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May 6, 2015
Blog Tour – The Luxorian Fugitive by Mann Ramblings
Title: The Luxorian Fugitive
Series: Ship Logs of the Santa Claus (Book 1)
Length: Novel
Genre: gay romance, science fiction, M/M romance
Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing
Sergeant Liam Jacks is the security chief of transport vessel, The Santa Claus. He travels the planetary cluster with Marc Danverse, his best friend and captain, seeking to escape his tortured past and find some peace of mind.
Having been through a civil war together, Danverse and Liam are close. Maybe too close.
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April 30, 2015
New Release – A Pride of Poppies
A Pride of Poppies – an anthology from Manifold Press
Modern GLBTQI fiction of the Great War
Ten authors in thirteen stories explore the experiences of GLBTQI people during World War I. In what ways were their lives the same as or different from those of other people?
A London pub, an English village, a shell-hole on the Front, the outskirts of Thai Nguyen city, a ship in heavy weather off Zeebrugge, a civilian internment camp Loves and griefs that must remain unspoken, unexpected freedo...
April 29, 2015
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Julie Bozza
Art by Pal Szinyei Merse
My guest today didn’t just contribute stories to the anthology but also edited it, so we owe her a great vote of thanks. Please join me in welcoming Julie Bozza.
Hi Julie, thank you for answering my questions.
What inspired you to write your stories for the anthology?
I was very interested in exploring the differences in how the war affected GLBTQI people. Of course many of their experiences would have been the same as anyone else’s, such as food shortages, and so on....
April 28, 2015
Blog Tour – Craving Stains by Alina Popescu
Title: Craving Stains
Author: Alina Popescu
Length: novella
Genre: gay, gay fiction, science fiction, paranormal, gay romance
Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing
Wynn Brenwood has been trapped by his mother since birth, shut away in a sterile, hospital-like apartment.
Is it her desire to keep him safe that sees him locked up in his pristine cage? Or are her motives less innocent and well-intentioned?
Wynn longs to break free to experience the world he sees beyond his window.
Desperat...
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Sam Evans
Art by Robert Vonnoh
My guest today is Sam Evans.
Welcome, Sam and thanks for answering my questions.
What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?
It was a combination of two things. Firstly I attended a booking signing in September in London and ended up talking to Julie Bozza about how I was struggling with my writing. From this conversation came a little challenge of sorts to submit a story for the Pride of Poppies anthology. Secondly I had always wanted to write a story around...
April 27, 2015
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Lou Faulkner
A Tiger Moth releasing 20,000 poppies over the Light Dragoons barracks at Swanton Morley. Pic from Norwich Evening News
Today’s guest is Lou Faulkner. Welcome, Lou and thanks for answering my questions.
What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?
A memory of a joy-ride in a Tiger Moth, and seeing the earth fall away under me while becoming immeasurably bigger. A book on the work of reconnaissance airmen in the Battle of the Somme. A line in that book saying that pilots and observ...
April 25, 2015
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Jay Lewis Taylor
If you know the name of this terrific artist please let me know so I can add credit.
My guest today is Jay Lewis Taylor, a historical novelist whose works are shouldering their way to the front of my TBR list. Can’t wait to get stuck into them.
Welcome Jay and thanks for answering my questions.
What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?
I am proud to have two stories chosen for the anthology: my thanks to the editor!
‘At the Gate’ was inspired, first, by a brief memoir written...
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Jay
If you know the name of this terrific artist please let me know so I can add credit.
My guest today is Jay Lewis Taylor, a historical novelist whose works are shouldering their way to the front of my TBR list. Can’t wait to get stuck into them.
Welcome Jay and thanks for answering my questions.
What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?
I am proud to have two stories chosen for the anthology: my thanks to the editor!
‘At the Gate’ was inspired, first, by a brief memoir written...
April 24, 2015
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Ellie Musgrove
Art by Kath Woolen
My fourth interviewee is ‘new to me’ author Ellie Musgrove. Welcome, Ellie, and thanks for answering my questions.
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What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?
When I saw the call for submissions, it caught my interest. What was it like for LGBTQIA people in the First World War?
Two particular stories leapt out at me – the story of people like my own great-great-grandfather, who spent time in a British internment camp for having a German father, and the possib...
April 23, 2015
A Pride of Poppies interview series – Charlie Cochrane
Welcome to the third interview in a series celebrating the publication of the Great War anthology A Pride of Poppies from Manifld Press.
Today my guest is Charlie Cochrane.
What inspired you to write your story for the anthology?
A visit to the Army Chaplaincy museum, just outside Amport. I have no idea why I hadn’t come across the place before, because it’s relatively local, but as soon as I found out about it I made an appointment to visit. I had a lovely hour there, having a private to...
