Reading Guide

I don’t limit myself to a certain age group when I write. As a result, some of my work may not be suitable for some readers. I can’t include content warnings for everything I write, but I’ve provided this page as a resource if you’d like to have a selection of my work tailored for a specific audience.

  1. All Ages
  2. Young Adult
  3. Adult
  4. Mature

All Ages

“All ages” stories are suitable for an audience of mixed developmental stages that may include both children and adults.

I determine whether something is all-ages not by the complexity of the writing, but by the content. Violence may exist but typically isn’t graphic. Romantic and sexual content is usually chaste.

All ages stories tend to contain minimal disturbing content, though of course definitions of “disturbing” vary widely.

All-ages movies are typically G- or PG-rated.

Young Adult

The age range for “young adult” (YA) varies, but generally, these pieces are for people who are transitioning developmentally from teenagers to adulthood, roughly 18–35 years old.

Common themes include coming-of-age and grappling with identity. The protagonists are also typically young adults, though they don’t have to be.

My YA work may contain disturbing material, but I typically write hopeful endings.

Adult

Most of my work is aimed at adult audiences and spans a range of styles, voices, and atmospheres. Horror and dark fantasy pieces tend to be more disturbing.

Mature

Work for mature audiences includes explicit sexual content, graphic violence, substance abuse, or other disturbing material that would be roughly equivalent to an R or NC-17 movie rating.

I do not consider non-sexual kink to be mature by default. Whether audiences consider something mature is also a matter of context and personal preference.

I publish sexually explicit erotica as December Seas.

Please remember that this page contains only suggestions and isn’t a firm guide. Only the reader can decide whether a piece is suitable for them. If you aren’t sure whether something is suitable, please let someone else read the piece and provide their feedback.