Love in Dark Settings

The highlights:

—It is considered embarrassing to be forced to admit that your primary tool for curing patients was developed by a group of torturers. ¶ The first two novels of The Eternal Dungeon are published, and a novella begins to be serialized online.
—He lived in fear that, if he made any complaints, the mister would tire of him. ¶ A master/servant science fiction story is posted at Prison City and cross-posted at Darkling Plain.
—Halvar leaned forward; his eyes were the color of an arctic sky. "I am not a fool, Egon," he said softly, "so do not treat me as such." ¶ An expanded version of a slave story is posted at Master/Other.
—Blind to all images, he waited with tensed muscles, straining his spirit to hear the Jackal's approach. ¶ The Three Lands novella "Bard of Pain" is published in braille and DAISY.
—New recommendations have been posted of gay and gender-blending fiction, nonfiction, and art.

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Fiction.

Other People's Fiction and Nonfiction.

General Announcements and Upcoming Fiction.

The highlights:

—Now available in a single e-book: all of the fiction, nonfiction, and fiction recommendations at Love in Dark Settings.
—"He had made it more than clear during the past three years that he considered me a frail creature, incapable of enduring the hardened life of a soldier. But, then, his opinion was shared by all in the Tascanian Army." ¶ The first volume in the Princeling fantasy series is posted.
—"'Sentenced to sixty lashes of the leaded whip. Sentence commuted to a transfer to Compassion Life Prison.'" Keeper raised his eyebrows. "That's the first time I've ever heard a transfer to this prison described as a commutation. We'll assume that that particular phrasing was meant as a joke." ¶ Two stories are posted from Hell's Messenger, a new volume of the Life Prison series.
—It was when Michael's voice went flat and his face drained of expression that Janus would begin to worry. ¶ The final parts are posted of the male prostitution novel, Whipster.
—Rudd, who had watched Meredith through narrowed eyes for the first week or two, gradually lost interest in scrutinizing the activities of his fag. ¶ An excerpt is posted from a new retrofuture series, Prison City.
—Books, films, and online resources are recommended at a new bibliography: Retrofuture: Visions of the Future, 1945-1975.
—Online fiction and memoirs are recommended at Buried Treasure: Online Male Homoerotic Stories and Male Friendship Stories and at the Turn-of-the-Century Toughs bibliography.

Fiction | Reviews | Other people's fiction and narratives | General announcements and upcoming fiction.

The highlights:

—He could not leave this room without his father's permission. And he could not imagine going to his father and saying, "Please let me go gather moss so that my slave can have a proper New Year for once." ¶ A novelette in the Three Lands series is presented as a holiday gift story.
—"Whether or not it's true, the world will believe it. It makes a good story: Michael the Whore finally bested by one of his betters." ¶ The first volume of Michael's House, Whipster, is released as an HTML e-book.
—A new community blog opens for prison literature.
—Buried Treasure is updated with recommendations of male homoerotic fiction, female homoerotic fiction, heterosexual fiction, and friendship fiction.
—A new LiveJournal blog opens for Main Bookshelf announcements.
—A modified winter schedule begins.

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—Prosper felt the words like a blow. He sensed at once the change in mood in the surrounding men and youths: the shifting of spear from left hand to right, the movement of hand to hilt, the tensing of muscles in preparation. ¶ A fantasy novella on temptation and redemption, Mystery, is reposted at The Three Lands.
—"He looked as calm as ever, just as he had looked calm when he spoke in the name of the god and raised the knife over me as I lay upon the altar. . . ." ¶ Excerpts are posted from upcoming stories at The Three Lands and Michael's House.
—He could not recognize most of the items before him, which he instinctively knew was a bad sign. ¶ The first installment of Whipster, The New Boy, is reposted as part of Michael's House, a historical fantasy series on male prostitution.
—"The brothers of the Lawnville Leather/Levi Club always back each other, no matter how dire the circumstances. As I was to learn shortly." ¶ Final installments are posted of the fantasy novel Blood Vow, the historical fantasy novella Debt Price, and the contemporary erotica collection Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers.
—Status: Private correspondence between first-ranked guards. ¶ Life Prison, Coded Messages, The New Boy, What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets, and First Lesson are released as Amazon Kindle e-books.
—Virtually nobody knew what was happening at the jail. ¶ True Tales e-zine links to narratives and erotic stories and art about hurricanes.

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For my friendship fiction readers, I've started a new Website, Suspenseful Friendship Fiction. It simply links to the Main Bookshelf sites at my main domain (both fiction and nonfiction), but it should allow you to find more quickly what you're looking for.

—"Do you have any questions about the instruments of torture I use?" ¶ Fantasy novellas on war, imprisonment, and slavery are reposted at Darkling Plain, Main Stream, The Eternal Dungeon, and Master/Other.
—"They should be shot. Every one of them. Will, if I discover who they are." ¶ Online excerpts are now available for upcoming installments of The Eternal Dungeon and Life Prison, and for the upcoming medieval science fiction novel From Hell to the Stars.
—"I don't believe I have ever spoken to you of my first master." ¶ A new booktrailer for the master/apprentice fantasy novella Crossing the Cliff is released.
—"I did not say that I would serve you only on condition that you not give me any hard tasks to do." ¶ The lord/liegeman fantasy novel Blood Vow continues to be serialized at The Three Lands.
—"Honest to God, Lawnville College's Fall Cotillion isn't my usual hunting ground." ¶ The next story installment of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers is posted at Leather in Lawnville.

The details.

The highlights:

—A new fantasy novel has been posted at The Three Lands with an accompanying booktrailer video.
—The first two stories in a historical fantasy novel have been reposted at Life Prison.
—A slavefic fantasy novella has been reposted at Master/Other.
—The next story installment is posted at Leather in Lawnville.
—True Tales e-zine plays tribute to a major leather author upon his death.

The details.

The highlights:

—A new online story is added to Leather in Lawnville.
—Fanvids are recommended at Buried Treasure.

The details.

The highlights:

—Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers, a contemporary gay erotica collection, is published.
—A satire on fan fiction authorship is posted at Master/Other.
—Bard of Pain is now an Amazon Kindle e-book.
—Buried Treasure now includes recommendations of online male friendship stories and videos.
—Private Parlor is updated with a new slavefic review.
—A brief essay is posted on original gen, original het, and original slash.
—Hermits' blogs are linked at the Web directory on solitude, simplicity, and self-discipline.
—Updates are posted to my bibliography of Victorian and Edwardian history: Boer War, boys' books, clothing, masculinities, prisons, and food.

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The highlights:

—Information and excerpts for upcoming fantasy and leather e-books.
—A new fantasy e-book and booktrailer from the Three Lands series.
—Another review at my site for online male homoerotic fiction recommendations.
—Belated notices of new issues of True Tales and The Slash Skinny.
—New MySpace profiles and an accompanying blog.
—New site navigation (surprise, surprise), plus information on upcoming and old online fiction.

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