The RA, and other updates

Hey, everybody! The RA volume 6 is here, currently available. The size of the story required splitting it in half, so if you prefer to buy from Amazon, part 1 is here, and part 2 here, or you can download it far more cheaply, right here on Patreon. It's a massive work and it's so so good. This might be my best yet.

I've also recently done a little updating on the earlier RA installments. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 have each received new cover work, linked tables of contents, and improved internal appendices. I've attached these files below, so if you only ever read RA 1 on EMCSA, here's your chance to see where it goes from there. As I do more books and fewer short stories, I know what I'm providing here has become a little more bursty, so I wanted to give you a few hundred thousand words to thank you for your continuing support while I get stuff done. Books 4-6 are all available to $5/mo patrons, so if you like what you see, lots more available on the cheap. I've also uploaded the new cover art, just for anybody who just wants a quick peek.

So what's on the horizon? A whole lot, as it turns out. In no particular order:

• The finale of Toy's Toy is in the works, and you'll get a first look. Good (or wait... is she... evil?) ol' Devon is finally going to get some closure. And Brian... well, he'll probably get some more Raisin Bran Crunch.

• Continuing collaboration with the one, the only Pan! We started a story last year called Home From Work, and we're (I'm) finally getting back to it.

• Commissions! I have our first RA AU commission in the works. (As always, if you're $10+ and eligible to win one, make sure you're checking your DMs and/or spam filters. I get about a 20% response rate when I tell people they won, but if you find an ancient message lurking in your inbox informing you of your win, it's valid in perpetuity.)

• Ice Bear website. The nature of this biz being what it is, I'm finally in the work of setting myself up for a fallback. Likewise, it will have a store with all my stories on it, which will include less terrible covers, epub editions of older works, tables of contents and friendlier epub formatting for page breaks and such. This is going to be a major undertaking (turns out, I've written kind of a lot), but I'll update you when there's something worth seeing. I have a dream of having something done by the end of the year, but if you've seen me work, you know I go a lot faster on fun stuff than the occasional bit of drudgery.

• The RA 7, and 8, and... The RA 6 brings us up to the start of winter break, so we have a whole semester yet to have fun. I already have a bit done on a cute mini project, a little splatbook of AI-illustrated holiday texts between Spencer and the Hotties,

• Growing the Ice Bear Cave discord server. I created this space for folks to chat about my stuff away from the sometimes cumbersome Patreon chat/comment features, but it's grown into a really groovy place. We talk about all sorts of erotica (and we're blessed with the presence of a lot of the best MC erotica writers in the game) and have a steady stream of spicy media, but in Ice Bear style, it's got all sorts of wholesome friendliness mixed in too. Sports, Wordle scores, TTRPG talk, and just wishing each other well and hanging out. It's even got links to one (amazing!) fan's AI-assisted RA: The Musical songs, which are to die for.

So... yeah, the Ice Bear's got a lot on his plate, but I tell you what, I love what I do, and I only wish there were more hours in a day to do it. I turned 44 years old yesterday, and I hope to do this for decades to come. Thanks to your support, I get to, and thank you all so much!

More to come.