Content note

The short fiction

Every story and collection opens with this note.

This book contains explicit sexual content intended for adult readers only.

You must be 18 years of age or older to read this material.

This story includes depictions of consensual breathplay and erotic power dynamics between adult characters. All acts depicted are fictional and performed between consenting adults.

A note on safety. This is a work of fiction, not a guide. The acts it portrays — pressure to the neck, restraint, and related practices — carry serious and unavoidable physical risks, including injury, loss of consciousness, lasting harm, and death. There is no technique, level of experience, degree of care, or amount of trust that makes them safe. The characters' confidence, attentiveness, and good outcomes are storytelling, not evidence that these things can be done without danger. Please do not treat anything in these pages as instruction. If you or someone else experiences concerning symptoms after any pressure to the neck, seek qualified medical attention.

If breathplay, erotic asphyxiation, or themes of dominance and submission are not to your taste, this may not be the book for you — and that is perfectly okay.

For those who understand the pull: welcome.

Breathe For Me

The novel opens with this note.

This is a work of dark psychological fiction for adult readers only. You must be eighteen years of age or older to read it.

Breathe For Me is not a romance, and it is not a safe-practice fantasy. It is told largely from inside the mind of a methodical killer, and it does not look away from what he does or how he does it.

This book contains: serial murder; eroticised asphyxiation and breath control used as instruments of harm; explicit sexual content; the deliberate manufacture and erosion of consent; coercive control and predatory manipulation; and the on-page deaths of women who have been made to believe they are safe.

Nothing in these pages depicts safe practice. Nothing in it is instruction, endorsement, or a fantasy you are meant to share. Here, the breath is a weapon.

If these subjects will hurt you, please choose another book — with no judgement, and with care for yourself.

For those who read the dark clear-eyed: turn the page.