Behind This Flipper on Flipboard

Enjoying the content in this magazine but wondering who, why and what it’s all for? Is it just an interest? Is it for a thesis of some sort? Let’s answer a question or two and give you a behind-the-scenes look at this magazine’s author and the purpose of the other three magazines he currently compiles for the Flipboard library. Let us introduce you to Michael Forman.

Michael Forman is not just a maker of magazines, he is also author of SEETHINGS, a new psychological thriller novel available in Paperback and Kindle versions. He is the driving force to a series of magazines pointed squarely at topics contained within his novel. Those magazines are:

Black and White Photography – Women
Writing Erotica – SEETHINGS
Sexless Marriage, Story of a
INCEL – Man Living with Involuntary Celibacy

Although somewhat opposites in appearance, each do lie on the sexual and sexuality spectrum – vital clues to the novel’s narrative.

“I have collected a series of written and pictorial examples to attract a certain reader. With luck, subscribers who appreciate the content will follow the breadcrumbs and find my SEETHINGS and the end of the trail and enjoy a damn good read.”

A fifth magazine called Erotica – Black and White Photography was highly successful but removed after complaints closed it off.

“Some folks can’t handle sex at any level. Never a penis or a vagina was posted but couples who were engaged in sensual moments weren’t appreciated so much. A penetrating kiss with a suggestive hand fiercely clutching at a breast tipped the scales over from art to pornography and those who oppose the #freethenipple also opposed this. Fortunately it ran for several months and attracted many readers.”

Ironically, SEETHINGS is not about pornography at all, it’s about un-sexuality or, rather non-sexuality… within a marriage. We all know that matrimonial monogamy is ideal but it’s also torture if one half of the relationship doesn’t want or need sex. Asexuality is the term given to those who see no purpose in it. It’s not about low libido, lack of love or feelings for another, or not making it with the right person, this goes beyond that. This is a genuine feeling of no need for sex no matter the partner, no matter the situation. The buttons never come on, for anyone, for any reason.

How does someone find themselves in such a relationship in the first place?

Whether you’re male, female, asexual or something else, we all want to believe in ourselves. If we work hard, study hard and have the best of intentions for others then we also believe we deserve someone in our life, we’re entitled to the happiness coupledom brings. And it’s taught to us long before our sexual beings become active. This is a problem because our much of our story has been written in our minds before we’ve lived the most important parts of it. Our understanding of our future lover is designed by the complexities of what we believe love and life ought to be. Unbeknown to us, our mind-story has been built on false-plots, dreams, ideals, promises supported by half-truths, simple misunderstandings of self, miscommunication, tradition and religion. Holding hands is a sweet start for our opening chapter. A kiss in chapter two builds a promising narrative. Sexual intercourse…  well, too awkward for some to fit into their book, any book, in any chapter.

Somewhere between falling in love and ’til death do us part the story changes. It has to. Sex is built on two and is a part of life. Asexuality is a part of life too. Merging conflicting sexual preferences into a relationship isn’t romantic or easy. It’s never been in any of the stories we’ve read before. Snow White is supposed to wake from a nightmare, not land in a mine field!

Asexual spouses force their mate to do a re-write whether they want one done or not. Before you know it, happily ever after turns nasty, giving rise to arguments and/or affairs… or is severed completely… often with a lingering hatred attached. SEETHINGS flies directly into this fire and burns white hot!

This from a reader (Peter Elvison) on Goodreads:

“If you love reading books about Sex, Lust, Murder, Psychopaths and Mystery you could read the Bible but that’s too long and boring. So instead read Seethings, the new book by author Michael Forman. It’s got the lot and more. You’ll be glued to the pages right to the very end. A very intense psychological story with twists and turns when you least expect them. A very good first novel. Well done Mister Forman.”

SEETHINGS is available in Paperback and Kindle versions. The paperback is available here. Kindle version is available here.

If you don’t have a Kindle reader, don’t worry, Kindle will provide you with a free app for your phone or tablet so you can start reading right away. It’s available on the same page.

-SEETHINGS

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