While my strengths lie firmly on the side of novel-length or ongoing episodic fantasy, urban fantasy especially, I do make occasional forays into shorter fiction, with varying levels of success (the dates should give you some idea how sporadic it is). Often, though not always, that consists of explicit erotica; it's fun to play with, and isn't an enormous time commitment.

Previously, I wrote these under the nom de plume of Tenebra, but whether I'm calling myself Tenebra, Shaharazad, or Prysm, they're still all coming from the same place.

Comments, opinions, and questions are welcome and eagerly sought, I'd love to hear from you! (After all, that's my only payment for this, and it doesn't cost you anything, right?)

If you got here by some method that bypassed the warning page, please note: this section of the site includes explicit sexual content, with encounters involving adults of the same or other sex, more than two adults, transgender, and a variety of fetishes. If you are legally a minor in your location or you don't want to read "that kind of stuff" then you need to leave immediately.

You can browse the stories in multiple ways. At the right is a list of stories, as well as categories and tags to allow you to look for something more specific. Definitions for the categories are below. Farther down is a list of stories with a bit of info about each one.

Just so we're all on the same page:

Caution = something in this might be a problem to some people, but if I tell you what, it'll give away too much about the ending.

X = explicit sex
R = mature, less explicit
PG = mature content
G = not Disney, but mild

FF = two females; FMM = one female, two males; etc, you get the idea I'm sure
(you won't find underage here, all are adults, so upper/lower case doesn't matter);
T = transgendered; X = unknown or not applicable

Catseyes: A slightly feline encounter. X, FM 1994

Well Met by Moonlight (Catseyes 2): A sequel since I had so much fun. X, FMM 1994

Taryn (Catseyes 3): A further continuation. X, FMM 1994

Tail (Catseyes 4): Yet more of the same characters. X, FMM 1994

Familiar: A sorceress and her familiar, admittedly with some similarities to CatsEyes, written much later. R, FM, BD (mild) 1998

Gessa: Just had to write a different kind of shapeshifter story... G, FF (no sex) 1991

Lifesblood: A short, slightly odd story I came up with after reading Fraser's "Golden Bough." PG, Caution 1998

Midnight's Song: A rather dark vampire encounter, my first erotic story, written a long time ago. X, MX, BD, Caution 1994

Siren: A mermaid tale. X, FF 1993

Self-Help (Ariadne's Thread 1): One deteriorating relationship, one mysterious website, plus one Universal Self-Help Unit. X, FM, MC, NC 2008

Tattercoat: The traditional fairy tale, with a small twist of my own. PG, MT, TG 2001

Three Trees: A fairy tale about a young woman and the three seeds that are her mother's final gift to her. G, FM (no sex) 2002

Winterwood: A longer romantic story, maybe worth a novel someday - any more would be a spoiler! PG, MM 1998