Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nu:Chahlnuth territory.Celia is a seer who — despite being convinced she's a little "off" — must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews.While mink is visiting, a double-headed sea serpent falls off the house front during a fierce storm. The old snake, ostracized from the village decades earlier, has left his terrible influence on Amos, a residential school survivor. The occurrence signals the unfolding of an ordeal that pulls Celia out of her reveries and into the tragedy of her cousin's granddaughter.Each one of Celia's family becomes involved in creating a greater solution than merely attending to her cousin's granddaughter.Celia's Song relates one Nuu'Chahlnuth family's harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference, and... Views: 22
IPPY Award-winning Sex Still Spoken Here is not just a steamy, eclectic mix of hot stories, it's also an inspiring call to action, staking another fierce claim on importance of voicing the erotic. The Erotic Reading Circle-held monthly since 2006 at San Francisco's Center for Sex & Culture-is a community where writers put words to our complex desires and longings, and in which our erotic stories are celebrated and honored, not dismissed. This collection is culled from that Circle, representing the many writers who've dared to wrestle with the erotic muse. Table of ContentsIntroduction • Carol Queen, PhDConversation with the Editors • Carol Queen, Jen Cross, and Amy ButcherGirl in the Red Dress • Sinclair SexsmithHeart-Shaped Box • Charles LyonsRicky Dumb Ass • Jeff JacobsonLetter to My Girlfriend • Marlene HoeberPoems: Gift, Ordinary Time • Christine SolanoRed Paint • Tori AdamsThe Long Odds • Vince ClarthoughMy Desire for Women • Anaín BjorkquistThe Train Trip • Avery CassellSwirl • Scott BentleyBack in the Saddle • Erin M.The Spirit of the O’Farrell • Simone CordayPoems: he has short arms, serpent stirred • seeley questStock Check • Elizabeth RaeSan Francisco Earthquake 1906: Love Among the Ruins • Jack FritscherStilettos • Amy ButcherThe Gambler • Dorothy FreedTone • Ember EliJust Another Dirty Bathroom Sex Love Story • LilycatPoems: Life Is Good When You’re Getting Fucked,I Have Seen The Future And It Is Full Of Big Dicks • Horehound Stillpointpink and devastating • Jen CrossGod’s Country (Excerpt) • Norman ArmstrongIt Just Takes Practice • Eugenia MillsPoems: Reading, Fern • Joy WestBambino • Gina de VriesA Short Story • Holly ZwalfMirror in the Machine • Carol QueenHow To Start Your Own Erotic Reading Circle • Jen Cross Views: 22
An overheard story about an impossibly gorgeous prostitute leads to an encounter that becomes more than just a few paid hours together. Views: 22
Recurring nightmares, breast-feeding professors, choking children and late-night intruders populate this first story collection by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone. Rich in dysfunction, madness and menace, Glitches reveals the dark underworld that lies beneath, and sometimes pierces, the façade of modern bourgeois society. Views: 22
"Frightening." —The RAWSISTAZ ReviewersWhatever you do, don't turn off the lights. . .Cross the threshold into one man's tortured mind, haunted by the mocking voices of his youth. Quench your insatiable thirst for terror at a bar where the drinks are abominable and the patrons never leave. Relive the harrowing Middle Passage that brought millions of African slaves to America—but this time with a spellbinding twist. Meet the malevolent entities that feed on human misery in the midst of a hurricane's wrath. Endure a sweltering summer on a swamp inhabited by predatory spirits. From pulsating ecstasy to unspeakable tragedy, submit to the irresistible pull of the unknown in nineteen stories that will illuminate the horrors within—and without. . .Anthony BealMichael BoatmanMaurice BroaddusChesya BurkeChristopher ChambersLexi DavisB. Gordon DoyleTananarive DueDameon EdwardsRobert FlemingRickey Windell GeorgeL.R.... Views: 22
Mackenzie and Landon were the perfect couple . . . until he dumped her and broke her heart. Fast-forward a year and they're back where they first met—Serenity Ranch and Spa, where they are once again working together for the summer. Talk about awkward.Then, Landon takes a nasty fall and gets amnesia. Suddenly, he's stuck in the past—literally. His most recent memory is of last summer, when he and Mack were still together, so now he's calling her pet names and hanging all over her. It's the perfect chance for revenge. The plan is simple: keep Landon at arm's length, manipulate him so he's the one falling love, and then BAM, dump him. There's just one problem: Mack can't fall for Landon all over again.The If Only romance line is all about wanting what you can't have, and Mandy Hubbard's hilarious break-up/love story is sure to captivate anyone who has ever wished for a second shot at love. Views: 22
