#bill winterbourne

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[sotwk]

YAY FOR BRENDAN!

Brendan Fraser may finally be an Oscar-winning Lead Actor now (and SO WELL DESERVED; I have never been happier to see someone win that award in my life), but to those of us who have watched and loved him since the 90s, he will always be that gorgeous, loveable, goofy stud who gave us gems such as:

Bill from Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

George from George of the Jungle (1997)

Adam Webber from Blast from the Past (1999)

Rick O'Connell from The Mummy (1999)

These are just some personal favorites that I 100% recommend! Brendan has had an amazing career with many more projects worth seeing!

[daisyishedwig]

I'm rewatching Mrs. Winterbourne again and I just noticed this. But the man who gives Connie the directions to the shelter that ends up getting her on the train to Boston instead, just suddenly disappears while she's looking at the paper, almost ghost-like. Do you think there's supposed to be some insinuation that Mr. Winterbourne, Hugh and Bill's late father, is doing ghostly shenanigans to get Bill a wife?

Could it just be for the drama? To avoid an awkward end to the conversation? Sure. But could it be more?

[the-institute-rpg]

PLEASE UNFOLLOW:

HENRY ICARUS - @hjicarus

PENELOPE & PERCIVAL WINTERBOURNE - @winterbournewitch​

ANGELIQUE ‘FREDDIE’ LUMIERE - DEACTIVATED​

*The faceclaims of Harry Styles, Blake Lively, Nico Tortorella, and Lily Rabe are now reopened.

[epicstuckyficrecs]

Weekly Recap | May 9th-15th 2022

That was a good week! :) 

Complete

💙 You Know I Live for the Hustle by Bittersweet_in_Boston (Modern AU, Flight Attendant Bucky, CEO Steve | 3,5K | Explicit): He’s coming back down the aisle a few minutes later, calling over his shoulder to Nat, when he turns his head just in time to avoid bumping into 3C, who’s standing there, looking at Bucky intensely but maybe also a little uncertainly. Bucky stops and looks up into 3C’s face. He has to physically restrain himself from swallowing hard, because 3C is a Specimen of the Highest Order. Tall, a few inches taller than Bucky’s six feet, dressed in head-to-toe Tom Ford business casual with dark blond hair sweeping across his forehead and curling at his very expensive shirt collar, piercing blue eyes, full lips, and a neatly trimmed, well-cared-for beard.Further investigation reveals glints of silver in both hair and beard, and now Bucky really needs to go lie down. Instead, he raises his eyebrows as if to say, Well? (Part 1 of Live for the Hustle)

💙 Get a Little More Close to Me by Bittersweet_in_Boston (Modern AU, Flight Attendant Bucky, CEO Steve | 13K | Explicit): “Bucky. I’m so glad you decided to join me.” Steve stands up at his primo table in the middle of the Water Library’s main dining room to greet Bucky. He looks even better than he did on the flight, in a lightweight silk-wool suit in royal blue and a crisp bright white button up with the top three buttons open. Bucky very purposely doesn’t peek to see if any chest hair is showing because he’s having enough trouble holding it together as it is. (Part 2 of Live for the Hustle)

💙 There’s a place I want to take you, where the unknown will surround you by Bittersweet_in_Boston (Regency AU | 8K | Explicit): …in which James Barnes of Winterbourn in Derbyshire meets Steven Rogers, a retired army commander and the new master of neighboring Topsfield Hall, and they develop an unlikely and all-consuming…friendship. (Part 1 of The RegencyVerse)

💙 And in between it’s never as it seems by Bittersweet_in_Boston (Regency AU | 12K | Explicit): …in which James Barnes of Winterbourn in Derbyshire and retired Army commander Steven Rogers take their friendship to the next level, but must contend with much more than societal disapproval to be together. (Part 2 of The RegencyVerse)

💙 September 1, 1969 by BeaArthurPendragon (1970′s AU, Vietnam Vets Bucky&Steve | 7K | Explicit): Last year, Buck Barnes came home from Vietnam with a bad back and a prosthetic arm named Roz--and with nothing left to lose, he let the GI Bill take him to college as far away from his closeted life in Indiana as possible: New York City. When a gorgeous blond square looking lost as a lamb walks into the gay bar where he works on the weekends, he’s only thinking about tonight. He never expected to find himself wishing for a tomorrow, too.Lots of feelings with some porn. (Part 1 of I'll Light Your Way Home)

💙 Sugar by BeaArthurPendragon/ @beaarthurpendragon​ (1970′s AU, Vietnam Vets Bucky&Steve | 2K | Explicit): It’s been two months since a couple of lost Vietnam vets found each other one night in a Hell’s Kitchen gay bar. One sleepy Sunday morning, they start to realize that what they have could become something more. (Part 2 of I'll Light Your Way Home)

💙 Polaris by Becassine/ @becassine​ (Canon | 9K | Teen): Sarah Rogers always said that they were written in the stars. Bucky thinks that perhaps she was right.

💙 Here and Where You Are by crinklefries/ @spacerenegades​ (Time Travel | 29K | Mature): In his first life, Bucky Barnes never gets his happy ending. This changes everything, so he has to try, and try again.

Bucky's Club by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy (hutchabelle) (Bucky & Alpine | < 1K | General): Bucky goes on a quest for the best sandwich in Brooklyn and shares it with Alpine.

[midnights-perch]

"Nurses have been sacked for speaking out about trans patients on single-sex wards, Parliament has heard.

Speaking in the House of Lords, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, a Tory peer, warned that the dignity, privacy and safety of patients is being “diminished significantly” by NHS policies which allows male-born patients who self-identify as women to be placed on female-only wards.

Arguing for people to be allocated a bed based on their birth sex, she said that the controversial issue is now impacted on the ability of nurses to do their job.

One nurse said that her Trust’s policy makes it “impossible” because “she is obliged to advocate out for the vulnerable, but trans rights supersede all other rights and concerns”.

Medics are “inhibited” from speaking out for fear of being branded “bigots” or being sacked, Lady Nicholson told the upper chamber.

“I have met several nurses who have lost their jobs because of this”, she said. “A doctor says that he no longer feels able to make comments about sex and gender. He recently delivered a baby, he said it was a girl and he was accused of transphobia.”

She also highlighted the case of a 14-year-old girl who refused a cervical smear as her mother had requested a female nurse and the person who was due to carry it out was “very clearly a natal male”.

Lady Nicholson raised her concerns over the provision of single-sex wards as the House of Lords continued its detailed scrutiny of the Health and Care Bill.

The former Tory party vice-chair highlighted an NHS England policy which states that trans people should be accommodated “according to their presentation: the way they dress, and the name and pronouns they currently use”, rather than their biological sex at birth.

“Traditionally female patients in the NHS and in private hospitals have been allocated beds in single-sex wards accommodating only women patients,” she said.

“Transgenderism, and I speak as a woman, has undermined that provision with the 2019 NHS guidance authorising self-selection of patient gender on arrival in hospitals, something neither enshrined in law nor backed by public demand.

“Yet Parliament and our ministers have consistently declared that women both need and should have privacy, dignity and safety in their most vulnerable situations such as when sick or pregnant.”

Lady Nicholson argued that previous guarantees given to women had been “blown apart” by the provisions under Annex B, which contradict the guidance on providing same-sex wards of which it is a part.

“These two requirements are not only incompatible, they are irreconcilable,” she said.

She said that the policy “profoundly disadvantages women” across the whole of the NHS.

Her comments were backed by Liberal Democrat Lord Clement-Jones, who warned: “The goalposts have been moved and I don’t quite understand who was consulted about Annex B and where we go from here.

“How can one reconcile this gender-friendly Annex B with a single-sex ward pledge in the main guidance?

“At the very least there needs to be a review of what exactly is the regime that we want to support.”

He added: “I was particularly concerned to see that effectively if you classify yourself as non-binary you can take your choice as to whether you go in a ward of any particular sex.”

Responding, health minister Lord Kamall said NHS England was currently reviewing the single-sex accommodation guidance “to ensure that it remains focused on privacy, safety and dignity for all patients”.

It is expected that the review will be published later this year.

He said: “The NHS is committed to meeting its duties under the Equalities Act and as such needs to give due regard to both those whose gender identity is the same as their biological sex at birth as as well as those who are not.

“This means that the rights and needs of women and trans women are equal in law.”

But Lady Nicholson argued that “the rights of another group do not supersede the rights of the group that is already there”.

She added: “My contention is that the dignity, the privacy and the safety of women patients which has been fought over for several decades... is now being diminished significantly and their health undermined, their recovery from illness significantly undermined, by the imposition of new rights of others on top of women’s rights.

“It amuses me that nobody is suggesting they should be on top of men’s rights. This is a matter of great concern to all women.”

Her amendment to the bill calling for patients to be housed according to their birth sex was rejected."

[wetworkseventy]

Okay so I’ve seen this movie before but it’s been forever so we’re gonna do a reaction… while you were sleeping (1995)

- Sandra bullock has a crush on a guy she hasn’t even spoken to ME TOO GIRL

- the landlord is sweet 🥺

- I must’ve been…. Oh man, I was young when I last saw this…

- I had a crush on Bill Pullman In this movie, and I know that I STILL will when I see him again

- this is a similar plot to mrs winterbourne no?

- god, that’s another movie I haven’t seen in maybe…. 5 years?

- watching a romantic movie by yourself at 10 pm is fun

- poor girl man 💀 how do you have the heart to tell these people the truth

- so she saved his life. And how they think she’s his fiancé because of a misunderstanding.

- the dad is funny sorry

- “they’re all caps!!”

- such a relatable character she is

- also did the dad hear what she said? Or is he just watching??

- oh yeah, Jack huh, when are we gonna meet Jack huh

- 🤣

- THE GUY FALLING ON TBE BIKE IM DYING

- I feel so bad

- how could you say no to Jack instead of Peter!!!? I’m sorry leave me alone

- “he can’t kill you in church”

- it’s so awkward between her and Jack lmao

- one testie huh

- “okay push.” “I did.”

- “Saul!? Who’s Saul!?”

- better call

- “you do not join them, like you do the marines.”

- “You’re cheating on a vegetable”

- I love him

- also Lucy (Sandra bullock) having to explain the whole plot of what’s happening to her again

- also I’ve said this a million times but I watched top gun. Loved this certain guy in it, only to realize he’s Bill Pullman’s son. NO WONDER.

- anyways

- the PARTY LMAO

- THE LEANING SCENE

- I’m gonna kms

- “life is in a pain in the ass”

- the SQUIRREL NO

- the guy just watching the drama unfold is me

- now I kinda wanna see mr. wrong with Ellen… what’s her name

- I heard it’s bad so this will be my morbious

- “can you give me any reason why I shouldn’t marry your brother”

- OHHHHHHH

- Jack smiling when she said that she’s in love with him

- I keep seeing things in the corner of my eye and I hope it’s just me

- poor Joey lol

- the family staring at them while they KISS LMAO

- crying in the club

[sweetnessbarnes]

Do I Owe Each Kiss 3

Pairing: 1900’s Chauffer Bucky Barnes x Socialite Reader (Female)

Warnings: None :)

Summary: You are a prominent socialite who belongs to a very powerful family in 1913 England. You have just come into your prime and your parents are looking for a suitable match for you and you agree to a hand in an arranged marriage. That is- until you meet the sexy, rugged, and outright charming new chauffeur.

The rumble of the motor car is a steady vibration underneath your legs. A welcome, even uncomfortable, distraction from the flitting of eyes in the rear view mirror. Every time your eyes met with Barnes’ lively icy blue ones, your heart nearly leapt into your throat.

His eyes reminded you of the family collection of sapphires hidden in the valueables closet- the one that Barton squirrels away safety, always polished and gleaming for pompous guests to look on.

“So, Her Ladyship has informed me you’re due in town for a new frock?” Barnes’ voice cut through the noisy background of the motor car, startling you into a dazed smile.

Sure, you needn’t look him in the eye but god help you as you tempted yourself to a stolen look at his Adonis remincesnt face. It was a while before your mouth could catch up to the rapid succession of thoughts being processed in your excited forefront in your mind.

“Oh yes. I’m more excited about being on my own rather than buying a new dress I’m afraid.” You said with an unassuming smile, hoping to yourself that you hadn’t given yourself away too much with your rosy complexion and eager grin.

Barnes nodded with a simple blink of his eyes, his lips hesitating to curl upwards. His own chest was swarming with butterflies; bursting from their long slumber and out of their chrysalis. The sight of you was damn near enough to send him over the moon; you were the most beautiful dame he’d ever seen.

But one glance at you sitting perfectly in the back of the motor car with your smile tripping into your lips, and his own reflection in the rear view mirror, was enough to remind him who he was in this world. Just a chauffeur hired under the good graces of Lord Stark, forever in the debt of his long time pal, Sir Steven Rogers.

“On your own, hm? Her Ladyship beginning to loosen the leash?” Barnes quipped, quickly biting his lip at his snark. He braced himself for impact; his mouth always moved faster than his mind, and it often led to some form of trouble.

Luckily for him, you giggled into your leather gloved hand and flashed your sparkling eyes back up to him with your pink tongue caught between your teeth. When was there ever a time you’d allow cheek from a driver? Much less allowing yourself to flirt with one?

“Her Ladyship feels like I needed some time away from Winterbourne on my own. She feels I’ll tire from my imposing will to be more independent if she gives me the slack I so desire.” You replied back to your much relieved driver, watching him take off his hat and then resettle it back onto his slicked back quiff of thick brown tresses.

“Could one ever tire from doing what one wants to do without any supervision?” Barnes supplicated, watching the mishief bubble within Lady Y/N’s cherubic face. He really needed to pay attention to the road more.

But she was so distracting, so enticing. So breathtaking he was afraid if he looked away for more than just a moment she’d vanish before his very eyes.

“I guess I’ll just have to find out for myself, won’t I Mr. Barnes?” You dared to jibe back, answering rather inappropriate questions from your Adonis driver.

Call me Bucky, if you wish, lingered on his tongue. But James held himself back, much to his own chagrin. How much did this job mean to him again? Bucky was damn near about to risk everything just to make Lady Y/N smile again. To hear the silver bells of her laughter chiming in his ears.

“I suppose you will, Lady Y/N.” Barnes winked, to which you involuntarily blushed at. Your cheeks flooded with a bright flush of pink, revealing the tell of your affection.

_

After a rather eventual ride to town, you felt as if the novelty of fashioning your new evening gown was dulled by your flagrant interaction with your new driver, Mr. Barnes.

He was the type of man Papa had always warned you about while you were away at Court- charming, lavicious, handsome. Barnes fit the bill for all such descriptive terms, but you knew there was more than what had met the eye.

You could hardly recall the dress being fitted on you or the seamstress sticking in pins to hem the length or the fit of the dress- your head was filled with daydreams of baby blues and strong hands gripped tight around the steering column.

Mr. Barnes came around at about half past 3, looking as crisp and dashing as ever, ready to pick you up and take you back to Winterbourne.

Had it been 3 hours already?

“How was your fitting, Lady Y/N?” Barnes threw over his shoulder, you settling into the carriage of the motor car as he started the engine up.

You smoothed out the front of your skirt as you tried to formulate an appropriate answer, one that wouldn’t reveal your current state of daydreaming.

“Well, it was quite alright. Got poked with a few pins here and there but it was an overall success. I should have my new evening gown by the end of week after next.” You said with a dainty smile and flit of your eyelashes, peering at Barnes occasionally to gauge his response.

“Well I’ll be. I’m most happy you enjoyed your first independent outing, Lady Y/N. And I’m most overjoyed I brought it into fruition.” Barnes replies with another subtle wink in your direction, you coming close to swooning over his debonair air about him.

He was bold; too bold. Too bold for a driver, but yet he fascinated you. You were all too willing to fall into the attractive grasp of your new chauffeur.

Keep it together, Y/N. You told yourself, even your own flushed body and racing heart refused to deny your attraction.

Keep it together.

[allingtonwithboscombe]

Outreach Post Office Service

Residents wanting local Post Office services should note that a Mobile Post Office branch (a big red specially adapted van with a normal shop counter) is available at the following locations: Newton Toney Memorial Hall car park, every Friday afternoon from 2.15pm-3.15pm; Shipton Bellinger, Londis Parkhouse Stores, SP9 7TW – Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.30am to 1.00pm and Winterbourne Dauntsey, Amenity car park, next to the Winterbourne Arms – Tuesdays 1.50pm to 3.45pm, Fridays 11.35am to 1.30pm.

The Mobile Post Office provides most of the services you’d expect from any local Post Office, including postage, home shopping returns, cash withdrawals, personal and business banking (on behalf of all High Street banks), pension collection, bill payments and phone top-ups. You can even get your car taxed for another year and you can buy and sell most foreign currencies.

In addition, the Mobile Post Office sells Health Lottery tickets, a range of stationery, greeting cards and a variety of sweets. Further information is available on their Facebook page MobilePostOffice

[bluesies]

LGBTQIA+ books coming out in 2017

there are a ton of lgbtqia+ books coming out this year so i decided to compile a list of all of them! if i made a mistake or if you know of a book that should be on this list but isn’t, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

JANUARY •flying lessons and other stories by ellen oh | jan 3 | diverse middle grade anthology •the cursed queen (the imposter queen #2) by sarah fine | jan 3 | wlw ya fantasy •wing jones by katherine webber | jan 5 | ya sports contemporary, wlw secondary character •history is all you left me by adam silvera | jan 17 | mlm ya contemporary •whiteout (seasons of love #1) by elyse springer | jan 24 | mlm contemporary romance •dreadnought by april daniels | jan 24 | ya superhero ft. trans mc •nor the battle to the strong (intertwined souls series: eva and zoe book 6) by mary d. brooks  | jan 24 | wlw historical fiction •the you i’ve never known by ellen hopkins | jan 24 | wlw ya contemporary •making love by aidan wayne | jan 30 | wlw fantasy romance •rogue magic by kit brisby | jan 30 | mlm urban fantasy   •our own private universe by robin talley | jan 31 | bi mc, ya contemporary •ida by alison evans | jan ? | bi mc+trans and non binary characters, sci fi/fantasy •flowers of luna by jennifer linsky | jan ? | wlw sci fi •warrior: a collection of short stories by antonica jones | jan ? | multiple lgbtqia+ protagonists, sci fi/fantasy ya anthology

FEBRUARY •the impasse (miles #3) by franci mcmahon | feb 1 | wlw western  •be safe by doug weaver | feb 2 | mlm literary fiction •my ladybird story by magus tor | feb 3 | trans mc, contemporary •claiming mister kemp (baleful godmother #3) by emily larkin  | feb 6 | mlm historical romance   •embers (common law #2) by kate sherwood | feb 6 | mlm, contemporary romance  •hacked up by ethan stone | feb 6 | mlm, mystery/thriller •working it (ringside romance #1) by christine d’abo | feb 6 | mlm, contemporary romance   •at the edge of the universe by shaun david hutchinson | feb 7 | mlm ya contemporary •island of exiles by erica cameron | feb 7 | bi mc, ya fantasy •the stars are legion by kameron hurley | feb 7 | wlw sci fi •once bitten by kate owen | feb 8 | wlw fantasy •the wolf and the moon by kayla bain-vrba | feb 8 | mlm fantasy •fighter (the brick yard #1) by carol lynne | feb 9 | mlm, sports contemporary •stolen ink (ink  born #1) by holly evans | feb 10 | mlm, fantasy/paranormal •as i am (all saints #3) by a.m. arthur | feb 13 | mlm, contemporary romance •half by eli lang | feb 13 | mlm, fantasy/paranormal  •hard wired (cyberlove #3) by megan erickson | feb 13 | mlm mc, m/m romance •amounting to nothing (tacoma mounted patrol #3) by karis walsh | feb 14 | wlw mystery •birthright by missouri vaun | feb 14 | wlw fantasy •crescent city confidential by aurora rey | feb 14 | wlw contemporary romance  •guarding mr. fine by helenkay dimon (tough love #3) | feb 14 | mlm, m/m romance •love down under by m.j. williamz | feb 14 | wlw contemporary romance  •love is love by mette bach | feb 14 | trans love interest, ya contemporary •same love by tony correria | feb 14 | mlm ya contemporary •the fury by camilla quinn | feb 14 | wlw fantasy   •the right kind of wrong by p.j. trebelhorn | feb 14 | wlw contemporary •we are okay by nina lacour | feb 14 | wlw ya contemporary  •wishing on a dream by julie cannon | feb 14 | wlw erotica  •worms of sin ( m’coul and ghoul series #2) by lyle blake smythers  | feb 14 | mlm, thriller   •a welded wave by z.a. tanis | feb 15 | trans+mlm mc, contemporary romance •behind bars (pandemonium #2) by meredith katz  | feb 15 | mlm, fantasy •cornwall is for lovers by h.p. medina | feb 15 | mlm mc, historical romance •finding fire (finding home #2) by shelia powell, liz mcmullen | feb 15 | wlw paranormal romance •humanity for beginners by faith mudge | feb 15 | wlw, fantasy/paranormal •peter darling by austin chant | feb 15 | trans+mlm mc, fantasy retelling •skyborn by helen maeve | feb 15 | wlw, fantasy •something there by jayne coleridge | feb 15 | wlw, contemporary romance •soundproof by c.a. blocke | feb 15 | mlm mcs, m/m romance •sparkwood by daria defore  | feb 15 | mlm, fantasy, romance •the death of israel leventhal by boom baumgartner | feb 15 | asexual, bi+homoroamntic+mlm characters, paranormal urban fantasy       •the last american hero by nicole field | feb 15 | trans+mlm mc, superhero/fantasy   •tread lightly by catherine lane | feb 15 | wlw, urban fantasy •when did thirty become such a big deal by alessandra ebulu | feb 15 | mlm, m/m romance  •you’re fired by shaya crabtree | feb 15 | wlw erotica •beneath the stars by lynn charles | feb 16 | mlm contemporary romance •dating ryan alback by j.e. birk | feb 20 | mlm, m/m romance  •a conjuring of light by ve schwab | feb 21 | bi+genderfluid mcs, ya fantasy •an unseen attraction by kj charles | feb 21 | mlm, m/m historical romance  •single malt (agents irish and whiskey #1) by layla reyne | feb 21 | mlm thriller •as la vista turns (queers of la vista #5) by kris ripper | feb 27 | wlw contemporary romance •10 things i can see from here by carrie mac | feb 28 | wlw ya contemporary  •a good idea by cristina moracho | feb 28 | bi mc, wlw, ya mystery/thriller

MARCH •a careful heart by ralph josiah bardsley | mar 1 | mlm contemporary •america #1 by gabby rivera & joe quinones | mar 1 | wlw mc, comic •fury's bridge (afterlife, inc. #1) by brey willows | mar 1 | wlw fantasy •darkness (common law #3) by kate sherwood | mar 6 | mlm mystery •the other f word by natasha friend | mar 7 | wlw parents, ya contemporary •the inexplicable logic of my life by by benjamin alire sáenzs | mar 7 | mlm parent, ya contemporary •the pants project by cat clarke | mar 7 | trans mc, middle grade contemporary •you’re welcome, universe by whitney gardner | mar 7 | wlw parents, ya contemporary •the northern heart (kingdom curses #2) by sasha l. miller | mar 7 | mlm fantasy •ghosts & ashes (broken moon #2) by f.t. lukens | march 10 | mlm ya sci-fi •attention to death by alisha abraham | march 10 | mlm, mystery/thriller •fair chance (all fair’s #3) by josh lanyon | march 13 | mlm, mystery •insight (the community #1) by santino hassell | march 13 | mlm fantasy   •sons of devils by alex beecroft | march 14 | mlm historical fantasy  •danced close (portland heat #6) by annabeth albert  | march 14 | mlm, m/m romance •divided nation, united hearts by yolanda wallace | march 14 | wlw historical •lightning strikes (lightning #1) by cass sellars | march 14  | wlw thriller •love in disaster by charlotte greene | march 14  | wlw erotica  •queens of geek by jen wilde | march 14 | wlw ya contemporary •secret hearts (romance #14) by radclyffe | march 14 | wlw contemporary •sins of our fathers by a. rose mathieu | mar 14 | wlw mystery •star-crossed by barbara dee | mar 14 | questioning mc, middle grade contemporary •the new old me: my late-life reinvention by meredith maran | mar 14 | wlw memoir •the sniper’s kiss by justine saracen | mar 14 | wlw historical  •troop 18 (a dr. kate morrison mystery #3) by jessica l. webb | mar 14 | wlw mystery •worthy of trust and confidence (agent o’connor #2) by kara mcleod | mar 14 | wlw mystery •future leaders of nowhere by emily o’beirne | mar 15 | wlw ya contemporary •in the direction of the sun by lucy j. madison | mar 15 | wlw contemporary •winterbourne's daughter by stephanie rabig | mar 15 | asexual, biromantic+bisexual, trans characters, and poly relationship, fantasy •growing pains (toronto connections #3) by cass lennox | mar 21 | mlm contemporary •shadow run by adrianne strickland | mar 21 | genderfluid+gay secondary characters, ya sci fi/fantasy •strays (urban soul #2) by garrett leigh | mar 27 | mlm contemporary romance •the lotterys plus one by emma donoghue  | mar 28 | wlw+mlm+transgender characters, childrens/middle grade contemporary •honestly ben (openly straight #2) by bill konigsberg | mar 28 | mlm ya contemporary •watch as my world ends by kayla bain-vrba | mar 29 | mlm fantasy   

APRIL •at attention (out of uniform #2) by annabeth albert | apr 1 | mlm, m/m romance   •death goes overboard (a detective heath barrington mystery #2) by david s. pederson | apr 1 | mlm historical mystery •relationship status (ethan & wyatt #3) by k.a. mitchell | apr 1 | mlm new adult contemporary •strawberry summer by melissa brayden | apr 1 | wlw contemporary romance •don't feed the trolls by erica kudisch | apr 3 | gender questioning mc, new adult contemporary •home fires (common law #4) by kate sherwood | apr 3 | mlm contemporary •loose cannon (the woodbury boys #1) by sidney bell | apr 3 | mlm contemporary •ashes to asheville by sarah dooley | apr 4 | wlw parents, ya contemporary  •get it together, delilah! by erin gough  | apr 4 | wlw ya conetmporary •the truth about goodbye by russel ricard | apr 4 | mlm contemporary •the paths we choose (lillac town #2) by m hollis | apr 6 | wlw mc, na contemporary •hopeless romantic by francis gideon | apr 10 | mlm+trans characters, contemporary •the upside of unrequited by becky albertalli | apr 11 | secondary wlw, ya contemporary  •razor's edge (american yakuza #3) by isabella | apr 11 | wlw thriller •placement by abby elise | apr 17 | bi mc+asexual+agender characters, dystopian  •wake up call by j.l. merrow | apr 17 | mlm contemporary romance •escape in time by robyn nox | apr 18 | wlw historical time travel •forget me not by kris bryant | apr 18 | wlw contemporary •highland fling by anna larner | apr 18 | wlw contemporary •meg & linus by hanna nowinski | apr 18 | wlw+mlm ya contemporary romance •phoenix rising (storm’s quarry #2) by rebecca harwell | apr 18 | wlw sci fi/fantasy •soul survivor by i. beacham | apr 18 | wlw contemporary romance •the edge of the abyss (the abyss surrounds us #2) by emily skrutskie | apr 18 | wlw ya sci fi/fantasy  •the girl on the edge of summer (micky knight #9) by j.m. redmann | apr 18 | wlw mystery •unknown horizons by c.j. birch | apr 18 | wlw sci fi  •city of dreams by sydney blackburn | apr 19 | mlm, fantasy/romance •puss in prada by marie jacquelyn | apr 19 | mlm, fantasy/paranormal •lumberjanes vol 6: sink or swim by shannon watters | apr 20 | wlw+trans characters, ya fantasy comic •necessary medicine by m.k. york | apr 24 | mlm contemporary romance •thaw (seasons of love #2) by elyse springer | apr 24 | wlw adult contemporary romance •back piece (skin deep inc. #1) by la witt | apr 25 | mlm, contemporary romance •looking for group by rory harrison | apr 25 | mlm+trans characters, ya contemporary

MAY •cask strength (agents irish and whiskey #2) by layla reyne | may 1 | mlm thriller •concourse (five boroughs #5) by santino hassell | may 1 | mlm, contemporary romance •risky behavior by l.a. witt | may 1 | mlm mystery/suspense, romance •georgia rules by nanci turner stevenson | may 2 | wlw parents, middle grade contemporary •how to make a wish by ashley herring blake | may 2 | wlw ya contemporary •my fairy godmother is a drag queen by david clawson | may 2 | mlm ya contemporary •noteworthy by riley redgate | may 2 | bi mc, ya contemporary •the dark prophecy (trials of apollo #2) by rick riordan | may 2 | bi mc+mlm, ya fantasy/mythology •bad beginnings by nicole field | may 3 | mlm, contemporary romance •the silksmith’s girl by reece pine | may 3 | intersex mc, historical fiction •release by patrick ness | may 4 | mlm, ya contemporary •the seafarer’s kiss by julia ember | may 4 | wlw fantasy retelling •bend by nancy j. hedin | may 8 | wlw contemporary •faking it (ringside romance #2) by christine d’abo | may 8 | mlm, contemporary romance •girlhood by cat clarke | may 9 | bi mc, ya contemporary mystery •it’s not like it’s a secret by misa sugiura | may 9 | wlw ya contemporary •ramona blue by julie murphy | may 9 | self-identified lesbian questioning (bi)sexuality, ya contemporary •undercover girl: the lesbian informant who helped the fbi bring down the communist party by lisa e. davis | may 9 | nonfiction •the penalty for holding (the games men play #2) by georgette gouveia | may 10 | mlm, contemporary •wish on the water (the sole experiement #3) by eve francis | may 10 | genderqueer love interest, contemporary •primal need by parker foye, holley trent, k.l. white | may 15 | mlm paranormal romance anthology •summer stock by vanessa north | may 15 | mlm contemporary romance •the alpha's claim by holley trent | may 15 | mlm paranormal romance •forsaken trust (luce hansen thriller #2) by meredith doench | may 16 | wlw, mystery •gatecrasher (the maverick heart cycle #2) by stephen graham king | may 16 | mlm, fantasy/speculative fiction •her best friend’s sister by meghan o’brien | may 16 | wlw, contemporary romance •letter of the law (lone star law series #3) by carsen taite | may 16 | wlw, mystery/thriller, romance •new life by jan gayle | may 16 | wlw, contemporary romance •rough patch by nicole markotic | may 16 | bi mc, ya contemporary •royal rebel (a royal romance story #2) by jenny frame | may 16 | wlw, contemporary romance •serendipity by max c. payne | may 16 | mlm, contemporary romance   •the love interest by cale dietrich | may 16 | mlm ya contemporary •this would make a good story someday by dana alison levy | may 16 | wlw parents, children’s contemporary •unbroken by donna k. ford  | may 16 | wlw, contemporary romance  •where the light glows by dena blake | may 16 | wlw, contemporary romance •wicked frat boy ways by todd gregory | may 16 | mlm, erotica  •straight expectations by peggy cryden | may 18 | nonfiction  •queer, there, and everywhere: 23 people who changed the world by sarah prager | may 23 | nonfiction  •eternity in an hour (eternity #1) by matthew merendo | may 24 | mlm, fantasy  •fraud twice felt (the oddities #2) by j.t. hall | may 29 | mlm, paranormal romance  •heels over head by elyse springer | may 29 | mlm, contemporary romance 

JUNE •troublemakers by catherine barter | june 1 | mlm side characters, ya contemporary •action (murmur inc. #2) by quinn anderson | june 5 | mlm, contemporary romance •on point (out of uniform #3) by annabeth albert | june 5 | mlm, contemporary romance •perfect ten by l. philips | june 6 | mlm ya contemporary romance •tash hearts tolstoy by kathryn ormsbee | june 6 | asexual mc, ya contemporary •from prejudice to pride: a history of the lgbtq+ movement by amy lamé | june 8 | nonfiction •american family by catherine marahsall-smith | june 13 | mlm, adult general fiction •an unnatural vice (sins of the cities #2) by kj charles | june 13 | mlm, historical romance •how to survive a summer by nick white | june 13 | mlm, adult general fiction     •marriage of a thousand lies by s.j. sindu | june 13 | mlm+wlw mcs, literary fiction •the gentlemen’s guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee | june 20 | bi/pan mc, mlm ya historical fiction •seduced by the tide (dragon soul #2) by sean michael | june 26 | mlm, paranormal romance/erotica •a destiny of dragons (the tales of verani #2) by tj klune | june ? | mlm+asexual characters, fantasy

JULY •love and other hot beverages by laurie loft | jul 3 | mlm, contemporary romance •spun! (the shamwell tales #4) by jl merrow | jul 3 | mlm, contemporary romance •the other five percent by quinn anderson  | jul 10 | mlm, contemporary romance •the art of starving by sam j. miller | july 11 | mlm ya contemporary •sovereign (nemesis #2) by april daniels | july 25 | ya superhero ft. trans mc •the backstagers vol. 1 by james tynion iv | july 25 | mlm fantasy comic •the gallery of unfinished girls by lauren karcz | july 25 | wlw ya contemporary

AUGUST •we now return to regular life by martin wilson | aug 1 | mlm ya contemporary •barrel proof (agents irish and whiskey #3) by layla reyne | aug 7 | mlm, suspense/romance •little & lion by brandy colbert | aug 8 | wlw ya contemporary •what is gender? how does it define us? and other big questions by juno dawson | aug 10 | nonfiction •the gang’s all queer: the lives of gay gang members by vanessa r panfil | aug 15 | nonfiction •dress codes for small towns by courtney c. stevens | aug 29 | ya contemporary questioning mc •illegal contact by santino hussel | aug ? | m/m romance •the tiger’s watch by julia ember | aug ? | genderfluid mc, ya fantasy

SEPTEMBER •girl made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust | sep 5 | wlw ya fantasy retelling •lgbtq politics:a critical reader by marla brettschneider, susan burgess, christine keating | sep 5 | nonfiction •mask of shadows by linsey miller | sep 5 | genderfluid mc, ya fantasy •they both die at the end by adam silvera | sep 5 | mlm ya sci fi contemporary •autoboyography by christina lauren | sep 12 | mlm ya/na contemporary romance    •caterpillars can’t swim by liane shaw | sep 12 | mlm mc, ya contemporary •echo after echo by amy rose capetta | sep 15 | wlw ya •kaleidoscope song by fox benwell | sept 19 | wlw ya •the queer history project: no way, they were gay? by lee wind | sep ? | middle grade nonfiction

OCTOBER •27 hours by tristina wright | oct 3 | mlm+wlw ya sci fi •that inevitable victorian thing by e.k. johnston | oct 3 | wlw ya sci-fi/fantasy •the ship of the dead (magnus chase and the gods of asgard #3) by rick riordan | oct 3 | genderfluid mc+non-labelled lgbtqia+ character, ya fantasy/mythology •the tiger’s daughter by k. arsenault rivera | oct 3 | wlw, ya fantasy •top ten by katie cotugno | oct 3 | bi mc, ya contemporary romance •like water by rebecca podos | oct 17 | wlw ya contemporary •the 57 bus by dashka slater | oct 17 | agender mc, ya •mick & michelle by nina rossing | oct ? | trans mc, ya contemporary •the consumption of magic (the tales of verani #2) by tj klune | oct ? | mlm+asexual characters, fantasy

NOVEMBER •boomerang by helene dunbar | nov 7 | mlm ya contemporary mystery •chainbreaker (timekeeper #2) by tara sim | nov 7 | mlm ya sci fi/steampunk

UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE •alan cole is not a coward by eric bell | ? | mlm middle grade contemporary •amelia westlake by erin gough | ? | wlw ya contemporary •here so far away by hadley dyer | ? | mlm ya contemporary •hold my hand by michael barakiva | ? | mlm ya contemporary •if found return to astropop by lucas hargis | ? | genderfluid mcs, ya contemporary •these books belong to ken z by r. zamora linmark | ? | mlm, ya contemporary

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Fiction Wither And Blossom | Oka Ja Kukinto By: Suvi Kauppila I have outlived my parents and my little brother. My memory isn’t what it used to be.

Oka Ja Kukinto | Wither And Blossom By: Suvi Kauppila Olen saatellut lepoon vanhempani ja pikkuveljeni. Muistini ei ole enää entisensä.

Faces and Thoughts | څېرې او اندېښنې By: Abdul wakil Sulamal Translated by: James Caron He had commissioned one of those mansions that people have nowadays, furnished with marble and stone, that he had just moved into two weeks ago.

څېرې او اندېښنې | Faces and Thoughts By: Abdul wakil Sulamal دا چې خداى ( ج) څنګه پرې دا هر څه لورولي وو ، دا اوږده کيسه ده ، خو صاحب چې اوس په کومو شنو او سروکې لوبېده ، هر سړى ورته ګوته په غاښ او هک پک حيران و . نه يې د پيسو شمېر کېده او نه هم د راز راز موټرو ، بنګلو او نورو حسابونو کتابونو … داسې ماڼۍ چې نن سبا دى په کې دېره و او پوره دوه اونۍ د مخه يې نوې رانيولې وه ، کله په خوب کې هم نه وه ليدلې او نه خو هم له ده سره کله داسې تصور

Reprint Shira | שירה By: Lavie Tidhar Nur remembered a paragraph from one of Tirosh’s poems, from the single book he published, two years before the twentieth century came to an end: “The morning rises: another train station…”

שירה | Shira By: Lavie Tidhar נור נזכרה בבית אחד משיר של תירוש, מהספר היחיד שהוא פרסם, שנתיים לפני סוף המאה העשרים: “הבוקר עולה; עוד תחנת רכבת. השמיים בכחול כהה ופנסי הרחוב דולקים; אנשים, כמו תיבות טבועות של אוצרות עתיקים, יושבים במצולותיהם. מוקדם מדי להתחיל בפעולות חילוץ: לשעה קלה, לפני שהשמש תזרח, אנחנו לבד.” היא לא אהבה את הדימוי, לא מצאה בו את המקוריות הדרושה כדי להפוך את השיר למשהו מעבר למשני, אבל עדיין… היא חשבה עליו עכשיו, מכיוון שבדרכו שלו, תירוש תפש, בשיר, מהות מסוימת של מסע. לתחנה היה שם רשמי בו לא נעשה שימוש; עבור תושבי העיר, לפחות, היה לה רק שם אחד, שילוב

Poetry Celestial Nirvana—written by the Curiosity Rover upon landing on Mars | 星球湼槃─為好奇號登陸火星而寫 By: Ko Hua Chen | 陳克華 Translated by: Annie Sheng I traveled eight and a half months to finally pay a visit to / Earth’s brother, separated and scattered a distance away

星球湼槃─為好奇號登陸火星而寫 | Celestial Nirvana–written by the Curiosity Rover upon landing on Mars By: Ko Hua Chen | 陳克華 走了八個半月終於得以拜見

Podcasts

Podcast: Wither And Blossom Art by: Suvi Kauppila Podcast read by: Anaea Lay Translated by: Suvi Kauppila In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Suvi Kauppila’s “Wither And Blossom.”

Podcast: Wither And Blossom – Finnish By: Suvi Kauppila Podcast read by: Suvi Kauppila Translated by: Suvi Kauppila In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Suvi Kauppila’s “Wither And Blossom – Finnish.”

Podcast: Faces and Thoughts By: Abdul wakil Sulamal Podcast read by: Anaea Lay In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Abdul wakil Sulamal’s “Faces and Thoughts.”

Podcast: Faces and Thoughts – Pashto By: Abdul wakil Sulamal Podcast read by: Abdul wakil Sulamal In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Abdul wakil Sulamal’s “Faces and Thoughts.”

Podcast: Shira By: Lavie Tidhar Podcast read by: Anaea Lay Translated by: Lavie Tidhar In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Lavie Tidhar’s “Shira.” The original Hebrew language version of this story was first published on the Israeli SFF Society website, by editor Nir Yaniv. It is also a reprint of the English version, originally published in The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, 2008.

Reviews

Monday: Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii, translated by Timothy Silver By: Rachel CordascoScience Fiction StoriesThe Worldless by Indrapramit Das Author spotlightDeath Every Seventy-Two Minutes by Adam-Troy Castro Author spotlightCome-from-Aways by Julian Mortimer Smith Author spotlightFantasy StoriesPhantom Pain by Eileen Gunn Author spotlightThe Debt of the Innocent by Rachel Swirsky Author spotlightThe Stone Lover by Marta Randall Author spotlightLa Peau Verte by Caitlín R. KiernanSoccer Fields and Frozen Lakes by Greg Kurzawa Author spotlightNonfictionEditorial, March 2017 by John Joseph AdamsTV Review: March 2017 by Joseph Allen HillBook Reviews: March 2017 by Amal El-Mohtar

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The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going Sarah Pinsker

Invasion of the Saucer-Men Dale Bailey

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A Singular Event in the Fourth Dimension Andrea M. Pawley

After the Atrocity Ian Creasey

Goner Gregory Norman Bossert

We Regret the Error Terry Bisson

POETRY

Mount Rushmore Marge Simon

Small Certainties Sara Polsky

Almost Certainly a Time Traveler Jarod K. Anderson

Surreal Axioms Bruce Boston

Note from Olympus Mons Robert Frazier

Rock, Paper, Scissors Robert Borski

DEPARTMENTS

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Reflections: Forty Years! Robert Silverberg

On the Net: Screen Dreams James Patrick Kelly

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The SF Conventional Calendar Erwin S. Strauss

Words from the Editor-in-Chief by Jason Sizemore

“Luminaria” by John Hornor Jacobs (Novelette)

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“Waste” by Mary Elizabeth Burroughs (Short Story)

“Jesus Christ, Reanimator” by Ken MacLeod (Short Story)

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Time Heals James C. Glass

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Unbearable Burden Gwendolyn Clare

Grandmaster Jay O’Connell

Alexander’s Theory of Special Relativity Shane Halbach

Concerning the Devastation Wrought by the Nefarious Gray Comma and Its Ilk: A Men in Tie-Dye Adventure Tim McDaniel

Ecuador vs Bug-eyed Monsters Jay Werkheiser

SCIENCE FACT

Sustainability Lab 101: Cuba as a Simulation of Possible Futures Stanley Schmidt

PROBABILITY ZERO

Hidden Intentions Mary E. Lowd

POETRY

Barriers J, Northcutt Jr.

Hypothesis/Assertion Daniel D. Villani

DEPARTMENTS

Guest Editorial: Future-Propfing the Near Future: Design Fiction for Global Education Nickolas Falkner

The Alternate View John G. Cramer

In Times to Come

The Reference Library Don Sakers

Brass Tacks

Upcoming Events Anthony Lewis

ISSUE 126, March 2017

FICTION

Two Ways of Living

by Robert Reed

Real Ghosts

by J.B. Park

Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe

by Naomi Kritzer

Crown of Thorns

by Octavia Cade

Goodnight, Melancholy

by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu

The Discovered Country

by Ian R. MacLeod

At the Cross-Time Jaunter’s Ball

by Alexander Jablokov

NON-FICTION

SF Short Fiction Markets in China: An Overview of 2016

by Feng Zhang

Howling at the Lunar Landscape: A Conversation with Ian McDonald

by Chris Urie

Another Word: Reading For Pleasure

by Cat Rambo

Editor’s Desk: Recognizing 2016

by Neil Clarke

PODCASTS

Two Ways of Living

by Robert Reed, read by Kate Baker

Real Ghosts

by J.B. Park, read by Kate Baker

Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe

by Naomi Kritzer, read by Kate Baker

Crown of Thorns

by Octavia Cade, read by Kate Baker

Goodnight, Melancholy

by Xia Jia, read by Kate Baker

The Discovered Country

by Ian R. MacLeod, read by Kate Baker

ART

Jungle Deep

by Sergei Sarichev

Fiction

No Regrets on Fourth Street by Lauren C. Teffeau

Shell Game by Tom Jolly

proLong by James Van Pelt

Defensive Posture by Eric Del Carlo

Real Rachel Winterbourne by Tim Jeffreys

Short on Thought, Quick on the Trigger by Dave Creek

Last Times by Jez Patterson

Natural Eyes by Benjamin Sonnek

Shorter Stories

Floating Rocks by L.L. Hill

Goddamn Marvel by James Wesley Reid

Ligeia is Waiting by Russell Hemmell

Articles

Drones in the Daffodils by Wyss Institute

Mapping Time Travel by Daniel M. Kimmel

NOVELLAS The Man Who Put the Bomp – Richard Chwedyk

NOVELETS Driverless – Robert Grossbach

Ten Half-Pennies – Matthew Hughes

The Avenger – Albert E. Cowdrey

SHORT STORIES

The Toymaker’s Daughter – Arundhati Hazra

A Green Silk Dress and a Wedding-Death – Cat Hellisen

Miss Cruz – James Sallis

Daisy – Eleanor Arnason

POEMS Spacemail Only – Ruth Berman

DEPARTMENTS Books to Look For – Charles de Lint

Musing on Books – Michelle West

Science: Robots in Your Pants – Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty

Films: The Language of Loss, Trust, and Heptapods – Kathi Maio

Coming Attractions – Curiosities – David Langford

CARTOONS Arthur Masear, Arthur Masear, Nick Downes

COVER Bryn Barnard for “The Man Who Put the Bomp”

From the Cloud Editorial

When I tried to go to England by Sarah Hart

Wind Farmers from Outer Space by Robert Cox

Hyter and the House That Stands by Steve Toase

Dissecting SF: The Enduring Influence of Kafka on Speculative Fiction by Lachlan Walter

Not Born of Woman—Artificial Wombs in the Vorkosigan Saga by Renée Turner

More Fiction

Auspicium Melioris Aevi by JY Yang

Rising Star by Stephen Graham Jones

With Cardamom I’ll Bind Their Lips by Beth Cato

The Red Secretary by Kameron Hurley (available Apr 04, 2017)

An Abundance of Fish by S. Qiouyi Lu (available Apr 04, 2017)

And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker (available Apr 04, 2017)

Poetry

time, and time again by Brandon O’Brien

Protestations Against the Idea of Anglicization by Cassandra Khaw

The Size of a Barleycorn, Encased in Lead by Bogi Takács (available Apr 04, 2017)

The Axolotl Inquest by Lisa M. Bradley (available Apr 04, 2017)

Editorials

The Uncanny Valley by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Essays

Act Up, Rise Up by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

Resistance 101: Basics of Community Organizing for SF/F Creators & Consumers, Volume One: Protest Tips and Tricks by Sam J. Miller

Thank You, Patreon Supporters! by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas

Fandom in the Classroom by Paul Booth (available Apr 04, 2017)

A Work of Art Is a Refuge and Resistance by Dawn Xiana Moon (available Apr 04, 2017)

#beautifulresistance by Shveta Thakrar (available Apr 04, 2017)

Interviews

Interview: Stephen Graham Jones by Julia Rios

Interview: Sarah Pinsker by Julia Rios (available Apr 04, 2017)

The Editor’s Word

FICTION BRAGGING RITES by Samantha Murray

THE TRAGEDY OF THE DEAD IS THAT THEY CANNOT CRY by Sunil Patel

THE LOYAL ORDER OF BEASTS by Kay Kenyon

YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE PAST by George Nikolopoulos

IT TAKES A SPECIAL-SPECIAL PERSON by Andrea G. Stewart

LOCKED ROOM by Kevin J. Anderson

GOLF TO THE DEATH by Alex Shvartsman

MY MONSTER CAN BEAT UP YOUR MONSTER by Brennan Harvey

THE OBSERVER by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

YOUR GRIEF IS IMPORTANT TO US by Yaroslav Barsukov

DO NOT CALL ME BENTO by Tina Gower

IN THE GROUP by Robert Silverberg

INTERVIEW Mike Resnick by Joy Ward

SERIALIZATION Double Star (Part 2) Heinlein’s First Hugo Winner by Robert A. Heinlein

COLUMNS From the Heart’s Basement by Barry N. Malzberg

Science Column by Gregory Benford

Recommended Books by Bill Fawcett & Jody Lynn Nye

Issue #222 — Mar. 30, 2017

The Shark God’s Child

Jonathan Edelstein

Nightshade

J.W. Halicks

Audio Fiction Podcast:

Nightshade

J.W. Halicks

Forever magazine

Forever has reprints by Ian McDonald, T.R. Napper, and Ken Liu.

Fiction: The Influence Machine by Sean McMullen illustrated by Richard WagnerA Death in the Wayward Drift by Tim Akers illustrated by Richard WagnerStill Life With Falling Man by Richard E. Gropp illustrated by Richard WagnerA Strange Kind of Beauty by Christien Gholson illustrated by Martin HanfordThe Common Sea by Steve Rasnic Tem

Guest Editorial by Steve Rasnic Tem

Future Interrupted: #Resistance Jonathan McCalmont

Time Pieces: The Voyage Home Nina Allan

Ansible Link David Langford

Reviews: Book Zone Peter Tennant, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Jonathan McCalmont, Stephen Theaker, Elaine Gallagher, Duncan Lunan, Jack Deighton, John Howard, Lawrence Osborn

Mutant Popcorn Nick Lowe

  CURRENT ISSUES: Periodical SF, Fantasy & Horror Current Issues is an occasional feature (mostly monthly) that provides a round up of the content of periodical SF, fantasy and horror.

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L, M, N for the fic writers ask !!!!!

A Place to Call Home was a very personal story, so while I understood what Blaine was going through very well, it was still emotional draining to write a lot of the more intense scene, even if it was cathartic.

The ones that were more challenging would be look, look at you, and, currently, like it hasn't been forever. I had very specific ideas for how Blaine would be feeling and how Sebastian would be feeling and actually getting those emotions across was very challenging, and part of why it's taking so long for me to update like it hasn't been forever is because I still working on getting it just right.

Look, look at you specifically started out as a Klaine fic that I wrote almost 3000 words and four aborted attempts at making it work before I eventually realized, it was just supposed to be a Seblaine fic, and even then it was difficult. It's an idea I would love to explore more but I'm not sure if I am currently capable, but maybe in the future.

I probably have way stranger AU ideas from when I was younger, but I've almost certainly forgotten them now. Some of my favorite au ideas were usually polyam stories. Like I had this very fun throuple soulmates Sebklaine AU where Kurt got Sebastian's name on his wrist, Sebastian got Blaine's, and Blaine got Kurt's and it would take them a while to first work out what was going on and then why it would mean.

I had a d/s universe Starklaine idea (though I've contemplated writing it as Sebklaine, simply because I'm more comfortable with writing that) where Kurt has never been sure of his status but simply decided he would be a Dom, because it fit him fine and he couldn't imagine submitting to anyone he knows, so it must be the right choice. But then he meets Elliot and it makes him question everything, because suddenly he does have a desire to submit. And after a while he gets comfortable in his identity as a sub, until Elliot takes in Blaine, an abused sub, through some sort of... Foster type company? And suddenly Kurt's upset at first that his boyfriend suddenly has another sub living at his place, and he's jealous and upset, but Blaine is just so sweet and slowly he starts caring for him and wanting to take care of him and he realizes he wants to dominate him and he panics because he doesn't understand what that means. And basically Kurt is an oblivious switch because switch!Kurt is the best.

I really hope to write that one day, but as it stands, it's a ways down the road.

Oh and I can also talk about how my Mrs. Winterbourne Seblaine AU existed for years in my brain as an mpreg fic, because I wasn't an experienced enough writer to figure out how to make that fic work without going that route and having it be a straight adaptation of the movie.

Currently I'm really excited about how it's shaping up, and, actually, Klueless has really inspired me with the way you've kept the heart of the movie without it being a scene for scene AU, it's helped me through a number of my plot hangups where i felt like I was trying to hard to make it exactly like the movie.

I'm just really excited it see how some of the changes I've made to the plot fit into the original narrative. Specifically I'm really liking the deeper connection I've been able to create between Blaine and Sebastian as they both grieve their brothers together, whereas in the original movie, Connie hadn't actually lost anyone in the same way Bill had. It just makes the enemies to lovers more fun when Blaine is both actively very annoyed at Sebastian and also deeply understands the pain he is feeling.

I am currently on a train to New York right now, which does mean I'm suddenly very tempted to work on my Mrs. Winterbourne AU, but I specifically didn't bring my laptop so I would be encouraged to focus on reading while on this trip 🙃🙃