Category Archives: short fiction

Reviews of Dream Lover

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I have a post up at The Criminal Element today: Hijinks with History: Abigail Adams as Detective? Dream Lover: Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance, an anthology in which I have a short story, “Vanilla,” has received a number of reviews … Continue reading →

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Dream Lover releases today!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Happy release day to Dream Lover: Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance, edited by Kristina Wright! My story in this anthology is titled “Vanilla,” and I noticed it had a mention in one of the Amazon.com reviews: “After finishing the book, … Continue reading →

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Stories Available For Nook

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve made several more of my erotic short stories available electronically. These were all originally published under my Elspeth Potter pseudonym. The following are now available for the Nook: Poppet. Near-future science fiction. Female/male pairing. Sort of. Twisted Beauty, about … Continue reading →

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The Year in Sales – 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Aside from The Duke and The Pirate Queen being out this month, I sold some short stories this year. In January, “The Token” appeared in the print edition of Alleys & Doorways: Stories of Queer Urban Fantasy, edited by Meredith … Continue reading →

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The Mammoth Book of Threesomes and Moresomes

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

The Mammoth Book of Threesomes and Moresomes, edited by Linda Alvarez, releases today in the U.S.! (My contributor’s copy has a different cover than the one shown on Amazon. Not sure why.) It includes one of my favorites of my … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole to Alison’s Wonderland

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’m over at the Savvy Authors blog today, talking about inspiration. Happy launch day to Alison’s Wonderland from Harlequin Spice!“From a perverse prince to a vampire-esque Sleeping Beauty, the stars of these reimagined tales are—like the original protagonists—chafing at desire … Continue reading →

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The Long and the Short of It

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

How do we decide a length for our stories? I think a lot of it has to do with the stories themselves.A friend of mine used to say that novels didn’t adapt as well into feature films as short stories … Continue reading →

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Romance in Short

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Having written a short romance story last month, I naturally had to think about how to do it. I’ve written many short stories, but I would classify them all as erotica whether or not they were romantic. This was the … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Beginning

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, this month I’m writing a short story, for submission to a romance anthology. It’s been a long time since I’ve written a short story, because I’ve been busy writing contracted novels for Spice; … Continue reading →

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Openings from the Depths

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

One thing I haven’t been able to do for the last couple of years is write short stories. I haven’t lost the ability, or at least I don’t think I have. It’s that I’m spending all my time writing novels. … Continue reading →

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