Lucy K.R.

Please pardon the dust while I try to update my media presence to the current century!

Follow up image: Lucy K.R. pretends to be startled that the camera has captured her writing. — “The ocean brought him to my door like a cat might gift a bird on the welcome mat. Broken, distorted, and gray…”

What a pleasure to see you here on my website! If you’ve found your way here, it’s likely that you’ve encountered me or my work already, but I hope you’ll spare me some time for the basics.

I’m a queer author from the Southern states of the USA, in fortunate possession of a loving birth family and a marvelous chosen family as well. Both groups fortunately now include my beloved wife Tomo and our cat Trigger/Gatillo!

I have been writing for many, many years, though I have only recently come to regard it as something I’m good at. I’m not one of those authors whose every childhood essay netted awards and whose parents ‘always knew’ she would be an author. In fact, my writing for most of my life has been something I kept reasonably quiet. But I never could stop writing. Even when it broke my heart, even when I failed to meet my own expectations, even when it never benefitted me in any tangible, material way.

Now, thanks in no small part to the wonderful people at Duck Prints Press, I’ve rather suddenly become a published author, with multiple short stories published in anthologies and several novels in the works.

That said, my writing definitely leans more towards the dramatic than the ‘clever & timely updates on bluesky’ variety, thus the creation of this website to serve as a hub for those of you who may wish to stay up to date on my writing career. Or those of you who enjoy strange modeling choices and an oddball sense of humor!

I hope to upload unpublished stories, interesting images & anecdotes, and many pictures of cats to share with you in time. Though I cannot profess to be a perfect author, I am an author that works hard. Though I cannot promise that everything here will be to your tastes, I can swear to you that it will all be human-made either by myself or by my lovely wife Tomo (see my Statement on GenAI for more information.) I hope that you enjoy seeing and reading my works as much as I enjoy making them.

Photo of Lucy in fake battle-damaged makeup holding a tortoiseshell cat. — With love from the Lucy & Trigger

Hast thou an uncertainty? Snail Orb and I shall answer your every query, dearie 😉

Do I get enough questions to consider any of them Frequently Asked? Not yet! But I’ll answer some here for your consideration, and add to the list as we go!

Why?
- No one has succeeded in stopping me yet.
Why “Lucy K.R.” as a publishing name?
- It’s mostly an internal joke! I think it’s fun to subvert the usual move of female authors hiding their first names to make more sales. I’m Lucy first, and the other names second! That said, it’s also in part because my family is full of creative, inspired people, who I feel certain will one day be publishing as well. As a middle child, I’ve always struggled with being compared to others, so maybe Lucy K.R. is a way for me to just be me, in isolation, and not in relation to any other Last-Name-R’s who might be publishing!
Who took the excellent photos on your website?
- Why that would be my excellent wife Tomo, thank you for asking! She’s also an amazing artist~ You should check out the Art Gallery to see some of her work!
Do you only write gay stuff?
- As a gay myself and a big fan of the genre of gayness, yes! I really only write queer stuff. However, queerness is a vast experience, full of different identities, individuals, and experiences. You might be surprised what you vibe with!
Exactly how many cats are on this website?
- As of January 8, 2026, there are 10 cats. There will be more.
How many cats do you have in real life?
- Trigger, the tortoiseshell cat you’ll see around the website, is our only cat! However our roommates have 3 wonderful friends, Prompto, Thomas, and Panda, who will frequently appear as well.
Is it true you write fanfiction?
- I do, and I love doing it! But unlike some authors I can’t imagine editing my fanfiction for sale. Those stories are a gift I give to my community! It’s the pastime that first won me the affection of the woman who is now my wife! Fanfiction is for fun & play; for picking up and putting down as the winds blow. It is one of the great joys of my life, and I can’t imagine stopping, but you’ll never see it here! (Unless it’s for a property that no longer holds copyright, but you don’t see people calling the 8 million Sherlock Holmes adaptations fanfiction, do you?)
Does writing in pens with different colors taste different?
- I rarely slow down enough to even consider this option, but I love you so much for asking it, Tomo! I have certainly read books that played with color in words to build specific effects (looking at you Mark Z. Danielewski, whazzup) but I’ve never tried it myself! Perhaps I should.