Dax Duquesne has hung drywall, run a kitchen line and fixed more roofs than he'd like to count. He writes monster girl harem fantasy: an ordinary man who is good at something real, a ruined inn at the edge of the map, the extraordinary women who help him rebuild it, and a happy ending for everyone. He writes at the kitchen table after the house is asleep, with a carpenter's pencil still tucked behind one ear.