Arden Powell
Author and illustrator of queer fantasy, romance, and horror.
The Bachelor's Valet
While trying to avoid an arranged marriage to a bright young lady, airheaded gentleman of liesure Alphonse Hollyhock accidentally falls in love with his extra competent valet. An MM cozy historical fantasy with background FF.
A Novel Arrangement
A love triangle between a blackmailed romance novelist, her devoted army-veteran husband, and his eccentric best friend who is determined to destroy the couple's relationship. An FMM cozy historical fantasy.
A Thief and a Gentleman
While planning the biggest heist of his career, con man and jewel thief Sebastian is dared to seduce a mistrustful, straight-laced gentleman who was once his best friend. An MM romance featuring magical heists.
Of Socialites and Prizefights
When professional temptress Deepa is cursed by a rejected suitor, she needs true love's kiss to break it. She doesn't believe in love, but she's never tried to fall in love with a woman before. An FF butch/femme, sapphic awakening romance.
The Flos Magicae Novellas
The Botanist's Apprentice
A grad student wins the opportunity to study under a renowned botanist, gaining access to his greenhouse of rare and deadly magical plants. An MM romance with sex pollen and an age gap.
The Solstice Cabin
Following a personal tragedy, David goes north to find his friend, who disappeared months earlier without explanation. A friends-to-lovers MM romance set in a secluded Arctic cabin with ghosts and snow magic.
Winter's Dawn
Falsely accused of treason, a professor of theoretical magic awaits trial in the brutal Blackwood Gaol. In the next cell, an anti-monarchist rebel awaits execution. A gothic romance with a nonbinary love interest.
Standalones
Fantasy, gothic romance, and horror.
Obsidian Island
Four sailors must survive after being shipwrecked on an island that is infiltrating their dreams and trying to eat their souls. MM action/adventure fantasy romance with horror elements.
The Faerie Hounds of York
England, 1810. Two men cursed by Faerie flee across the wintry moors, trying to escape their fates as they become entangled in each other's. A bittersweet MM gothic romance novella.
The Bayou
Louisiana, 1935. Haunted by a murdered girl, a journalist is taken hostage by a couple of notorious and charismatic bankrobbers as his town disappears one person at a time. A queer southern gothic horror novella.
In the Pit of Your Stomach
There is a hole in your yard. Something pale and monstrous lurks within. A choose-your-path interactive horror story with 18 possible endings.
Short Stories
MR MARIGOLD RESHELLS AN AUTOMATON : a sculptor builds a new body for one of da Vinci's creations. Published by Baffling Magazine in Issue 05, free to read.
ZEN SOLARIS AND THE GOD-CHILD : a Mad Max/Danger Days post-apocalyptic short about the end of the world and the start of a new one. Published by Lightspeed Magazine in Issue 145, free to read.
SIR FIONNOBHAR THE BLACK AND THE BECASTLED KNIGHT : a sword & sorcery short with a stab-happy knight, his long-suffering companion, and a moving castle trying to kill them. Published by Indie Bites in Issue 09: Castles and Curses, free to download.
SEAGULL GIRLS : a teen talks to a dying whale and a shorebird that can turn into a girl. Published by Wizards in Space Magazine in Issue 07.
THE DAY AFTER YOUR FUNERAL : southern gothic horror: a teenager calls down the biblical apocalypse to avenge her murdered girlfriend. Published by Artemisia's Axe in Skulls and Spells: A Queer Horror Anthology.
BESS AND THE THRASHER BIRD : a sapphic revenge retelling of Alfred Noyes' poem The Highwayman, set on a slave plantation. Published by Haunt Publishing in Unthinkable: A Queer Gothic Anthology.
BEYOND THE RIVERBANKS OF THE JADE PALACE : a dreamy, sapphic fantasy romance between a queen-to-be, her lady-in-waiting, and the idea of dragons. Published by Indie Bites in Issue 13: Royals and Rogues, free to download.
