by Tsuki Akari (月あかり) illustrated by halcyonjazz (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/46028.html) She had wandered too close to the road. Lettie knew the instant she’d heard the beat of hooves at her back. Her father had warned her, of course. It was a ways to the next town, and the roads were rife with vagrants and highwaymen. For […]
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May
Ixtapa of the Green Eyes
by Nara Kagerou (奈良蜻蛉) illustrated by ryuu no dokoro (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/46211.html) From the private memoirs of Hernando de Soto, conquistador to their majesties Carlos and Isabella of Spain: We arrived at Cajamarca in late fall, the cool heights of the mountains a welcome relief from the jungle lowlands. Atahuallpa’s army was encamped near there, at […]
5
May
Meta (Or, Build God, Then We’ll Talk)
by Chikamichi Tano (近路 楽) illustrated by halcyonjazz (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/46355.html) Itami has never been one to believe in something without some sort of proof, of evidence that he can see, feel, touch. He’s been that way as long as he can remember – he lives for truth and for verifiable fact. He loves science and […]
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May
Sky Castles
by Shouga Naiko (生姜ないこ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/46686.html) Kei was weird and he didn’t talk to people much and he wasn’t afraid of anything. Kei was — a mess of dark hair, wide dark eyes and a wide red mouth set on a spindle neck and a taut, narrow body full of knuckles and joints. And not […]
5
May
And That’s the News
by shukyou (主教) and Tsukizubon Saruko (月図凡然る子) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/47011.html) [The following is a work half of satire, half of imagination, and entirely of fiction. Any resemblance to actual proper nouns is entirely intentional, though imaginative liberties have been taken with the principal characters to the point of near-unrecognisability. The easily offended, die-hard political junkies of […]
5
May
In a Spark I Crave a Star
by Mitsui Matsuri (蜜井茉莉) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/47350.html) Francesco was ten he saw his first dead body, sprawled under the wheels of Dottore Loiacono’s car. He hadn’t meant to make it common knowledge, but the muscle tics on the Gazzetta journalist’s face had grown increasingly pronounced the longer he dwelled on politics. It seemed churlish to continue […]
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May
Phallos Hippikos: A Moral Tale
by Kagamino Kage (鏡乃 影) illustrated by tongari (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/47461.html) Ah, public schooling. The most marvelous invention of the modern era. A veritable deluge of supple young flesh, of sweet-faced girls with breasts like just-ripened fruits, of lithe young boys strutting about with all the endearing awkwardness of newborn deer. Like fresh peaches just waiting […]
5
May
Married Man
by Yamanashi Moe (山梨もえ) illustrated by amei (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/47845.html) “Um, sir? Excuse me, is that ‘The Detective’s Legs’ by Tamura Hiroshi?” The boy standing in front of Tamura is pale and skinny, with wispy red-blonde hair. He wears the uniform of a nearby high school, with the top button of his shirt undone. His face […]
15
Feb
Excerpted from The New Huntington Anthology of Queer Literature Vol. III, Fourth Edition
by Murakami Kasumi (村上かすみ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/36414.html) Excerpted from The New Huntington Anthology of Queer Literature Vol. III, Forth Edition From Chapter 12: Asian Thematics in the Western Queer Tradition The Lost Journals of General Jonathan Aller was published in 2189, six years after the death of presumed author Jonathan Aller. What seems to amount to […]
15
Feb
Evening Conference
by Fukuhashi (福橋) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/36644.html) As Watanabe Toshio entered the conference room, he turned on the lights and sniffed the air, noting a hint of disinfectants and air fresheners mixed with the acrid smell of cigarette smoke. He checked the trashcan squatting next to the Office Lady’s teacart. It was empty. Now that he was […]
15
Feb
Love and Books
by Jian Jie (鉴戒) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/37033.html) Snow is bad for those afflicted with ADD. I learned this on one of many days with my much loved, but far too easily distracted, Robin, who seems to want to watch each snowflake land on the ground and melt. I think he’d even mourn for them if there […]
15
Feb
If Beauty Was All in the Eye…
by Seiwa Kaiyura (性和 界由来) illustrated by kin nori (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/37323.html) “Hey, wait!” Rian stared in horror as his contact lens disappeared along with the drink it had been floating in. The redhead sitting across the small table coughed. “What the-” He coughed again, spitting out the lens. He looked at the small bent, now […]
15
Feb
Stranger Than Sympathy
by Noberu Izari (叙いざり) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/37491.html) The Vietnam War meant that no one knew when to be sympathetic or when to pity. I had been advised to pick neither road. It was too easy to be labeled a commie sympathizer, a traitor, and a shameful blemish on the perfect country that we were serving. I […]
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Feb
Celebrate Our Own Way
by Reinaru En (零奈留縁) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/37760.html) It was night time in the palace. This did not mean, however, that things were silent and still. Far from it, in fact. Night was when the palace really came alive, when the drink and the talk flowed endlessly, when the trappings of stiff, formal daytime were shaken away […]
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Feb
White Paper, Black Ink
by Tenno Ai (天之 愛) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/38129.html) Ren smells like winter when he comes into the kitchen; his cheek is icy cold when he presses it against Ryuu’s, his arms looping around his waist. “Taidama,” Ren whispers into his ear, and Ryuu laughs as he turns and kisses him. From anyone else, the greeting would […]
