About

This site is where my writing lives now.

I write queer fiction and essays about desire, power, intimacy, and the ways bodies carry meaning over time. Some of the work is explicit. Much of it is slow, reflective, and concerned with what happens in the margins of connection, not just the moment itself.

Over the years, my writing has taken different forms. Essays that sit with the body and its contradictions. Long-form erotic short stories that build tension rather than rush release. Ongoing serial work that follows characters through sex, labour, longing, and survival. Speculative pieces that let desire bend space, time, and imagination.

This site brings all of that together in one place.

If you were a reader of The Vault, this is a continuation, not a restart. The work is still here, now housed somewhere quieter and more stable, where it can be read without interference or distortion.

Some writing is free to read. Paid subscribers have access to the full archive, including longer fiction and ongoing serial work. Nothing is hidden behind urgency or artificial scarcity. Read at your own pace.

If you choose to subscribe, you will receive Stay Tethered, my primary newsletter. It is how new writing, essays, and updates are shared.

This site exists for readers who value intimacy, restraint, and attention. If that sounds like you, you are welcome here.

— Rowan Thornwell