The Skinny Newsletter's Journal

The Skinny Newsletter: Vol 2, Issue 22
The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter
Vol 2 Issue 22

Note: I've added a new section titled "Professional Blogs". This section will be a place with links to blogs of authors that are syndicated on livejournal. If there's a syndicated blog you'd like linked to, and it's not listed, please let me know so I can add it to the next issue. :D

Art and Photography:

mkeegan links to the art cover for Legends.

aggybird post pictures of characters from her "sparrow through the heart" verse here and here. She also posts a picture of a character from her "Greg the Vampire" verse here.

yuri,

shinigamishimai has posted links to Ch. 2 of her manga Inside Out.

Beta Requests:

find_me_a_beta,

zombie_owen is looking for a beta for her original fiction.

Communites and Calls for Submissions:

erotic_authors,

erastes posts a call of submission from Forbidden Passion Press for "'forbidden' romance genres, particularly ménage, BDSM, homoerotic and capture/abduction stories from authors who are passionate about erotic romance" and that Wilde Oats is looking for submissions for some of their anthologies.

Discussion:

torquere_social,

aaron_michaels asks what places readers have visted or would like to visit.

rosestoo wants to know, "What do you call a story which is slashy, very close to being sexual, but never takes that extra step?"

Miscellaneous:

maderr,

rykaine, and

nikerymis have announced the opening of their serial fiction site, Less than Three Press. They also have an LJ community,

lt3_network for updates on the site.

ah_gayfiction,

tinocka asks which story, by a Czech original slash writer, readers would be interested in her translating into English.

the_originals,

creativepseudo annouces the opening of an LJ community for original fictional characters, Freddy and Davey.

eroticjames links to an interview at Rainbow Reviews.

morgan_cian has updated the links on the Texas Index page.

erastes announces Transgressions and Speaks It's Name are availabe at Tescos online.

Multi-Chaptered Fiction:

ocotillo_dawn has posted the completed version of The Violet and the Tom (m/m, D/s, slavery).

skeptics_secret has posted Silence, the third in the Seven Sins series (m/m).

aggybird has posted Ch. 11 of sparrow through the heart (m/m).

kayakun has posted Ch. 1 of Comfort: Resolutions (m/m).

jupiterrhode has posted Ch. 6 of Dead Boyfriend (m/m, supernatural).

rosestoo has posted Ch. 2 of A Quiet Manor (m/m, violence, slavefic).

mexta has posted Ch. 11 of Jack Accepts (m/m, slave, bdsm).

juliandahling has posted Ch. 3 of you, me, and henry rollins (m/m, contemp).

me_ya_ri has postec Ch. 26 of Debts to Recover (m/m, slavery, scifi).

marika_kailaya has posted Ch. 35 of Burning the Sound (m/m, supernatural).

blushingivory has posted Ch. 1 of I Capture the Sun (m/m, yaoi, sci-fi, fantasy, action/adventure).

in_themeantime has posted Ch. 5 of The Virago (f/f, historical) and Ch. 2 of Locked Up (f/f, prisonfic, contemp).

xxdarksaviorxx has posted Ch. 1 of Love in Oregon (m/m, contemp).

Professional Fiction:

Released by Torquere Press:

Keeping Karma by Tory Temple (m/m).

Rover by Mel Spenser (m/m).

Other Magical Creatures edited by M. Rode (m/m/f).

The Whole Deal by Lorne Rodman (m/m).

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Released by Changling Press:

The Cat House 3: Cat Fancy by Julia Talbot (m/m/f).

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Released by Loose-ID:

Common Powers 3: Edward, Unconditionally by Lynn Lorenz (m/m).

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Released by Dreamspinner Press:

Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville (m/m).

Dissonance by Sonja Spencer (m/m).

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Released by MLR:

Turner & Turner: One Good Turn by Amber Green (m/m).

Freeman by Clare London (m/m).

Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow (m/m).

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Released by Samhain Publishing:

Adder by Ally Blue (m/m).

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Other Publishers:

duskpeterson has released Love in Dark Settings Ominbus (m/m, gen, darkfic, h/c, and a bit of het).

Professional Blogs:

Ann Somerville's Journal (aka

logophilos_blog).

The Macaronis (aka

historicromance).

The World According to Mel (aka

mel_keegan).

Recs and 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".

elisa_rolle reviews many and various gltb stories and novels at her website.

the_slash_pile has originalslash stories, art, and more.

jessewave posts updates for the Reviews by Jessewave blog.

storm_grant has posted some reviews for her novel, GYM DANDY, and a review for Steve Berman's Vintage.

erastes posts a link to a review of False Colors done by Alex Beecroft at Dear Author.

Short/Stand Alone Stories:

morgan_cian has posted Bathtimes and Rewards (m/m, D/s, non-angst).

jessica_freely has posted Easter Sunday (m/m, contemp).

maculategiraffe has posted an Untitled fic set in the Slave Breakers 'Verse (m/m, slavefic).

tygati has posted a Nameless slithery drabble (m/m).

holyfant has posted Voiceless (f/f, greek mythology).

cyandragonfly has posted Frames (f/f, contemp).

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)