I’ve been working on this with series narrator Tess Irondale for a few months now, and it’s finally ready! COZY SHADOWS, a Good Intentions story collection, is available in audio—and on a special independent early release. You can get your copy via my shop on Fourthwall and distributed by Bookfunnel right now!
Alex knew life with an angel and demon would bring its challenges. After feuds with monsters and the lords of Hell, he’s got the scars to prove it. Yet between each crisis, Alex, Rachel, and Lorelei share a deep romance and a daily life that makes the dangers all worthwhile—even if some of those days between crises aren’t entirely peaceful, either.
COZY SHADOWS collects twenty novelettes and short stories threaded in between the novels of the Good Intentions series, ranging from pure steamy romance and fun to supernatural action and adventure. These stories were first presented with other tales in Small Victories, Habitual Heroes, and Low-Key Calamities—now performed in audio by the fantastic series narrator, Tess Irondale!
WARNING: Cozy Shadows contains explicit violence, explicit sex, explicit profanity, implicit contradiction of Scripture, polyamory, perfidy, sorcery and witchcraft, portrayals of angels and demons inconsistent with any religious canon, conspiracy, theft, assault, battery, trespass, stalking, breaking and entering, immolations, lingerie shopping, lingerie modeling, a tabletop roleplaying game and the other kind of roleplaying, weaponized propane, organized crime, demons, monsters, punching, kicking, stabbing, shooting, mild racial profiling, haggling, home invasion, homework assignments, sexually aggressive holiday charity, adult films, threats, alternative lifestyles, reckless driving, multiple threesomes, ritualized sex magic, abuse of authority, concealed weapons, an after-breakup hookup, a broken butt, awkward neighbors, dinner with Mom, and a demon-worshipping cult selling used furniture online.
EARLY RELEASE DETAILS: Again, this book is a special project by myself and Tess rather than an Audible production like the rest of the series. As such, I’m running an early release in the hopes of covering production costs before taking it to ACX/Audible. For a limited time, you can grab it now on my shop page at Fourthwall for $15—permanently yours, in mp3, to play on whatever app you choose.
Once you purchase the book, you’ll get an email from Bookfunnel, the distributor, with a download link. Bookfunnel will allow you to download the mp3 to send to the app of your choice—OR you can listen via browser, OR download Bookfunnel’s own excellent audio app. The book will also stay in your Bookfunnel library permanently.
(Quick note: you may get a couple of emails. The link will be in the one titled: Here’s “Cozy Shadows” by Elliott Kay.)
I plan to run this early release through March 20, 2026, and then take it to Audible/ACX from there, where it will become exclusive. ACX controls prices for audiobooks, so I’m not sure where they’ll set it. At 13.5 hours, I suspect it may be higher than the current $15 but I don’t actually know until it happens.
Again, this early release is an effort to recover production costs and possibly open up a new and more open channel for future audiobooks. If it works out, there’s more to come. The Poor Man’s Fight stories from the same ebook compilations, the Wandering Monsters novels, AND Great Power and No Responsibilities are all waiting for some audio love.
So click that link, grab your copy and give a listen, and thank you so much for being here!