M. A. Bell writes under a pen name, which should tell you most of what you need to know about how they feel regarding subject matter versus disclosure.
On style and influences:
This is my second attempt to tell the story of Claire and friends, going back to 2023. The book as you have it now is a mostly complete re-write, with only certain very specific text retained from earlier versions.
I owe the style and substance of my books to several influences.
Gothic fiction, institutional horror, psychological thrillers — yes, of course.
Soap operas, particularly the ones I watched as a child, before I knew what was even going on — yes, those too.
Comic books — yes, even those.
The erotic engine of the book derives not from commercial erotica offerings, but from the traditions of the Old Internet — the earliest days of the Web, and before that, USENET: the erotic short story, the explicit fanfic, adult webcomics, niche fetish forums.
M. A. Bell lives wherever writers live: at a desk, between two timelines, usually behind on a deadline.