Ariel vs. Ursula Mentality: Which one do you use?

Ursula: “The only way to get what you want…is to become human yourself…” Ariel: *Widened eyes…* “Can you do that?” Ursula: “My dear sweet child..That’s what I do! It’s what I live for. To help unfortunate mer-folk like yourself…” … Ariel: “But I won’t get to see my family if I become human…” Ursula: “But […]

A Wizard’s Love: Fantasy Flash Fiction

My palms soaked the steering wheel as I stared at my lips in the rear-view mirror. My bare, crackled lips had eaten all of the lip oil I’d applied. Like my late mother, I feared I would die of old age, and a lack of beauty. She’d written me a note in her last days […]

My Top 3 Romance Fiction Tropes

A romance trope is a popular theme in a romance novel or film. Below I list a few of my favorites! Alpha Male/Billionaire– Because, duh! Who doesn’t like a strong, rich, asshole man? Sure they’re annoying and everything, but you can’t deny the appeal. I personally do not believe the alpha male has to be […]

Liquor Magick part 2: Is her ambition driving him away? What really went down at the bar?

If you haven’t read part one, click here to read it. My heart thumped as I replayed Rob’s remarks in my head. Ya boy Ashton was real popular at the bar… Popular? Popular with whom? Other women? Was that what he did while I was out trying to make a future for myself? Cheat on […]

Liquor Magick: Is her ambition blocking her love and driving him to drink?

My eyelids hung down like lead, but the man across from me, in tattered clothing, smelled just foul enough to keep me awake. I looked at my phone for the thousandth time, and clenched my back teeth. Why hadn’t he texted me? The train tussled my body back and forth. Holding the phone in my sweaty […]

Swimming in His Lies: Fantasy Romance

Copyright 2020 by Nia Venus. All Rights Reserved. In all my years of having a fin like a fish, never once had I wanted to be human, until now. My fin itched, like insects were crawling inside of it. As I swam back and forth in our kitchen, ignoring the smell of the bacon burning, […]

What are the benefits of reading Paranormal Romance? (and why I write it)

Reading is hard work. It’s easier for some than others, but it’s still quite a laborious past time. So why do it? Reading is good for your brain, for one. But I don’t believe it shouldn’t be enjoyable. My belief is that if you’re gonna spend time reading…for fun…it had better be some entertaining shit! […]

Beauty and the Warlock: She’s just trying to work a spell, but something keeps getting in the way…✨

Short Story Synopsis: Ashton is dishing out major distractions while Diane works on her spell casting. Will Diane figure out how to balance her magickal life with her new magickal boyfriend? Just as I lifted my new pink magick wand, the smell of old boiled eggs and mold poisoned my nose. I left my altar […]