Fiction

Farming at the Touch of a Button

Bedtime Stories  less than a minute ago

It's almost midnight on a weekend and I'm still busy in my garden patch planting my pumpkins and squash.
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A Fishwife's Tale

Bedtime Stories  less than a day ago

Ever been on the wrong side of a crazed rant meant for someone else?Virago : You sir! I have things to tell you!Paul : Umm.
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TOCs

Gay Book Club  less than a day ago

Though the 2009 editions have just released, I am hard at work compiling for next year's volumes.The TOC-in progress for Best Gay Stories 2010:"In History's Vicinity" by Richard Bowes, appearing in the blog Mumpsimus (June 28, 2009)"Theater Bug" by Jameson Currier, appearing in Haunted Heart and Other Tales (Lethe Press)"Auntie Mame" by Lewis DeSimone, appearing My Diva (ed.
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For the Love of GPS

Bedtime Stories  3 days ago

Some boys prefer sappy love songs and poetry.Some boys prefer wine and roses. Some boys prefer leather and chains.
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In Omnia Paratus

Bedtime Stories  4 days ago

Not all friends should mix. Another argument for keeping parts of my life separate and compartmentalized? I suddenly came to the realization that a large number of my friends - at least the ones I regularly share discourse with - are all affiliated with one another.
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Stealing Light

Bedtime Stories  6 days ago

*Shhh*Speak of it to no one but it seems as if I've been breaking the law. Thoroughly unbeknownst to me, I've actually been living on borrowed electricity.
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How Do You Solve a Problem

Bedtime Stories  Oct 29 09

Like Nervous Nancy.Seems she takes just about everything casually. And I think it's time we put a stop to that.
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Don't Try This at School, Kids

Bedtime Stories  Oct 28 09

You know those television ads where they warn kids not to try ridiculously dangerous stunts at home? As unpolitically correct as I am, well most of the advice I'd give should carry that very same warning.
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Release day squee: The Care and Feeding of Demons

Gay Book Club  Oct 28 09

Out today from the lovely people at Torquere: The Care and Feeding of Demons, an anthology of dark erotic fantasies featuring my story, "The One Who Comes in the Night".
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"Damn Gorgeous" by Jaye Valentine Now At ARe and OmniLit

Gay Book Club  Oct 28 09

On Sale Now at All Romance eBooks and OmniLit Spencer Patterson writes "news" reports on paranormal phenomena for The Weekly Harbinger, a national tabloid magazine.
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Pass Thirty and Collect $500

Bedtime Stories  Oct 28 09

Marching inexorably into your mid-thirties is far from a reason to celebrate. Just about everything's starting to sag, your vaunted metabolism just isn't what it used to be and that sexy barista you just flirted with could be young enough to be a .
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Review: The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson, by Robert Hofler (non-fiction)

Gay Book Club  Oct 27 09

# 73: The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson by Robert Hofler: Marion Barbara Carstairs was an elegant and adventurous cross-dressing heiress who spent her millions on beautiful women, a manse on the Bahamian island of Whale Cay, and speed boats.
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Book Signing in San Francisco

Gay Book Club  Oct 26 09

For those interested in the Bay area, I will be signing my novel Kelland this coming Friday (the night before Halloween) at A Different Light bookstore in the Castro District of San Francisco.
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Lego People Watch

Bedtime Stories  Oct 26 09

I like to people watch. With my seriously antisocial behaviour, I might not be a people person but I still like observing.
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WOW!

Gay Book Club  Oct 24 09

WE PAST THE 300 MEMBER MARK! Thanks to ALL that made this possible, you the community members.
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Suzhou Courtyard

Bedtime Stories  Oct 23 09

Sitting reading poetry in a courtyard under the glow of moonlight with a cup of green tea. Bamboo leaves being rustled in the late evening breeze.
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Messages off the Bund

Bedtime Stories  Oct 22 09

Electronic mail. Instant messages. And now twitters. Seems like the more advanced technology gets, the more distant we get from each other.
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Shanghai Jazz Divas

Bedtime Stories  Oct 21 09

Note to self : Like all furry gremlin creatures, do not bring the boyfriend out to jazz bars after midnight.
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Chinese Curses at People's Square

Bedtime Stories  Oct 19 09

The mainland Chinese certainly display a healthy sense of curiousity. Faced with an unprecedented event, rather than glance surreptitiously like everyone else the meddlesome locals here will stalk right up to stare quite openly.
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Qipu Quarrel

Bedtime Stories  Oct 18 09

In the event of an uncertain situation, the adrenaline hormone forces our body into a flight or flight response.
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