Location: United States
Member Since: Feb. 04, 2011
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Hayden Thorne


Biography

I’ve lived most of my life in the San Fran­cisco Bay Area though I wasn’t born there (or, indeed, the USA). I’m mar­ried with no kids and three cats, am a cycling nut (go Team Garmin!), and my day job involves art­work, crazy (read: incom­pre­hen­si­bly fun) cowork­ers who spe­cial­ize in all kinds of media, and the occa­sional strange cus­tomer requests involv­ing papier mache fish with sparkly scales.

I’m a writer of young adult fic­tion, spe­cial­iz­ing in con­tem­po­rary fan­tasy, his­tor­i­cal fan­tasy, and his­tor­i­cal gen­res. My books range from a super­hero fan­tasy series to reworked folk­tales to Vic­to­rian ghost fic­tion. My themes are coming-of-age, with very lit­tle focus on romance (most of the time) and more on indi­vid­ual growth with some adven­ture thrown in.

Start­ing 2011, I’ll be writ­ing and pub­lish­ing adult fic­tion titles, all of which will be pretty much com­ple­ments of my cur­rent YA back­list. My adult fic­tion titles will be some­thing like the “grownup” ver­sions of the kinds of sto­ries I love writing.

Where to find Hayden Thorne online

Website: http://haydenthorne.net/

Books

The Bridge    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5430 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on May 23, 2012. Fiction.
Remy Pepin is orphaned, poor, and bullied by his employer. His only source of hope is a superstition about a lit candle sitting by a window, which is said to attract luck. Day after day, Remy lights his candle and waits. One snowy evening, a boy appears at his doorstep, seeking shelter.
Clouds' Illusions    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5640 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on April 30, 2012. Fiction.
Five-year-old Simon, along with his parents and older sister Amy, go to a carnival one day. When a sudden deluge separates the family and leaves Simon alone and frightened, the child undergoes a journey of maturation as he searches for his parents and sister.
Erl-King    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5540 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on April 22, 2012. Fiction.
Baltasar grows up in a world of absolutes, of black and white, right and wrong. In the countryside he stumbles across an enchanted land and its melancholy, ageless ruler -- a land full of color and magic, and a bond that defies everything he’s always known.
Mimi Attacks!    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $6.99 USD. 69000 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on April 3, 2012. Fiction.
Book 5 in the MASKS series. The calm in Vintage City doesn’t last. A number of people begin to show symptoms of extreme fatigue. Eric monitors online messages posted by a girl who’s wildly in love with Calais. Hints about “new friends” alert him to suspect that she and the current crime wave are tied together.
The Knight    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 8880 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on March 20, 2012. Fiction.
A dragon plagues a tiny kingdom ruled by a weak king and is pacified only through a monthly sacrifice of the kingdom’s young people. When Prince Caedmon’s lover falls victim to the dragon, an act of betrayal is discovered. The prince recklessly offers himself as sacrifice to balance the scales, but a knight appears and thwarts his plans.
The Winter Garden    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5410 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on February 27, 2012. Fiction.
Nicholas’ fragile health forces him into a life of isolation in his family’s spacious and paradisial garden. His life changes when a bold young stranger not only befriends him but also dares to trespass into his quiet world. The boys’ friendship deepens, their connection strengthening in defiance of dangers posed by the winter on Nicholas’ health.
The Dollhouse    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5370 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on February 13, 2012. Fiction.
A strange force is at work in a magnificent house filled with revelers. When midnight strikes to mark Christmas Day, guests find themselves in the wrong company. The answer to the riddle, however, is simpler than they think.
Out of the Depths    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5570 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on February 5, 2012. Fiction.
It has been a year since Konstancji’s lover passed away, but rather than move on with his life, Konstancji works obsessively on a statue, which is the means through which he hopes to bring his beloved back from the dead. “Out of the Depths” is a gothic retelling of the “Pygmallion” myth.
The Haunted Glade    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $2.99 USD. 5510 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on January 15, 2012. Fiction.
Rumors of mysterious music coming from the wood prompt a small group of adventurous young people from a tiny village to solve the puzzle of the haunted glade, not knowing that the music is meant only for one boy. Realizing this, the village potter tries to discover who is now marked by legend in hopes of helping him come to terms with his destiny.
Renfred's Masquerade    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $6.99 USD. 74460 words. Published by JMS Books LLC  on November 30, 2011. Fiction.
Sixteen-year-old Nicola Gregori is orphaned and taken in by a friendly and enigmatic magician. Isolated from the world and living in an island filled with empty mansions and tragic secrets, Nicola finds himself the unwilling hero of a dark romance shaped by the mistakes of a past unrequited love.
Arabesque    by Hayden Thorne
Price: $1.99 USD. 89380 words. Published on February 23, 2011. Fiction.
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Alarick, the son of a sorceress-queen, falls in love with a childhood friend, and their romance stirs the fires that soon rage through a corrupt and decadent court. Separated during a bloody uprising, Roald and Alarick become ensnared in adventures designed to twist their characters and destroy their minds, and they find themselves fighting for their souls in the face of dark magic.

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comedy    coming of age    fable    fairy tale    fantasy    gay    gay coming of age    gay fairy tales    gay fantasy    gay romance    gay superheroes    gay ya    gay young adult    gothic    gothic romance    historical    historical fantasy    legends    magic    masquerade    mm romance    paranormal    romance    science fiction    steampunk    superheroes    young adult