Solstice War Fairytales
Queer romantasy fairytale retellings
Another World's Stars
Sleeping Beauty with magic portals, a circus performer and a cursed prince
Dancer and circus performer Tryxan was born with a shard of ice for a heart, never feeling anything but numbing cold and bitter disdain for a cruel world, which presents a crueler choice: live without joy, or risk death for a chance at being able to feel.
Tryxan takes the risk with a lethal stage performance, but instead of dying, they fall into a portal that leads them to a castle in a far-off land… and a prince who longs to dance at the Yuletide Ball, but who is cursed to die by setting foot in a ballroom.
Somehow, the ice is not so cold in the prince’s world, and as Tryxan teaches him to dance in the confines of his study, they find themselves feeling things they never have before. But a curse is not so readily thwarted, a shard not easily cast aside, and the pair’s desire cannot survive across worlds unless both are willing to sacrifice body and soul.
A romantic fantasy Sleeping Beauty novelette with winter solstices, dancing and stolen kisses.
Tropes & Themes
enby/m romance • portal magic • circus vibes • dancing lessons • cursed prince • time differential • war • hurt/comfort
Another World’s Stars is a novelette written in present tense, first person, single point of view with Tryxan as the main character.
The Rose Ball Rebels (coming soon)
Twelve Dancing Princesses except six princes, a soldier bent on revenge and a cruel monarch (queer M/F)
Gabby has made her choice. Now she must face the consequences. With her family in disarray and Darkhaven still reeling from the attack, that would be hard enough, but the Netica Project is more sinister than anyone thought.
Worse, Liam, Gabby’s only real friend at Darkhaven, isn’t recovering from the attack. The Taskforce are still conducting their grisly experiments, Luci has vanished, and with a host of new Eventers prompting Donovan to start a training school, Darkhaven is stretched thin.
Luci has the answers, but can Gabby find her in time to save her friend?
Tropes & Themes
sassy female main character • found family • academy vibes • mother issues • strong independent women with hidden pasts • conspiracy • espionage • magic circus • intuition is a superpower • secret magic labs
Everfire is a novel written in first person, single point of view with Gabrielle Whitehall as the main character. It’s important to read Darkhaven before Everfire.