Heya. I’m Arufa. (No correlation to the main character in Parallel in Two.) I’m also C.T. Kimbrough, but most people knew me as Arufa and that will never change.
I write (inconsistently) and draw (inconsistently). My life can be characterized as a series of misfortunate inconsistencies.
My latest inconsistency is Parallel in Two, my first MALxHF novel. I’m finally old enough to participate.
I do all my own cover art. :)
“To exist is to remember.” All her life, Arufa has prowled the streets of the futuristic city of X2, stealing from passersby and evading the police. Living in an abandoned warehouse with her friend Skyler, she aspires to be more thAn just a thief. All she needs is an opportUnity. All her li...
There is no fine line between heaven and hell. The Lord judges rightfully, without fail. He knows all good because he is all good. Katsuma Pharaoh is not all good. Neither is anyone—but after the Second Coming, that starts to mean something. In exactly one year, the Rapture will begin, and now...
The war has ended. Spirits and humans have learned to coexist, living in relative harmony. Atlas has begun to move on from the tragedy of the Strike, and thanks to the cooperation of Lieutenant Shiera Beta and Commander Sakira, Dianoct has entered a new age. But harmony is easily shattered. Wh...
“Here we are, intertwined in an undetermined fate.” Shiera is enamored by a children’s story—in her teenage years, no less. She won’t admit it to her twin brother Kori, but the old tales of humans and spirits fascinate her, distract her from her boring life on Earth. She holds out hope that on...