Tag: Theme: Insects & Entomology
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The Ballad of Lacie O’Malley
On the subject of spiders and sexual pleasure. © Johannes Evans 2019 This poem is very silly, but just a warning for sexual content and arachnophobia. Originally written 2017. Here I’ll tell you the tale of a woman named Lacie, Though now I shall warn you: the tale will be racy, Abandon hope, all ye who enter here, And…
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The Hive
Category: F/F, Category: Gen, Character: Hamish MacKinnon, Character: Kaito Kuroda, Character: Velma Kuroda, Rating: T, Setting: Chesterton-Burnleigh, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Abusive Relationships, Theme: Arranged Marriages & Betrothals, Theme: Autism & ADHD, Theme: Bookshops & Antique Stores, Theme: Demons & Demonology, Theme: Enchantment & Enchanted Objects, Theme: Fae & Faeries, Theme: Family Dynamics, Theme: Insects & Entomology, Theme: Mages & Sorcerers & Witches, Theme: Magic & Powers, Theme: Parenthood, Theme: Prophecy & Fortune-Telling, Theme: Telepathy & Mind-Reading, Theme: Weddings & Marriages, Theme: Women Who Love Women | Lesbianism, World: Magic BeholdenVelma Kuroda, specialist in haunted and enchanted objects, comes to evaluate the unusual estate left behind by a witch and demonologist. Content warnings: references to & implications of forced marriage; swarming insect(-like creature)s It had been raining since four o’clock in the morning, when Andrea had gotten the kids up and out of bed. She’d…
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A Beginner’s Approach to Natural History
A bee collecting pollen from an osteospermum. Makrygialos, Crete. © Johannes Evans 2019 One of the exciting things about becoming an amateur naturalist — a student of natural history, and a keen observer of animal and plant life around oneself — is that the world suddenly seems to become much larger. When you go for a walk, not knowing their…