{"id":880,"date":"2013-12-10T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T22:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/?page_id=880"},"modified":"2017-03-23T12:11:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T16:11:52","slug":"bangbang-no-33","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/frontpage\/bangbang-no-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 33: Myths and Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com\/67111.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/2011-10\/33cover-sm.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"821\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">cover by sukiyakii<\/p><\/div>\n<p>~*~<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Conquests of Dr. Victor Alazon\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-conquests-of-dr-victor-alazon\/\">The Conquests of Dr. Victor Alazon<\/a>, by Kikuchi Makoto (\u83ca\u6c60 \u8aa0)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tourniquet\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/tourniquet\/\">Tourniquet<\/a>, by atarashii merle (\u65b0\u601d\u30e1\u30eb\u30eb)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Heart of the City\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-heart-of-the-city\/\">The Heart of the City<\/a>, by Dr. Noh<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Stone Fox and the Bloody Hands\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-stone-fox-and-the-bloody-hands\/\">The Stone Fox and the Bloody Hands<\/a>, by shukyou (\u4e3b\u6559) and Tsukizubon Saruko (\u6708\u56f3\u51e1\u7136\u308b\u5b50)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stealer of Hearts\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/stealer-of-hearts\/\">Stealer of Hearts<\/a>, by Kim Chee (\u6c88\u83dc)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Unicorn Man\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-unicorn-man\/\">The Unicorn Man<\/a>, by Takiguchi Aiko (\u6edd\u53e3\u30a2\u30a4\u30b3)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"El Presidio Rides North\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/el-presidio-rides-north\/\">El Presidio Rides North<\/a>, by Domashita Romero (\u5730\u4e0b\u30ed\u30e1\u30ed)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Worse Than Rats\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/worse-than-rats\/\">Worse Than Rats<\/a>, by Noel Oliver<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bright Mouths\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/bright-mouths\/\">Bright Mouths<\/a>, by shukyou (\u4e3b\u6559)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"nothing under my skin but light\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/nothing-under-my-skin-but-light\/\">nothing under my skin but light<\/a>, by Nijiiro Sumi (\u8679\u8272\u58a8)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Painted Face\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-painted-face\/\">The Painted Face<\/a>, by Amai Tonken (\u7518\u3044 \u3068\u3093\u3051\u3093)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Soldier and the Sea\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-soldier-and-the-sea\/\">The Soldier and the Sea<\/a>, by yabamena<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Unidentified Friendship Objective\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/unidentified-friendship-objective\/\">Unidentified Friendship Objective<\/a>, by Ogiwara Saki (\u837b\u539f\u54b2)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Consumed\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/consumed\/\">Consumed<\/a>, by Meame Kannouteki (\u76ee\u98f4 \u5b98\u80fd\u7684)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Emperor's New Handmaid\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-emperors-new-handmaid\/\">The Emperor&#8217;s New Handmaid<\/a>, by hcolleen and Osoimaru<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Altair\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/altair\/\">Altair<\/a>, by Yamanashi Moe (\u5c71\u68a8\u3082\u3048)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Small Door\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-small-door\/\">The Small Door<\/a>, by Kaerutobi Ike (\u86d9\u8df3\u3073\u6c60)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Lonely God\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/the-lonely-god\/\">The Lonely God<\/a>, by Ozawa Ayaka (\u5c0f\u6fa4\u7dbe\u9999)*<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Possession\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/possession\/\">Possession<\/a>, by Yume Arashi (\u5922 \u5d50)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Love Will Tear Us Apart (or, The Modern Pygmalion)\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/love-will-tear-us-apart-or-the-modern-pygmalion\/\">Love Will Tear Us Apart (or, The Modern Pygmalion)<\/a>, by Tsukizubon Saruko (\u6708\u56f3\u51e1\u7136\u308b\u5b50)<\/p>\n<p><small>*illustrated<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Close Your Curtains\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/close-your-curtains\/\">Close Your Curtains<\/a>, by The Winter Cynic<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Menashe\" href=\"https:\/\/shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/menashe\/\">Menashe<\/a>, by Bluejuice (\u9752\u6db2)<\/p>\n<p>~*~<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will each write a gay story,&#8221; said the editors; and our proposition was acceded to. There were remarkably many of us. Some noble authors began sweet tales, fragments of which will no doubt be printed at other times, in other places. Others, more apt to embody homoerotic ideas and sentiments in the radiance of brilliant imagery, commenced tales founded on the experiences of young men early in the first bloom of love. Yet others had some grotesque ideas about grisly monsters, punished in sexy ways for their transgressions\u2014what exactly those were always varied\u2014things very shocking and wrong of course; but when the men were reduced to worse conditions than the renowned Victor Frankenstein, the authors were obliged to despatch them to the tomb of the Capulets, the only place for which they were fitted &#8212; and even that not always in a wholly binding fashion. The illustrious editors also, stunned by the sheer volume of prose, speedily assembled to categorize the multitude of offerings.<\/p>\n<p>I, the Editor-in-Chief, busied myself to curate this collection\u2014a collection of stories to rival those which had excited us to this task. An issue which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken thrilling horror\u2014one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart. If I did not accomplish this thing, this thirty-third issue would be unworthy of the <i>Shousetsu Bang*Bang<\/i> name. I edited and edited\u2014vainly. I felt that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of editorialism, when dull Grammar replies to our anxious errors. <i>Is the issue ready yet?<\/i> I was asked each morning, and each morning I was forced to reply with a mortifying negative.<\/p>\n<p>Until at last, on this very morning, the issue came.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Y.E. (Your Editors)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~*~ The Conquests of Dr. Victor Alazon, by Kikuchi Makoto (\u83ca\u6c60 \u8aa0) Tourniquet, by atarashii merle (\u65b0\u601d\u30e1\u30eb\u30eb)* The Heart of the City, by Dr. Noh The Stone Fox and the Bloody Hands, by shukyou (\u4e3b\u6559) and Tsukizubon Saruko (\u6708\u56f3\u51e1\u7136\u308b\u5b50) Stealer of Hearts, by Kim Chee (\u6c88\u83dc) The Unicorn Man, by Takiguchi Aiko (\u6edd\u53e3\u30a2\u30a4\u30b3) El Presidio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/880\/revisions\/1817"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}