Category: Free to Read
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Letters from Ganymede: Friday 28th July, 1876
Gothic horror. Serial. Ganymede Cavendish, a recent graduate from the Royal Academy of Arts, catches the eye of an anonymous benefactor. Previous Chapter Directory of Chapters Next Chapter Friday 28th July, 1876 Dear Mr Smith, I wish, you know, that I could save the sound of the rain on the glass roof of the studio here,…
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It’s Your Responsibility to Kill Yourself
and other interesting viewpoints in The Haunting of Bly Manor. A still from the opening credits. From Wikipedia. Before I get on with this review, I would just like to note that this will, of course, be incredibly spoiler-heavy for The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mike Flanagan’s spiritual sequel to the The Haunting of Hill House,…
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Writing Dialogue
A technical primer denoting some rules and conventions. For many of us, we internalise the rules of writing by reading — by sheer osmosis, we take them in, and we replicate them in our own work, often without even realising. When it comes to technical rules, though, it can be difficult to grasp them intuitively because they’re…
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Letters from Ganymede: Monday 24th July, 1876
Gothic horror. Serial. Ganymede Cavendish, a recent graduate from the Royal Academy of Arts, catches the eye of an anonymous benefactor. Previous Chapter Directory of Chapters Next Chapter Monday 24th July, 1876 Dear Mr Smith, I fear you will think me a terrible slut, sir, but I have spent the whole of the day in bed.…
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Books To Return
Category: M/M, Character: King Arthur Pendraig, Rating: T, Theme: Animals & Zoology, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Dance & Gymnastics, Theme: Gender Dysphoria, Theme: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Theme: Learning Languages & Linguistics, Theme: Librarians & Archivists, Theme: Magical Sciences, Theme: Schools & Libraries & Archives, Theme: Speech & Accents, Theme: T4T Relationships, Theme: Trans Community, Theme: Trans Male Characters, Theme: Transmasculinity, Theme: Wales & the Welsh, Theme: Zoos & Animal Sanctuaries, World: Magic BeholdenThe head librarian has a new admirer. Fluff and sweetness. Short T4T romance. Jay Henderson walked into the library for the first time at five minutes past five o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon. He walked very stiffly, holding his shoulders squarely, dragging his feet slightly as he moved. He was a large man with a rounded,…
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Letters from Ganymede: Tuesday 18th July, 1876
Gothic horror. Serial. Ganymede Cavendish, a recent graduate from the Royal Academy of Arts, catches the eye of an anonymous benefactor. Previous Chapter Directory of Chapters Next Chapter Tuesday 18th July, 1876 Dear Mr Smith, I do not recall asking for a bath to be run for me, you know. I think I must have murmured…
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Close Your Mouth & To The Blind Man
Two poems. Close Your Mouth (for G.) Close your mouth.Your teeth are showing, sharp as moonlight,And you will cut yourself on them. Close your mouth.Once again, the bar is closing,The lights turning off one by one,The coins rattling in their tray as Holly tocks them up.Your lips are parted as you finish up your drink and…
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The Collection
100-word fiction prompt: a collection. Photo by Kyle William on Pexel. Edmund Horvasse’s office was beautifully appointed, and ordinarily, under the fine evening sun streaming through the window, Velma might have appreciated the antiques that furnished his office, but not today. She stared instead at the glass case mounted on the wall over his desk. The…