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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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Published Apr 5, 2021 · 6,002 words (22 minutes) · 45 views
Fantasy True Thomas fairies Stories have power arranged marriage Romance? Tam Lin Fairy abduction Child Roland The Trees They Do Grow High Mabinogion
It's a all the fairy stories with some queer hope at the end
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Published Mar 13, 2021 · 939 words (4 minutes) · 102 views
Fantasy Romance depression relationships mental health Feathers Heavy handed metaphors
A couple deals with depression manifested as heavy black wings.
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Fiction Series: Ongoing 13 Chapters
Updated Feb 26, 2021 · 1,985 words (8 minutes) · 1 like · 1379 views
Classic Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Romance poetry poem
Poems written for my newsletter, posted here three months after they are sent to subscribers.
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Published Nov 18, 2020 · 2,635 words (10 minutes) · 288 views
Fantasy Historical outlaws cowboys music gunslingers western curses destiny final reward Enthusiasts Murder Ballads
An outlaw finds the end of his murder ballad at last. A story in the Enthusiasts universe.
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Published Nov 18, 2020 · 3,186 words (12 minutes) · 286 views
Fantasy Horror bargains Ideas from an RPG fae happy? ending Fairytales creepy woods dark fairies same world as my unpublished novel
A boy goes too deep into the woods and finds a monster.
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Published Apr 23, 2020 · 496 words (2 minutes) · 9 likes · 544 views
Fantasy revolution Parties dessert fancy 2nd person
What would be lost with the ousting of a dictator? Not honor, or majesty, but rather something more frivolous.
Author R. K. Duncan is a graduate of Viable Paradise 23 in 2019. He writes fantasy, horror, and the occasional science fiction from his home in West Philadelphia, where he dreams of travel and the demise of capitalism.
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Published Apr 23, 2020 · 3,952 words (15 minutes) · 3 likes · 682 views
Horror Science Fiction poverty industrial androids sadness music betrayal punk consciousness transfer hacking Health Insurance
Transference to a robot body may have saved his life, but it left Rob without much to live for, once music lost its luster. But when a mysterious underground band called Procedural Generation promises to bring back what he’s been missing, he’ll plug in, no questions asked.
Author R. K. Duncan is a 2019 graduate of Viable Paradise, and writes fantasy, horror, and science fiction with a sharp edge of hope from his home in West Philadelphia.
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Published Mar 10, 2020 · 6,543 words (24 minutes) · 514 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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Published Jan 10, 2020 · 173 words (1 minute) · 516 views
Fantasy Romance death Burial crows Cauldron of Rebirth reincarnation
A poem about death and myth and transformations.
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Published Dec 1, 2019 · 8,408 words (31 minutes) · 515 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.