Boyfriend Material Summary:

WANTED: One (fake) boyfriend Practically perfect in every way

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially-and reluctantly-famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything.

To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship...and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and he's never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. In other words: perfect boyfriend material. Unfortunately, apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened.

But the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating. And that's when you get used to someone. Start falling for them. Don't ever want to let them go.

City of Night Summary:

Bold and inventive in style, City of Night is the groundbreaking 1960s novel about male prostitution. Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling 'youngman' and his search for self-knowledge among the other denizens of his neon-lit world. As the narrator moves from Texas to Times Square and then on to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Rechy delivers a portrait of the edges of America that has lost none of its power. On his travels, the nameless narrator meets a collection of unforgettable characters, from vice cops to guilt-ridden married men eaten up by desire, to Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with candour and understanding in a prose that is highly personal and vividly descriptive.

Fave Five: Queer Fiction Starring Sex Workers

On Home by Becca Spence Dobias City of Night by John Rechy Cam Girl by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead Bonus: Coming in 2024, The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

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People who have not lived as gay men among gay men who want to try to write gay male romance should be required to watch The Destroying Angel 1976, Pink Narcissus, the original "Boys In The Band" and read Querelle and City of Night before starting.

City Of Night 2020 by Miracle Of Sound

LYRICS:

City Of Night

Black spires in the city sky They shimmer and shine tonight Hacked wires and electric eyes And a billion flashing lights

And I can wish myself away Change the parts that bleed decay

I'm just a number riding solo in the code Electric embers will ignite I'm just another lonely nomad on the road I'm a ghost in the city I'm a ghost in the City Of Night

Tech dreams of organic toys And I'm runnin' out on the edge Soft screams of the rockerboys Echoing through my head

Hounds and demons mechanize Biotech behind our eyes

I'm just a number riding solo in the code Electric embers will ignite I'm just another lonely nomad on the road I'm a ghost in the city I'm a ghost in the City Of Night

Media manipulation Silicone Psycho smile Netrunner navigation Breach and leech and file

I'm just a number riding solo in the code Electric embers will ignite I'm just another lonely nomad on the road I'm a ghost in the city I'm a ghost in the City Of Night

Now I’m runnin’ out on the edge Running out on the edge I’m a ghost in the City Of Night

opened my new skullpandas and PHEW no dupes! and i got the White Rabbit!

wonderland is a really nice series, I love the clear ear orbs with card suits inside, and the exaggerated pink blushing.

kinda funny how their faces both exude the same levels of being 100% done

And everyone, even Us, looked pink and real in the white light.

City of Night by John Rechy

#bookquotes

You never know when someone is going to break! But I must admit, there’s something pleasurable and cathartic about going a little nuts every once and a while.

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City of Night Summary:

Bold and inventive in style, City of Night is the groundbreaking 1960s novel about male prostitution. Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling 'youngman' and his search for self-knowledge among the other denizens of his neon-lit world. As the narrator moves from Texas to Times Square and then on to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Rechy delivers a portrait of the edges of America that has lost none of its power. On his travels, the nameless narrator meets a collection of unforgettable characters, from vice cops to guilt-ridden married men eaten up by desire, to Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with candour and understanding in a prose that is highly personal and vividly descriptive.

Faggots Summary:

An extremely blunt tale of life in New York City's gay scene in the 1970s. A snapshot of gay life and sex, of cruising and fire island written before AIDS. I have a half finished (I'll never finish it) review / blog post titled "The Gay Gatsby" . It adds so much important context to Kramer's later writing and activism during the AIDS crisis.

My nayme is bird And wen it's Yule And Swedish snow Lies cold and cruel I look for seeds With many friends But food is scarce Where flock descends

But then we hear Of ancient rite We leave the trees We all take flight If fire not Its end promote? We do the deed. We eat the goat.

'City of Night' (Secrets & Sin #1) - Linsey Hall

Welcome to the City of Secrets & Sin

When I inherit a haunted bookstore in New Orleans, I go from demon hunter to my dream job. Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to my beautiful new life—the gorgeous demon who seems to think he owns the place. And me.

The attraction between us is insane, but I don’t trust him one bit—especially not the way he uses his seductive charms to try to compel me to work for him.

When a young girl is kidnapped from right outside my house, he’s the first person on my mind. I just can’t figure out if he’s the culprit or my fiercest protector. But I do know he has answers. And I have to resist his dangerous allure, because to give in is to risk losing everything—including my life.

Please tell me i'm not as forgettable as your silence is making me feel.

The lighting under the bridge makes it look like a crescent moon in the water ♡

Yongqing Fang, Guangzhou, China

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