#queer wip

Hi there! I’m Rayne and I love to write fiction. Ask and tag game friendly!

Welcome to The Circus:

In March 2026, I started a new project: a standalone set in 1800s Europe where the poor perform in a circus designed to entertain the rich. It follows Colette de Castillon, a girl born into a rich family sold by her father after he gambles away his life fortune. In The Circus, she meets Valerie Loveday, a girl who’s been there longer than anyone else has ever survived. It follows a desperate fight by a girl who knows she deserves better and a girl who only knows how to survive, not to live, and their ensuing escape… but the longest anyone has ever escaped for was thirteen days.

This story is a romance, focused on themes of learning to love in a broken world and finding light when you only knew darkness. I love these two girls with all my heart, but I will be torturing them beyond what is holy.

So… welcome to The Circus. All is Hell.

tags: #welcome to the circus #colette de castillon #valerie loveday

total word count = 21,000

The Zavaryan trilogy:

Since February 2024 I have been working on a trilogy, with three books entitled The Twelve Blessings, The Twelve Curses, and The Thirteenth Star. At its heart, it is a story about humanity, and four broken children trying to do right in a world that constantly wrongs them. That world is called Zavarya, created by the Twelve Zodiacs, and it’s been breaking long before my characters have been able to get their hands on it… whether to help it or pull it apart further, they’re not quite sure.

This trilogy has stolen my heart because it’s a fusion of all my favourite themes: found family, corruption of power, and the nature of humanity versus the divine. I love to yap about it so please ask me questions if you have any 🫶

tags: #the twelve blessings #the twelve curses #the thirteenth star #parker odysya #roksi swyls #harlyn #zebedav #quincey quetzytav

the twelve blessings = 95,990

the twelve curses = 101,972

the thirteenth star = 66,003

total word count = 263,965

Left for Dead:

In September 2022, I began a standalone book about a dystopian world in which boys are taken to learn to fight to protect the government, who retreated into a house when the apocalypse started, never to be seen again. The main protagonist Levi Ansel earns his status as a guard after thirteen gruelling years, but finds there’s more to the house than what people say, and begins to wonder if the government are hiding secrets rather than protecting their safety.

I unfortunately lost the document to this project in 2023 and only have a couple of printed pages. I don’t usually post about it on tumblr and I’m slightly too heartbroken to go back and rewrite it, but I’m still open to answering questions if anyone has any!

total word count (was) = 82,613

About me!

I’m from England

My favourite animals are dogs and okapis

My favourite colours are pink and purple

I play bass guitar (favourite bass lines to play are Soul to Squeeze by the RHCP, Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N Roses, and Hysteria by Muse)

I adore Ancient history and literature. At any given opportunity I will geek out over the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid. Some Greek theatre I’ve read includes Frogs, Bacchae, and the three Theban Plays.

My favourite books are The Grace Year, All for the Game series, Lord of the Flies, Lord of the Rings, Six of Crows, and the Song of Achilles.

My favourite video games are Legend of Zelda, In Stars and Time, Stardew Valley, and Hades.

My favourite music artists are Frank Turner, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace, Paramore, The Lottery Winners, Halestorm, PVRIS, YUNGBLUD, Sleeping With Sirens, Palaye Royale, McFly, All Time Low, Citizen Soldier, Sleep Token, The Rasmus, and Icon for Hire.

Other random things I like include Shoot from the Hip, football, Epic: the musical, and playing board games (favourite is Destinies).

i just wrote a climax i've had in my head for over two years, and it turned out more brilliantly than i could've hoped! i never thought this wip would be finished, but even at its very rough stage, it's done! it's on paper!

THE FLAME AT THE END OF THE WORLD is clocking in draft 1 at 106k, 365 pages! onwards we go towards editing, but i would love to see some celebration emojis in the reblogs!

and, a quick blurb about the premise, because i haven't been posting about it lately:

A (potentially) multi-media character driven piece of work.

Genre | Mystery | Supernatural | Queer Romance

Themes | Close friendships, family, identity, overcoming fear, potential polyamory

Warnings | Unhealthy family dynamics, mild queerphobia (internalized and from others), mild paranormal horror (potentially more to be added), potential adult content on the side

Synopsis:

Louis "Farron" Strand and Simon Falk have been close ever since they were children, now they're living together in the city after moving away from home nearly as soon as they could once they entered college. Farron receives a message from a late relative who has since passed and has left a home for him in the town they grew up in. Simon suggests they take the opportunity to go back, Farron is anxious at the prospect of being in the same town anywhere near his parents again. But the idea of a permanent home pulls him forward just a bit more.

So they return to the place they grew up in, not much has changed, but they focus their efforts on the house. A vast thing on a hill, bigger than two people need, and in a state of mild disrepair. Things seem off as time goes by, at first it just seems like the sounds coming from around them are just the house settling in the night, but things become more and more odd as they stay.

The two deal with one (or more?) strange on-goings in their new home, dealing with unwanted family members at their door, and the local mortician who seems to know about the supernatural, paranormal, and everything else more than anyone should.

Characters:

Louis "Farron" Strand: Narrator | 30 | He/They | Bi | Monotone, and sarcastic goth, Farron is happy to be out of the town he grew up in, but mostly happy to be away from his parents. He works from home due to his disabilities and tries to ignore the fact they have been in love his best friend since they were young and whatever their own identity is. They don't believe much in the supernatural and paranormal, and scoff at it most of the time. The skeptic.

Simon Falk: Narrator | 30 | He/Him/Big shrug emoji) | Gray-Ace | Jock and the human manifestation of a golden retriever, Simon went to college on a sports scholarship and now works as a exercise physiologist and part time coach for local schools. He gently pushes for Farron to accept the house, and the two move back to their home town together. Believes in the supernatural and paranormal, tries his best to convince Farron that the things in their home are supernatural.

 i’m looking for at least two sensitivity readers, one who is Latina (Mexican or Puerto Rican, ideally, but not strictly) and one who is Black. both must also be wlw.

my wip is a YA(ish) fantasy. i’m currently in the outlining stage but am hoping to get feedback now so that i don’t write 50k words and then realize that something i included is insensitive.

i’m willing to pay! send me a message and we can discuss payment.

please signal boost & reblog if you’re not a Latina or Black wlw!!

Current word count: 50,168

Plan: I’m going to go through the whole draft a couple more times, try to fix some of the pacing, and then put it away for a while (aka one of my friends bullied me into letting her read it so I’m going to do that and then see what her feedback is so I can work on my second draft.) 

HAVE A NICE FLUFFY PROJECT SPELLBIND SNIPPET I’M SO HYPE

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“What do you want to do with your 16th year?” I ask. It’s a family tradition. Mama asks me what I hope to do during my 7th year or 12th year or 15th year. It hurts that she won’t be able to ask me what I’m doing with my 16th year. But at least I can start the tradition over with someone else. Someone I care about. 

Lydia shrugs. “I don’t really know.” 

I nudge her shoulder with mine. “It doesn’t have to be anything important. Just small things that you want to do.”

“Fine,” Lydia says as though she’s annoyed. But I know her well enough to know that the scrunch of her nose means she’s joking. “I want more moonlit, rain-drenched dances on the rooftop.” She sways towards me to knock into my shoulder. “I want to hold your hand and run through the halls.” She takes a deep breath. “I want to feel a little less guilty. Maybe, just maybe, I want to try to use my affinity. I’m not sure though.” 

She smiles at me with mischievous eyes. “I’m certain of one thing, though.” She leans her head forward, blonde hair falling forward with her. “I know I want to kiss you.” 

I laugh and lean in. We pay no mind to the other students. There are no other people in this little world of ours. We’re on the grass, the air is perfumed with flowers, and Lydia’s lips taste like cream cheese frosting.

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taglist under the cut! comment or dm if you would like to be added or removed :)

the incredible @inedibleplastic (this is just what i call you in my head ok) started this idea so i’m joining in!!

story is an allegory for shitty governments (I’m English, can you blame me?)

found family

friends to lovers

a random adorable cat, that dies (as a way of showing how conflict only causes the deaths of the most innocent)

a villain who does not seem like a villain

a ‘hero’ who wonders if they are said villain

a ‘hero’ who probably is said villain

friendships splintering like old mirrors

bonding moment between two characters underneath the stars

gay

these are the themes i’ve noticed most frequently throughout all my projects. hope you enjoy and that everyone is having a brilliant day🩷