The Home of Special Forces, et al
Like many writers, I have written a great deal of things that will never be published commercially. Whatever the reason - if it was just writing for writing's sake, love for characters that aren't your own, or a creative exercise to flex those writing muscles without obligation or publication pressure. All this work is not-for-profit and solely for fun. These are written under the pen name Vashtan.
SpEcial Forces
Special Forces is the co-written epic of two soldiers that meet in Afghanistan, tracing 25 years of their lives. This is a one-million-word, three-volume project. Special Forces is an epic work of military gay erotic fiction, which is available for free here.
The three cycles Soldiers, Mercenaries, and Veterans were written between April 2006 and November 2008 and have 70 chapters in total, comprising around one million words (the equivalent of around 15 full-sized novels). It is only suitable for an adult audience.
This is the epic story of a Soviet Spetsnaz soldier and a Scottish SAS soldier. Vadim Krasnorada and Dan McFadyen are two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow...but that's only the official version.
The reality of these two men is dark, brutal, fuelled by aggression and insane lust. Steeped in pain and killing, these Special Forces soldiers meet in 1980. Their intense hatred caused by rape, revenge and torture turns into fucked-up lust and years of secret encounters in the dangerous labyrinth of Kabul and the Afghan mountains. Time, despair and desolation smoothe down the sharpness of hatred, its venom drained with each physical encounter; lust helps to form an understanding that only two men of the same kind can share.
This novel spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. It's harsh and violent, but life is cruel and they just do what they need to survive.
Special Forces is available in both the "original version" published between 2006 and 2008, and an edited version ("Vashtan's Preferred Text"). Find the original files below.
The three cycles Soldiers, Mercenaries, and Veterans were written between April 2006 and November 2008 and have 70 chapters in total, comprising around one million words (the equivalent of around 15 full-sized novels). It is only suitable for an adult audience.
This is the epic story of a Soviet Spetsnaz soldier and a Scottish SAS soldier. Vadim Krasnorada and Dan McFadyen are two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow...but that's only the official version.
The reality of these two men is dark, brutal, fuelled by aggression and insane lust. Steeped in pain and killing, these Special Forces soldiers meet in 1980. Their intense hatred caused by rape, revenge and torture turns into fucked-up lust and years of secret encounters in the dangerous labyrinth of Kabul and the Afghan mountains. Time, despair and desolation smoothe down the sharpness of hatred, its venom drained with each physical encounter; lust helps to form an understanding that only two men of the same kind can share.
This novel spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. It's harsh and violent, but life is cruel and they just do what they need to survive.
Special Forces is available in both the "original version" published between 2006 and 2008, and an edited version ("Vashtan's Preferred Text"). Find the original files below.
Vashtan's preferred text (Director's Cut)
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"Vashtan's Preferred Text" or "Director's Cut" has typos hunted, style issues fixed, facts checked, and is generally cleaned up and tightened. Many thanks to Clerah Jai of Goodreads.com for the amazing cover.
"Soldiers" is completely edited. Mercenaries is half-edited. This file contains all of "Soldiers" (chapters 1-19), about 256k words or 651 pages of text. Click on the link to the left to download the file (2.3MB). If you prefer to hold paper in your hand, "Special Forces" is also being released in not-for-profit paperbacks on Lulu.com. Get your copy of "Soldiers Part 1" here. The second part of "Special Forces: Soldiers" is available here. | ||
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This file contains a prologue (which was removed from "Soldiers") and the text up to chapter 30 inclusive. Click on the icon to download the file. If you want to continue reading, just download the old version and begin reading at chapter 31. The story should make sense then.
I hope to release the full Director's Cut eventually, at which point the paperbacks will be available, too. | ||
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A reader sent me the a mobi and epub conversion of these files. I haven't checked them.
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Special Forces (Old Version, 2006-2008)
Click below for the original version, comprising "Soldiers" (2.2 MB), "Mercenaries I" (3 MB), "Mercenaries II" (2.4 MB) and "Veterans" (2.1 MB).
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Collateral
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"Collateral" is a free Punisher/Iron Man fanfiction novel co-written with Gileonnen.
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The Trick Is
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"The Trick Is" is a free story featuring Lawrence of Arabia and Ali - this was co-written with Gileonnen as a charity story to raise money to fight Proposition 8 (link below).
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Debriefing
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"Debriefing", another co-written military story, is available as a PDF on the link below.
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