Kyell Gold

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

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

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

Gold was a Guest of Honor at Feral! 2009, Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2011, and Oklacon 2012. He has been announced as a Guest of Honor for ConFuzzled 2013.^[1]

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:

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).

Another novel set in the setting, titled Out of Position, was released in January 2009.^[2] A sequel, titled Isolation Play was released in January 2011. A sequel to Isolation Play, Divisions, was released in January 2013.

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 ten awards, Gold has won more Ursa Major Awards than anyone else, eclipsing the record of six once held by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai.^[3][4]

References

1. ↑ Confuzzled 2013 Guests of Honour on the Confuzzled website. Retrieved November 9, 2012
2. ↑ Kyell Gold's LJ.
3. ↑ And the Winners of the 2008 Ursa Major Awards are... by The Chained Wolf for FurteanTimes.com on 18 May, 2009. Accessed on 19 May, 2009.
4. ↑ GreenReaper 2010-05-31. 2009 Ursa Major Award Winners. Flayrah. Retrieved on 2010-06-01.

See also

• Kyell Gold on Wikipedia

External links

• Kyell Gold's official website
• Fool's Gold - Kyell Gold's LiveJournal
• Kyell on Fur Affinity
• Kyell on FurRag
• Kyell on SoFurry
• Interview at Red Furros