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Cailleadhama: Through the Veil

by J. Scott Coatsworth

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Cailleadhama: Through the Veil - J. Scott Coatsworth
Editions:Kindle - First: $ 2.99
Pages: 100
Paperback - First: $ 8.99
Size: 8.50 x 5.50 in
Pages: 100

Colton is a trans man living in a climate-changed world. He plies the canals that used to be city streets, earning a living taking tourists on illicit journeys through San Francisco's flooded edges beneath the imposing bulk of the Wall.

Tris is an elf who comes through the veil to the City by the Bay - the Caille - on a coming of age pilgrimage called the Cailleadhama. He is searching for his brother Laris, who went missing after crossing through the Caille years before.

The two men find they have common cause, and together they set off to find Laris in a world transformed by the twin forces of greed and climate change. And in the end, they find out more than they ever expected, both about the warming world and their own selves.

Note: This story was originally published in the "Myths Untold: Faery" anthology from Wilde City Press. It is presented here in its original form.

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Published:
Publisher: Other Worlds Ink
Cover Artists:
J. Scott Coatsworth

Genres:
Fantasy, Fantasy - Urban & Magical Beings, Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi - Near Future

Tags:
author - american, format - kindle, format - novella 15k-40K, format - paperback, format - payhip, format - self published, potential trigger - traumatic past, what - concept - danger, what - emotion - survivor guilt, what - topic - climate change, what - topic - magic, what - topic - natural disaster, what - topic - secret organization, what - topic - technology, when - period - near future, where - city - san francisco, where - country - usa, where - state - california, who - type - elves, who - type - fae

Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 1
Romantic Content: 1
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay, Transgender
Protagonist 1 Age: 18-25
Protagonist 2 Age: 18-25
Tropes: The Bargain, Death of Parent, Fated Mates / Soul Mates, Hero and the Great Quest, Hurt / Comfort
Word Count: 22000
Setting: Faerie; San Francisco
Languages Available: English
Excerpt:
Reviews:Chris Sweeso on Bayou Book Junkie wrote:

I loved how the author wove action with mythology and romance and gave us a very detailed story that I just couldn’t put down until it ended! Colton and Tris were both amazing on their own, but together they seemed unstoppable and I was very happy with how their relationship progressed and the resolution in the end.


About the Author

Scott lives with his husband of twenty five years in a Sacramento suburb, in a cute little yellow house with a brick fireplace and two pink flamingoes out front.

He inhabits in the space between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into science fiction and fantasy by his mom at the tender age of nine, he quickly finished her entire library. But he soon began to wonder where all the queer people were.

After coming out at twenty three, he started writing the kinds of stories he couldn't find at Crown Books. If there weren't many queer characters in his favorite genres, he would will them into existence, subverting them to his own ends. And if he was lucky enough, someone else would want to read them.

His friends say Scott's mind works a little differently than most - he makes connections between ideas that others don't, and somehow does more in a day than most people manage in a week. Although born an introvert, he forced himself to reach outside himself, and learned to connect with others like him.

Scott's stories subvert expectations that transform traditional science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something different and unexpected. He runs both Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark, and is an associate member of the Science Fiction Writer's Association (SFWA).

His romance and genre fiction writing brings a queer energy to his stories, filling them with love, beauty and power. He imagines how the world could be - in the process, he hopes to change the world, just a little.

Scott was recognized as one of the top new gay authors in the 2017 Rainbow Awards, and his debut novel "Skythane" received two awards and an honorable mention.

You can find him at Dreamspinner here, Goodreads here, on Amazon here, on QueeRomance Ink here, and on Facebook here.