Elara Kincaid

Elara Kincaid

Free fiction across fantasy, thriller, romance, and sci-fi. 21 books, 530+ chapters.

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From My Writing Desk

Stories, musings, and behind-the-scenes from my creative journey

Behind the Scenes

Character Dossier: Darius Blackwood, Called The Raven

I get more letters about Darius than any other character. Where does the mask come from. Did he and Aria really love each other. The dossier I keep at the back of my drafting folder — the one with his birth name, the West Wing, and the manuscript he wrote his children.

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7 min read

A letter for May — Wild Flowers begins

Nightshade is live. Oleander drops May 20. The Wild Flowers series begins, and Fallen Hearts is the right place to wait between books.

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1 min read
Readers

Books That Wrecked Me This Spring

I cried on an airplane. I got choked up at a coffee shop. My partner asked if I was okay and I said a fictional character just made a choice and I'm not handling it well.

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2 min read
Short Story

A Matter of Ribbon and Quill

A Fractured Dynasty short story. A palace archivist recognizes her mother's forged letter—and the captain of the Queen's Guard is the only man she can trust with the truth.

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15 min read
Short Story

The Long Way

A Lethal Hearts short story. Prague, between Torn and Unbroken. A hitter from Nyx's old cohort is in the opposite building, and Declan is cooking eggs in the kitchen, and she has three hours to be the assassin and eight more to be something else.

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17 min read
Short Story

The Widow's Walk

A Bitter Harbor short story. An archivist, a brick behind a fireplace, and a forty-four-year silence finally given the chance to speak.

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15 min read
Short Story

A Debt of Salt

A Fallen Hearts short story. Early in Queen Aria's reign, spymaster Lyra Ashwind rides north to collect a missing grain tithe and walks into a count's dinner where the poison is already in the wine—and the poisoner is nobody she expected.

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15 min read
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