> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://adrianthorne.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Thorne Report #12 - URL: https://adrianthorne.com/the-thorne-report-12/ - Published: 2026-08-19T04:25:22.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-19T04:25:22.000Z - Description: Volume 1, Issue 12 - Author: R. Adrian Thorne - Tags: Newsletter ### **✦ Welcome** You’ve found your way back to The Thorne Report. Another dispatch from the House of Thorne — where stories smolder, secrets shift, and nothing ever cools for long. Inside: updates, freebies, new offers, and a few sparks I couldn’t keep to myself. Consider this your standing invitation to linger a little longer. --- ### **✦ What They’re Saying** The House has been loud lately—in the best possible way. You’ve been calling out the tenderness, interrogating every motive, and demanding the next chapter. A few reactions I couldn’t keep to myself: ![Four reader comments in a House of Thorne graphic: Tristan Hawke praises the sexy, intensely romantic Mile High Society; MV1 says Reckless Intentions is about to get messy; Chuck Hays celebrates ownership and surrender in Once Upon a Time…There Was a Firefighter; and Jamie says the Mile High Society writing makes the body wish it were 30,000 feet in the air.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/the-thorne-report-12-what-theyre-saying.png) Keep talking back. Your comments make this House feel alive—and one of yours may appear in the next Report. --- ### **✦ In Production** Six stories are moving through Early Access and Wide Release right now. Here’s where the House is burning hottest. ![Mile High Society series title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/07/Title-Card-24.png) **Mile High Society** Neil Pryce and Michael Drum’s private-jet game is officially airborne. Chapter 3, “The Count of Monte Carlo,” landed August 17; Chapter 4, “The Legend of Chuck,” arrives August 24. [READ MILE HIGH SOCIETY](https://adrianthorne.com/tag/mile-high-society/) ![Reckless Intentions series title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/07/Title-Card-3.png) **Reckless Intentions** The Hamptons revenge campaign is getting darker. Chapter 3, “Leverage,” arrived August 12; Chapter 4, “The Hampton Job,” follows August 26. [READ RECKLESS INTENTIONS](https://adrianthorne.com/story-reckless-intentions/) ![Fraternal series title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/07/Title-Card-4-1.png) **Fraternal** Secrets, loyalty, and a dangerous love triangle keep tightening. Chapter 6, “Full Disclosure,” arrived August 14; Chapter 7, “Brotherly Love,” follows August 28. [READ FRATERNAL](https://adrianthorne.com/story-fraternal/) ![The Stepdad Diaries series title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/07/Title-Card2.png) **The Stepdad Diaries** The current Wide Release run continues with Chapter 9 on August 17 and Chapter 10, “Figure It Out,” on August 24\. Early Access resumes with Chapter 11 on September 14. [READ THE STEPDAD DIARIES](https://adrianthorne.com/story-the-stepdad-diaries/) ![Once Upon a Time series title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/07/Title-Card-----Once-Upon-a-Time.png) **Once Upon a Time…** The House’s standalone encounters continue their Wide Release run: Chapter 2, “There Was a Firefighter,” arrives August 21, followed by Chapter 3 on September 4. [READ ONCE UPON A TIME…](https://adrianthorne.com/story-once-upon-a-time/) ![The Congressman’s Son: Act II series title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/07/Title-Card-1A-2.png) **The Congressman’s Son** Act II moves through Wide Release with Part IV on August 19, Part V on August 26, and Part VI on September 2. [READ THE CONGRESSMAN’S SON](https://adrianthorne.com/story-the-congressmans-son/) [SEE EVERY RELEASE](https://adrianthorne.com/release-calendar/) --- ### **✦ Upcoming Series** **From Across the Room** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/Title-Card2-3.png) Desire begins at a distance. A charged look across apartment windows pulls voyeurism, temptation, and crossed lines into the same frame. Chapter 1, “Terms of Endearment,” premieres for everyone September 11, with the nine-chapter run continuing weekly. [ENTER FROM ACROSS THE ROOM](https://adrianthorne.com/story-from-across-the-room/) **Night Shift: Code Blue — Season 2** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/Title-Card.webp) The hospital never sleeps. *Night Shift: Code Blue* returns for a second season, where hospital corridors, old wounds, and new pressure collide. The release date is still under wraps; catch up on the complete eight-chapter first season and watch the trailer now. [CATCH UP ON NIGHT SHIFT](https://adrianthorne.com/story-night-shift/) [WATCH THE TRAILER](https://adrianthorne.com/trailer-night-shift-code-blue/) --- ### **✦ Subscriber Updates** **Meet Limited** ![Limited membership graphic: Wide Release access for $5 a month, first year $35, renewing at $50 a year.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/the-thorne-report-12-limited-tier-v2.png) There is now another way into the House. Limited is for readers who are comfortable waiting four weeks and want a lower-priced way to keep reading. For $5 a month—or $50 a year—eligible chapters unlock on Wide Release, exactly 28 days after Early Access. [SEE HOW LIMITED WORKS](https://adrianthorne.com/limited/) For a limited time, save 30% on your first year—$35 now, renewing at $50 a year. [CLAIM THE LIMITED OFFER](https://adrianthorne.com/new-limited-plan) --- ### **✦ House Updates** The House has been busy. New rooms have opened, familiar doors are working better, and more of your reading life now follows you wherever you enter. **The House Bookshop** The Bookshop is open with 29 complete digital House editions. Purchase securely without leaving the website, receive protected EPUB delivery, and—if you’re an eligible House member—save 10%. [VISIT THE HOUSE BOOKSHOP](https://adrianthorne.com/bookshop/) **The House App** ![House of Thorne App graphic showing the story library, reading progress, bookmarks, notes, and audio on tablet and phone.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/clipboard.png) Stories, releases, reading progress, audio, the calendar, Notes, and conversations now live together in one quieter place. Open it in your browser or install it on a supported device to carry the House with you. [OPEN THE HOUSE APP](https://app.adrianthorne.com/?ref=adrianthorne.com) **Adrian’s Obsessions** ![Adrian’s Obsessions graphic with the House of Thorne shield above sealed manuscripts, a fountain pen, and reading glasses.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/clipboard-1.png) A curated collection of writers and stories worth leaving the House for—properly credited, linked directly to their creators, and chosen because I genuinely cannot stop thinking about them. [SEE ADRIAN’S OBSESSIONS](https://adrianthorne.com/with-love/) **Coming October 18: The House Remembers You** A larger House experience is planned for Sunday, October 18\. The work currently moving through private staging includes a personalized My House home, clearer release tracking, more comfortable Story Mode controls, richer community profiles, and new ways to discover, discuss, and return to the stories you love. The final experience is still moving through testing and release gates—but the House is preparing to remember you a little better. [PREVIEW NEW FEATURES](https://adrianthorne.com/the-house-remembers-you/) --- ### **✦ Free Reads & Partner Picks** The House is never the only place a good story catches fire. I’ve partnered with fellow authors to bring a few more stories your way. ![Book cover of Eury the Greek by Steven A. Coulter](https://bookfunnelimages.com/images/covers/5xdzb4qz54/cover_md.jpg) **Eury the Greek** by Steven A. Coulter Separated as children, identical twins Proc and Eury reunite after tragedy—and Proc must fight the abuse, exploitation, and gang violence consuming his brother. *Content note: Includes sexual exploitation, addiction, bullying, and violence.* [VIEW EURY THE GREEK](https://buy.bookfunnel.com/4c3ewl2qd4?tid=trlg7nu8sl&ref=adrianthorne.com) ![Book cover of Howl You Doing by Phoenix Cross](https://bookfunnelimages.com/images/covers/4dkp1gl745/cover_md.jpg) **Howl You Doing** by Phoenix Cross — **Free reader magnet** Alpha-wolf hardware-store owner Eli finds his fated mate in sharp-tongued omega Remy in a steamy M/M paranormal rom-com with found family and a guaranteed happily ever after. [GET HOWL YOU DOING](https://dl.bookfunnel.com/eermj5acr4?tid=hw3faii546&ref=adrianthorne.com) ![Book cover of Johree by Leona Windwalker](https://bookfunnelimages.com/images/covers/de64x7et9i/cover_md.jpg) **Johree** by Leona Windwalker Dragonii prince Johree is matched with human rancher Jesse, and their marriage of convenience on a frontier colony grows into fated love and found family. [VIEW JOHREE](https://buy.bookfunnel.com/tc0wvds80g?tid=k5m2tdawo8&ref=adrianthorne.com) ![Book cover of Jinx in the Feed by River Beck](https://bookfunnelimages.com/images/covers/3fnergu509/cover_md.jpg) **Jinx in the Feed** by River Beck — **Included with Kindle Unlimited** Masked predator-exposer Louie enters a thirty-day fake relationship with obsessive fixer Zeph in a dark M/M romance of forced proximity, surveillance, and possession. [VIEW JINX IN THE FEED](https://buy.bookfunnel.com/khqwvtqnmp?tid=qg2hzc8koq&ref=adrianthorne.com) *Partner note: These links track referrals. Offers, prices, and availability can change.* --- ### **✦ Upcoming Projects** **The Thorne Method—Two Paths In** *The Thorne Method: The Art of Writing Erotic Fiction* is open now. Ten self-paced modules explore desire, tension, consent, physical clarity, and consequence—carrying one idea all the way to a complete M/M erotic story. [ENTER THE EROTIC FICTION COURSE](https://adrianthorne.com/the-thorne-method/) A second course, *The Thorne Method: The Art of Writing Fiction*, is currently in private preview. It takes writers from the first spark of an idea to a polished 2,500–4,000-word short story. I’ll share public access when those doors open. --- ### **✦ Commissioned Stories** Some stories start with me. Others start with *you*. If there’s a dynamic, a tension, or a moment you want explored, this is your way in. Bring me the premise—the *what if*—and I’ll shape it into something lived-in, layered, and true to the House. **Rates start at $100 for a 7,500-word story** with the option for narration. Commission clients will also receive Executive Producer credit. DM me to get started today! --- ### **✦ A Special Note On… Growth and Change** Growth is strange. We spend so much time hoping for it that when it arrives, we can be surprised by how disorienting it feels. The House has changed shape lately. New rooms have opened. Familiar doors lead somewhere a little different. There are more ways to move through the work and to stay connected to it after the final line. I’m proud of what’s taking shape, but I also know change can ask something of the reader. It asks you to relearn the paths inside a place you came to because it already felt like yours. I don’t take that lightly. None of this has been about adding more for the sake of more. Each change began with a quieter question: How can the stories be easier to find, easier to return to, and given more room to live? How can this place honor both the work itself and the people who make space for it in their lives? Because beneath every new doorway, the purpose is still simple. I write stories about people trying to tell the truth about what they want, who they are, and what they are willing to risk for connection. You read them, carry them, argue with them, and sometimes recognize something of yourself inside them. Then something passes between us that no platform, tool, or polished page can manufacture. That is the part that matters most to me. The House may continue to change shape as I learn what serves the work and what does not. Not every change will feel seamless at first—including to me. But growth should not make a place less human. It should make more room for honesty, curiosity, and the kind of connection that lets a story linger after the screen goes dark. So if the House feels bigger now, know that I still recognize what made it matter in the first place. The stories. The people inside them. And you, on the other side of the page. Thank you for continuing to find your way back. *Until the next ember catches* *Ever yours in shadow and flame* —*R. Adrian Thorne* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ac/06/ac06f9b1-2fc6-4cd6-af9f-72147c562e72/content/images/2026/08/R.-Adrian-Thorne-signature4.png)