Missing the Boat is a standalone novel that begins on a tourist island in Ontario’s Lake Erie. It follows Becca, a reserved IT worker in her late thirties: quiet, asexual without the words to name it, and long practised at avoiding anything that might be mistaken for romance. When she misses the last ferry back to the mainland, Morgan — the longtime online friend with whom she had planned the day’s visit — offers to take her home. Their dinghy ride ends at the C Shell, a sailboat anchored offshore that is home to Morgan and her polyamorous partner.

Unwilling to risk navigating an unfamiliar harbour in the dark, they lend Becca a private cabin and one of Morgan’s spare nightgowns. With the option of retreat always available, Becca dares to reach out instead and finds herself drawn into a kind of intimacy she’d never imagined for herself.

When the braided mass of rope that quite literally falls at her feet turns out to be intimate recreation rather than some nautical craft, what unfolds is not a sexual awakening but a negotiation of trust. Through slow-burning, non-sexual tension and deliberately orchestrated consent, Becca begins to understand that her comfort is not a failing and that she may be not only acceptable but desired exactly as she is.

Missing the Boat was published in 2021.

2026 and 2027 anticipate the release of several works set in the fantasy world of Summātiō.

Leo, a young man raised at the Sanguine Horse diversion house, is manipulated into an intimate party game with a newly promoted journeyman printer who’s reluctant to engage. Protecting her without betraying himself, he learns that understanding consent and making others respect it are two very different things.

Dancing Attendance is scheduled for publication in autumn of 2026.

At the Sanguine Horse, consequences are negotiable but growth is mandatory. When four failing university students hire a pain artist to help enforce their academic self-discipline, they discover that real education hurts in unexpected ways.

Revise and Correct is a short story collection slated for a winter 2026 release.

An art student visiting the Sanguine Horse diversion house confronts the difference between consensual bruises and abuse—and learns that sometimes drawing a line between the most ethical choices available and everyday cruelty is harder than he ever imagined.

The Function of an Artist was originally written as a Loyalty Tale for Shay_the_Maker and is scheduled for publication in spring of 2027.

Exhausted after a long day of applying to what seems like every epulānārium in Capitol, desperate and unemployed cook Trokhym crosses the city to reach the Sanguine Horse. He expects no more than an engaging show, a good meal, and a place to drown his sorrows. The liquid courage he imbibes, however, inspires him to ask for more.

After one too many beers, Trokhym asks for a job. To his surprise, the server sets up an interview for the next day. But when the pain artists start questioning why he can’t even name his own needs, Trokhym realises this isn’t just a job interview. It’s personal.

Standing the Heat is scheduled for publication in summer of 2027.