
Riv Rains Writes ♡
Work in the trencheS


YA Contemp Romance
| Querying |
Explores the first senior year of an anxious rural teen trapped in a private boarding school, who begins to crash through the husk of her social life, only to find her heart on the way down.
Themes: Coming of age, found family, mental health, some suicide/abuse trauma, respect, trust, first love, drugs, religion, and embracing our own truths.
A young adult contemporary romance, this story fits as an Australian take on One Of Us Is Lying, with the heartstrings of The Kissing Booth.
Standalone at 99,000 words.
Themes: Coming of age, found family, mental health, some suicide/abuse trauma, respect, trust, first love, drugs, religion, and embracing our own truths.
A young adult contemporary romance, this story fits as an Australian take on One Of Us Is Lying, with the heartstrings of The Kissing Booth.
Standalone at 99,000 words.
YA Contemp Romance
| Querying |


YA Steampunk
Duology | Revising
Two young souls, worlds apart in entitlement and love, are drawn together by blood and alchemy to save a universe, while losing themselves.
Themes: Post apocalyptic oppression, coming of age, trust, respect, overcoming abuse/trauma, first love, and accepting responsibility that seems greater than the sum of your parts.
A young adult steampunk dark fantasy, suitable for readers of the Shadowhunter series and Mortal Engines.
Book one of a duology and extended universe.
Themes: Post apocalyptic oppression, coming of age, trust, respect, overcoming abuse/trauma, first love, and accepting responsibility that seems greater than the sum of your parts.
A young adult steampunk dark fantasy, suitable for readers of the Shadowhunter series and Mortal Engines.
Book one of a duology and extended universe.
YA Steampunk Duology
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YA Steampunk
Duology | Revising
A young modern-life introvert finds her way into a dark and damaged parallel world, within which her best-self is both realised and challenged.
Themes: Coming of age, found family, bullying, first love, acceptance, personal growth, and trusting in a path you have only dreamed of.
A young adult steampunk fantasy rich in broken colour, as can be found in Mechanica, with the contemporary world of One Of Us Is Lying.
Book one of a duology and extended universe.
Themes: Coming of age, found family, bullying, first love, acceptance, personal growth, and trusting in a path you have only dreamed of.
A young adult steampunk fantasy rich in broken colour, as can be found in Mechanica, with the contemporary world of One Of Us Is Lying.
Book one of a duology and extended universe.
YA Steampunk Duology
| Revising |


Adult Dark Fantasy
| Work in Progress |
Raised in secret by a monastery, a female steps beyond her indoctrinated penance, befriends her mortal enemy, and uses her illicit training to send her keepers—as well as their warped, patriarchal society—to hell.
Themes: Gender persecution, political oppression, escape, trust, respect, love, acceptance, patricide, revenge, overcoming abuse/trauma, and the forging of spine required to obliterate those holding subjugated power.
A new/adult dark fantasy, this work in progress pairs the hard edges of Six of Crows, with the explicit heat of The Deal.
Standalone of undetermined length. Ties to extended universe.
Themes: Gender persecution, political oppression, escape, trust, respect, love, acceptance, patricide, revenge, overcoming abuse/trauma, and the forging of spine required to obliterate those holding subjugated power.
A new/adult dark fantasy, this work in progress pairs the hard edges of Six of Crows, with the explicit heat of The Deal.
Standalone of undetermined length. Ties to extended universe.
Adult Dark Fantasy
| Work in Progress |
Short Stories | Flash Fiction | Poetry
It’d dropped through with a clatter. The finality of its departure ringing in her ears.
“Bloody hell!” Trix reefed her brass goggles down with one grease-blackened hand. She could see tonight’s finish line—taste the victory—
~Riv Rains | Sixteen and a Socket | 2021
Boot prints in shadowed dust. Torn skin on hallowed hands. Sweat streaks down the holster, now sweet smoke from the barrel. She was a #renegade.
~ Riv Rains | Aug 13th 2019 | Twitter #vss365
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Caress of the blade master
Fierce kiss of embers
Caress of the blade master
Fierce kiss of embers