Very important note - Please read (Patreon)

Hey supporters and friends!

I am coming to you with some bad news today.

To cut to the chase: Patreon has suspended my page for a few hours as it has considered part of my content as being against their community guidelines. 

I am quite sad but this is what it is.

Patreon is a platform which has the right to decide what type of content they deem (or do not deem) appropriate for their service.

That being said, if you can read this, that means the page is back up, but that also means that some important changes are coming. 

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What is the issue?

Apparently, some of my stories could feature elements not aligned with Patreon's guidelines.

Although my novels were all marked as fiction and were featuring only over 18's characters, my conclusion is that the dark themes of some of them (notably the mind games happening between characters, or the evil schemes of big corporations as featured in The Cure's universe) are simply no longer acceptable for Patreon.

As you know, I write two main types of stories (both types containing elements of erotiscim or sex):

• Some are very dark and could be classified as thrillers (or even sic-fi / horror novels);

• While some are more "drama" oriented, focusing on the relationships between the characters.

Of course, I personally think that my dark stories should be seen as a complete work and not solely through the few instances where the evil characters are doing bad things in them...

For example, there are, for sure, elements of manipulation and harrassment in The Bully but I do not believe that these moments are "glorified".

On the contrary, the whole point is often to see the characters evolve in the right direction and learn from their mistakes.

For a trilogy like The Cure, I can understand how the general dark theme of this unhinged post-apocalyptic world might create issues, even if, once again, the story also features characters who try to overcome this regime.

This is my point of view but ultimately, I understand that Patreon can not make a special case out of this page and simply has to moderate every chapter which might contain elements going against their guidelines.

I am using a service and I intend to play by the rules of this service.

No need to debate on this or to trash Patreon in the comments' section.

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How is this page going to move forward?

For the past / completed / archived stories: many of the previous books have simply been removed.

I may have been able to keep many chapters on here, but I did not want to have books with censored parts in them.

It was simply not making sense.

I know it is tough, but trust me, it is tougher on me than it is on anybody else... I had to delete three years of work.

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For the ongoing stories:  I am deleting all the archives / previous chapters but I will be releasing an ending.

Again, this hurts me a lot but this is a way for me to let this page re-open and release the endings you were waiting for.

This mainly concerns two stories:

For the Bully, I don't think anything past Chapter 22 can be considered as going against Patreon's guidelines and I will post the epilogue this Sunday as planned.

The story was practically over anyway, and ironically, was ending on a note against sexual harrassment and bullying.

For Retaliation, I am still thinking about a way to release chapters to give this story the ending I had in mind. I have released chapter 9 to learn more about Denzel back story today.

This is clearly the part that sucks the most because there is no access to return and re-read the previous chapters but I did my best coming up with a solution.

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Stories not impacted:

A Summer at the Farm's sequel, A Fall In The City, continues as planned.

As for My Roommate is Way Too Hot, given the current situation, I have decided to make all the already-released chapters available to all supporters, and I will be releasing the next ones more regularly.

I know some of you will be very happy with that news, and to be fair, I was going to head in that direction anyway.

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For future stories: I have been working on stories which, while remaining erotic, should be more aligned with the current Patreon's guidelines.

Hence, why I do not want to give this page up, and why I want to keep going!

The good news is that I have been working on two books which are not containing any of these dark themes.

I will simply release them sooner than I thought!

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In conclusion:

To be clear: I do not intend to push back against Patreon's guidelines.

My main thing is that I want this page to stay open, even if I have to start-over.

In a way, that could be also an opportunity to go in other directions.

It has been a tough couple of days but I am not one to sit back and cry. Let's start over and have some fun with it!

I am happy to release the stories I have been working on (e.g. My roommate is way too...), but if you were an amateur of the intense thriller stories, with manipulative characters and dark storylines, Patreon will no longer be the place for this.

Of course, given the context, feel free to unsubscribe, the worst thing for me would be for you to pay for content you will not be able to enjoy.

For those who will stick around, I will think about a way to re-organize the page between Supporters and Avid Readers, maybe with early access to some chapters?

Please do not trash me (I'm trying to handle this situation as best as I can) or Patreon (this is their service and they are allowed to impose their rules) on the comments below.

Besides, Patreon has allowed me to build this community in the first place and I am grateful for that.

If you feel like without the dark stories, this Patreon will no longer be interesting, I let you go with no hard feeling and I thank you immensely for your support.

If you want to keep going on this ride, then you can stay, i'll keep on releasing new content multiple times a week!

Given the great feedback I have received on MRIWTH, I was considering doing "lighter" stories for the months to come anyway. Hopefully, it will be even better than before!

Stay tuned for a revised upcoming calendar of the release of the stories.