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Thank you for visiting! My name is Maude (she/her/hers) and I write fic as MaudeZbornak and original fiction as M.Z. Arthur. I primarily write MM romance as M.Z., and as Maude I write a variety of pairings for several fandoms. My original works are intended for audiences 18+. Trigger warnings are available on each book page.I invite you to check out my original works, and if you'd like to sample my writing style you can visit me on AO3. My recommended "starter fics" are listed on a separate Carrd.Everything I offer, I write without the use of AI tools. I endeavor also to produce books with non-AI covers and non-AI marketing. Unless otherwise noted, my original work is available wide.I try to do the social thing, and you can find me at any of these places. Feel free to say hello:
Possible Triggers: character with severed digit, alcohol consumption; no bestiality is depicted in story
Tops & Tails
Previously Published as TOEING THE LINE in CRETACEOUS CRUSHESPaleontologist Matt Harding stands on the cusp of an important discovery. An unearthed Scelidosaurus bone at a holiday park on the Antrim Coast not only proves dinosaur relics are still out there but that missing links are closer than the world realizes. The bone isn't even a century old!Rhys O'Malley, manager of his family's holiday park, values his privacy. It's nice to let his dinosaur run along a stretch of secluded beach, but permitting a dig on their property? Forget it. He wants his secrets to stay buried like his ancestors, but damn it if Matt doesn't inspire desires in him long thought extinct.Matt has loved dinosaurs all his life. He never thought he'd get the chance to love one...
Possible Triggers: off-page minor character death, financial difficulties, semen donation, tattooing
Raising Wayne
In need of a quick cash infusion to pay off a loan shark, tattoo artist Doug “Zim” Zimmer gives of himself, literally, with plasma and sperm donations. He’s happy to help whoever needs either or both, and when the bills are paid he thinks nothing more of it. Two years later, a handsome redhead shows up claiming to have his biological child.Architect Clive Mulcahy, having assumed custody of his nephew after his sister’s death, wants a clearer picture of Wayne’s parentage in order to be a good father. The acquaintance he hopes to strike with Zim for the sake of Wayne’s happiness soon grows into a relationship neither expected, but both are willing to embrace.
Possible Triggers: financial difficulties, implied homophobia and misogyny among minor characters, semi-public sex
The Associate
Pride Publishing's FAMILY BUSINESS COLLECTIONJoseph “Gio” Spatafora longs to become a full member of the San Gaetano family. A loyal associate, he catches the attention of the don and the promise to move up the ranks. The family plans to take over a business behind on its protection payments, and the don wants Gio to manage it. If he succeeds, he’ll be made, so long as they don’t discover he is gay.Conor Malloy is shocked to learn his father’s failing health is a result of pressure from the mob to pay off delinquent debts. He never wanted to manage his father’s pub, but he’ll do what it takes to save his parents. When he feels there is nowhere to turn for help, a handsome Sicilian crosses his path…