To the Flame

Seattle boy Emerson Oakley is about to find that the strangest thing about his first year at West Virginia’s Vance University isn’t the neighbor in the next dorm over, who ghosts him after one kiss. It’s the fact that he keeps having his life saved by a stranger who seems to know about each accident before it happens. Morrie Crisp, whose moth-person powers finally emerged at the most inconvenient time, is just trying to figure out how to deal with their crush on the boy next door, and all the different ways they’ve seen him die. As Emerson tries to get to the bottom of who his pre-cog savior could be, his relationship with Morrie becomes extra complicated as their undeniable attraction to one another becomes a liability to both. Even as Morrie struggles to keep Emerson safe, Emerson is intent on igniting the fire between them, into which Morrie is naturally drawn. What is a reasonable response to falling in love when the world itself is without reason? Unfortunately, neither one of them has any idea.

Novelette - - WARNING: death of a relative, death omens, alcohol use, vaping, creature - - TAGS: LGBT, college, mythical creatures/cryptids, nonbinary, paranormal, psychic ability