Where Fiction and Reality Meet
I’m not sure which eye-popping feature of Phallic Worship: World Wide & Centuries Long caught my eye first, the title or the cover model. I’ll say the title—if I say the cover model, it’ll make me seem shallow. But whichever it was, one thing is certain: Allen Mack has written an interesting read, especially looking... Continue Reading →
“It's so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.” – Unknown When the Right One Comes Along is a short story that begins in the mid-80s, when AIDS was just starting to make the transition from obscure illness to public health crisis, when a young boy named Ryan... Continue Reading →
“It's so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.” – Unknown When the Right One Comes Along is a short story that begins in the mid-80s, when AIDS was just starting to make the transition from obscure illness to public health crisis, when a young boy named Ryan... Continue Reading →
“This hole in my heart is in the shape of you and no one else can fit.” – Jeanette Winterson Cole Grayson’s life is a lie: the celebrity, the wife, the unborn child. All of these things are the pretense of perfection, the façade that reflects to the world a distorted reality and misrepresents the... Continue Reading →
“This hole in my heart is in the shape of you and no one else can fit.” – Jeanette Winterson Cole Grayson’s life is a lie: the celebrity, the wife, the unborn child. All of these things are the pretense of perfection, the façade that reflects to the world a distorted reality and misrepresents the... Continue Reading →
“Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.” – Oscar Wilde Jennifer Cierra’s Melting Wax and Burning Feathers is a short, beautifully written story that I found myself wishing had gone on for much longer than it did, but... Continue Reading →
“Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.” – Oscar Wilde Jennifer Cierra’s Melting Wax and Burning Feathers is a short, beautifully written story that I found myself wishing had gone on for much longer than it did, but... Continue Reading →
“Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.” – William Cowper – The Task and Other Poems • Post Mortem by Jordan Castillo Price • Dressing Down by Clare London • Et Tu, Fishies? by JL Merrow • Zones by Elyan Smith • Sollicito by Charlie Cochrane • A Few Days... Continue Reading →
“Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.” – William Cowper – The Task and Other Poems • Post Mortem by Jordan Castillo Price • Dressing Down by Clare London • Et Tu, Fishies? by JL Merrow • Zones by Elyan Smith • Sollicito by Charlie Cochrane • A Few Days... Continue Reading →
So, it’s really no big secret that I find Matty diLorenzo and his big, burly lover Vic Braunson utterly shmooptastic. In "me-speak" that means their relationship is like a milk chocolate outside with a sweet, creamy, marshmallowy center, and I just want to curl up under a blanket and gorge myself on them because, really,... Continue Reading →
So, it’s really no big secret that I find Matty diLorenzo and his big, burly lover Vic Braunson utterly shmooptastic. In "me-speak" that means their relationship is like a milk chocolate outside with a sweet, creamy, marshmallowy center, and I just want to curl up under a blanket and gorge myself on them because, really,... Continue Reading →
There is love that lasts a lifetime. There are lifetimes that are defined and punctuated by love. It’s a gift, though it’s both a beauty and a burden when the string that measures the months and years of one life is cut short by the Fates, all too soon. Same Time Next Year is the... Continue Reading →
There is love that lasts a lifetime. There are lifetimes that are defined and punctuated by love. It’s a gift, though it’s both a beauty and a burden when the string that measures the months and years of one life is cut short by the Fates, all too soon. Same Time Next Year is the... Continue Reading →
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” And sometimes it takes nothing less than a gigantic nudge from your guardian angel to get you to open your eyes and see the miracle that’s been right in front of you all along. Ricky is a bit thick, missing all the signs and... Continue Reading →
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” And sometimes it takes nothing less than a gigantic nudge from your guardian angel to get you to open your eyes and see the miracle that’s been right in front of you all along. Ricky is a bit thick, missing all the signs and... Continue Reading →
Santa Vic by J.M. Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beneath Vic Braunson’s tattooed, pierced, and buff exterior lies a gooey marshmallowy middle. Vic might look tough, but the man has a heart of gold, and it beats only for Matt di Lorenzo. It’s Christmastime in Richmond and Vic has been asked by his... Continue Reading →
Title: Renfred’s Masquerade Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: JMS Books LLC Pages: 216 Characters: Nicola Gregori, Gustav Renfred, Constanza Renfred, Davide Renfred POV: 3rd Person Sub-Genre: Historical/Fantasy/YA Kisses: 5+ Blurb: Young Nicola Gregori has always wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a brilliant clock-maker who’s famous for his wild, fantastical designs. But his... Continue Reading →
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