Margins
Playing Chicken book cover
Playing Chicken
A St Dwynwen's Day Short Story
2021
First Published
4.31
Average Rating
35
Number of Pages

Marc returns home from London to his isolated Welsh cottage for good, having found his ex boyfriend shagging someone else in their bed. Who’s the thin, freezing cold man with the bruised face he finds in his barn? Will the tenuous connection between them grow, or fade away? A 9,000 word short story in the Reworked Celtic Myths series, to mark the Welsh St Valentine's Day, St Dwynwen’s Day, the 25th of January. With chickens. A contemporary gay romance.

Avg Rating
4.31
Number of Ratings
70
5 STARS
46%
4 STARS
43%
3 STARS
9%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads

Author

A.L. Lester
A.L. Lester
Author · 15 books

Writer of queer, paranormal, historical, romantic suspense. Lives in the South West of England with Mr AL, two children, a badly behaved dachshund, a terrifying cat and some hens. Likes gardening but doesn't really have time or energy. Not musical. Doesn't much like telly. Non-binary. Chronically disabled. Has tedious fits. For updates, giveaways and general shenanigans: My newsletter and a free novella - my facebook group - twitter - instagram - tiktok. I also write higher-heat contemporary MM romance as Frances Fox.

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved