Woo hoo! I’m ridiculously excited to feature my good friend and colleague, author Adrian J. Smith, with her thoughts on our publisher’s anthology Love Is a Mess. Adrian writes fantastic stories ranging from urban fantasy to crime drama, featuring lesbian and bisexual women living adventuresome lives. I could fangirl all over the place, but I’d rather take up your time by giving you her words on her story Quarter Life: Energy Feed.
Quarter Life: Energy Feed is an introduction to a greater series I have been working on for a few years. The first installment comes out in October, and I can’t tell you how excited I am. Energy Feed is a very good introduction to the main character Faye. She’s determined to get what she wants and will go to almost any extent for information, blood, anything she sees she needs.
Energy Feed is a story of mystery and manipulation. There’s not a lot of love involved at all, and like a lot of Valentine’s Days, love isn’t important. Love in the sense of this story is sex. None of the parties interested go into the relationships shared with an indication that they want love. They want a bit of fun on a Valentine’s Day, and Faye wants to get information and a feeding.
When the prompt of Love is a Mess was given to me, I knew this story would fit. Partially because Faye is bound to make a mess of anything she gets involved in, but especially where it concerns love. She completely understands love in the sense of lust, and she’s willing to use that to her advantage whenever possible.
Valentine’s Day is a day when people step out of their shell, when they do something uncomfortable for the possibility of something nice. That’s exactly what Faye is doing. This story among many other in the anthology is a story of sticking through the bad for a glimpse of the good. Love and hurt go hand in hand together. We are most easily hurt by the ones we love; Valentine’s Day is the epitome of that.
Faye experiences both pain and pleasure in this short story of hers. It’s almost to the extreme, but she’s a pretty extreme person in general. She takes risks that others would not ever be willing to take, and she tries new things no one would ever think of trying. So when you read this story, feel free to expect the unexpected and to believe in the unbelievable.
You can find Adrian around the web:
@AdrianAJSmith
www.facebook.com/adrianjsmithbooks
adrianjsmith.wordpress.com
www.goodreads.com/adrianjsmith
Love is a Mess: a Supposed Crimes anthology
Edited by C. E. Case
Stories by A. M. Leibowitz, Adrian J. Smith, Amber Kinsey, Eva Lefoy, Geonn Cannon, L. M. Perrin, Michael DuPuy and Rachael Orman.
Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay anthology, Valentine’s Day theme, romance, contemporary
Publisher: Supposed Crimes, LLC
Release Date: January 3, 2015 (ebook only)
Length: Anthology / 35,000 words / 119 pages
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Description
Love is a Mess: A Supposed Crimes Anthology contains eight stories from eight authors on the topic of misfortune at Valentine’s Day. The topics range from the fun of the moment to the power of the eternal. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters star in their own love and lust stories—erotic, playful, and thoughtful.
Viral Valentine by L. M. Perrin
When a Valentine’s Day prank goes badly, Paige’s guilt won’t let her watch the victim walk away without a proper apology.
Date Blind by Geonn Cannon
A woman discovers the worst possible blind date scenario when her date turns out to be someone who bullied her in high school.
The Politician and the Pilot by Amber Kinsey
A politician and a pilot make a steamy connection on Valentine’s Day.
Bar Tryst by Rachael Orman
After her roommate blackmailed her into going to an Anti-Valentine’s day party, Vanessa decided to make the best of it especially when the bartender shared that she was looking to have a good time too.
Quarter Life: Energy Feed by Adrian J. Smith
With strange creatures in her path, Faye is determined to get the information she wants no matter the cost.
Property of Cupid by Eva Lefoy
Will an ancient Greek god give up half his powers to love a mere human? Or will Cupid loose his golden arrow, letting Jeremy fall in love with another man?
Private Dance by A. M. Leibowitz
With Alex’s sexy boyfriend, Phin, gone for three weeks, there’s only one option: let his best friend’s kids lead him on a treasure hunt through town to find his Valentine’s gift waiting for him to unwrap.
The Last Mitzvah by Michael DuPuy
One man seeks salvation over love, death, and ice cream.
