME
"There are no heroes in this story". Everyone is a villain, which may create dangerous/dubious immorality intense reading conditions that some readers may find upsetting or unsuitable.
One instance of non-graphic attempted suicide (unsuccessful drowning, chapter one), themes of depression, grief, death, loss, emotional pain/suffering, main character struggling with PTSD, drugging of drinks from enemy parties with malicious/violent intent (NOT sexual assault), witnessing murder, witnessing mutilation, human sacrifice, hunting humans for murderous revenge, group sex, sex parties (orgies) with graphic descriptions of sex and sexuality (non-titillating), cursing, lying, magic, blasphemy, manipulation of trust, attempted dubious consent, inter-kingdom politics that may include themes of the villainous kingdom exercising colonization and ethnocentrism (with on-page condemnation of the act[s]), mediumship and ghosts/spirits, consorting with the dead and themes of the afterlife, threesome (titillating), mass death
Your experience is honored and encouraged if there are any triggers you have found while reading the book that are not on this list. Please connect here to express any triggers or content warnings you may find useful to make "Villains" a safer reading experience.
Indie Novellas
content warnings and trigger warnings for independent publications
This Book sucks
rampant misandry throughout, misogyny and sexual harassment (met with swift justice), attempted manslaughter (met with swift justice), emotional abuse (met with justice), death and dismemberment, mentions of kidnapping/hostage humans, attempted dubious consent, attempted ritualistic sacrifice, hypnosis, mind control, homophobia (met with justice), depression, brief/fleeting reference to suicidal ideation, blood, alcohol, sex, group sex, sexual blood play, use of language derogatory language and cursing
whoreiffying
Misandry, explicit sex, light bondage, cursing and foul language, alcohol consumption, death, mention of desecrating corpses, Sexual assault through possession (ghost in human body, human’s consent is dubious), villain imprisoned in body via ghost possession, nonconsensual, some readers may find the sexual scenarios disturbing (including using villains body for sexual purposes), drugging a date’s drink (with MDMA, by the villain), dubious consent for sexual intercourse under drugged drink (MDMA), murder and attempted murder, vigilante criminal justice, ghostly gender dysphoria, complex issues of gender handled without nuance via ghost inhabiting bodies, grief and loss of life, mourning a loved one.
cruel Honey: Original
Slasher-genre blood, gore, excessive violence, death, murder, blood, human trafficking, drug usage, drugged sex, dubious consent while under the influence of drugs, on-page sex, explicit group sex, threesomes, orgies, body image issues, disordered eating, mythology and deities modernized and personified, themes of others (the antagonists) misusing and appropriating cultural practices, human sacrifice, cursing, language, issues of classism, class warfare, and eating the stupid 1% (…not literally, unfortunately. Maybe we’ll do cannibalism in the sequel).
Cruel Honey: Deluxe Edition
in addition to the above TWs applicable to the original edition, the deluxe edition edition includes noteworthy differentiations:
the deluxe edition comes with NSFW art, and though it is a QR code behind an age verification wall, it begs repeating that explicit imagery is available with the second edition.
The bonus story, 30 page novelette "Bittersweet Body Count" comes with the additional TWs
Misogyny in part one from unlikable "part one specific" protagonist, dismissive sexualization, social climbing through manipulation, sexual scenarios (though consensual) with dubious understandings, group sex, male-female-male sex, MFM group sex with an additional female in a cuck/subservience role (consensual), double penetration (titillating/consensual), off-screen/aftermath of slasher-genre gore, murder, human sacrifice (aftermath), excessive dismissive references to passed human life, mutilating the corpse, misusing and appropriating cultural practices (they get their comeuppance for their hubris)