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Other People
by Francis GideonCarl Bodewell and John Fitzgerald broke up nearly a month ago, much to Carl’s relief. When he gets a call from his ex, he dreams of telling John off. He’d love to never have to deal with the man again But John has been attacked, and he killed the attacker in self-defense. Now he needs help disposing of the body.As the two begin to clean up and hide the evidence, Carl thinks back to the beginning of their relationship, their trip to Maine together, and their eventual break-up. Carl has always believed he ended the relationship because John was too clingy. But after seeing the crime scene, hearing the story behind it, and remembering his own past, Carl begins to doubt all the things he used to take for granted. By morning, Carl wonders if seeing other people was really such a good idea, especially if John is really the only man he can depend on.
Other People's Mothers
by Julie Marie WadeThis coming-of-age memoir explores the relationship between a daughter, her mother, and the other mothers present in their lives, revealing a young woman grappling with complex messages about who she is permitted—or destined—to become.
Other Side of the Line
by Marguerite LabbeCaleb Hudson and Hal Zimmer became best friends the day they stood up against the schoolyard bully together. Life's complicated enough with their friendship crossing racial lines in 1960s Charleston, South Carolina, but as time passes, they realize it's more than their friendship that sets them apart from other kids. At first, Caleb denies his feelings for Hal could be more than companionship. He supports his friend when Hal admits he's gay, but Caleb isn't ready to face his own truth. Hal becomes a staunch antiwar protester, and the divide between them widens after Caleb is drafted. But when Caleb returns from Vietnam, the time for denial is over. His homecoming sets off a series of events that force Caleb and Hal to confront their desires and what lines they're willing to cross to get what they truly want out of life.
Other Women
by Lisa AltherCaroline is a giver—as an ER nurse, as devoted lover to her partner, Diane, as a divorced mother of two boys, and as the daughter of world-class do-gooders—but can she accept help from others and still be herself? When trauma cases in the ER leave Caroline emotionally paralyzed and her relationship with her partner, Diane, breaks down, she knows its time to take a look at her life and do something she&’d never imagined: go to therapy. Her therapist, Hannah, knows a thing or two about sacrifice and pain. A former war bride, Hannah may live a seemingly cozy domestic life with her beloved husband and two grown children, but she can&’t forget her own harrowing past. As she and Caroline work together, each comes to understand and admire the resilient woman sitting before her. A poignant look at the human need for acceptance, Other Women is a thoughtful novel about how a life examined is worth living. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lisa Alther, including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.
Other Words for Smoke
by Sarah Maria GriffinTwins Mae and Rossa’s summer away from home becomes life altering when they discover a house full of witches, experience devastating first love, and face a dark power beyond any imagining. <P><P>Sarah Maria Griffin’s haunting and literary sophomore novel explores the balance between love and fear, weakness and power, and the lengths one will go to claim one’s freedom. For fans of Libba Bray’s The Diviners and Maggie Stiefvater’s All the Crooked Saints. <P><P>When the women from the house at the end of the lane went missing, none of the townspeople knew what happened. <P><P> A tragedy, they called it. <P><P>Only twins Mae and Rossa know the truth about that fateful summer. <P><P>Only they know about the owl in the wall, the uncanny cat, the insidious creatures that devour love and fear. <P><P>Only they know the trials of loving someone who longs for power, for freedom, for magic. <P><P>Only they know what brought everything tumbling down around them. And they’ll never, ever breathe a word. <P><P>With an unusual structure spanning five summers, intriguing characters, and a dark mystery, this uncommon novel will appeal to readers of Rin Chupeco’s The Bone Witch and Madeleine Roux’s House of Furies.
Other Worlds Than These Box Set
by J. M. SnyderEight short speculative stories of gay men celebrating love and lust in worlds vastly different from our own. Contains the stories:Escape: When a prison ship crash-lands, Delta-23 replicate Davin jumps at the chance to meet someone different. A prisoner onboard, Trace uses the crash as an opportunity to escape, but the last thing he expects is to meet a replicate eager to get up close and personal with a natural-born.Navigator's Log: Tylar Daire is the navigator on a space mission whose focus is to discover a cure for a mysterious illness killing colonists on Terra. The crew consists of the captain, a soldier for protection, a scientist to study the virus, Tylar himself, and hot-shot ace pilot Rion Z'ev. From the moment Tylar and Rion meet, sparks fly.Parking Lot Hero: It's the weekend of the Super Bowl. Vic is looking forward to a quiet Saturday with his lover, Matt. But when a trio of ruffians terrorize their landlady in the parking lot of the local grocery story, Vic finds the superhero in him called to action.Star-Crossed: On the night of his graduation from the Betelgeuse Flight Academy, Reth finally managed to corner the flamboyant Xan Anders. But what he hoped would be a tender moment that might lead to something more was interrupted when Xan slipped away. Seven months later, Reth is surprised to find all the old feelings still remain when he runs into Xan again.The Bard's Song: Taurin is the king's knight, but he has a weakness for song. When he hears of a new bard performing at Jeanty's Inn, he has to go see the half-elf flautist for himself. Quim's music is captivating, and Taurin returns to the Inn a second night. The knight's interest is evident to the bard, who invites Taurin to his room for a private performance.The Fall: Gabe fell in love with Luce the moment they met. Unfortunately, love is a forbidden emotion among angels, and their sin costs one of them his wings.VR Palace: In a future where pleasure is bought in virtual reality parlors, one man creates the perfect lover. Spun from binary code, everything he could want in a boy except real ... or is he?World Enough and Time: The world is coming to an end. Allan is pretty sure that’s the only explanation for the rain of salt that’s been falling for days, killing people in the streets and bringing Armageddon on a bit sooner than everyone expected. Then he meets Ricky.
Other girls: Who are these other girls ?
by Solène KateLouise is nineteen and is graduating from high school. She doesn't know what to do with her life but she has a dream: becoming a novelist. The problem is: she never fell in love. To give credibility to her stories, her best friend creates a profile for her on the new dating app that’s trending throughout France, with revolutionary facial recognition capacity: GRAVITATION. Louise is struck when she discovers her list of compatibilities which consists only of women.
Others' Milk: The Potential of Exceptional Breastfeeding
by Kristin J. WilsonBreastfeeding rarely conforms to the idealized Madonna-and-baby image seen in old artwork, now re-cast in celebrity breastfeeding photo spreads and pro-breastfeeding ad campaigns. The personal accounts in Others’ Milk illustrate just how messy and challenging and unpredictable it can be—an uncomfortable reality in the contemporary context of high-stakes motherhood in which “successful” breastfeeding proves one’s maternal mettle. Exceptional breastfeeders find creative ways to feed and care for their children—such as by inducing lactation, sharing milk, or exclusively pumping. They want to adhere to the societal ideal of giving them “the best” but sometimes have to face off with dogmatic authorities in order to do so. Kristin J. Wilson argues that while breastfeeding is never going to be the feasible choice for everyone, it should be accessible to anyone.
Otherworldly
by F.T. LukensA sceptic and a supernatural creature get more than they bargain for when they make crossroads deal to save themselves. A perfect LGBT+ romantic fantasy for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Margaret Rogerson and Adam Silvera! Ellery doesn&’t believe in magic. Sure, they&’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but there&’s got to be a scientific explanation for that. They&’re more concerned with working hard to send money back to the family farm than with whether there&’s a goddess out there who could put a stop to it.Knox has been trapped in the human realm for years. In service to a powerful witch for a decade, Knox is finally freed when her crossroads deal meets its terms. But Knox isn&’t sure he wants to return to the Other World, especially since his queen seems to have abandoned him. When a chance encounter finds Ellery coming to Knox&’s rescue, they're suddenly face to face with a (annoyingly attractive) guy who claims to be a supernatural familiar – something they definitely don&’t believe. But Ellery needs a way to stop the endless winter and save their family farm, and Knox needs a human who can tether him to their realm. A crossroads deal can&’t go wrong, can it?Funny, subversive, romantic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author F. T. Lukens. Look out for So This is Ever After, In Deeper Waters and Spell Bound.
Otherworldly
by F.T. LukensA New York Times bestseller! A skeptic and a supernatural being make a crossroads deal to achieve their own ends only to get more than they bargained for in this &“irresistible elixir of romance and suspense&” (Kirkus Reviews) from the New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After.Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a region where people swear the supernatural is real. Sure, they&’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but there&’s got to be a scientific explanation. If goddesses were real, they wouldn&’t abandon their charges like this, leaving farmers like Ellery&’s family to scrape by. Knox is a familiar from the Other World, a magical assistant sent to help humans who have made crossroads bargains. But it&’s been years since he heard from his queen, and Knox is getting nervous about what he might find once he returns home. When the crossroads demons come to collect Knox, he panics and runs. A chance encounter down an alley finds Ellery coming to Knox&’s rescue, successfully fending off his would-be abductors. Ellery can&’t quite believe what they&’ve seen. And they definitely don&’t believe the nonsense this unnervingly attractive guy spews about his paranormal origins. But Knox needs to make a deal with a human who can tether him to this realm, and Ellery needs to figure out how to stop this winter to help their family. Once their bargain is struck, there&’s no backing out, and the growing connection between the two might just change everything.
Otra luna enterrada
by Guillermo EstiballesOtra luna enterrada constituye una atmósfera de fábula donde la naturaleza tiene voz propia y donde los antiguos hechizos cobran vida en la voz y la presteza de un joven descendiente de sefardíes. Buñol (Valencia), siglo XIX. Teodoro el judío, Julia la gitana y Alberto el andaluz se conocen desde niños y, por avatares del destino, sabiendo aprovechar un horrible suceso acaecido a la muchacha, ellos dos consiguen llevar su amor al término que siempre desearon. Así pues, los tres consiguen convivir bajo el mismo techo en una sociedad rural que, a priori, no admite una relación entre dos hombres. Pero el destino es un traicionero bastardo y pronto los problemas tocarán a la puerta en esta inusitada familia, pues en el pueblo vive Roberto Cotino, hijo pródigo de un poderoso empresario que, obsesionado con la muchacha y enemistado desde antaño con el judío, sacudirá los cimientos hasta desbaratar sus planes de felicidad y convivencia. Pero Julia tiene otros planes y una poderosa herramienta: Sabiero el autómata, la creación de su amigo Teodoro. Una novela pincelada con las luces y oscuridades de los primeros librepensadores españoles, en una tierra que se recupera después más de cincuenta años de guerra civil, mientras avanza a traspiés ante el cambio social y tecnológico de aquella no tan lejana época. Una novela ambientada en el costumbrismo sobrenatural de siglo XIX y en las raíces de la intrahistoria española. La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela costumbrista que se inmiscuye en una pequeña logia de Buñol (Valencia), para hablarnos de un siglo XIX íntimo y la relación entre personas, máquinas y naturaleza.»Fantasymundo «Buscaba algo diferente y lo he encontrado. ¿Sabes esos argumentos tan locos que no sabes si va a serun completo fracaso o un acierto absoluto? Pues en este caso al autor le ha resultado positivo.»Diario de una Chicka Lit «Una novela genial, increíble e imaginativa.»La historia en mis libros
Otras versiones de lo nuestro: La historia de amor en la que caben todas las historias de amor. Tú decides cómo termina
by Esperanza Luque¿Y si pudieses volver atrás y elegir un destino distinto? La novela romántica interactiva en la que TÚ eres la protagonista. Todos pensamos en ese amor que pudo haber sido. Esa decisión que pudo cambiarlo todo. Ese momento que marcó nuestro destino. ¿Y si pudieses volver atrás y tomar otro camino?Charlotte ha conseguido recomponer su vida después de que le rompieran el corazón, pero no deja de preguntarse en qué momento su vida tomó el rumbo equivocado. Cuando se le presenta la oportunidad de cambiar su pasado, Charlotte no lo duda. Esta vez, acertará en sus decisiones. ¿Pero qué camino es el correcto?¿Caer rendida en brazos del chico malo del instituto? ¿O quizás en los de chica más popular? ¿Vivir el primer amor junto a su mejor amigo? ¿O arriesgar su corazón y su vida en un romance épico más allá del tiempo? Su destino está en tus manos. Reseñas:«Sorprendente y muy original, Esperanza Luque viene con todo (¡y de todo!) para contarnos una historia que son tres que son muchas más, todas llenas de amor y de respuestas a esos ¿y si...? que nos surgen cuando dudamos de haber escogido bien nuestro camino».Clara Cortés, autora de Somos astronautas. «¡Por finun libro en el que la prota elige siempre a quien tú querías!».Raquel Brune, autora de la saga Brujas y nigromantes y Oscura es la noche.
Otros nombres del arcoiris: Alegatos contra el machismo
by Braulio PeraltaOtros nombres del arcoíris es un libro necesario para adentrarnos al mosaico de la sexualidad humana. La clandestinidad fue el único espacio para que la minoría lésbico-gay expresara no sólo su erotismo, sino también su forma de ser y vivir. En los setenta surgen los colectivos en defensa de sus derechos humanos. Braulio Peralta ofrece su historia: crónicas de los orígenes de la disidencia gay en México, aquella que con ímpetu buscó un lugar desde el cual existir en igualdad y diversidad junto con el resto de la sociedad. Aquí desfilan personajes valientes y contradictorios, episodios dolorosos como la epidemia del sida, actos de odio -la homofobia-, los prejuicios sin base La denuncia y crítica que Peralta ejerce no va sólo en contra de ciertos sectores segregacionistas o de diversas instituciones represoras, también muestra las incoherencias y peligros del movimiento LGBTTTI. Otros nombres del arcoíris -con fotografías de Maritza López- es un libro necesario para adentrarnos al mosaico de la sexualidad humana.
Otter
by Ben LadouceurMoving from the absurdity of the First World War to the chaos of today's cities, where men share beds, bottles of ouzo and shade from willow trees, these poems ask questions: If your lover speaks in his sleep, how do you know 'you' is you? What good is it to decorate a headstone? What if you think of the perfect comeback to a six-year-old argument? Otter fails, with style, to find answers.
Our Broken Sky
by Sarah HarianIn The Wicked We Have Done, readers were introduced to Valerie Crane. But you don't know her the way you think you do. This is her story... Valerie has always been different from her identical twin Veda. Tattooed, fiery, and foul-mouthed, Valerie acts on instinct, getting even with anyone who wrongs her passive, sensitive sister. At twenty-two, Veda doesn't want to seek revenge against the three young men who raped her. As for Val... Val never could manage her anger well. As far as Val sees it, the Compass Room is simply a quicker way for her to die--payment for the crime she feels no guilt over. There isn't a reason to fight, not until a girl as broken as she is reminds Val of what it's like to hope... Includes a preview of the next Chaos Theory novel, A Vault of Sins
Our Colors (Pantheon Graphic Library)
by Gengoroh TagameA mesmerizing coming-of-age and coming-out graphic novel by the genius writer-artist of the Eisner Award–winning breakout hit My Brother&’s HusbandSet in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda: a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds, governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His best friend and childhood confidant is Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should be) his girlfriend; and it would be the easiest thing to play along—she knows he is gay but knows, too, how hard it is to live one&’s truth in their situation. Sora&’s world changes forever when he meets Mr. Amamiya, a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop, and who is completely, unapologetically out as a gay man. A mentorship and friendship ensues, as Sora comes out to him and agrees to paint a mural in the shop, and Mr. Amamiya counsels him (platonically) about how to deal with who he is. But it won&’t be easy. Mr. Amamiya paid a high price for his freedom of identity, and when a figure from his past suddenly appears, it becomes a prime example of just how complicated life can be.
Our Complication
by Alexandra CaluenByron is out for what passes for a date with JoJo when choreographer Cole Black keeps him from toppling off the curb and into traffic. By the time he and Cole are properly introduced, JoJo is halfway down the block with his gang, heading to another club. Byron goes to dinner with Cole instead. The next morning, it’s clear something needs to change.Cole is fascinated by his new man’s not-quite-previous relationship and not at all averse to meeting the much-younger actor. Cole is new to LA but has a lot of connections in the industry. If JoJo needs a hand, why not offer one? Especially when it becomes clear Byron isn’t ready to pull the plug completely.Byron’s mild case of breakup guilt gets serious when he and Cole learn exactly how JoJo gets by. Between the two of them, they can make up for some of the ways Byron failed the younger man. Along the way, they discover JoJo is just what they need. The only question is does he need them the same way?
Our Evenings: A Novel
by Alan HollinghurstFrom the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel of modern England through the lens of one man&’s acutely observed experiences &“Our Evenings is a truly astonishing novel, by turns delicate and ferocious, radical in the way it explores questions of race, class, sexuality, and origins.&”—Tash Aw, author of Five Star BillionaireDid I have a grievance? Most of us, without looking far, could find something that had harmed us, and oppressed us, and unfairly held us back. I tried not to dwell on it, thought it healthier not to, though I&’d lived my short life so far in a chaos of privilege and prejudice.Dave Win, the son of a a Burmese man he&’s never met and a British dressmaker, is thirteen years old when he gets a scholarship to a top boarding school. With the doors of elite English society cracked open for him, heady new possibilities emerge, even as Dave is exposed to the envy and viciousness of his wealthy classmates.Alan Hollinghurst&’s new novel follows Dave from the 1960s on—through the possibilities that remained open for him, and others that proved to be illusory: as a working-class brown child in a decidedly white institution; a young man discovering queer culture and experiencing his first, formative love affairs; a talented but often overlooked actor, on the road with an experimental theater company; and an older Londoner whose late-in-life marriage fills his days with an unexpected sense of happiness and security.From &“one of our most gifted writers&” (The Boston Globe), Our Evenings sweeps readers from our past to our present through the beauty, pain, and joy of one deeply observed life.
Our Evenings: A Novel
by Alan HollinghurstFrom the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions modern England through the lens of one man&’s acutely observed and often unnerving experience, as he struggles with class and race, art and sexuality, love and violence.Did I have a grievance? Most of us, without looking far, could find something that had harmed us, and oppressed us, and unfairly held us back. I tried not to dwell on it, thought it healthier not to, though I&’d lived my short life so far in a chaos of privilege and prejudice.Dave Win, the son of a British dressmaker and a Burmese man he&’s never met, is thirteen years old when he gets a scholarship to a top boarding school. With the doors of elite English society cracked open for him, heady new possibilities lie before Dave, even as he is exposed to the envy and viciousness of his wealthy classmates, above all that of Giles Hadlow, whose worldly parents sponsored the scholarship and who find in Dave someone they can more easily nurture than their brutish son.Our Evenings follows Dave from the 1960s on—through the possibilities that remained open for him, and others that proved to be illusory: as a working-class brown child in a decidedly white institution; a young man discovering queer culture and experiencing his first, formative love affairs; a talented but often overlooked actor, on the road with an experimental theater company; and an older Londoner whose late-in-life marriage fills his days with an unexpected sense of happiness and security.Moving in and out of Dave&’s orbit are the Hadlows. Estranged from his parents, who remain close to Dave, Giles directs his privilege into a career as a powerful right-wing politician, whose reactionary vision for England pokes perilous holes in Dave&’s stability. And as the novel accelerates towards the present day, the two men&’s lives and values will finally collide in a cruel shock of violence.This is &“one of our most gifted writers&” (The Boston Globe) sweeping readers from our past to our present through the beauty, pain, and joy of one deeply observed life.
Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship
by Robert Goss Amy Adams Squire StrongheartOur Families, Our Values challenges both the gay community and American society to examine carefully the meaning of family values and the nature of social institutions such as marriage and the family. It asks you provoking, even disturbing, questions such as: “Is it prudent for members of the Lavender community to mimic heterosexual marriage or define personal relations networks as families, when these institutions are rapidly collapsing?” “Are we attempting to mainstream American society into accepting different views of marriage and families?” “Are we subscribing to notions of sexual property that are inherent to the marriage ceremony and the institution of marriage, when we choose to be married?” Despite the complexities of this issue, marriage constitutes a privileged position in western society, and, as this book shows you, without the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, there are many fundamental rights, as well as privileges, denied to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons.As Our Families, Our Values turns upside-down the widely accepted notion that only heterosexual people are entitled to get married, have sex, and rear children, you gain insight into personal struggles and affirmations that testify to the spirituality, procreativity, and wholesomeness of the diverse relationships of the Lavender community. You will also learn about various ongoing efforts to give religious pride to the various configurations of gay relationships, families, and values and the disruption of popular interpretations of the Scriptures that have been used to justify the oppression of sexual minorities. This book will intrigue you over and over again, as you read about: value systems transphobia equal marriage rights Buddhism’s rejection of “traditional family values” Brazil’s sex-positive culture differences between gay male social formations and families choosing a language and terms that empower sexual minorities and the essence of the liberation movement sex as communion relationships based on nurture, not transactionDesigned for academics and students of religion, pastors, priests, rabbis, and lay readers alike, Our Families, Our Values is a multifaceted view of the gay community’s response to the public controversy over gay marriage, adoption, and foster care rights. Ideal as a textbook for courses in sexuality, theology, sociology, women’s studies, and gay and lesbian studies, this book will both inform you and delight you as it reminds you that same-sex unions bring much cause for celebration and that religion and homosexuality are not mutually exclusive.
Our Fatal Magic (Strange Attractor Press)
by Tai ShaniFeminist science fiction that anticipates a post-patriarchal future. Our Fatal Magic is a collection of feminist science fiction by contemporary artist Tai Shani. Foregrounding explorations of sensation, experience, and interiority, these twelve fantastical prose vignettes refract their ideas through a series of curious characters, from Medieval Mystics to Cubes of Flesh, from Sirens to Neanderthal Hermaphrodites. Drawing on the speculative narrative strategies pioneered by writers like Marge Piercy, Octavia Butler and others, Our Fatal Magic metabolizes new and necessary fictions from feminist and queer theory to propose an erotic, often violent space of critique in which gender constructs are destabilized, alternative histories imagined, and post-patriarchal futures proposed.
Our Favorite Pastime
by K. S. MurphyLogan Jean used to be inseparable from his best friend and teammate, Riley Sinclair. From stick ball to Little League to state championships, Logan and Riley were a team of two. That changed one fateful night near the end of high school, when Logan lost the best person in his life over a stupid mistake he never meant to make.Now adults, Logan must face Riley in what might be the turning point of his Minor League career. Riley is no doubt getting called up to the Majors, Logan hopes to get called up as well, and both are competing for this season’s MVP award. But if he can’t strike out the one batter that’s haunted him since high school, Logan may never get his big break.Riley Sinclair has spent the past seven years getting into their ex-best friend’s head to taunt and psych him out, trying to beat him on the baseball field, instead of trying to undo the damage they’d done to their relationship when they were younger. Tonight, after the biggest game of their Minor League careers, Riley might have one last chance to explain to Logan what really happened all those years ago, and maybe fix what’s been broken.Does Logan have what it takes to strike out his biggest rival in the league? Can Riley muster up the nerve to finally say to Logan what they’ve wanted to all this time? Or will the two of them remain strangers, standing sixty-feet apart, forever?
Our Hands Hold Violence: Poems
by Kieron WalquistA NATIONAL POETRY SERIES WINNER SELECTED AND WITH A FOREWORD BY BRENDA HILLMAN A collection of poems that explores rural Missouri, violence, queer desire / intimacy, addiction, familial and wildlife relationshipsThrough encounters with the everyday beauty and brutality so much a part of rural and urban Missouri, Our Hands Hold Violence explores what it means to experience and/or perpetuate small and significant acts of violence, toward others and the self.What does it mean to hunt (be hunted), haunt (be haunted), and other (be othered)? Abiding by a chronological arc told in four movements (HERE, THERE, TOGETHER, ALONE), OHHV follows the speaker(s) as they come up in the Show Me State and come to terms with queerness, mental disability, addiction, and loneliness in the largely Christian, conservative, and hyper-masculine landscape. Other themes / aspects of note include familial dynamics, estrangement, labor, neglected and decaying natures, waste, and the confluence of wildlife and mankind.Comprised of traditional forms and modes such as the abecedarian, ekphrasis, sestina, and more hybrid configurations (billboards, bullet points, McDonald&’s Monopoly stickers), as well as photographs, OHHV is interested, too, in changing/challenging structure and expectations. Thus, enacting a visual and figurative &“violence&” upon the page. Additionally, two poems are contained in a nonce (invented) form called &“Shakes,&” where strophes traverse between left and right points, while the middle column is constructed or cataloged by similar sounds—a form inspired by the author&’s own reality of stimming (i.e. pacing) and echolalia.OHHV indulges in alliteration, assonance, repetition, and a colloquial registry of language. The voice(s) in the poems can range from anxious, reflective (nostalgic), sensual, and tender, but all are compelled by and circle the manuscript&’s themes, which become obsessions. Hauntings. Ultimately, OHHV is a collection troubled by the desire to belong to/in a place and to beloveds that have &“been home&” while, in ways, &“feeling like an outsider&” at home and within one&’s local community.
Our Hideous Progeny: A Novel
by C.E. McGillIt is not the monster you must fear, but the monster it makes of men. . .Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Arctic, but she doesn’t know why or how. . . .The 1850s are a time of discovery, and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Palace. Mary is keen to make her name in this world of science alongside her geologist husband, Henry—but despite her sharp mind and sharper tongue, without wealth and connections their options are limited.When Mary discovers some old family papers that allude to the shocking truth behind her great-uncle’s past, she thinks she may have found the key to securing her and Henry’s professional and financial future. Their quest takes them to the wilds of Scotland; to Henry’s intriguing but reclusive sister, Maisie; and to a deadly chase with a rival who is out to steal their secret.A queer, feminist masterpiece inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic, Our Hideous Progeny is a sumptuous tale of ambition and obsession, of forbidden love and sabotage and a twisty Gothic adventure that may forever change your view of human nature.