River Kai

<h2 style="">River Kai</h2><h3 style="">Sweet &amp; Spicy True Love Stories</h3>LGBTQ+ comicsSpice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5Sweetness level: 🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬/5Genre blend: LGBTQ+, Romance, Sci-Fi, FantasyTrue love novelsSpice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5Sweetness level: 🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬/5Genre blend: Werewolf, Paranormal, (Sweet) Erotica, Fantasy, Thriller🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑<h2 style="">CURRENT EARLY ACCESS WORKS ON PATREON</h2>By supporting this Patreon, you'll be supporting the stories below while receiving Patreon-only reader benefits, such as reading 1-4 novel chapters ahead, early access comic pages, Patreon-only NSFW comic pages, and illustrations of novel scenes!<h3 style="">He was Wearing a Brown Dress</h3>🏳️‍⚧️ Trans 4 Trans Historical Romance novelBorn in the 1690s, Natalie and Evan bond over something they've discovered about themselves but don't have the words for: they're transgender. Escaping to the forest after daily chores, they create a fantasy world where they finally belong. Natalie's love for Evan grows as they age into young adults, but their safe space slowly fades away as Puritan society dominates their lives. After witnessing the violence that awaits her, Natalie has to carve her path as Evan's future wife before Evan's parents sell him to a powerful, older cis man.TROPES/REPRESENTATION: t4t romance, found family, trans girl main character, wholesome with both fade to black and adult spice, breaking tradition<h3 style="">Resonance (Space Gays)</h3>🚀🌈 LGBTQ+ sci-fi webcomicAstronauts Theo and Hayato propelled each other’s careers, but their secret, romantic feelings were sidelined - a necessary sacrifice for takeoff. Space forces them into 24/7 contact, threatening to undo their delicate work-to-love-life balance, which was already ready to fall apart.&nbsp;Tensions escalate further as “Mr. Reliable” Hayato questions everything he thought was stable before takeoff, including his space company’s morality. ​With spacecraft mysteries, emotional twists, and high-stakes relationships, RESONANCE shoots further than the moon; it’s time for humanity’s first visit to Mars.TROPES/REPRESENTATION: best friends to lovers, secret relationships, co-worker romance, sweet &amp; spicy scenes, found family, trans main character, bisexual main character, queer supporting characters, main character with PTSD<h3 style="">Soul Survivors: Book 2</h3>🔪❤️ LGBTQ+ Dystopian Thriller Romance novelAs Emmalee and Niko find sanctuary in the forest, they seek key answers: what happened to them in the Cement Box that they can't remember? Are they truly safe now in the Blackwood cabins? Most perplexing of all, who are they to each other, really?Despite their faded memories, the pair dives into a love they never had a chance to explore on Department land. But as they purge the past from their minds, the experiments they endured left a lasting consequence that threatens to overpower them and everyone they know; S817 submerges its victims into Dimension 10 whenever they fall asleep, and it appears to have something to say.<h1 style="">ABOUT ME</h1>&nbsp; &nbsp; At the lowest point of my health, I was on oxygen and could hardly take myself to the bathroom. Feeling like a skeleton of myself, I knew something deeper was off beyond my health, which was nearing the point of no return.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; When I realized webcomics existed and I could be my own publisher without the grueling schedule of my favorite manga artists, that's exactly what I did - ALL I did. Armed with my first digital drawing tablet and a bed tray for my laptop, creating that first comic gave me a reason to wake up and keep living through absolute hell. I reminded myself every single day, "If I don't fight through this, who else will finish my favorite story?"&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Stories like MY SHY ALPHA and RESONANCE are the direct result of that! My most popular comic WHAT-SEXUAL?? revealed every secret I kept from myself about my identity, allowing me to heal my heart and soul by coming out as a pansexual and transgender man. From then on, healing physically became easier. I never thought I would survive past 17!&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; After a 9-year battle with severe chronic Lyme Disease, I feel like I have a second chance at life. My dream is to use it to create stories with messages I wish I had growing up, including representation of transgender, bisexual, and chronically ill characters in particular.&nbsp; &nbsp; Sometimes I still have tougher days, but I have the best coping mechanism in the world; I write or draw for hours on end, diving into fictional worlds I've discovered deep in my heart. I can't work a 9-5 job without physical consequences, but I can draw and write my ass off!&nbsp; &nbsp; I write, draw, edit, and advertise my stories all by myself, so supporting me on Patreon or simply reading, commenting on, or sharing my stories means you're directly supporting a disabled, trans, queer, and indie author! It's an honor to use my life experiences to create, so thank you for supporting my dreams and giving me a voice.

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<ul><li>Credits in completed comics, novels, and ebooks.</li><li>Early look at project announcements, illustrations, &amp; more!</li><li>Unlimited secret coupons to my Etsy store</li><li>Access to Patreon-only discord channels</li></ul>

Support Crew

<ul><li>Read 1 novel chapter ahead (posts 4x/month)</li><li>Read 1 comic page ahead (posts 1-2x/month)</li><li>NSFW comic pages (only on Patreon or in completed 18+ volumes)</li><li>All previous rewards</li></ul>

Space Gays Enthusiast

<ul><li>Read 2 novel chapters ahead (posts 4x/month)</li><li>Comic chapter PDFs (upon completion)</li><li>All previous rewards</li></ul>

Shy Alpha

<ul><li>Read 4 novel chapters ahead (posts 4x/month)</li><li>Novel multichapter PDFs (a story arc of 15-30 finished chapters, upon completion)</li><li>Early access to a PDF of comic page sketches (upon completion, 3-12 months in advance)</li><li>All previous rewards</li></ul>

Sweet Omega

<ul><li>LIMITED QUANTITY: Receive a physical thank you note + sticker OR signed print OR postcard in the mail 1x/month! (flat mail only)</li><li>All previous rewards</li></ul>

Monthly Mail

<ul><li>Novel scene illustrations, download &amp; voting power (1x/month, 4 weeks early access)Boost your reading experience with downloadable illustrations that correlate with specific scenes from the novel! You'll also get to vote on which scenes I'll illustrate in a monthly poll, leaving a lasting impact on which scenes will be illustrated in each novel's final printed/ebook version. Outside of Patreon, these will only be shown cropped or as purchasable art prints after their corresponding novel is published.</li><li>All previous rewards (not including limited edition physical mail reward)</li></ul>

True Love

<ul><li>This incredibly generous tier is purely to support the stories with no additional rewards beyond what's previously listed!</li><li>All previous rewards</li></ul>

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