Welcome to Strange Vacationland, true tales from deep in the woods of Maine!
CHRONOLOGICAL READING ORDER:
- Bury Me With My Boots On (Trinity of Blood, Part One)
- Vampires Totally Suck (Trinity of Blood, Part Two)
- Be Not Afraid (in the Strange Vacationland bundle)
- You Can’t Get There From Here (also in the bundle)
- Come Out & Prey (Trinity of Blood, Part Three)
- And possibly more to come in this universe!
Please note: The Trinity of Blood starts as an MM story in Bury Me With My Boots On, then becomes MMF in Parts Two and Three (and Part Two – Vampires Totally Suck – was written and published first, and heavily edited since its original publication in the Creepy Court anthology).
It is highly recommended that you read our side characters’ tales (Be Not Afraid and You Can’t Get There From Here) between Vampires Totally Suck and Come Out & Prey. You can find them both in the Strange Vacationland ebook collection, direct from C’s store.
Trinity of Blood: MM —> MMF Vampire Romance Saga
(Bury Me With My Boots On, Vampires Totally Suck, Come Out & Prey)
For fans of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, Tombstone, The Lost Boys, and True Blood, the Trinity of Blood MM -> MMF vampire romance saga follows a triad of fated mates as they cross oceans of time, face the demons on their trail, and stake their claim on the happiness they deserve.
Told in three grounded, time period novellas—spanning the Old West, the L.A. goth scene of the 1980s, and present day Maine—Trinity of Blood is a queer, paranormal romance that is both darkly humorous and deeply healing.
Trinity of Blood: The Complete Saga
(Bury Me With My Boots On, Vampires Totally Suck, Come Out & Prey)
Part One: Bury Me With My Boots On (1885)
In the boomtown of Opalite, Damon’s future is as predictable as the familiar rotation of evening customers at the House of Eternal Moonlight. When an alluring stranger rides into town and the dead bodies start piling up, this sensitive gunslinger is forced to choose between the only home he’s ever known and a connection he cannot explain.
Part Two: Vampires Totally Suck (1985)
A rundown goth clothing store in a Los Angeles shopping mall may seem like a cliche setting for a reinvention, but Star has little choice after her old life crashes and burns. When she discovers the two men she works for are vampires, this Valley Girl turned goth heroine embraces her fate, more than ready to sharpen her fangs and stand up for the comeback she deserves.
Part Three: Come Out & Prey (2026)
The night he became a vampire against his will, on a small island in the country now known as the Philippines, Makisig believed his life was over. Three hundred years, plus a name change and an ocean voyage later, Max meets his first eternal companion. Death tries to intervene, but the pair escape, and after a century together, find their “third.” When an old nemesis intent on revenge rises from the grave, they are forced to go on the run once again.
Decades later, they’ve found sanctuary, hidden in plain sight among ghostly, Northeastern pines and supernatural creatures like themselves. Despite this newfound security, Max struggles to let down his guard, even to those willing to love him unconditionally. When the past arrives on his doorstep, he must decide if the blood staining his hands is a mark of damnation or a chance for absolution from the guilt still weighing heavy on his immortal soul.
IF YOU LOVE:
• Hot, queer vampires
• MM -> MMF polyam romance
• Gothic vibes
• Three time periods: 1885, 1985, 2026
• Fated mates & found family
• Black cat, golden retriever & Doberman
• Southeast Asian MMC
• Healing from trauma
• Spicy as hell
• Murder (and revenge) as a love language
Then sink your fangs into the COMPLETE Trinity of Blood vampire romance saga!
Looking for more on the side characters from Come Out & Prey?
Tales from Strange Vacationland
TWO of their tales are available as ONE tasty digital download treat!
Content, Tropes, Kinks & Triggers for Be Not Afraid (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
Scroll down for the list for You Can’t Get There From Here & please do not hesitate to email C. directly with any questions or suggestions for adding to the TWs.
Content Notes, Kinks & Tropes: MMF with MM scenes, sweary dialogue and naughty humor, taboo/religious/priest fetish, primal chase, role play, orgasm denial/edging, spanking, use of toys, medium-dark with general weirdness.
Potential Triggers: So much blasphemy, horror vibes, parental neglect and past betrayal by a close friend, mild (but devoted) stalking by sexy psychopath monster, hint of somnophilia with non/dubious consent (depending on your personal definitions) that turns into enthusiastic consent.
WARNING:
This is not a cute Christmas tale full of candy canes and sugar plums. It’s more like a dark chocolate pound cake that got possessed by a creepy poltergeist telling dirty jokes when you drive by the cemetery on your way to the holiday party. So, if you monster Ho’s like your spice to be a little scarousing and full of WTFuckery, let’s get weird.
Be Not Afraid
Originally published in the Monsters & Mistletoe: A Christmas Monster Romance Anthology, and again in the Monsters in Love: Aloha Nut Loa Charity Anthology
Silent night… Holey night…
All is not calm when Magdalena stumbles home the morning after Halloween in a nun’s habit and meets the hottest man she’s ever seen. The only problem? He’s a priest.
Father Brennan is a mystery and a temptation rolled into one sinful package, and it’s unclear if heaven or hell awaits. What’s an impure girl to do but get on her knees and pray for salvation?
Divine intervention unexpectedly arrives one night to answer her prayers. All that’s left is for this little sinner to decide if facing a biblically accurate nightmare is worth making all her wet dreams come true.
Content, Tropes, Kinks & Triggers for You Can’t Get There from Here (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
Content Notes, Kinks & Tropes: MF, Size difference, a heroine well-versed in monster romance, fated mates, consensual chase scene and primal play, scenting, breeding kink, knotting with mating bites, sweary dirty dialogue & naughty humor, a touch of medium-darkness with general weirdness.
Potential Triggers: Fear (both as a teenager and adult), isolated cabin in the dark woods, NATURE, Stephen King creepy horror vibes, a legendary cryptid lovingly obsessed with (and slightly stalking) their human.
Note on regional language: The main location in the Strange Vacationland universe take place in my home state of Maine (USA), so will occasionally feature phrases and language used regionally. Examples in this tale include “away people” (out-of-towners, aka anyone who isn’t 900th generation Mainer), “camp” (this is not a summer camp or a nice “away person” camp on the lake. This is a ramshackle hunting lodge in the middle of the woods, usually in your family for 900 generations, and often mentioned when one is going “upta camp.”), “back forty” (a remote location – the farthest 40 acres of a property); and even the title “You Can’t Get There from Here” (a petty phrase given to “away people” looking for directions, in the best Stephen King-esque Maine accent you can muster).
You Can’t Get There from Here
Originally published in the Monsters in Love: Wicked Tales and Monstrous Ever Afters Charity Anthology
My, what big teeth you have.
That was my first thought the night a mysterious creature chased me down in the forest surrounding my family’s remote Maine cabin. My second thought was wondering how those fangs would feel on my skin.
For reasons I didn’t understand, I surrendered to him, but he allowed me to escape instead. Years later, back at the cabin, I discover the creature is still haunting these woods.
And this time?
He has no intention of letting me go.
Recognize a familiar title? Writing Vampires Totally Suck the first time (for the Creepy Court anthology) was cathartic for me (learn more HERE) and I addressed this further in the Author’s Note in the back of Trinity of Blood.