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—A new fantasy novel has been posted at The Three Lands with
an accompanying booktrailer video.
—The first two stories in a historical fantasy novel have been reposted
at Life Prison.
—A slavefic fantasy novella has been reposted at Master/Other.
—The next story installment is posted at Leather in Lawnville.
—True Tales e-zine plays tribute to a major leather author upon
his death.
FANTASY STORIES
>>>
The
Three Lands
* Main Bookshelf. Site content label.
The following online novel is currently being serialized weekly, with an accompanying booktrailer video:
Blood Vow. He has taken a blood vow to the Jackal God to bring freedom to his land by killing Koretia's greatest enemy. But what will he do when the enemy becomes his friend?
Thrust into exile and pain, young Andrew has no choice but to accept the friendship of the very person he had vowed to kill. When he returns with his friend to his homeland fifteen years later, though, he finds himself in a land of conflicting loyalties . . . where a vengeful god awaits him.
This novel is part of The Three Lands, a fantasy series set in a multicultural world where conflicts over law and spirituality provide opportunities for friendship and romance, and for betrayal.
>>> Life Prison
* High Bookshelf. Site content label.
The first two stories in the following novel have been reposted:
Mercy's Prisoner. A cold-hearted murderer. A vicious abuser. A young man hiding a shameful secret. A bewildered foreigner. A pure-minded spy.
All of these men have found their appointed places at Mercy Life Prison, where it is easy to tell who your enemies are. But a new visitor to Mercy is about to challenge decades-old customs. Now these men's worst enemies may be hiding behind masks . . . and so may their closest allies.
Friendship, erotic desire between men, and the costs of corruption and integrity are examined in this multicultural historical fantasy series, which is based on late Victorian prison life.
>>> Master/Other
* High Bookshelf. Site content label.
The following novella has been reposted:
The True Master. In a society where the rank of master or slave defines every aspect of a person's being, what do you do when you're a master and you envy your slaves?
The following has been added to the Reviews page:
Recommendations of The Fool at orig_slavefic.
Recommendations of The Slavefic Plot Creator at orig_slavefic.
Review of Twenty Thousand Gold Stars by e-witness, with follow-up comments by other readers.
* Adults only. Site's warning page.
The following story has been posted to this site:
Bad Habit, part of the collection Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers. The narrator shows off his boy to a skeptic.
OTHER PEOPLE'S FICTION AND NARRATIVES
>>> True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power
* Adults only. Site's warning page.
The August 2008 issue links to texts, photography, and a video in tribute to Larry Townsend, late author of The Leatherman's Handbook. The issue includes links to interviews by Jack Rinella and Bob Wingate, as well as writings by Larry Townsend, Thomas Roche, Jack Fritscher, and others.
The following has been added to the Honors and Reviews page:
Editor's Pick review at GayDemon.
NONFICTION RESOURCES
>>> Essays
* Nonfiction. Site content label.
The following essay has been added:
Editorials from True Tales: Bringing Leather Out of the Closet: Larry Townsend and the Legacy of The Leatherman's Handbook (literary leather history).
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
>>> Blogs
Due to repeated difficulties with the LiveJournal feed to my InsaneJournal blog, I'm re-establishing duskpeterson at LiveJournal as a mirror to duskpeterson at InsaneJournal. Because of this, I'll no longer be posting to eternaldungeon at InsaneJournal, which leads to the eternaldungeon2 feed at LiveJournal. If you're subscribed to the eternaldungeon2 feed, please make the switch to duskpeterson at LiveJournal. If you're uneasy about Friending a personal journal, I also post story announcements at powerfic (but usually not site updates).
My apologies to those of you who joined eternaldungeon2 and now have to switch to duskpeterson.
My profound apologies to those of you who joined duskpeterson_ij, and then had to switch to eternaldungeon2, and now have to switch to duskpeterson.
As for those of you who were originally joined eternaldungeon at LiveJournal, and then had to join duskpeterson_ij, and then had to switch to eternaldungeon2, and now have to switch to duskpeterson . . . Will a free round-the-world vacation pay you back?
>>> News on my fiction
I've been reading online some rather sad comments along the lines of, "Where did my favorite story by Dusk Peterson go?" Alas, it's been taking me longer than I'd hoped to get the removed stories re-edited for book publication, so, from now through September, I'm going to be gradually placing back online the current versions of the stories I removed . . . "gradually," so as not to overwhelm new visitors with reading matter.
For the same reason, I've decided not to let my print publication plans delay my posting of online fiction in the future. I'll do my best to get stories online first, and then worry about getting the stories into print. This should solve the bottleneck problem I've been experiencing in getting new fiction to readers.
I appreciate the patience my readers have shown during my growing-pains period of moving into book publication.
This is all a long-winded way of saying that my first print book won't come out till next year (since my publishing season ends in September). It simply took me longer than I'd anticipated to go through the publishing process; plus, I had an unexpected family emergency that took much of my time this summer.
In addition (I admit shamefully), I continue to struggle to kick my Internet addiction. But I'm making progress on that.
>>> Coming Next Month
A new historical fantasy novel, Whipster (High Bookshelf). The next story installment of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers (adults only). Repostings of the fantasy novella Crossing the Cliff (Main Bookshelf), the historical fantasy novella Rebirth 1: The Breaking (Main Bookshelf and High Bookshelf), and the historical fantasy novella Debt Price (High Bookshelf).
To receive notice of book publications and free online editions, subscribe to one of Dusk Peterson's e-mail lists or blogs.
—A new online story is added to Leather in Lawnville.
—Fanvids are recommended at Buried Treasure.
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
* Adults only. Site's warning page.
The following online story has been added to this site:
Spontaneous, part of the collection Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers. Can an Old Guard top survive in a world with safe words?
The following has been added to the Reviews page:
Five-star review of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers by British Bull Dog at Rainbow Reviews.
OTHER PEOPLE'S FICTION AND NARRATIVES
>>> Buried Treasure: Recommendations of Online Male Homoerotic Stories and Male Friendship Stories
* Fiction recommendations. Site content label.
A link to recommended fanvids (off-site) has been added to various pages of Buried Treasure. The videos are a mixture of male homoerotic and male friendship.
—Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers, a contemporary gay
erotica collection, is published.
—A satire on fan fiction authorship is posted at Master/Other.
—Bard of Pain is now an Amazon Kindle e-book.
—Buried Treasure now includes recommendations of online male
friendship stories and videos.
—Private Parlor is updated with a new slavefic review.
—A brief essay is posted on original gen, original het, and original
slash.
—Hermits' blogs are linked at the Web directory on solitude, simplicity,
and self-discipline.
—Updates are posted to my bibliography of Victorian and Edwardian history:
Boer War, boys' books, clothing, masculinities, prisons, and food.
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
* Adults only. Site's warning page.
The following collection has been published as an e-book and an audio book, with the first story posted online:
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers takes leathersex out of its usual bars and back alleys, setting it in unexpected locations: A 5&10. A potluck. A hamburger joint. A waltz party. Even when the leatherman who narrates these stories returns to the Eagle bar, things don't go quite the way he expected. . . .
Written by the former director of the Erotic Authors Association, who is also editor of True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power, this five-tale gay erotica collection includes the story "Spontaneous," runner-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize for Erotic Fiction.
>>> Master/Other
* High Bookshelf. Site content label.
The following short story has been posted:
The Slavefic Plot Creator. When fan fiction writers have had way too much caffeine.
FANTASY STORIES
>>>
The
Three Lands
* Main Bookshelf. Site content label.
The following changes have been made to Bard of Pain:
Bard of Pain is now available as an Amazon Kindle e-book.
The audio book edition and plain text edition of Bard of Pain are now available free.
The price of the remaining Bard of Pain e-book editions has been lowered to 99 cents.
The following recommendations of Bard of Pain have been added to the reviews page:
"I find the characterisations so sharply delicious, dark and shocking and yet engaging. . . . I like to savour each part."
[Letter to the author by Clare London, author of Masquerade and The Gold Warrior, December 2007. See also the brief recommendation by Clare London (skip down to "Dusk") in an interview by Rainedelight.]
Review by K. M. Frontain, author of The Soulstone Chronicles and associate editor for Wild Child Publishing and Freya's Bower, at her blog.
OTHER PEOPLE'S FICTION AND NARRATIVES
>>> Buried Treasure: Recommendations of Online Male Homoerotic Stories and Male Friendship Stories
* Fiction recommendations. Site content label.
As the title change suggests, the site has been expanded to include male friendship stories. Reviews have been posted in the new sections to the following works: Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction espionage novel The Puppet Master; Thomas Mott Osborne's 1914 memoir Within Prison Walls, about a prison commissioner who had himself voluntarily incarcerated; Erich Maria Remarque's classic World War One novel All Quiet on the Western Front, and the film adaptation of that novel.
In the "Homoerotic Videos" section, links have been added to a Swedish video and to songs from a rock musical about bohemians living in Greenwich Village, Rent.
>>> Private Parlor: Online Male Homoerotic Fiction Recommendations by Guest Reviewers
* Fiction recommendations. Site content label.
A new guest review has been posted on the Fantasy page to Blind Scribe's "Slave Vengeance."
>>> True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power
* Adults only. Site's warning page.
News: True Tales was nominated for the 2008 Cybersocket Web Awards, in the category of Best Erotic E-zine.
NONFICTION RESOURCES
>>> Essays
* Nonfiction. Site content label.
The following essay has been added:
What is Original Gen, Original Het, and Original Slash? An essay on three genres that originated in the fan fiction community.
>>> The Leather Research Reference Shelf
* Web directory. Site content label.
Like many of my other nonfiction sites, the contents of this section are now available under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License.
In addition, the tables of contents for Midwest Bound have been changed to show the actual tables of contents for that e-zine. Up till now, that page had shown the tables of contents for Brat Attack. Oops.
>>> A Little List of Links on Solitude, Simplicity, and Self-Discipline
* Web directory.
A new section has been added with links to blogs.
>>> Masculinity, Crime, and Everyday Life in Victorian and Edwardian Times
* Web directory.
The URL for this bibliography has changed. A new page has been added on the military (including the Boer War), that is to say, the South African War. On the main index, a new section has been added for Boys' Books, while a Boy Scouts article on chivalry and morality has been added to the Masculinities section. Three books by prison commissioner Thomas Mott Osborne have been added to the Prisons section, two books on food inspection have been added to the Technology and Domestic Science section, and a historical study has been added to the Clothing section.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
>>> News on my fiction
I've had a fruitful winter, with further writing done of three series: The Three Lands, The Eternal Dungeon, and Life Prison. I'm planning to publish e-books and audio books in various series this year – and yes, paperback editions are still coming.
>>> E-mail lists
My e-mail lists friendshipfictionupdate and duskpetersonupdate, which carry announcements of my books and online fiction, will now also carry plain-text posts of all my published fiction. If you prefer not to receive fiction posts, you can join duskpetersonbooks instead, which will only carry announcements.
The store offering my books is now located within this domain.
>>> Contacting me
In my contact information, I've added an emergency contact for urgent e-mail.
Every now and then, I get an e-mail from a reader that starts, "I've been shy about writing to you . . ." Please don't be. I love getting letters on any topic. That line about "idle chit-chat" in my encouragement of e-mail is there for a reason.
If, by any chance, I miss sending you a reply to an e-mail or a blog post (my inbox is a mess at all times), please do send it to me again. Also, if you notice that I haven't replied to someone else's post at my blog, it may be that I've replied to them by e-mail. I don't deliberately ignore posts or e-mails. (Well, unless you're that guy who wants to sell me Viagra.)
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