Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“But speechless was our love, and with veils has it been veiled. Yet now it cries aloud unto you, and would stand revealed before you. And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran Praising a book I’ve loved isn’t really so hard for... Continue Reading →
“But speechless was our love, and with veils has it been veiled. Yet now it cries aloud unto you, and would stand revealed before you. And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran Praising a book I’ve loved isn’t really so hard for... Continue Reading →
“It’s hard to pretend you love someone when you don't, but it’s even harder to pretend you don't love someone when you do.” – Unknown Jasper Reed knows a little bit about what it feels like to be Nathaniel Travers. No, Jasper and Nate don’t travel in the same social and economic circles—Nate’s uncle is... Continue Reading →
“It’s hard to pretend you love someone when you don't, but it’s even harder to pretend you don't love someone when you do.” – Unknown Jasper Reed knows a little bit about what it feels like to be Nathaniel Travers. No, Jasper and Nate don’t travel in the same social and economic circles—Nate’s uncle is... Continue Reading →
“There is a rose in the Devil's garden/In shadow it grows alone/Many things are dangerous now/In this garden we call home.” - Tiger Army, “Rose of the Devil’s Garden” Roses in the Devil’s Garden is a short and sublime little story set in New York City during the height of prohibition in the United States,... Continue Reading →
“There is a rose in the Devil's garden/In shadow it grows alone/Many things are dangerous now/In this garden we call home.” - Tiger Army, “Rose of the Devil’s Garden” Roses in the Devil’s Garden is a short and sublime little story set in New York City during the height of prohibition in the United States,... Continue Reading →
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Surprising. Magical. Unbelievable. Those are the final three words of Anyta Sunday’s wondrous (In)visible and to be perfectly honest, there are no three words I could come up with that would better... Continue Reading →
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Surprising. Magical. Unbelievable. Those are the final three words of Anyta Sunday’s wondrous (In)visible and to be perfectly honest, there are no three words I could come up with that would better... Continue Reading →
“The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.” - Ashleigh Brilliant Linus Radcliffe and Robert Anderson have been friends for eighteen years, have even, on occasion, been friends with benefits in spite of the fact that Rob is an aggressively straight man, as committed to finding his next widow... Continue Reading →
“The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.” - Ashleigh Brilliant Linus Radcliffe and Robert Anderson have been friends for eighteen years, have even, on occasion, been friends with benefits in spite of the fact that Rob is an aggressively straight man, as committed to finding his next widow... Continue Reading →
“Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Oscar Woodhaven may be the loneliest man in all of London in spite of the fact that he’s young, excessively wealthy, a member of the London ton, and has a small but loyal group of friends... Continue Reading →
“Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Oscar Woodhaven may be the loneliest man in all of London in spite of the fact that he’s young, excessively wealthy, a member of the London ton, and has a small but loyal group of friends... Continue Reading →
“Love is a reciprocal torture” - Marcel Proust From the start of this forbidden romance, it’s exceedingly clear that Thomas Bennett is not as invested in Alexander Norton as Alexander is invested in Thomas. Where Alexander thrives in the glow of the all-encompassing love he feels for Thomas, the polite and well mannered Thomas, a... Continue Reading →
“Love is a reciprocal torture” - Marcel Proust From the start of this forbidden romance, it’s exceedingly clear that Thomas Bennett is not as invested in Alexander Norton as Alexander is invested in Thomas. Where Alexander thrives in the glow of the all-encompassing love he feels for Thomas, the polite and well mannered Thomas, a... Continue Reading →
The gun is to the phallus what the vampire bite is to intercourse, an erotic metaphor the authors of the six short stories in the Weight of a Gun anthology have spun to varying degrees of success, exploring a serious kink and a seriously provocative appetite for the dangerously erotic. As is to be expected,... Continue Reading →
The gun is to the phallus what the vampire bite is to intercourse, an erotic metaphor the authors of the six short stories in the Weight of a Gun anthology have spun to varying degrees of success, exploring a serious kink and a seriously provocative appetite for the dangerously erotic. As is to be expected,... Continue Reading →
Lucifer was cast out of Heaven for the sins of pride, jealousy, and avarice, and those who fought alongside him, against the Archangel Michael and the heavenly hosts, fell with him to Earth to live among the temptations of human want, or to the Underworld to exist for all eternity amongst the hellfire and brimstone... Continue Reading →
Lucifer was cast out of Heaven for the sins of pride, jealousy, and avarice, and those who fought alongside him, against the Archangel Michael and the heavenly hosts, fell with him to Earth to live among the temptations of human want, or to the Underworld to exist for all eternity amongst the hellfire and brimstone... Continue Reading →
Christopher Fletcher is a habitual liar. He’s also an author, so he’s well versed in creating fictions, and he uses that talent like an armor to protect a Christopher no one truly knows, maybe not even Christopher himself. Chris has crafted a variety of persona in his adult life—the timid writer, the dutiful son seeking... Continue Reading →
Christopher Fletcher is a habitual liar. He’s also an author, so he’s well versed in creating fictions, and he uses that talent like an armor to protect a Christopher no one truly knows, maybe not even Christopher himself. Chris has crafted a variety of persona in his adult life—the timid writer, the dutiful son seeking... Continue Reading →
Evangelism and politics have a lot in common, when you think about it: Whoever speaks loudest and glad-hands best draws the most money to his coffers to further promote his agenda. Whoever puts the best spin on the proselytizing from the media pulpit wins the most souls. Whoever can convince the masses he is the... Continue Reading →
Evangelism and politics have a lot in common, when you think about it: Whoever speaks loudest and glad-hands best draws the most money to his coffers to further promote his agenda. Whoever puts the best spin on the proselytizing from the media pulpit wins the most souls. Whoever can convince the masses he is the... Continue Reading →
Jake Landon believes he’s going to spend the summer after his college graduation fighting wildfires in the Colorado Mountains, partnered with some cantankerous and hygiene-challenged geezer who’ll make Jake forget that he’s at all attracted to men. Fighting fires will eat up a few months, and then some, of the year he’s taking off before... Continue Reading →
Jake Landon believes he’s going to spend the summer after his college graduation fighting wildfires in the Colorado Mountains, partnered with some cantankerous and hygiene-challenged geezer who’ll make Jake forget that he’s at all attracted to men. Fighting fires will eat up a few months, and then some, of the year he’s taking off before... Continue Reading →
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