Birthday Presence 48!

It's that day of the year again: I made it all the way around the sun! I had a donut, I've got tea, and later on I'm playing Star Trek Adventures with some buds, so really, I can't complain about how forty-eight is rolling out. Also? Once you're my age, one don't really need any …

Birthday Presence (and a giveaway)!

It’s that time of the year again! I have made it around the sun once more without being taken down by a large predator or other natural disaster, big or small. While traditionally celebrated with burning an ever-increasing number of wax effigies atop a confection and ritual chanting, I’m not one for tradition most of …

#PrideMonth — Readers

I wasn't sure what I was going to talk about today for Pride Month. Some pretty awful stuff happened the other day, but I also finished the final proofs on Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks today, and I have a post bubbling in my head about the cast of characters in the fictional Rainbow Club …

Sunday Shorts — “Peripheral,” by Jeffrey Ricker

One of the wonderful things about this lovely internet age in which we live is that I can connect with authors I adore through newsletters and blogs and updates so I don't miss things. Except, of course, I then miss things because I'm trying to keep up with newsletters and blogs and updates. It's a …

Sunday Shorts – “Skin,” by Christian Baines

Kyle, a young newcomer to New Orleans, is haunted by the memory of his first lover, brutally murdered just outside the French Quarter.  Marc, a young Quarter hustler, is haunted by an eccentric spirit that shares his dreams, and by the handsome but vicious lover who shares his bed.  When the barrier between these men …

Make the Yuletide Gay

It's time for more of my favourite reads, and today I figured I'd go gay. Well, y'know, I'm always gay, but today... You know what? Never mind. Here are some more of the books I read this year and loved. If you love yourself some gay fiction, I have some options for you. Or, y'know, …