R. K. Duncan
Fantasy with darkness and a sharp edge of hope.
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R. K. Duncan is a queer polyamorous wizard and author of fantasy, horror, and occasional sci-fi. He writes from a a few rooms of a venerable West Philadelphia row home, where he dreams of travel and the demise of capitalism. In the shocking absence of any cats, he lavishes spare attention on cast iron cookware and his long-suffering and supportive partner. Before settling on writing, he studied linguistics and philosophy at Haverford college. He attended Viable Paradise 23 in 2019.
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The Sweetest Fruit of Summer
Published Mar 10, 2020 · 6,543 words (24 minutes) · 53 views
Classic Fantasy treachery blood slavery Persephone retelling hades revenge coercion revolution nomads prophecy pomegranates mythic
A girl from the green valley is taken by the king of the dead lands for a wife and a prophet, and does what she must to make the world better.
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Bury Your Love Head Down (Poem)
Published Jan 10, 2020 · 173 words (1 minute) · 111 views
Fantasy Romance death Burial crows Cauldron of Rebirth reincarnation
A poem about death and myth and transformations.
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The Thirty-Eight-Hundred Bone Coat
Published Dec 1, 2019 · 8,408 words (31 minutes) · 155 views
Fantasy Family bones diving money anxiety
Navid is a bone-diver, and he will risk body and soul in the black river for a chance to lift his family to wealth and security beyond their trade.
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Winter Picnic
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 151 words (1 minute) · 63 views
Fantasy poetry poem Eating the Moon
A poem about death and after.
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Sunset Like a Dying Fire
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 998 words (4 minutes) · 151 views
Classic Fantasy fairies impossible choices bewitchment Iron Will Not Save You
Thomas meets a Lady walking home at dusk.
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Medium Matters
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 2,360 words (9 minutes) · 181 views
Fantasy Humor Satire Freelancing ghosts seance stalking Law stuff
Marrissa Matters, medium, advises a correspondent about the dangers and best ways to deal with posthumous harassment.
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Farewell Concert at the World's End
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 3,474 words (13 minutes) · 210 views
Fantasy Horror Historical Enthusiasts halloween ghosts weird masks folk music
Luther is going to be a real Enthusiast someday, no matter how many people he has to kill and add to his guitar.
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A Circle of Steel and Bone
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 7,621 words (28 minutes) · 128 views
Fantasy Horror Mystery Historical Teutonic Order Cultural Imperialism Christianity Catholicism historical fantasy Monasticism Crusades Northern Crusade
In 1230s Prussia, Knight Commander Meinrad of the Teutonic Order must keep the uneasy peace between his knights and the recently-converted townsfolk while investigating a string of bloody and inexplicable murders.
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The Boy Who Loved Drowning
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 4,232 words (16 minutes) · 196 views
All Bit has in the world is Master Kal and learning to be diviner, but the voices in the dark water tell him things they shouldn't.
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On Falcon's Wings
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 5,984 words (22 minutes) · 166 views
Fantasy Romance demons gods feelings
Alssia and Idris must venture into the Demon Wastes to capture a new god for the city, but will she lose him again, forever this time, when he binds himself to the new god?
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