The Patron Saint of Gay Men? Essay by Author Max Markham

On May 16, 2012, in Guest Writers, Max Markham, by Editor

Philippe was the younger son of King Louis XIII and his queen-consort Anne of Habsburg. Philippe became Duke of Orleans upon the death of his uncle Gaston, Duke of Orleans. During the reign of his brother he was known simply as Monsieur; the traditional style for the King’s next brother. Unabashedly camp and notoriously homosexual, he nonetheless fulfilled his dynastic duty by marrying twice and begetting numerous legitimate children.

Teaser Tuesday: Dante, Shiftchanger: Teaser From “Vampire’s Trill”, a novel by Lorelei Bell

On May 15, 2012, in Guest Writers, Lorelei Bell, Vampire Corner, by Lorelei Bell

Absently, I threw some fluffy white kernels on the floor for Dante, who snapped them up with his tongue as though he were starving to death, and then looked expectantly up at me for more. He had wolfed down his share of spaghetti earlier, and didn’t complain that the sauce had come out of a jar something he would never have served were he human, as he’s part Italian.

T. E. Lawrence, Gay Murder Victim? An Essay by Author Max Markham Part 2

On May 15, 2012, in Guest Writers, Max Markham, by Max Markham

The official version of Lawrence of Arabia’s death is that, riding home fast on 13 May 1935 on his Brough Superior motorcycle, he found two boys riding on pushbikes ahead of him. He was travelling at speed, so he pulled out to overtake them. While doing so, he lost control of the motorbike, which ran off the road. Lawrence was thrown clear but hit his head against a tree.

Book Review: Vampire’s Ascending & Vampire’s Trill – by Lorelei Bell

I had won Vampire’s Trill in a contest so when it came and I realized it was the second book, I went out and got the first. Well, I read them both within a day of each other because they are just so well written with a lot to the story that keeps you involved.

The Unruly Passions of Eugenie R.: A Historical Novel of Love and War by Carole DeSanti

On May 5, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

Love and war converge in this lush, epic story of a young woman’s coming of age during and after France’s Second Empire (1860–1871), an era that was absinthe-soaked, fueled by railway money and prostitution, and transformed by cataclysmic social upheaval.

Derby Day: A Victorian Novel by D. J. Taylor

On May 5, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

As the shadows lengthen over the June grass, all England is heading for Epsom Down—high life and low life, society beauties and White chapel street girls, bookmakers and gypsies, hawkers and thieves. Hopes are high, nerves are taut, hats are tossed in the air—this is Derby Day.

The Lost Irish Regiments of the British Army: Essay by Author Max Markham

On May 4, 2012, in Guest Writers, Max Markham, by Max Markham

Following the Irish War of Independence six Irish regiments of the British Army that had recruited mainly in the counties that would now form the Irish Free State were disbanded. On 12 June 1922, at a solemn ceremony at Windsor Castle, King George V received the colours of five of these Regiments and a regimental engraving on behalf of The South Irish Horse, since they possessed no colours or standards.

iGerman: Oh God! I Just Published a Gay Erotic Novel!

On May 2, 2012, in Articles, iGerman, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

Max Markham wrote The Indigo Bird – An Erotic Novel. The Indigo Bird is about James Graveney, a young Major in a respectable regiment, is outwardly conventional. Son of an English country gentleman, well educated, good-looking and sporty, James cheerfully sleeps around but does not ‘do love’. In private James is bisexual, with a strong urge for his own sex.

Blood Knots by Luke Jennings: Reviewed by Author Max Markham

On May 1, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Guest Writers, Max Markham, Nonfiction, by Max Markham

Buy this book! In my last post, dated 24 April, I briefly mentioned, and recommended, Blood Knots by Luke Jennings. This book was originally published in 2010, to very complimentary reviews. It has subsequently been reprinted as a paperback and a new American hardback edition has now issued.

Dark Shadows ~ Fond Memories of An Original

On April 25, 2012, in Lorelei Bell, Vampire Corner, by Lorelei Bell

It wasn’t until recently when the Dark Shadows movie with Johnny Depp in the roll of Barnabas Collins, that I began to remember things about when I first began watching that show, and realized this how I had become so interested in vampires to begin with, and began searching for anything about vampires, whether it was a movie or an article, or a book.