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The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter
Vol 2 Issue 28
Note: In my ongoing effort to expand The Skinny, I've decided to add *Subscription Sites" info to the "Professional Blogs" section of the newsletter. That away, if there's an LJ author(s) who also has a subscription site to their works, I can promote them as well. If you know of other lj m/m author(s) w/subscription sites, please let me know!
Art and Photography:
shinigamishimai announces she is well underway to finishing Ch. 4 of the yuri manga Inside OuT (f/f)
Communities and Calls for Submissions:
origslash_rants is a place for readers to discuss original slash stories.
emlynley announces Ravenous Romance is extending the deadline for their GLBT Fairy Tales Anthology as they need more m/m submissions.
At erotic_authors, erastes announces LifeBytes Books is looking for submissions for their Online Dating anthology and Phaze Books is looking for submissions for their M/M & Menage Steampunk anthology.
Discussions:
At writing_sex, sptmbrwind has a question about whipped cream and body heat.
At writers_loft. afineromance talks about writer's block and aeriedraconia wants to know what makes you look and read.
marquesates talks about integrity of the author's voice.
At Reviews by Jesse Wave, erastes talks about the age of consent.
Miscellaneous:
At dsfics, lothy is asking if anyone's interested in a comment fic challenge.
storm_grant has been asked to do a reading at a bookstore and wanted to know if anyone had any advise or experiences they'd like to share with her. She also has some info about publishing stats she thought other authors would be interested in reading.
tsaiko is looking for names.
valarltd is looking for help from Hebrew speakers.
At sapphicscribes, marygriggs provides info about the 2009 Golden Crown Literary Conference centered around lesbian literature.
Multi-Chaptered Fiction:
doreiku has posted Ch. 3 of Pretty boy x Scary Man (m/m, yaoi, rape, incest, angst).
thetowerxvi has posted Ch. 7 of Reaching out to the stars (m/m, yaoi, slavefic, dubcon, abuse).
elkica has posted Ch. 4 of Better late than never (m/m, yaoi).
fran_fic has posted Ch. 9 of The Red Braid (m/m, teen, non-con, violence, torture).
ocotillo_dawn has posted Ch. 6 of Esperanza (m/m, dystopian scifi).
tigermalt has posted Ch. 1 of Friday's Sin (m/m, contemp).
capaea has posted Ch. 2 of Foxglove (m/m, supernatural).
jessica_freely has posted Ch. 6 of Ameranth & Ash (m/m, fantasy, h/c, noncon, violence).
shirafuzzy has posted Ch. 28 of Jonathan's Puzzle (m/m-poly, slave fic).
duskpeterson has posted Rebirth 4: In Training (m/m, prisonfic, violence, historical au).
skeptics_secret has posted Pain, 4th in the Sevin Sins series.
silver_etoile has posted Ch. 2 of Blame the Night (m/m, contemp).
kittyquat has posted Ch. 3 of Eternal Damnation (m/m, yaoi, scifi, futurefic, violence).
luthienberen has posted Ch. 21 of The Werewolf Chronicles (m/m, superntural).
yume_itsuka has posted Ch. 4 of Blood Stained Roses (m/m, yaoi, supernatural).
maldoror_gw has posted Ch. 13 of Out (m/m, supernatural).
Professional Blogs/Subscription Sites:
matthewtime publishes "In This Land", a m/m series that is updated every Friday .
In case anyone missed this, maderr, nikerymis, and rykaine have put out Less Than Three Presses and Torquere Press has A Turn of the Screw, which features stories by various authors w/LJs. Note: Info about Less Than Three can also be found at lt3_network.
Professional Fiction:
Released by Changling Press:
Sweet Oblivion 3: Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price (m/m)
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Released by Dreamspinner Press:
Kid Christmas Meets Snow Globes by Eric Arvin (m/m)
Extreme Bull by Catt Ford (m/m)
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Released by Loose-ID:
Dreaming of Dragons by T. A. Chase (m/m)
Surf 'N' Turf by Scott & Scott (m/m)
Diablo Blanco Club: Under Control by Qwillia Rain (m/m)
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Released by MLR:
Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas Volume #2 by Josh Lanyon (m/m).
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Released by Torquere Press:
Blind Desire by ID Locke (m/m)
The One That Was Lost by TC Blue (m/m)
Security by Mike Shade (m/m/m/m)
Reviews:
Speakitsname has multi reviews and links and resources for Gay Historical Fiction.
Uniquely Pleasurable is a site that has "Links and reviews for homoerotic and lesbian fiction, art and other media"
reviewsbyjesse reviews, and more, for originalslash (m/m) stories.
elisa_rolle reviews many and various gltb stories and novels at her website.
the_slash_pile has originalslash stories, art, and more.
krisngoodbooks, emmyjag, and slashreaders posts reviews of m/m profictions stories.
marquesates reviews Jane Seville's "Zero at the Bone".
duskpeterson reviews Clare London's "Freeman".
Short and/or Stand Alone Stories:
Note: Information on submissions to the newsletter can be found here. Additionally, please feel free to pass on info about comms, recs, or other original/femmeslash fics, arts, etc. in the comments to this post or send me an email at gweneniriol@livejournal.com. Thanks!
Newsletter Key:
M/M: male slash
F/F: female slash
NSFW: not safe for work
MPREG: male pregnancy
BDSM: bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism
non-con: non-consensual sex
dub-con: dubious consent
multi: multiple partners
poly: polyamory
contemp: contemporary
scifi: science fiction
teen: teenage character(s)