It’s a subscription, like a gym membership or Crunchyroll subscription. You pay a flat monthly recurring fee. If you buy multiple packs of months like a 3-month, 6-month or a 12-month, you'll get a discount.
It means that the site will bill you every month, every three months, every six months, etc. unless you cancel your Membership. Don't worry if you cancel before the last day. You have access to the site until the time period you signed up for expires.
We want you to be happy with your time on Raythe Reign. We certainly don’t want you to be paying for something you do not like or bursts your budget. The point of the site is to have fun, and be part of a community.
Do we always give refunds? No. But we're reasonable, and will do our best to assist you.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you wish a refund and we'll work with you.
If you are a Member, you can discontinue your Membership at any time. You will still have access to the site for the entire period.
If you paid via Credit Card (and not through PayPal) do the following:
1. Login to Raythe Reign .
2. Click on "Your Account" link on the top right hand corner
3. Click the tab labeled "Payments History"
4. Click the "Cancel" option by your current membership
If you have paid via PayPal, do the following:
1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Go to My Preapproved Payments and click on it (you can often find this if you click on your last payment to Raythe Reign and there will be a link.
3. Click on Raythe Reign.
4. Click Cancel.
5. Click Cancel Profile.
6. Click Cancel Subscription.
What these two processes do is stop the recurring charges every month (or every 3 months, or a year). You will still have normal access to the site until the date when the Membership would have renewed then your access will cease.
IMPORTANT: Please do not ask us to cancel your subscription for you. We cannot assist you in this (See PayPal payments, for example, you have to login to your PayPal account to cancel, which we CANNOT do).
You can do this, but we will need to help you. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for assistance.
Full price.
We’re so glad to have you back!
This is for E-Processing and Stripe people only. If you use PayPal, you must login to your PayPal account at the PayPal site.
We have integrated the avatar served by gravatar.com. You must create an account at gravatar.com. There you can set your avatar and use multiple email addresses (one of which must be the same as the one you use at raythereign.com) so that your avatar will appear next to your name and comments on raythereign.com.
No, sorry about that. The access to the site and the e-material are licensed to you and you alone. You can download the material to multiple devices, but you cannot send a copy to another person. Nor can you share a login. The subscriber login is for one person alone.
Besides being illegal, you are depriving the site and the artists of their fair royalties when you do either of these acts, which makes it harder for Raythe Reign to pay its bills and provide more content in the future. Even though sending on a file or sharing a login doesn’t “feel” like stealing, it is.
We love our Members and charge reasonable prices for the site. Please love us back. Do your part to stop copyright theft and support the site and the artists.
Yes! We don’t store your PayPal or credit card information anywhere in our databases, so they cannot be accessed by online hackers
We don’t think that liking to read romantic action stories is anything to be ashamed of, but we certainly understand the need to keep your RR subscription private. While we can’t stop anyone from looking over your shoulder at home, we can guarantee you these things:
No. You will need to create a Shop Login and Password. That can be the SAME as your Membership Login and Password, but a connection is not automatically created.
We do not allow guest checkouts because we want you to be able to access your ebooks anytime. If you didn’t have an account on our Raythe Reign shop, you wouldn’t be able to do this. We know it’s a pain to create yet another account, but this is a good reason to make one.
As for the mailing address, we don’t even look at it. It’s just the way our shopping cart is set up, and we may be able to eliminate the mailing address requirement in the future. Don’t worry, we will never mail anything to your house unless you buy a physical product.
No. The membership software we use does not allow us to do that; plus, we’d feel like you were getting left out. We’ve found that people who join us as Members first sign up for that one story that they can’t resist. But when they’ve gotten caught up, they branch out to other serials, especially from the Library. From there, they end up liking most or all of the other serials because we’re so consistent in the kind of story we like.
It has been suggested to us to just copy and paste completed serial stories from the archive and turn them into ebooks. We have thought very seriously about this, but Raythe believes that readers would not be satisfied if we did this. The serial format is very different from the novel format, and just copying and pasting the chapters does not work in most cases.
The good news is that when you sign up as a Member, you don’t just get one of the completed stories — you get them ALL. Several of our stories are five or more book-lengths long, such as The Abyss, The Dark Earth, The Erl-King, and The Pact. If we released them as stand-alone books, readers would end up paying more than 3 months’ subscription to read them.
Subscribing for a month actually saves you a lot of money because of the sheer quantity you get in the archive already.
No, but we recommend that you do, because it costs less. But we have 4 Membership options:
1 month (Trial)
3 months (Standard)
6 months
1 Year
We do give you a price break when you sign up for more than one month.
We do realize that a Raythe Reign subscription isn’t a casual purchase for many people. We are always honored that Members choose to spend their hard-earned money on us.
There are many ways to compare a RR subscription with other things. Here are some ways you might look at it:
Yes. You can check out all the ebooks, paperbacks and audiobooks of Raythe/X. Aratare here. If you are a Member during the time a book is released, you can download it in PDF, Kindle, and ePub format on the Download Your Free Ebook page. Manga is not included in the free ebook program.
Yes! Check out the completed section in the Library.
Yes and no! First, the no. The serials as they are on the site are only available via Membership. Some, like The Fell, could never be sold individually because they violate Amazon’s TOS, for example.
Now the yes. Some of the serials have been significantly changed and elongated to be made into individual books, such as Cursed Series, The Artifact: The Bodyguard Series, The Merman Series, etc. However, Raythe offers her individual books to Members first, FREE WITH THE MEMBERSHIP FOR A LIMITED TIME, before they go for individual sale on Amazon.
The manga are the only exception. Those have to be purchased individually because of the cost to produce them, but Members do get to see them uploaded page by page on the site.
The site posts a few pages of manga a week. Eventually, all the pages will be posted on the Membership site. However, due to the cost to produce the manga, in order to get ebooks of them for your own library, we do ask that you pay for them separately. We have all of them in our Shop for sale.
Yes! Raythe Reign’s niche is M/M urban paranormal, high fantasy, or supernatural romance, and that is what you can expect in the regular update spots.
Everyone who is part of the Raythe Reign team is a reader, and we fully admit that we publish what we love to read — sexy, escapist M/M fiction set in imaginary worlds with magical powers. We bring our own flights of the imagination to life for ourselves as well as our readers.
Though Raythe Reign stories explore many different paranormal, supernatural, and fantasy settings, you can always count on getting these things in a Raythe Reign serial story:
Real life is hard enough! We’re romantics here at Raythe Reign, and our stories always end up with the heroes together… often for eternity.
Some M/M stories have the heroes struggle against each other as their relationship develops. This is not our thing. Instead, our two leads strengthen each other and stand together against evil. They are partners in adventure and love, and whatever happens, they never doubt each other.
Fantasy always has an element of darkness. We delve deep into our villains’ (and sometimes our heroes’) dark sides, and our evil-doers do despicable deeds. Raythe doesn’t shy away from disturbing content, which is the true reason our stuff is not for kids. Sometimes, it’s the stuff of nightmares (but don’t worry, our heroes always win.)
Come on, who doesn’t want to be a badass mage, vampire, crime lord, or supernatural sharp-shooter? Not only do we get to live our fantasies of true love, but we get to step into the skin of characters who have magical, psionic, or supernatural powers.
As adults, we want to be entertained on every level, and that includes sex! We love sex, and we delight in entertaining you with our loving (and sometimes kinky / magical / shape-shiftery) sexual scenes. But we don’t include adult scenes just to “spice up” our stories — the sex comes as a natural development in the characters’ romantic relationships.
No! In commercial genres, there STILL seems to be this hard dividing line between stories with sex or no sex. Fiction is either “dirty” or “clean,” especially when the romantic leads are both male.
If a story is “dirty,” it sometimes abandon things such as plot, setting, and characters to cram as much explicit sex as possible. If it’s “clean,” scenes often fade to black when the characters start to get physical.
Neither of these approaches fits our philosophy. As readers, all members of the Raythe Reign team want to be entertained on every level of imagination. That definitely includes sex!
We don’t think that anything that happens in our own imaginations is “dirty,” however kinky it gets. And so, we are not ashamed to include the sexual side of M/M relationships in stories.
Raythe Reign stories are not porn or erotica.
Those genres are usually meant to include as much sex as possible. We have a fairly low sex-to-story ratio. Anyone looking to get straight to the action for “one-handed reading” may not have the patience for our 50+ chapter epics.
But when we do have sex scenes, they’re explicit, detailed, in character, and hopefully meaningful to the story. You get the same level of explicitness as erotica with our sensual scenes… just not as many of them.
Mature or adult fanfiction often gets this right. The M/M (slash) fanfiction scene is going strong for many reasons, but we think a major reason for its popularity is because writers don’t abandon everything just for the sake of sex. The best fanfiction we’ve read has a good blend of plot, character, story, and sex.
This is what we aim to do — and the reason our stories can get so long. But from our readers’ feedback, we’re getting a lot of it right (and we just keep getting better.)
Yes! Sign up for the Ever Dark mailing list.
Chapters are posted 3 times a week with a total of at least twelve a month, sometimes more if the month is longer.
However, something new is posted every day whether it is a manga page, a blog post, an audio recording or something else fun for you to see or do.
No. We used to use them, but it really held up the flow of membership content. It didn’t feel right to both Raythe and the Members to not publish chapters the second they were done. The Members voted to release immediately, errors and all.
Plus, because of our demanding update schedule, we would have to be guaranteed a quick turnaround time otherwise the entire calendar would be delayed. That’s not a chance we’re willing to take – our history of consistent, timely updates is part of the contract between us and the readers.
However, we do send stand-alone books such as the Merman Series to proofreaders, chosen from our Members.
The best thing you can do is read the story previews. Almost every story has a 5-chapter preview, which is anywhere from 10,000 – 20,000 words. With more than 20 stories both currently running and in the archives, that will give you a good idea of what we do.
Most people subscribe because they get hooked on one story they just have to have, one that really hits the spot for their entertainment craving. But once they’re caught up, they discover the other Raythe Reign stories, especially from the completed archive, and get addicted to our other M/M action-romance stories.
We’re very consistent in what we put out. This is because it’s what we like! You can always count on these points for any serial on our lineup:
Occasionally, we put out Membership deals. If you’ve bought anything from our shop or signed up for our lists, you’ll get a notice when we run one of these special deals.
No. While we do have some explicit scenes in our stories, this is not our focus. We are urban fantasy / supernatural / paranormal romance.
Most of the stories have as much “adult content” as an average Harlequin novel. The vampire / shifter stories can get a little kinkier, like the Anita Blake series. And we do have some forbidden content like father x son incest and brothercest. Those serials are clearly labeled so if that's not your thing, you can avoid it.
Because the quality of the writing and storytelling would take a serious hit. Raythe needs the space to plan ahead… and she is not only the writer, but the boss! She uses the off-days for responding to comments, having meetings, and working on related projects such as short stories for manga volumes and any books we’re releasing as stand-alone books.
The first thing you need to know is that we stand for freedom of content. Raythe’s stories are intended for adults, like any M-rated video game or NC-17 movie. We have both sexy stuff and disturbing content - the stories can and do get dark. Adults understand the difference between fantasy - or fantasies - and reality. They know that what Raythe writes is the impossible realm of imagination.
Raythe has a very open comment policy when it comes to critiquing the stories themselves. We would like you to be kind and reasonable, because that’s just good manners and less embarrassing for future-you. But really, no matter how passionate your critique gets, as long as it stays about Raythe’s work, your comment remains.
But here’s what gets moderated.
Personal attacks on Raythe or anyone else. We don’t allow bashing of anyone. We understand that the stories may frustrate you or make you uncomfortable, but lashing out against the person is unreasonable, unfair, and unbecoming to future-you.
You can critique the stories or service all you want. We’re not like Yelp restaurants that delete bad reviews. But when you cross the line into saying things like Raythe sucks or the staff is retarded, or other Members who don’t agree with you should die in a fire, that gets deleted. You are free to re-post your comment in a way that critiques the work that we do.
Thought-policing or shaming others for their opinions, especially kink shaming.
Kinks are divisive. The same kink that some people think is sexy may make you deeply uncomfortable or even disgust you. One especially polarizing kink is incest, which is only in a small number of the stories, but it is there.
Some people think incest is sexy. Some people think incest is immoral and predatory, and shouldn’t exist, even in stories. Whatever you may think about incest, fiction is the one place where it is safe to have incest fantasies because they can never happen. The immortal elf-mages should have given that away. It’s the same for BDSM, bloodplay, breath play, unicorns, werewolves, etc.
So if you make a post that people who love bloodplay are disgusting and immoral, it will get deleted, because it shames the people who find it awesome and amazing. They will no longer feel safe to post about it. You can post, however, that bloodplay just isn’t your thing and is a real turn-off to you.
Remember, some people think that M/M is also a gross, fringe kink that shouldn’t be produced. The thought-policing of fantasy fiction is exactly what led Raythe to create her own site… and even if incest or werewolf non-con isn’t your thing, it’s someone else’s thing. Beliefs are personal, and the moment you start attempting to shame others for not believing the same, your comment will be deleted.
Factually incorrect statements about stories
Sometimes, people read too quickly in their eagerness and miss things in the story. They can get very frustrated and make claims based on incorrect or missing information. Those claims are not only invalid, but they are confusing to people who are reading the same story, so they will be deleted.
Racist, sexist, anti-LGBT language, etc.
Enough said.
We moderate comments, first of all, to protect our community of Members. We want everyone to feel safe and free to post their thoughts, opinions, praise, and critiques, but not to be personally attacked or shamed for them. We also do it to protect the commenter. I don’t know about you, but I wish some of my past comments got deleted, because the past-me has said some embarrassing stuff on the internet!
In all cases, if a comment gets removed, Raythe or another staff member will email the person explaining the reason, and usually give them an opportunity for discussion.
So that is our comment culture and moderation policy. Like any moderation policy, it has shades of gray, and we exercise our discretion according to our above policies. If you have any questions, you can contact us directly, but do not post in the comments. Some discussions are best not for public viewing.
View this video for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YunAvOt-WY4
We're so glad that you asked that! You should start with the Library. There you'll see the types of stories that there are. You feel like reading a vampire story? Click on the image or radial button and it will show you all the vampire stories on the site. Want to only read those stories that are completed? Click on the image or radial button for Completed Serials, and all of those will come up! You can also just scroll through every story on the site.
We also have the Reading Guides for various of the connected stories. Check out that page and it'll lead you to what you want!
This has been an ongoing pain point on the site! But we think we have it sorted. Go to the Reading Guides page. That will show you all the stories that have related works from short stories to mangas to sequels to the winding Avenger-esque Winter Haven stories. Also on the bottom of every serial story main page has a link to the next story you should read and stories like that one you would like.
As part of your Membership, if you are a Member at the time a new individual book is released, an ebook version (PDF, Kindle, ePub) will be available on the site for download for free on the Download Your Free Ebook. Don't worry about missing out on downloading these, we'll let you know when they will be up on the site, and remind you to download them.
One of the things that Members asked for in the new site was one place where they could find all of the art from the stories, so we created the Gallery! The Gallery will show all of the art, but you'll find the art in the stories, too, with more descriptions. Also, any fanart that you create and want to share will be added to the site as well.
The Calendar is where you find what's being updated every day for the month! New chapters are posted three days a week while there are four manga pages posted on the other days. There are also blogs and vlogs that are posted regularly where we talk about news, issues and industry, and just fun stuff in general.
No. They are meant to be read online on the site. But if you are a Member when an individual book is released, you will get it free as part of your Membership. We will let you know when you can download your copy from the Download Your Free Ebook page.
No. The serials will only ever be on the site. While Raythe/X. Aratare may write remixes of some of the serials, the actual serials, which are quite different than books, the serials will only ever be on the site. Plus, the Taboo serials could never be sold on third-party vendors like Amazon as they would violate those site's TOS. Luckily, we set our own TOS here!
Look on the front page under the Latest Update tab, and you'll see the latest chapter updated.
The Calendar is set on Raythe Reign's time zone. We are in the CST United States time zone. Sometimes, Raythe needs a bit more time on the chapter. Nothing is written ahead, but don't worry, the delay isn't long, and Raythe has been keeping her promises for content on this site since 2010!
No. You can only read online as Raythe Reign is a website. The serials are not downloadable.
No, we don't. We don't have any plans to develop one at this time.
It depends on the kind of question you have!
For technical problems/questions contact Jeremy:
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For story questions contact Raythe:
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For marketing questions (like can you support our con stuff, or I want to be an affiliate) contact Kat:
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Yes and no. Now there's an answer for you! There are no audiobooks for the serials. However, I have a podcast where I am reading (dramatically!!!) Dragon's Reign, which will be posted on the site and where you can find podcasts. There are also audiobooks of the individual novels, which you can check out here.
If you're not all into reading, we have videos that show you where to find things on the site. Check out all the video walk-thrus in this blog post here.
Head writer & fearless leader
Founder of Raythe Reign. Publishes under X. Aratare (wraith in Romanian!) for stand-alone novels. She is responsible for every twisty, turny, sexy scene in the Raythe Reign archives... and since 2010, that has been quite a lot of words!
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The business half
Raythe's assistant and business strategist Kat has a hand in almost everything business-related, including creating ads, writing blog posts, arranging con sponsorships, and strategic and creative development.
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Patient solver of tech problems
Our sainted tech support and site developer! When he's not answering tech support questions, he's developing the technology for the next version of Raythe Reign and generally fixing problems before they happen.
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Painter of impossibly beautiful people.
Mathia Arkoniel is the Raythe Reign house artist who does all our covers, background art, and character portraits, as well as a few of our manga. As one of the core members of Raythe Reign, we consider Mathia's art to be the "face" of Raythe Reign.
We’ve been running RR since 2010! While we have expanded quite a bit in our staff and offerings, our core, the serial Membership, has remained our focus. We’re just getting better and better with all we’ve learned.
No, but we run ourselves like one — a tight ship! We look for the best possible staff to support the many functions of the business and have regular meetings. Our aim is to create a brand, just like Wizards of the Coast, League of Legends, or any other fantasy entertainment provider. We keep pushing for recognition outside the LGBT+ market. Not only are the stories just plain good entertainment, but it’s important to us, our members, and our readers not to be segregated as gay entertainment.
No. We are not set up to handle submissions, but with Amazon’s KDP program, what are you waiting for? The world is waiting to read your work!
There are individual ebooks, paperbacks and audio books to buy, which you can find by searching for "Aratare" on Amazon, Audible and Apple. You can also find all our manga on our Shop. We have a full listing of all the Ebooks, Audiobooks and Paperbacks here.
If your question is really how many completed Raythe Reign serial there are, they are listed in our Library.
Perhaps like the publications of old, when there were continuing stories.
These days, magazines are excuses for ads. We are the opposite of that business model. We charge money up front for our content (the stories and artwork) and that’s what you get: pure content. No placed media, no ads, no distractions, and no 3rd party data collection. (It’s true what they say — if something is free, you become the product.)
Occasionally, we do, and the best way to keep on top of them is to join one of our mailing lists or buy something from our Shop. Current Members get copies of individual ebooks for a short amount of time included with their Membership.
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Raythe Reign is an exclusive serial fiction site.
Raythe Reign produces paranormal M/M fiction, graphic novels, and audiobooks. Whether you’re reading about dragon-shifters, elves, wizards, or vampires, the Raythe Reign stories always have M/M romance set in a world of magic and mystery.
Every week, I write three chapters updating one of my stories (about 12k - 15k words), and post them on my subscription website, RaytheReign.com, which you are actually on right now.
Members can read the chapters the second I post them. They also are encouraged to comment, ask questions, or make suggestions at the end. These comments are very important to me; they often influence where the story is going. I read every one and respond (if made on the latest chapter.)
Usually, I have 4 or 5 updating stories, all M/M, all with happily-ever-after endings and something magical, paranormal, or supernatural about them. Think shifters, vampires, magic, demons, elves, and more (even aliens!)
No, the serials are exclusive content, just like a Netflix Original series. To read the rest of Ever Dark, Dragon’s Reign, or any of the other stories, you must become a Member on the main serial site.
Yes. Membership is usually $9.95 / month, but if it’s your first time ever having an account, you can get your first month for just $0.99.
Members get access to all my serial stories, both the 3 - 5 that are in progress now, and every completed serial I’ve ever written. I’ve been doing this since 2010, so there are over 20 completed serials alone, all M/M, with a ‘shorter’ one being 150,000 words.
Check out the Library. The first 5 chapters of most of the stories are freely available.
But the only way to really find out is to try us out. That’s why I’ve made your very first month only $.99 with coupon code FIRSTMONTH.
How do I sign up with the coupon?
First, go to Membership.
Choose the monthly option and use coupon code FIRSTMONTH.
That’s it! And this trial month is risk-free. You can cancel anytime during the month, and still get access until your trial period is over. You’ll get a separate email with instructions on how to cancel (it’s easy, and completely under your control.) and its also in the FAQ.
I hope to see you as a Member!
-Raythe