Monthly Archives: October 2013

Her second kill

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Frank

Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate, here’s the short story I wrote recently for the writing challenge on Adrianna Joleigh and David Kent’s new blog (Writer’s Gallery). * The pain surprised her, she had thought it would hurt less this time. … Continue reading →

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Gender neutral?

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Frank

Having bemused y’all for a few days with gender-neutral pronouns… My suggestion was to use thi with a soft th (like the first syllable of theatre) and thir again with a soft th (like the first syllable of thirty) – … Continue reading →

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Idle Twittering

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Frank

WordPress has been tweeting my blog posts for a while now, mostly only because I like the way Amazon’s author page displays your latest tweet. For the past few days, I’ve been actively tweeting – gosh – just a haiku … Continue reading →

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Θreesome

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Frank

At night θi lies in labyrinthine loving Python to θir south Such thrilling teeth, such breathy roving, Her most methodic mouth… A theatre of lust! Of faith and mirth! Panther to θir north His lethal length – such depth! – … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Gallery

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Frank

Adrianna Joleigh and David Kent recently set up a new blog (Writer’s Gallery) and issued a writing challenge that I took part in. Challenge: 500 words or less, based on the following prompt (there was a alternative prompt also): The … Continue reading →

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More gender neutral experimentation

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Frank

Okay, so yesterday’s experiment with a new gender neutral pronoun (qi/qir) wasn’t a success. I quite like ze/hir (see, e.g., Love at first unsight), but the ze can be problematic and intrusive (see The Need for a Gender-Neutral Pronoun). The … Continue reading →

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Admiration

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Frank

My love’s fair hair enwrapt with flowers, garlanded, sweet colours bright, qir rapturous eyes I’ll watch for hours in hope qi’ll smile and say I might be one qi loves – or tolerates – enough qi will qir charms expose… … Continue reading →

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Our Cosmonauts Are Dying

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Frank

Anneque G. Malchien’s Our Cosmonauts Are Dying, published 2013, is a short story with astonishing depth. Once I started, I didn’t want to put it down, and it’s a long time now since I found a story like that. It’s … Continue reading →

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While I’m Asleep

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Frank

My lover comes while I’m asleep I drifted off while counting sheep He slowly lifts away the sheet Lays gentle kisses on my feet The camera records it all His confident-yet-cautious crawl Between my legs – he spreads them wide … Continue reading →

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The Starry Mind of Barbara G. Tarn

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Frank

Last week I posted a review of Niall Teasdale’s Steel Beneath the Skin with the bisexy cyborg Aneka Jansen. This week I encountered another bisexy cyborg in Barbara G. Tarn’s Women – which has the most fantastic cover ever! Er, … Continue reading →

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