Jake Vanguard

queer transmasc enby (he/him)
indie adult, queer fantasy writer

About

Hi! I'm Jake Vanguard, and I am a queer author of dark fantasy, science fantasy, and a slice of horror and erotica.
My first novel FIRST SNOW - Book 1 of Deity Chronicles - a dark science fantasy story about deities and finding yourself, was self-published May 25th, 2024.
On itch.io, you can find short stories like OUROBOROS (dark erotica) and Pain For A Price (body horror).
Furthermore, Higanbana - an urban fantasy/slice of life story with angels and lots of trauma - was released on August 29th, 2024.

Upcoming

FIRST ROSE
Deity Chronicles 2
Different MC, Dual POV
May 25th, 2025

Angelverse Book 2
More of Nate and Raziel
More angels, more demons, more trauma
Late 2025/Early 2026

PARTS Anthology
Queer anthology about the vast concept of
humanoid bodies and body parts
Submissions open until November 30th
Late 2025/Early 2026

Ko-Fi

Higanbana Goodies

The bundle includes:
- Print of cover art
- Signed bookplate
- Handmade bookmark (red or blue)
- 3 stickers (Nate, Raziel, Jamie)
Charm-Add on possible

first snow goodies

Goodies only for FIRST SNOW
Includes- A signed bookplate
- 2 chibi stickers (Zanoah & Caean)
- Handmade bookmark
- Print of cover art

First Snow Goodie Bundle

The bundle includes:
- A physical paperback of FIRST SNOW
- A signed bookplate
- 2 sheets of chibi stickers
- 2 epoxy resin bottles (Zanoah & Caean)
- handmade bookmark
- 2 art prints

Trinket Bottles

Trinket bottles made of epoxy resinCustomizable or pre-made options

First Snow

Deity Chronicles 1
Adult Science Fantasy
May 25th, 2024

What if you only exist because you're the splinter of someone else's soul?After spending his whole life in his brother's shadow, Zanoah gets banished from his home, paying the price for his brother's crime.Thrown into a world unknown to him, he'll have to find himself and a purpose to live for. Crossing a half-sentient jungle, he's bound to find his destiny—a forgotten deity of all things.

first rose

Deity Chronicles 2
Adult Science Fantasy
May 25th, 2025

Five years after the cataclysmic events in Tadena, Helio is living her best life—until her sister Zalika gets attacked, and her niece Nyssa is kidnapped.Desperate to find the culprit and her niece, Helio sets on a journey with her best friend Julyen, to enlist Zanoah and Caean. Not only worries about Nyssa keep Helio’s mind busy, but the new forces coursing through her, which she’s unable to fully grasp and control, make her life hard.Their journey brings them to Evergarden, the home of Ambroz—the deity of lust—and Helio’s new mentor. But mentoring isn’t the only connection they form. Helio’s torn between the attraction to Ambroz, missing her peaceful life in Tadena, worries about Nyssa and Zalika, and fear to face Ferox again—who wants to quash every single deity and cleanse the world of them.

Higanbana

Slice of Life
Urban Fantasy
August 29th, 2024

Nate didn’t need a savior, a guardian angel.Nathaniel has never known happiness or a life free from struggle. Stuck in an abusive relationship and damned to work minimum-wage jobs, he has no energy or motivation to make himself better.That is until he meets a mysterious stranger.Raziel, Archangel of Heaven, was wrongfully stripped of his grace and banished to life on Earth. Lost on his own and haunted by loneliness and the injustices inflicted on him, he meets Nathaniel.
Struggling to navigate free will, he starts exploring the human world and falls in love—not just with the world but with the human guiding him through it as well.Will they save each other from their demons? Or will they drag each other deeper into Hell?

OUROBOROS

Shorty Story
Dark Fantasy Erotica

Equinox, the princeling of the Underworld, finds out their father has kept the existence of their brother, their twin, a secret all their life.Desperate to find out the truth, they embark on a journey through the Underworld, to find their brother on the Overworld. They're aided by their partner - Letum, Death incarnate.Pulled into the realm of Chaos, Equinox agrees to a trade granting them strength - in exchange for satisfying Chaos' curiosity.Will they find their brother? Or will their journey be an infinite undertaking?

Pain For A Price

Short Story
Body Horror
Gigeresque/Beksinski-esque

Ezra is a young human, forced to live through his most painful nightmares, time after time. When he wakes up in a macabre spaceship, he finds himself kidnapped by an alien race and on a desperate search for his partner.Pain For A Price is a body horror short story with gigeresque elements. It's about accepting peace—whatever this peace may be.