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Books and Authors of the Why Choose/Poly Category Across Genre & Time

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  So, I've been ruminating on this particular topic off and on.  Let me back up, the first book I ever read that tastefully hinted at such a relationship possibility very subtly (almost unnoticeable) was a YA Fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon by the title of "Knights of Ghost & Shadows," originally released June 1, 1990.  Toward the very end of the novel was a hint that Korendil (Kory Elf), Eric Banyon (Bard and Muscian), and Beth Kentarine (Witch and Musician) were at the beginning of being in a relationship altogether.  There was one brief kissing scene between Eric and Kory after Eric used his bardic magic to heal Kory and his brethren elves, and a very intense scene where Kory and Eric stare into each other's eyes.  There were also the different parts of the book where each of them had also slept with Beth separately, which caused some initial friction between the two males that eventually got worked out. And it's a follow-up novel by the s...
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The Character of Arcadius in the Riyira Series

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So, when I'm first introduced to Arcadius - keep in mind, I've listened to The Riyria Chronicles first and haven't started the Riyria Revelations yet.  Though I have finished Legends of the First Empire with Graphic Audio.   So, I do what I usually do when I come across a seemingly mysterious character: I got to Google to look for some crumbs of information. And I got a bit of a blurb that I posted below.   Let me just say, my first impression of him was rather avuncular or fatherly, with some hints of shady secretiveness thrown in. And I like him, but there's that sly underhandedness that has me wanting to look harder.  Like lying about Pickles/Rhen's fate to Hadrian.  It's the first clue that he's more a spider in a web of his own making but I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. For now take a look at what Google's told me below and later, I may add more: *****************************************************************************   Arca...
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Chris Hanger Substack - Fantastic Schools - Call For Submissions A chance to have your work published ... chrishanger and L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright

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 https://chrisnuttall.substack.com/ After the success of  our first set of anthologies , we are putting out a call for more submissions for the next two Fantastic Schools collections. We welcome interest, proposals, and submissions from authors, regardless of their prior publication history, and stories set in any universe (provided they are the writer’s universe, or the writer has written permission to play in someone else’s universe). If you are interested, please feel free to contact us using the email below. The first volume has a generalist theme, stories set within a magical educational environment (schools, universities, even homeschooling) . They can be of any sort, including sporty, bully-gets-theirs, newbie wins respect, dark lord gets beaten by students, etc. We prefer reasonably stand alone stories, but like I said above feel free to write them in your own worlds; we invite writers to include details that might draw new readers to their stories. The second is centr...
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