Velvet

Memories: Gwen. Berlin, Germany. 1932 CE.

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I’d always intended to publish a free short story for Pride but 'Coffee', the original one I wrote, ended up featuring a character who’s appearance in the main novel is too important to spoil… so I gently put that back on the shelf and turned my mind to writing something featuring characters and a story that could be read as a standalone.

Then I wrote ‘Sangria’, expanding on some of Lance’s history. Managed it in time, loved the story I wrote, but it was sad. Too sad for Pride, when every opportunity to celebrate should be embraced to its full extent 🥳

So I went back to my ideas folder and sifted again, hunting for a time, a place, and characters that could all come together and serve the right themes. And I wrote ‘Velvet’.

It’s NOT a trad romance story.

It IS messy, complicated and bittersweet.

The warmth of a candle flickering in the dark, held by two women that know what awaits them when it burns down.

I hope you enjoy it.

T 💜

(photo: Waldemar Franz Hermann Titzenthaler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potsdamer_Platz_mit_Columbushaus,_1932.jpg)