Kyell Gold

Kyell Gold
Profession or hobby	Author
Character species	Red Fox
Website	http://www.kyellgold.com/

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Kyell Gold is a furry author whose writing typically focuses on male/male erotica. His fursona is a red fox.

A member of the Furry Writers' Guild, Kyell has written several novels, all published by Sofawolf Press. Several of his shorter works have also appeared in Sofawolf Press's Heat, as well as Bad Dog Books' FANG. He and K.M. Hirosaki are co-hosts of the podcast Unsheathed.

Gold's most well-known works include his Argaea and Forester Universe series of novels and short stories. Along with foozzzball and Rikoshi, he is one of three authors behind the Cupcakes brand of novellas published by FurPlanet. Three of his novellas (Bridges, Science Friction and Winter Games) have been published in the Cupcakes line. His other published works include the coming of age novel Waterways and numerous short stories. He also posts his writing on Fur Affinity, Yiffstar and FurRag.

Kyell has had stories published in Yarf!, Mythagoras, Anthrolations, and Best In Show under the name Tim Susman (Malin). He is also the creator of the New Tibet shared world and has edited both published anthologies in that world: Breaking The Ice and Shadows In Snow. He wrote Common and Precious, the first full-length novel set in New Tibet. He is also co-founder and a continuing editor and officer at Sofawolf Press.

Gold was a Guest of Honor at Feral! 2009, Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2011, Furry Weekend Atlanta 2012, Oklacon 2012, Gaylaxicon 2012, ConFuzzled 2013, Eurofurence 20 (2014), Furry Migration (2014),, RainFurrest 2014 and Furrydelphia 2019.

Kyell is married to Kit Silver and lives in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Gold's Writing

Argaea

Gold is the author of a fantasy series, set in the fictional world of Argaea, which includes the novels Volle and Pendant of Fortune, as well as The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories, an anthology of short stories that take place between the two novels.

In summer and fall of 2007, Kyell wrote "Helfer's Busy Day", a serialized work of short fiction where readers could vote for what would happen in the next installment (in a manner similar to Dog's Days of Summer).

A third novel set in Argaea, Shadow of the Father, was released in January 2010.

Argaea chronology

Although The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories was released after Pendant of Fortune, the stories in it are placed chronologically between the two novels.

Here is a tentative chronology of the stories in the Argaea universe:

Story	Published in	Date
Volle	Volle	January 2005
Jherik's Tale	Online Weasel Presents	July 2005
Inside the Cage	The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories	January 2007
Helfer's Busy Day	Online Weasel Presents	July–October 2007
The Prisoner's Release	Heat #1 (part 1) Heat #2 (part 2) The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories	2002 2003 January 2007
Home Again	The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories	January 2007
For Love or Family	The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories	January 2007
Pendant of Fortune	Pendant of Fortune	January 2006
Birthday Wishes	Online Weasel Presents	May 2006
Yilon's Journal	Online Weasel Presents	June 2009 - January 2010
Shadow of the Father	Shadow of the Father	January 2010
Sibling Rivalry	What Happens Next: An Anthology of Sequels	January 2015
Stolen Away	Weasel Presents	March 2011
Return from Divalia	Return from Divalia	December 2022

Published online 11 November 2008, the story "The Real World" contains few clues as to where in the chronology it goes.

Forester Universe

In addition to fantasy works, Gold also writes stories set in a world roughly analogous to modern-day North America, peopled by anthropomorphic animals. The unofficial name for the setting comes from Forester University, a college that features in many of the stories.

Among the stories set in this world is Gold's novel Waterways. The book is structured as a triptych, comprising the stories "Aquifers," "Streams," and "Oceans" (the first two of which were originally posted on Yiffstar).

Kyell is writing a series of novels, set in the the Forester universe, the series name is "Out of Position". The first novel, titled Out of Position, was released in January 2009. A sequel, titled Isolation Play, was released in January 2011. The third novel Divisions was released in January 2013. The fourth novel Uncovered was released in July 2014. The fifth novel Over Time was released in January 2016. The sixth and final book in the series Titles was released in December 2019.

Two spinoff series have also been created following the characters in the Out of Position series. Tales of the Firebirds is a collection of stories following several of the characters from the Out of Position series. Some of the stories are taken from previously publish works, and some are new and exclusive. Ty Game follows the story of Ty Nakamura after the events of Over Time but before the events of Titles.

Dangerous Spirits universe

In 2012, Gold published Green Fairy, his first work of fantasy fiction which was not explicitly sexual in content. Like the Forester universe, Green Fairy is set in a region roughly analogous to modern-day North America, as well as the region of "Gallia" (analogous to France) and Siberia (analogous to Russia). The book was followed by Red Devil in 2014. The third book in trilogy Black Angel was also planned with release date to be announced.

Themes

The theme Gold most often returns to is "young gay furs looking for love." Typically, the fact that the characters are gay is not a problem for them. But with the novels Waterways and Out of Position, the theme is instead young furs struggling to accept their gay side.

Other common themes are the church (portrayed as a positive influence).

Awards

Kyell has won several awards for his written works, primarily as part of the Ursa Major Awards for anthropomorphic fiction. With twelve awards, Gold has won more Ursa Major Awards than anyone else, eclipsing the record of six once held by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai.

Year	Award	Work
2005	Best Anthropomorphic Novel	Volle
2006	Best Anthropomorphic Novel	Pendant of Fortune
	Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction	Jacks to Open
2007	Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction	Don't Blink
2008	Best Anthropomorphic Novel	Waterways
	Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction	In Between
2009	Best Anthropomorphic Novel	Out of Position
	Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction	Drifting
2010	Best Anthropomorphic Novel	Shadow of the Father
	Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction	Bridges
2011	Best Anthropomorphic Novel	Isolation Play
	Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction	How to Get Through the Day

Audiobooks

Kyell has several published audiobooks which are available on Audible.

External links

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• Kyell Gold's official website
• Tim's writing blog on Wordpress (previously on Blogger)
• Kyell Gold and Tim Susman (writerfox) on Twitter
• Fool's Gold - Kyell Gold's LiveJournal
• Kyell on Fur Affinity
• Kyell on FurRag (archived)
• Kyell Gold crowd-funding on Patreon
• Kyell on SoFurry
• Kyell Gold on Goodreads
• Interview at Red Furros