FINALIST in Erotic Fiction (Long) - Passionate Plume 2025
WILDING(noun) a plant growing uncultivated in the wild either as a native or an escape; a wild animal
(adjective): not domesticated or cultivated
(slang): the activity of a gang going on a protracted rampage in a public place
WILDING is an erotic novel about living through the pandemic. It's about brief encounters across North America which occur in airports and hotel rooms, apartments and saunas. It's about desire and loneliness, misinformation and fear, lust and resentment. It's about sex without touching, touching without sex, and intimacy without either sex or touching. It's about martial arts, queer history, and nudism-as-activism. It's about social-distancing and road-trips. WILDING is a novel about how far some people will go for a connection. Cover art by Anastasija Serdnova