Fans of the two-part boys’ love fantasy story, Saihoshi, have no doubt been looking forward to the sequel series due out this month. Only a few days left! Spanish anime/manga website, Ramen Para Dos, has a lengthy post on this upcoming sequel to KOSEN’s Saihoshi, titled Saihoshi Redemption. The article is in Spanish but can be read with general ease using Google’s translation tool.

Little has been known about the sequel series past its novel format (as opposed to a manga-format of the original books). Recently Yaoi Prose, who will be digitally publishing Saihoshi Redemption in English, has posted a synopsis:

“It’s been two years since Sastre, The Guardian of the North, decided to betray the Order and run away with Kaleth, servant and lover of prince Anel. Since then, they live in an isolated cabin in the forest at the East, Yinn’s territory, the Guardian who helped them in their escape.

However, Sastre’s betrayal has come to light, so the Order sends to pursue the offenders to the only warriors who can defeat a Guardian: the fearsome Executors.

Now, Sastre, Kaleth and Yinn will find themselves bound to redime their acts in a journey that will reveal the obscure secrets of the Order and will put their feelings to a test.”

Ramen Para Dos’s article shares along with the synopsis a couple character bios and some shiny new artwork. It also lists the different features that KOSEN will be offering on their Saihoshi website along with the story itself. Some of these things include a blog, purchasable merchandise, extra artwork and lots of opportunity for fan interaction. The art, site access and novel will be downloadable for free in Spanish.

Currently Saihoshi.com is a countdown to the website’s launch which is set for January 15, 2010.

KOSEN are two Spanish artists who’ve been creating comics under the name together since 1998. English global-boys love publisher, Yaoi Press has published their series Saihoshi and the one-shot Stallion. Yaoi Press’s sister company Yaoi Prose will be digitally releasing Saihoshi Redemption in English later in the month.

As of Thursday, YaoiProse.com is offering for free the first part of their recently released eBook Incubus Master. Due to detailed sexual scenes and some violence, Incubus Master is for adults only.

The current free preview includes chapters 1-3 of the erotic boys’ love story that follows a young man named Jinady who is kept enslaved in the mountains by a band of incubus – demons who feed off the sexual energy of their partners. The preview, presented in HTML format, comes with the story’s cover illustration and the option to purchase a full version that includes a second mature-rated image.

You can read what I thought about Incubus Master so far in my review of these initial three chapters.

Future installments of Incubus Master will be available via the Yaoi Prose website and EverythingYaoi.com for purchase. Part two is slated for release on January 12, 2010.

This past December, the web comic Whore of Turfan reached its one year anniversary – congratulations to the team! Myself included so a note on the semi-shameless self-promotion :)

In celebration we’ve got a snazzy new layout to the site as you can see but it doesn’t end there. The layout itself will still be tweaked with some great new graphics-in-progress this weekend plus look forward to some new media added to the site including banners, wallpaper and avatars.

With the new layout and tided navigation, there’s never been a better time to head over there and check out our last year’s worth of pages as the plot begins to thicken. I only vaguely know what’s coming but I can tell you it’s going to be one heck of a story – alas even the help must wait to find out! But it’s totally worth it.

I hope readers old and new enjoy the new website look and keep coming back for the new pages each week. Here’s to a great 2010!