by Okō Hiram Kalloway joined the Royal Navy at the late age of thirteen, his mother having insisted on his remaining home until that age in order to gain some additional polish. His father, Samuel Kalloway, had gone to sea at the age of nine, moving up in the captain’s list year by year […]
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27
Aug
The Number Pi
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) The shelves behind the bar were crenellated with bottles, crystal decanters of liquid amber and jewels. Adam sipped his ginger ale, the condensation from his glass numbing his hand. Around him, people wearing suits that they probably thought of as investments in their careers were waving down the bartender, […]
30
Jul
Dreams come true at the Velvet Rose
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) Infrastructure. It’s all the stuff you don’t think about, the stuff that works until it doesn’t, and then your tube of personal lubricant turns out to be full of toothpaste or you end up knee-deep in chocolate milkshake. That’s not the fun kind of surprise, and it’s not a random […]
30
Jul
V Zoni
by Himawari (ヒマワリ) It’s a delight to come home to the flat and find Serhiy’s dick in Lyudmila’s mouth. I had been exhausted, coming up the stairs, but I started getting hard just hearing Serhiy’s voice groaning from the other side of the door, as I was fumbling for the door handle in the darkened hallway. […]
30
Jul
Werewithal
written and illustrated by Iron Eater Warren lay sprawled on Brad’s couch, sipping a chilled bottle of no-name cola and loathing the Tucson heat with every fiber of his being. He liked visiting Brad, he really did, but the thing that so far had tried their relationship far beyond the distance between them was just […]
30
Jul
Ravenous
by Kimyō Tabibito (奇妙 旅人) “And if you enjoyed this video, remember to like and subscribe! I’ll be back next week with a special episode of Decolonizing your Food with Dr. Boyfriend.” Ravi winked at the camera as he wrapped up his filming. It was still a shock, sometimes, to look at the view counts and […]
30
Jul
Female Impersonators of Distinction
by shukyou (主教) Bud clutched the matchbook tight in one sweaty paw as he hiked the two miles from where he’d gotten dropped off off to his final destination. He hadn’t dared give the driver of the ride he’d thumbed the right address, so he’d told the man that friends would be meeting him here at […]
25
Jun
In the Bindings of a Dream
by Tabby Wright illustrated by Cap O’Rushes Akira was drifting, drifting, he absently listened to his professor’s 8AM lecture, only catching the vaguest bits of information. Something about web standards (that would be out of date by graduation), something about Ruby on Rails. Something. Something. Something tugged at the corners of his mind—the memories of […]
25
Jun
Slime After Slime
written and illustrated by Iron Eater When Lyón next woke it was in neither the depths of the Baron’s dungeons nor a coffin, and it took him a moment to get his bearings once he realized he hadn’t been left for dead. He performed a brief nose-to-toes check of all his various parts, which revealed […]
25
Jun
To Sing of Contests
by 織工 (Okō) The fall of 2013 seems to absolutely fly by. One moment there’s a hastily-staged intervention where what feels like half of Nick’s teammates are in his kitchen telling Nick they know about him and Kolya, the next it’s December and New York is even more slammed with tourists than usual. Isabelle flies […]
25
Jun
Where The Light’s Forgiven
by T.F. Grognon País en que los deshechos son amados todavía, es la comarca sombría donde la luz se perdona, porque allí van las personas del sueño a la poesía. — Silvio Rodriguez, “Del sueño a la poesía” Anthea is waiting for him when he gets off work. Leif shakes his head, tries to […]
25
Jun
Night Owls
by shukyou (主教) “Dad.” Marcus opened his eyes, willing himself not to look at the bedside clock. The number would just depress him. “Dad.” The voice came from the three-foot-high silhouette standing backlit in the bedroom doorway. He had just started sleeping with the door open weeks ago, when some part of him had […]
25
Jun
if there’s a light at the end it’s just the sun in your eyes
by Suikazura Amai (吸葛甘い) As a small child, his grandmother had warned him about the forest. She had told him that there were faeries who lived deep, deep inside the forest, who would not hesitate in snatching him if he got too close to it, that they longed to take beautiful children away from their […]
