LOVE IN DARK SETTINGS ¶ Browse fiction series by publication format, genre, theme, time period, and location

Visit the table of contents for a list of the fiction series by Dusk Peterson.

Sections below:

The tags for the stories reveal minor spoilers about the plotlines.

FORMATS

braille books and DAISY books: Accessible books.
e-books and/or online fiction: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman, The Three Lands, Princeling, Darkling Plain, Master/Other.

GENRES

fantasy: The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, Master/Other.
historical fantasy: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other.
science fiction: Waterman, Master/Other.

THEMES, SUBGENRES, AND CHARACTERS

asexual/celibate characters: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Michael's House, The Three Lands, Master/Other.
class/rank themes: The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other,
criminals (crime themes): The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Waterman, Master/Other.
disabled characters (disability fiction): The Three Lands, Princeling, Master/Other.
family themes: The Three Lands, Princeling, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other.
friendship fiction: The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other.
gender-variant characters (gender variance themes): The Three Lands, The Eternal Dungeon.
legal fiction: The Three Lands.
love stories: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other.
mentally ill characters (mental illness themes): The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Michael's House.
mentors (mentor fiction): The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Master/Other.
prisoners (prisoner fiction): The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Master/Other.
prostitutes (prostitute fiction): Michael's House.
race/ethnicity themes: The Three Lands, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House.
sailors (nautical fiction): Waterman.
students (school fiction): Master/Other, Waterman.
servants (servant fiction): The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Commando, Waterman,
slaves (slave fiction): The Three Lands, Waterman, Master/Other.
spirituality themes: The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other.
sports fiction: Waterman.
spies (spy fiction) The Three Lands, Princeling.
soldiers (war fiction / military fiction): The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, Commando, Waterman, Master/Other.

TIME PERIODS

Time periods listed below include imaginary settings inspired by historical time periods.

Late Antiquity: The Three Lands, Master/Other.
Middle Ages: Darkling Plain, Princeling, Master/Other.
Renaissance: Master/Other.
Victorian: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando.
1910s: Michael's House, Waterman.
1960s: Waterman.
The Future: Waterman, Master/Other.

LOCATIONS

Locations listed below include imaginary settings inspired by real places.

Britain: Master/Other.
Mid-Atlantic (USA: Maryland, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York State): The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman.
wholly imaginary location: The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, Master/Other.

PLATONIC FEELINGS AND SEXUAL ATTRACTION

male/female attraction: Darkling Plain, The Three Lands.

male/female platonic feelings: The Eternal Dungeon.
male/female platonic feelings (subplot): The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Life Prison.

male/male attraction: The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, Waterman, Master/Other.
male/male attraction (subplot): The Three Lands.

male/male platonic feelings: The Three Lands, Darkling Plain, Princeling, The Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House.
male/male platonic feelings (subplot): Waterman, Master/Other.

EACH SERIES' FULL TAG LIST

Turn-of-the Century Toughs

The Eternal Dungeon: e-books and/or online fiction, historical fantasy, asexual/celibate characters, class/rank themes, crime themes, family themes, friendship fiction, gender variance themes, love stories, mental illness themes, mentor fiction, prisoner fiction, race/ethnicity themes, spirituality themes, Victorian, Mid-Atlantic, male/male attraction, male/male platonic feelings, male/female platonic feelings.

Life Prison: e-books and/or online fiction, historical fantasy, asexual/celibate characters, class/rank themes, crime themes, family themes, friendship fiction, love stories, mental illness themes, mentor fiction, prisoner fiction, race/ethnicity themes, spirituality themes, Victorian, Mid-Atlantic, male/male attraction, male/male platonic feelings, male/female platonic feelings (subplot).

Commando: e-books and/or online fiction, historical fantasy, class/rank themes, love stories, race/ethnicity themes, servant fiction, spirituality themes, military fiction, Victorian, Mid-Atlantic, male/male attraction, male/male platonic feelings.

Michael's House: e-books and/or online fiction, historical fantasy, asexual/celibate characters, class/rank themes, family themes, friendship fiction, love stories, mental illness themes, prostitute fiction, race/ethnicity themes, spirituality themes, 1910s, Mid-Atlantic, male/male platonic feelings, male/male attraction.

Waterman (Turn-of-the-Century Toughs): e-books and/or online fiction, historical fantasy, class/rank themes, crime themes, family themes, friendship fiction, love stories, nautical fiction, school fiction, servant fiction, slave fiction, spirituality themes, sports fiction, war fiction, 1910s, 1960s, The Future, Mid-Atlantic, male/male attraction, male/male platonic feelings (subplot).

The Three Lands

The Three Lands: e-books and/or online fiction, braille books and DAISY books, fantasy, asexual/celibate characters, class/rank themes, crime themes, disability fiction, family themes, friendship fiction, gender variance themes, legal fiction, mentor fiction, prisoner fiction, race/ethnicity themes, servant fiction, slave fiction, spirituality themes, spy fiction, war fiction / military fiction, Late Antiquity, wholly imaginary location, male/male platonic feelings, male/female attraction, male/female platonic feelings (subplot), male/male attraction (subplot).

Sweet Suffering

Princeling: e-books and/or online fiction, fantasy, class/rank themes, crime themes, disability fiction, family themes, friendship fiction, prisoner fiction, spy fiction, Middle Ages, wholly imaginary location, male/male platonic feelings.

Darkling Plain: e-books and/or online fiction, fantasy, class/rank themes, crime themes, friendship fiction, mentor fiction, prisoner fiction, servant fiction, spirituality themes, war fiction, Middle Ages, wholly imaginary location, male/female attraction, male/female platonic feelings (subplot), male/male platonic feelings.

Master/Other: e-books and/or online fiction, fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, asexual/celibate characters, class/rank themes, crime themes, disability fiction, family themes, friendship fiction, love stories, mentor fiction, prisoner fiction, slave fiction, spirituality themes, war fiction, Late Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, The Future, Britain, wholly imaginary location, male/male attraction, male/male platonic feelings (subplot).

HOW TO INTERPRET THE TAGS

For the "Themes and subgenres" category, you may wish to note the other tags in the story to see whether platonic feelings and/or feelings of sexual attraction are featured in the story.

In a lot of the stories, platonic relationships and relationships based on sexual attraction play an equally important role – so if you see a story tagged, "friendship fiction, male/male attraction," it's not a mistake.

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