Forge (original fiction)
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Title: Forge.
Author: Dusk Peterson.
Where to find me: Website, e-mail list, DW, AO3, Patreon, Goodreads.
Fandom: Original fiction. A fairly large cast with more than one relationship, mainly platonic. The main pairing is queer.
Setting: A working-class neighborhood in an alternative version of the town of Luray, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the 1880s.
Historical note: The novel will end with a historical annotation written by a future historian in the AU world, complete with (imaginary) academic citations. Enjoy. :)
Tags: Balladeers, criminals, ethnic character(s), mentally ill character(s), queer character(s), servants, spies, labor unions, newspapers, working-class struggles, cooking, domestic life, housework, fire escapes, prisons (flashbacks), abuse issues, grief, ethical issues, romance, self-discipline, spirituality.
Series: The Eternal Dungeon, an alternate history series on romance, friendship, and family, set in a nineteenth-century prison where the psychologists wield whips. This the sixth and final volume of the series. But you don't need to have read the previous stories in this series to understand this one!
Length: Novel.
Status: I've finished writing the novel; it's now being serialized at AO3, chapter by chapter.
Feedback: Yes, please.
Rating: M for the novel as a whole.
Warnings: Boilerplate warning for all my stories + my rating system (recently updated).
Story summary:
It's an explosive combination. Into this world will come a man nobody expects, least of all himself.