Girls and Monsters: Read it For Free

Girls and Monsters is a novel that I didn't mean to write. The idea for it had floated in my head
since 2014, but back then it was a soap opera-ish bedtime story I played in my head right before I fell asleep. In 2019, I actually started writing it down, not as a serious project, but as a way of amusing myself. I kept writing in spurts of passion, until suddenly I had a novel.

Girls and Monsters

When she is abducted by a powerful sorcerer who hides his true face with illusions, Seri fears the worst. As soon as she arrives at his isolated tower, the sorcerer puts a curse on her. After a grace period of three months, Seri will begin a painful transformation into a dragon, and once that transformation is complete, she will become a mindless beast, obedient to him. Brand, the sorcerer, offers to lift the curse--but only if she gives him something he wants.
 
Seri, however, is determined to resist him. She meets other girls that Brand has kidnapped and becomes a leader among them, urging them not to yield to Brand’s twisted demands. But Brand has a secret. The sole survivor of a terrible massacre, he’s vowed revenge on those that killed his family. The dragon curse is key to his vengeance. But when Brand develops feelings for Seri, he starts to question his choices. What sort of man does he want to be?

I had a novel, and it was fun and kind of addicting, but I didn't know what to do with it. I wanted to share it with others who might get some enjoyment out of it, but I didn't want to go through the trouble of publishing a novel (not yet, anyway). The idea came to my head to publish it serially on one (or three) of the many platforms that host authors. This lets readers read my novel for free and gives me an opportunity to build my audience.

I will be posting chapters of Girls and Monsters on Royal Road, Scribble Hub, and Tapas every Monday through Thursday, from May to August 2022, until the novel is complete. This story will be free to read, although, you can support me financially through donations. If you enjoy my story, please rate, review, or send me a message!

I've never published serially, except maybe on fanfiction, so I'm going to try this out as an experiment. (For those interested in the experimental publishing aspect, I'll write more about it on my personal blog.) I'm excited to have the opportunity to try something new and learn and maybe find new ways to connect to other readers and writers. Please check out my story on one of the three platforms, if it sounds appealing to you. Thank you for all your support.

Content warning: Girls and Monsters does contain strong language (mostly toward the end), some frank discussions on rape and consent, and briefs thoughts on suicide. Sex is suggested, though there are no graphic sex scenes.