Author — Gainesville, Florida

A.J. Carter

he / him  ·  Gay. Spooky. Florida.

A gay author from Gainesville, FL writing Gothic Paranormal Romance with fangs. When he's not torturing his characters, he's hanging out with his chickens and his partner — who he met at a Halloween party, obviously.

The Darkness Between Us — Debut Series — Currently Querying
A.J. Carter
Works

The Darkness Between Us

The Darkness Between Us — Autumn Leaves
The Darkness Between Us — Book One

Autumn Leaves

A M/M Gothic Paranormal RomanceCurrently Querying
"Welcome to Laurel Grove, California. Population… complicated." The 3,000 year old Vampire Alex is convinced to crash a Werewolf Halloween Gala… The Cuban-American Werewolf Christian would rather have stayed home playing Xbox… A scent like Autumn Leaves pulls them face-to-face… and Surprisingly, they don't want to kill each other…

But something else does.

As Christian and Alex work together to protect their people from a twisted, unnatural thing that cannot be named, there's undeniable chemistry between them. However, Alex swore off love centuries ago and Christian is wrestling with the attraction he shouldn't feel.

Though neither is sure how to trust one another through the dark unrevealed spaces of the heart and mind, a slow, inevitable gravity draws them closer. Can they learn to love through the darkness?… Or will they be killed first?
Part of a five-book series  ·  87,000 words  ·  Adult Gothic Paranormal Romance
Short Fiction

Violets & Laudanum

A collection of short fiction from the author of The Darkness Between Us. Dark, queer, and frequently unhinged.

Violets and Laudanum

The Violets and Laudanum Collection

Short stories from the edges of Laurel Grove and beyond — where the Gothic meets the strange and the romantic meets the monstrous.

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