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Hi, welcome. Are you looking for me? I've moved to a new homepage:
http://maydawney.com

Now on Pinterest

I enjoy making mood boards for the stories I'm writing. It helps me get into the world I'll be playing around in and helps me focus my ideas. I was doing this in the private space of my own computer and then realized that that was a rather silly thing to do as there is this wonderful invention called Pinterest! So, I have made some book albums and you can keep up-to-date on my current projects. You're welcome ;-)

Get your copy of ' Wicked Things' today!

Fourteen authors of lesbian fiction contributed otherworldly, thrilling and supernatural short stories that will keep you glued to your seat.

May Dawney: The Road Home
Heading home from a crazy Hallow’s Eve shift at the local bar, Rebecca Linder finds herself face-to-face with a ghost story come to life. Things are not always what they appear, however, and sometimes the worst moments in a life can lead to some of the best.

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'The Road Home' to be published in October

I am very happy to announce that my first ever original short story will be published by Ylva Publishing come Halloween! It's called 'The Road Home', and will be published in 'Wicked Things', a scary and supernatural anthology full of lesbian goodness.

Heading home from a crazy Hallow's Eve shift at the local bar, Rebecca Linder finds herself face-to-face with a ghost story come to life. Things are not always what they appear, however, and sometimes the worst moments in a life can lead to some of the best.

I'll keep you updated, of course, about further details. I will also keep you updated about the full length novel I am currently working on and which will be published by Ylva come 2015 (if all goes well). I am very excited to make these announcements and finally release the official cover for Wicked Things.

'Once Upon a time' Enchanted Forest Map

 

Because I write a lot of Once Upon a Time fan-fiction set in the Enchanted Forest, I decided to make a map to make my life easier. This is the result of many hours of research and photoshop. This post on Ao3 contains the full sized map, a grid map with locations set to sectors for easy reference, and a 'royalty' map, which contains only the kingdoms and castles. There are explanations about the names there as well. Feel free to use it as you wish, but please give credit where it's due.

'Between Bought and Earned'

Work written for the prompt: "Hooker/Escort - AU Swan Queen, no curse, Regina is just an uptight mayor of Storybrooke and a single mother. She is very bored, almost depressed by her dull routine. More than that she suspects that her lover Graham cheats on her with Ruby (waitress) but no matter how much she tries, she can't end relationship with him. One day she gets stuck with the idea of trying sex with woman but since it's too risky in such small town as SB, she ends up in Boston/NY with Emma as a hooker."

Mayor Regina Mills has been married to her husband for years, but for months now, he's been sleeping with the town's favourite waitress behind her back. Angry and frustrated Regina reaches out to an escort, Emma, but ends up with a lot more than she had bargained for.

[Rating: EXPLICIT!]

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It felt like such a cliché: the powerful woman with the superior income finding red lipstick stains on the rim of her husband's shirts, accepting lame apologies and excuses as he 'works late' and came home from the sheriff's office smelling like cheap perfume and cooking oil. She knew he was fucking her, the waitress from the diner, but because the thought of being alone was more terrifying than the thought of being cheated on, she stayed. That is what happened when you grow up with an abusive and overbearing mother. That is what happened when you loved too hard, and suffocated the man who was never good enough for you in the first place.

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'Bonded Beyond the Veil'

After a near-death scare fighting the Snow Queen, Regina and Emma's parents decide that it's time Emma gets het magic back. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done, and the only possibility is following the musing left behind by Morgaine le Fey in old tomes.

[Rating: Mature]

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There are rumours of connections between mages so strong, that they enable either of the partners to tap into the other's magic. In these instances, the metaphysical streams that empower the mages mingle, like two rivers coming together underground. The energy weaves together before pouring forth with more power than the single mage could ever hope to produce on their own, breaking forth from behind the veil to wreak havoc. To my knowledge, these connections are rare; two mages powerful enough to weave together, to share a connection so strong that they pierce the veil like the boats that pass into my beloved Avalon. It happens once in a generation, if that, but when it happens, tremble, for those who are connected to such an extent do not only share magic, they share a mind, and often, a heart.

-- Morgaine le Fay – ‘The Metaphysics of Magic’

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