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Raven G. Ivy

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Jan 9

When the Carlsbad Ocean Comes Inland

A Gothic Romance of Fog, Memory, and the Ones Who Remain

When the Carlsbad Ocean Comes Inland

Chris Shallow MSc

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Jan 3

When the Key Turned

Remembered By Water, Chapter 15

Sylvia, holding brass room key in the lock of door marked “23”, with Elayne. Both women standing very close together in the hotel corridor, bodies angled toward each other showing intimacy and anticipation.

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Veronica’s Smut (Erotica)

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Chris Shallow MSc

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Dec 28, 2025

When Good Sex Isn’t Enough

‘I once slept with a woman who could do everything right and still leave me empty.’

A 1950s Parisian art gallery at an evening vernissage, warm golden light softened by cigarette smoke. A crowded room with abstract mid-century paintings, guests holding champagne, men in dark suits and women in couture. Tall windows reveal a night view of Paris. Two young women face each other: Monique, luminous and elegant in a low-cut cocktail dress, softly lit and emotionally open; and Sophie, taller and angular in a sharp black suit, close-cut bright blonde hair and pale eyes.

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Veronica’s Smut (Erotica)

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Chris Shallow MSc

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Dec 27, 2025

The Parisian Education of Monique: Part Two: Revelation: Episode Two — Everything Has Its End

A young woman’s education in patience, presence, and desire in 1950s Paris

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Veronica’s Smut (Erotica)

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Chris Shallow MSc

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Dec 19, 2025

The Parisian Education of Monique: Part One: The Photographer: Episode 2: The Language of Touch

A young woman’s education in patience, presence, and desire in 1950s Paris

An older woman, Celeste, around 35 with silver streaks in her dark, tied-back hair, is leaning over a developer tray. Monique, a beautiful, darkhaired, younger woman, 18, stands next toher, watching with rapt attention as a black and white portrait of a beautiful young woman in haute couture, emerges on the photographic paper in the chemical bath

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Veronica’s Smut (Erotica)

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Chris Shallow MSc

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Nov 7, 2025

BEHIND THE IRON GATES: Episode 7: The Private Exhibition

Clara watches as her own body unfolds on the gallery walls — honest, unashamed, alive. Eyes trace every curve, every line of pleasure she…

Two-storey, Victorian stone-built villa, sunny autumn day

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Veronica’s Smut (Erotica)

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Chris Shallow MSc

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Nov 6, 2025

BEHIND THE IRON GATES: Episode 6: Under Protection

The north light cools her skin as Clara stands naked, charcoal trembling between her fingers. She draws her own body slowly — each line an…

Two-storey, Victorian stone-built villa, sunny autumn day

Chris Shallow MSc

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Nov 5, 2025

Heritage and Danger: Episode 2: The Truths Between Them

Remembered by Water, Chapter 5

Sylvia and Elayne’s hotel bedroom: double bed, wardrobe, writing desk with table lamp and a vase of flowers, and a wooden chair in front of double window

Chris Shallow MSc

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Nov 3, 2025

Beyond Clean Lines

A standalone scene from “Keeper of Secrets: The Trevelver Chronicles”

Two beautiful smiling young women sitting on a bed, back-to-back, Sylvia brunette and Elayne redhead

Chris Shallow MSc

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Nov 3, 2025

Heritage and Danger: Episode 1: The Warning Note

Remembered by Water, Chapter 5

An open vintage sketchbook lying on a wooden hotel room side table, on the page is an unfinished, hand-drawn crown sketch of a crown: its circlet twists like liquid silver, three points spiraling.