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A Little Night Music back in print!

By DayleNovember 22, 2014Andrea Dale, Erotica, Romance, Soul's Road Press

It’s finally back in print! ::tosses Styx confetti everywhere::

At seventeen, Hannah Montgomery tripped down the stairs into the arms of her favorite rock god, Nathaniel Fox. So she kissed him, of course. But Nate reluctantly said she was too young, Hannah swore that one day, she’d have him, just once.

Nine years later, when his career hits rock bottom, Nate needs Hannah’s PR talents and passion to get him back on top of the music world. Their vow of “just once” to get the lust out of their systems spills over into explosive sexual encounters hotter than anything Hannah ever fantasized about.

But Hannah’s job of making Nate a superstar again clashes with the image of a working girl on his arm—and worse, without Hannah by his side, the temptations of the road might send Nate back into a downward spiral.

Will their final song be a ballad of heartbreak or a chart-topping rocker about the power of true love?

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Reviews

“Dale’s story is a strong romance with a bit of angst and some well-executed character development. The characters engage in sexual antics, including consensual bondage and sex toys, and secondary characters help the plot develop.”
—Romantic Times Book Review (4 stars), October 2007

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::tosses more confetti, rocks around the room::

Lost luggage? No problem!

By DayleNovember 11, 2014Andrea Dale, Erotica, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Lara’s determined not to let her lost luggage ruin her stay in a Hawaiian paradise. Delectable Evie is determined to help in any way she can. With that kind of attitude, how can they not have a steamy-hot good time? This sexy short story is lesbian erotic romance at its finest!

“Lost & Found” originally appeared in Lesbian Lust: Erotic Stories (Cleis Press, 2010) and was reprinted in Best Lesbian Romance 2011 (Cleis Press, 2011).

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Free story! “Desperate Housewitches”

By DayleNovember 3, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Free Story!, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press, Uncategorized, Uncollected Anthology

As part of the Uncollected Anthology series project, all the authors will be publishing their stories for free on their websites, each one for two weeks only!

“Desperate Housewitches” appeared in Issue 2, Winter Witches.

Kimberly reigns as the witchy Martha Stewart of her neighborhood coven…until Philippa moves in across the street, with her snooty English pagan heritage and her magical one-upmanship. When the annual Winter Solstice ritual goes horribly wrong, can Kim and Philippa put their differences aside and bring back the sun?

This free story was available for two week only. If you missed this one, click on the links above. And please check out the Uncollected Anthology website (and maybe sign up for the newsletter!) to find out when the next issue will be available!

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Highland inspiration

By DayleOctober 29, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

“When Glynis Mac Tavish went to find the wind…” So begins this short story of loss and longing, inspired by the Highlands of Scotland and Celtic mythology. Glynis, the last of her clan, asks the personification of wind itself only for what she has lost. But all the wind can do is give her the tools to find within herself what she truly seeks.

Personal note: I don’t always know where my ideas come from, but for this one, it’s clear. This story wrote itself one afternoon while I sat on the back of our motorcycle as we wove our way through the Scottish lowlands into the highlands. The wind on my face, the scraggy fields, the grey-blue sky all came together and gave me this tale. I hope you enjoy it!

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Two older stories, available again

By DayleOctober 22, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Spurned by a legendary bard, Eithne begs the King of the Selkies for a singing voice that would fill people with greatest emotion. But every gift comes with a price, one she would pay for generations to come. This haunting short story includes the bonus tale “…Of Human Sacrifice and Parents’ Tears.”

“Bane, She” originally appeared in Haunts, January 1996 (Issue 30) and was reprinted in Vermont Voices III, League of Vermont Writers, 2000. “…Of Human Sacrifice and Parents’ Tears” originally appeared in The Witching Hour, Silver Lake Publishing, 2001.

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New contemporary fantasy short story: “The Rising”

By DayleOctober 15, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

The tragedy of 9/11 raises ghosts and insecurities, opens old wounds. Doug Masterson leaves his wife, Deborah, and embarks on a quest to understand his purpose in the world, while Deborah, with the help of the spirit of a woman who once lived in their house, struggles to piece her own shattered life back together. “The Rising” is an uplifting short story about hope and humanity.

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Venetian courtesans and curses

By DayleOctober 7, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Venetian courtesan Catarucia Rigarda Archisani, spurned by her lover, wishes to be so beautiful that she will never be forgotten or ignored. When the capricious gods Venus and Amor grant her the wish, her only escape is to remain masked, except in the presence of her blind musician, Giancarlo Salvi. Accused of bewitching the men of Venezia, Catarucia must not only defend herself, but find a way to break the curse she so foolishly brought upon herself.

“Masked” originally appeared in Written on the Coast: Thirteen Tales of Magic and Mayhem Written in Lincoln City, OR, Soul’s Road Press, 2012.

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Uncollected Anthology, Issue 2: Winter Witches

By DayleOctober 1, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Uncollected Anthology

I’m still so excited about The Uncollected Anthology, and chuffed to bits that we’re already at Issue 2 of these urban fantasy stories. This issue’s theme is Winter Witches, to get you thinking about the holidays ahead.

Wow, talk about a diverse group of stories! All urban fantasy, but all very different—and I loved each and every one of them. There’s a reason I suggested this project to some of my favorite authors. (It was because I’m selfish and wanted to read more stories by them, on themes I thought were cool and fun.)

Anyway, here are the deets on my story:

“Desperate Housewitches”

The other incredibly fabulous authors—go check out their stories!

Annie Reed | Leah Cutter | Leslie Claire Walker | Michele Lang | Phaedra Weldon

As a reminder, we do have a website and a newsletter, for the sole purpose of telling you when the next batch of stories is available.

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Two new (and very different) stories available!

By DayleSeptember 25, 2014Andrea Dale, Dayle A. Dermatis, Erotica, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

“Living With the Past” is part of the Fantastic Detectives anthology from Fiction River, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (former editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction). I need smelling salts, please, because my name is on the front cover. With Kevin J. Anderson and Dean Wesley Smith. And you may not know of Karen L. Abrahamson, but I do, and she’s a phenomenal writer (check out her Cartographers series!). (Alastair Kimble is a new author to me, but I’m eager to read his work.) Seriously, the whole table of contents is amazing.

“Living With the Past” features the heroine of my novel Ghosted, Nikki Ashburne, a former Hollywood party girl who can now see ghosts. Ghosted should be out in a month or so, fingers crossed. (I’ve been saying that for ages, though, haven’t I?)

Available in print at Amazon, and in ebook format from these fine establishments:
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(rest of the links coming soon, I promise!)

Meanwhile, from Soul’s Road Press comes “Paying It Forward,” another erotica story from my Andrea Dale pen name:

Pamela believes in paying it forward—which is why every year she picks another naïve young man and teaches him how to properly give a woman anal pleasure. Warning: Adult content.

“Paying It Forward” originally appeared in Orgasmic: Erotica for Women, Cleis Press, 2010, as Kendra Wayne

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New story: When the Rancher Needs a Loan

By DayleSeptember 17, 2014Andrea Dale, Erotica, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Shea will lose her ranch if she can’t get a loan. How far will she go to convince banker Bill to give her the money? And how soon will she go from desperate for the loan to desperate to come? Warning: This short story contains kinky adult games.

“When the Rancher Needs a Loan” originally appeared in Cowboy Lover: Erotic Stories of the Wild West, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2007.

Available in ebook format from these fine establishments:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords | All Romance eBooks

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