Somebody somewhere fairly recently told me they wished they could have a piano. I told them I would keep my ears open, because sometimes I hear about people with pianos they are trying to give away. Now, I've heard of one, but for the life of me I can't remember who it was that wanted the piano. Any clues?

And it's even the right month, this time. There's a new issue of The Shadow Sacrament and it's a doozy. The first ever fiction issue, all about sex as a religious experience. My call for submissions asked for sex with gods, sex with angels or demons or supernatural beings, sex after death, all of which was originally inspired by beowabbit's "down the ( Read more... )

God knows why I kept them, but I have years and years worth of Curve magazines, going back to when it was called Deneuve. I never read most of them, which is probably why I kept them -- I figured I'd get to it someday. It seemed like a way of keeping in touch with lesbian culture, what with living in the middle of nowhere. Only problem with that is ( Read more... )

It's that time again!

I am pleased to announce the latest issue of The Shadow Sacrament. This time, the theme is Poems for the Divine Beloved, featuring brand new work by horehound stillpoint and Trebor Healey. It seems to be an issue full of what Walt Whitman celebrated as "manly attachment" -- including a hilarious bit of satire from Simon ( Read more... )

Very, very late, but worth the wait. The Fall issue of The Shadow Sacrament is finally done. It includes Doug Harrison's spiritual autobiography, In Pursuit of Ecstasy, dedicated to Fakir Musafar and including some wonderful photos. This is a must-read for kinky Wagner fans. Wagner? You mean, like Tristan und Isolde? Yup. Richard Wagner ( Read more... )

The Summer Issue of The Shadow Sacrament is finally here.

With this one, I'm starting a new schedule, that the journal will appear on November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1 (see my editorial for details), of which the summer issue will be, from now on, a book issue, full of reviews for summer reading. This current book issue has a boatload of ( Read more... )

I had my old dog Gus put to sleep this morning. He had been declining for the last year, in the same way old humans do -- getting frailer and frailer, getting more senile and less apparently connected to the goings-on around him, as well as going deaf. He hadn't been in pain, per se; he had arthritis, but not so bad as to make him whimper or wince ( Read more... )

I have been thinking for some time now of doing a series of little books, chapbook-sized, on various BDSM topics. Now, in spite of the lack of funds and time, and at least one poetry chapbook I'd like to do (realsupergirl, that's you) I have given in to internal nudging and decided now is the time. Here's the call for submissions for the first one:

The Beast ( Read more... )

The Shadow Sacrament's Spring Issue is finally up, including all kinds of wonderful writing by Amie Evans, Karen Taylor, Emmet Caravello Quinn, Beau Corrigan, LJ's own Eva Vandetuin, not to mention Jean Roberta and an editorial that tells of coming attractions for the summer. I am now officially worn out.

Anybody else going to this? Anybody thinking of going?

Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, May 12-14 in New Orleans, La ( Read more... )