December 16, 189X

An m/m/m eldritch horror romance novel!

Lo! 'tis a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years!
An angel throng, bewings, bedight
In veils, and drowned in tears,
Sit in a theatre, to see
A play of hopes and fears,
While the orchestra breatehs fitfully
The music of the sphere.

Mimes, in the form of God on hiughs,
Mutter and muble low,
And hither and thither fly—
Mere puppets they, who come and go
At bidding of vast formless things
That shift the screnery to and fro,
Flapping from out their Condor wings
Invisible Wo!

That motley drama—oh, be sure
It shall not be forgot!
With its Phantom chased for evermore
By a crow that seize it not,
Through a circle that ever returneth in
To the self-same spot,
And much of Madness, and more of Sin,
And Horror the soul of the plot.

But see, amid the mimic rout,
A crawling intrude!
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
It writhes!—it writhes—with mortal pangs
The mimes becomes its food,
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued.

Out—out are the lights—out all!
And, over each quivering form,
The curtain, a funeral pall,
Comes down with the rush of a storm,
While the angels, all pallid and wan,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, "Man,"
And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.

The Conqueror Worm — E.A. Poe

About the Author:

Robin J Tischner lives and grew up in Ohio, a place that may as well be its own eldritch horror. He has one cat, dreams of a small place by the sea, and knows he would get eaten by a cult the moment he set foot in Arkham. Despite this, he writes more of them into the world.

A newsprint styled version of this site.

- Andrew Spencer Introduced As Second Love Interest -

Andrew Spencer, 34, is our second love interest. He and Peter became close friends early on in childhood, while attending the same boarding school. They would continue to attend together, as room mates and seat neighbors, until graduation. A few years after their friendship began, the two boys would start up intimate relations. While they never expected exclusivity, they would continue to be entangled, moving in together. Andrew took over all the everyday minutia, keeping Peter and himself alive and cared for, while allowing Peter to focus entirely on his work, rather than navigating society.

He is viciously protective of Peter, willing to do anything for him, including and going beyond murder. This is our hedonist, violently angry, overly indulgent in drink and smoke and sex. He prefers the blade, but has no qualms with guns. Andrew is actually a fairly good shot with the rifle, after a childhood spent riding, shooting, and fencing.

Front facing picrew (credit @elena-illustrations) of Andrew Spencer, a lightly tanned white man with brown hair tousled but swept back. He has a small scar on the left bottom end of his smile. His right cheek is held in someone else's hand.