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Current News -- March 11, 2024
After more than a dozen years, I removed all my pins and essentially abandoned my Pinterest account. I explain why, and the potential consequences for all who participate in that community (especially those who are LGBTQIA2S+) on my blog.
March 3, 2024
Lady & The Spyder Books on Sale


One Week Only!
March 3 through March 9, 2024 purchase all five The Lady & The Spyder series ebooks for 25% off during the Smashwords Read an Ebook Week sale.

The Lady & The Spyder series pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other. Enjoy:
  • Space Battles
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters

March 2, 2024
In anticipation of WordPress selling out its users to so-called artificial intelligence content thieves such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, OpenAI, etc. I moved all my WP blog content over here to my website.

Since the announcement this past week that "deals" are "imminent" to sell (with no compensation to creators, of course) data scraped from WordPress posts, I have removed all my content from there except one post explaining why I've deleted 15 years of content.

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FYI despite the hype, algorithms are not and never will be "intelligent". They're all techbro grift. Just like crypto. Just like NFTs.
November 2, 2023
Review
Spyder's Triumph
"Spyder's Triumph was another very well-written book by Korin I. Dushayl which included the BDSM dynamics between Lady Cassandra, Spyder, and her other slaves while addressing the very real and current issue of wealthy, influential people using their power to legislate their religious views. And, the frequent hypocrisy behind those views."

"This is an excellent, well-written BDSM space fantasy erotica series," Lucy says of The Lady & The Spyder series. "Spyder's Triumph is the fifth book, but I hope not the last we’ll see of Lady Cassandra, Spyder, and the other slaves. I’ve enjoyed all five books, but I would definitely be happy to have another." More at Queer Sci Fi.
November 1, 2023
Spyder's Triumph
Now Available
Purchase Spyder's Triumph, the fifth and final (for now) book in The Lady & The Spyder series, at all your favorite retailers.

The Predicantor’s hatred for the Lady Cassandra intensifies with every setback his Righteous Order of Piety Purists suffer at the hands of her champions. The price on her head grows and his disregard for collateral damage increases.

After a bloody Pietist attempt to overthrow the Abhinav Delhi civic government, the Lady’s slaves employ sabotage, industrial espionage, computer hacking, and other questionable techniques to stop the takeover of the planet Aargine.

Lady Cassandra and Spyder must risk their own lives and those of her other slaves and followers to stop Piety Purists from eradicating two cities and millions of their residents.

The Lady & The Spyder pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

Enjoy:
  • Intrigue
  • Adventure
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters

August 14, 2023
Review
Spyder's Torment
The Spyder's Torment "storyline is well-constructed and compelling. This isn’t just porn with a flimsy excuse for a story camouflaged by good sex. It’s a great story with well-written sex scenes", Lucy of Queer SciFi writes in reviewing Spyder's Torment.

"I read a lot of series," Lucy says. "Once I’ve committed, I’m usually all-in until the last book. But, that sometimes means I end up disappointed as the series continues -- very often, the plot falls apart. Korin I. Dushayl does not let this happen. From book to book, the characters of The Lady & The Spyder are consistent, the story is well-written, and it flows nicely along its arc." More at Queer Sci Fi.
August 14, 2023
Review
Spyder's Torment
The Spyder's Torment "storyline is well-constructed and compelling. This isn’t just porn with a flimsy excuse for a story camouflaged by good sex. It’s a great story with well-written sex scenes", Lucy of Queer SciFi writes in reviewing Spyder's Torment.

"I read a lot of series," Lucy says. "Once I’ve committed, I’m usually all-in until the last book. But, that sometimes means I end up disappointed as the series continues -- very often, the plot falls apart. Korin I. Dushayl does not let this happen. From book to book, the characters of The Lady & The Spyder are consistent, the story is well-written, and it flows nicely along its arc." More at Queer Sci Fi.
August 1, 2023
Spyder's Torment
Now Available
Purchase Spyder's Torment, the fourth book in The Lady & The Spyder series, at all your favorite retailers.

Mourning the loss of their fallen, the Lady Cassandra and her slaves resume their armed resistance to the Predicantor’s system-wide crusade against freedom, sex, and all forms of pleasure.

The battle against the Righteous Order of Piety Purists spills out of the spaceport, engulfs the streets of Abhinav Lanka, and destroys a women’s medical clinic. More and more of the local residents rise up to join forces against the Pietists.

In the midst of the madness, the Lady Cassandra and her slaves—which include a smuggler, a former assassin, an ex-military sniper, and a one-time thief—receive a panicked call for aid from one of Spyder’s old nemeses.

The Lady & The Spyder pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

Enjoy:
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters

May 4, 2023
Review
Spyder's Trial
Spyder's Trial "is not a rinse-and-repeat of the first two (books) in the series. Instead, Spyder's Trial takes us deeper into the conflict between Lady Cassandra and her slaves, and the Piety Purists' plot to control the known universe and force it to bow to their narrow view of right and wrong," Lucy of Queer SciFi writes in reviewing Spyder's Trial. "It's an excellent story with well-developed characters, seamless worldbuilding, and a strong plot that has been expertly carried from one installment in the series to the next."

Lucy "loved absolutely everything about this book" and states "Dushayl is an excellent storyteller – she weaves her worldbuilding flawlessly through an exhilarating story" and thinks "you’ll enjoy this story as much as I did!" More at Queer Sci Fi.
May 1, 2023
Spyder's Trial
Now Available
Purchase Spyder's Trial, the third book in The Lady & The Spyder series, at all your favorite retailers.

Spyder expertly guides the combat-crippled spaceship Truth to a “safe” crash landing at the bottom of an Aargine ocean. A salvage ship owned by a powerful criminal snags Truth. Spyder’s owner, the Lady Cassandra, negotiates safe transport for the ship’s passengers—her slaves, her prisoners, and her revolutionary recruits—as well as the tools vital for her work as a Dominatrix.

When Sypder finds himself swept up in a Piety Purist political plot to overthrow Abhinav Lanka’s civic government, the Lady Cassandra enlists her other slaves—including a former assassin, an ex-military sniper, and a one-time thief—to rescue him. But the Pietests’ determination to destroy the Lady Cassandra at all costs risks their lives and tests each of them.

The Lady & The Spyder pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

Enjoy:
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters

February 10, 2023
Reviews
Spyder's Trouble
and Spyder's Truth
This week, Lucy of Queer SciFi reviewed both Spyder's Trouble and Spyder's Truth.

Spyder's Trouble "is a very well-written BDSM erotica space opera that does not scrimp on the storytelling in lieu of the (very hot) sex", Lucy wrote. "This excellent story takes the 'band of misfits fighting for a cause' trope and adds the spice of BDSM" and says I "created a fascinating world in the outer regions of space and populated it with complex, intriguing characters."

Spyder's Truth "is a well-crafted space opera, with fast-paced story-telling, lots of action, and some graphic on-page violence that is relative to the story, rather than gratuitous gore," Lucy writes. "As in the first book in the series, Spyder's Truth is not the story you pick up, read a few pages, and put down. Once you've begun, you'll find it hard to stop reading until you've finished the entire story."

Lucy calls The Lady & The Spyder "a fabulous series, with great world-building and excellent characters who are complex, with fascinating backstories."

February 1, 2023
Spyder's Truth
Now Available
Purchase Spyder's Truth, the second book in The Lady & The Spyder series, at all your favorite retailers.

One by one the Righteous Order of Piety Purists seizes the governments of settled planets and colonies. The Dominatrix Lady Cassandra, exiled from her home, struggles to shelter her slaves and clients from the Pietist quest to confine citizens to a sexless, joyless existence.

Liberation of a devoted collaborator spirals into a violent confrontation. To protect her allies, Cassandra and her slaves capture Piety Purist militants disguised as missionaries. But, the Pietist prisoners’ presence aboard Truth, endangers both crew and spaceship.

Pursued by ships equipped with sophisticated tracking and weaponry, Spyder uses his wits, his crew’s talents, and everything he can demand of Truth to keep them all alive.

The Lady & The Spyder pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

Enjoy:
  • Space Battles
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters

December 1, 2022
Spyder's Trouble
Now Available
Purchase Spyder's Trouble, the first book in The Lady & The Spyder series, at all your favorite retailers.

As shadows of a repressive piety movement spread across the system’s free worlds, the Lady Cassandra and her slaves must flee their home. Exiled to the desert, the Dominatrix contacts her only hope for salvation—Spyder, captain of the spaceship Trouble.

Spyder ignores threats from the powerful criminal whose cargo fills Trouble’s hold, as well as the anger of his influential and overdue passenger. Risking his life, his spaceship, and his crew he rescues his owner, the Lady Cassandra from imminent danger.

Pursued both by the law and the lawless, Spyder sets Trouble’s course for the only planet in the system out of reach of criminals and cops alike.

The Lady & The Spyder pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

Enjoy:
  • Space Battles
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters

September 25, 2022
Now Available for Pre-Order


Pre-order all five books of The Lady & The Spyder series now, in paperback and ebook, from various retail outlets (additional options coming soon). The books will release, starting in December, every few months through November 2023.

The Lady & The Spyder pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between "purity" and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other. Enjoy:
  • Space Battles
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters



July 17, 2022
Come for the BDSM
Stay for Space Opera Adventures
Firefly meets Exit To Eden (the book by Anne Rampling, aka Anne Rice, not the movie). A BDSM erotica space opera, The Lady & The Spyder series pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between purity and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

Pre-order all five books of The Lady & The Spyder series now, in paperback and ebook, from various retail outlets (additional options coming soon). The books will release, starting in December, every few months through November 2023.


June 29, 2022
Finally, despite numerous obstacles, I completed the entire five-book The Lady & The Spyder series, including editing, covers, and layout.

Pre-order all five books of The Lady & The Spyder series now, in paperback and ebook, from various retail outlets (additional options coming soon). The books will release, starting in December, every few months through November 2023.

A BDSM erotica space opera, The Lady & The Spyder series pairs dramatic adventures on worlds light years away in a far-distant future with the age-old battle between purity and pleasure—and those who use one as a weapon against the other.

The Lady Cassandra -- FemDom, slave owner, Dominatrix -- finds her lifestyle and her livelihood threatened by a fast-rising fanatical movement founded by a former client. She summons her alpha, Captain Varyl Malonds, also known as Spyder, a smuggler and superb pilot with incredible tactical skills. He gambles everything to save his Lady and fight the Righteous Order of Piety Purists threatening the subsistence, freedom, lifestyle choices, and delectation of all.

Enjoy:
  • Space Battles
  • Intrigue
  • Fighting religious fanatics
  • Bondage, Sadomasochism, Edge Play
  • F/f, F/m, M/m, ménage
  • with female, male, trans, and non-binary characters



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February 18, 2021
I love libraries. I learned more from things I was exposed to via libraries than I ever did in any school. As an author, I love libraries even more. They buy books, often in multiple formats/copies. They sponsor and host community events to expose individual and multiple authors to the public. Many libraries have programs to encourage and support writers such as open mics, workshops, and critique groups.

The Internet Archive's so-called "Open Library" is not a library. It's a pirate site. Most professional writers' groups consider the "Open Library" operations to be massive copyright violations not library lending. Today on my blog I discuss When Is a Library Not a Library.

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