tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78663301548935280052024-03-05T04:08:10.922-08:00Queer Words Make StoriesBryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-12907396236026397392018-05-25T20:52:00.000-07:002018-05-29T07:22:27.702-07:00BOYSTOWN by Jake Biondi
How many times have you flipped through channels endlessly, browsed through streaming channels, looking for just the right thing? You’ve watched all of QaF, Noah’s Arc, and the L Word. You want representation, not just those side characters who never move the plot. You’re considering watching reruns just to try to capture those moments again but maybe you’re like me and you Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-11473137283139587752016-05-28T12:11:00.000-07:002016-05-28T12:11:20.060-07:00Bates Motel and IconsI'm watching Bates Motel, a wonderfully acted and written series and I find myself thinking about the inevitable conclusion, Psycho. Will they build and show to this conclusion? Is the movie so iconic that it shouldn't be retold?
This dilemma makes me think of the history of story telling, Odysseus and his adventures that were passed down orally, retold and added to with each generation. Does itBryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-38361429786310655822016-01-15T22:24:00.000-08:002016-01-15T22:24:30.051-08:00Mysterious Skin (what it means to me)This is how I remember it. Since I was a child I felt that something was wrong. I blocked memories from my conscious mind, memories that when times were good didn’t mean much, could be forgotten, but when times were bad they felt overwhelming. It was a sense of betrayal.
During adolescence, ten or eleven years old, I began to remember just what had happened, believing that myBryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-41470853315038542592015-12-17T14:15:00.000-08:002015-12-17T14:15:47.940-08:00Free Ebook Promotion Dec. 21 - 25, 2015 on AmazonBryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-68356335700504497762015-11-04T06:15:00.001-08:002015-11-04T06:15:59.432-08:00Plane DreamI had these crazy dreams last night yet I feel rested this morning. Maybe because I didn't wake up fully from the dream.
The first part was on a plane. As it started to take off some cartoon movie started that depicted a plane crash and I started to have a panic attack. I was asking people who in their right mind would show this during take off. The plane got into the air but started to Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-60350454314037128322015-07-08T09:00:00.000-07:002015-07-08T09:00:21.348-07:00Free Promotional July 15, 2015
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Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-57874564566791498822014-12-22T14:10:00.000-08:002014-12-22T14:10:36.155-08:00The Brat Ch 01 - The ConfessionOnce you start living with someone, like I had with Mr. Grant, it is
easy to fall into old habits. This was especially true when I bought a
new video game system and flat screen television and put them in the
guest room. I had little else to spend my money from work on so I
decided on an impulse to get something for myself. It was easy to play a
game for hours at a time in Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-43691903364378007552014-11-04T18:22:00.003-08:002014-11-04T18:22:58.064-08:00Two New Posts
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Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-31717792659401116732014-09-28T07:37:00.003-07:002014-09-28T07:37:57.486-07:00The Brat Announcement
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Shane, a directionless 20 year old living with his parents and attending community college, is sitting on his porch one lazy day when he spots Mr. Grant a new, next door neighbor. Mr. Grant is handsome, older, and successful. Shane is attracted to the older man, wants to start a relationship but Mr. Grant has just gotten out of a long-term Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-24884394725548283162014-08-21T12:42:00.000-07:002014-08-22T14:27:50.828-07:00The Collected Chapters 1-21 of Act Your Age
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Shane,
a directionless 20 year old living with his parents and attending
community college, is sitting on his porch one lazy day when he spots
Grant a new next door neighbor. Grant is handsome, older, and
successful. Shane is attracted to the older man, wants to start a
relationship but Grant has just Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-25905990441897536812014-07-23T14:18:00.000-07:002014-07-23T14:18:20.762-07:00Act Your Age Ch 01: New NeighborShane, a directionless 20 year old living with his parents and attending community college, is sitting on his porch one lazy day when he spots Grant a new next door neighbor. Grant is handsome, older, and successful. Shane is attracted to the older man, wants to start a relationship but Grant has just gotten out of a long-term relationship with a man and isn’t ready for commitment.&Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-90011733646275466662014-07-06T10:15:00.000-07:002014-07-06T10:15:21.355-07:00Shadow's Night: Chapter 12 - Saturday HelperAfter shooting a man while on a bender of drugs he was supposed to
sell Conrad flees the city and goes to a place where he believes no one
will find him, the home of Simon Winters, an old cellmate from his years
in juvenile detention. But he knows he can’t stay for long and
Conrad’s greed inadvertently causes Simon to confront his past and his
life in a small town where memories run Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-59797902629500255552014-07-05T12:39:00.001-07:002014-07-05T12:39:03.375-07:00Per Pound of Flesh: Chapter 13 - Getting Fired Is Never Easy (Excerpt)
Two weeks had gone by without John hearing from his mother and he told Brandi that he was feeling nervous about the whole thing as she readied herself for the day in the room that had been his mother’s. Brandi had thrown lots of stuff out, packed lots of stuff away or moved it into his bedroom, flipped the mattress and changed the sheets but it was all too familiarBryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-11445690904774461902014-07-04T17:09:00.000-07:002014-07-04T17:09:19.175-07:00Shadow's Night: Chapter 20 - Proof of Having Been (excerpt)After shooting a man while on a bender of drugs he was supposed to sell Conrad flees the city and goes to a place where he believes no one will find him, the home of Simon Winters, an old cellmate from his years in juvenile detention. But he knows he can’t stay for long and Conrad’s greed inadvertently causes Simon to confront his past and his life in a small town where memories run deep.&Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-54360460241918642462014-07-04T12:29:00.001-07:002014-07-04T12:29:59.978-07:00Per Pound of Flesh: Chapter 05 - Handsome Guy (Excerpt)The following day was one of the ones that John hated because he only had to go in to the grocery store for three hours in the evening which meant he had nearly twelve hours to kill from the moment he woke up in the recliner. He snuck back to their room and was in the middle of retrieving his pants, keys, and wallet when his phone buzzed on the floor waking Brandi. “What Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-19785061231893428882014-07-01T14:02:00.001-07:002014-07-01T14:02:45.718-07:00Per Pound of Flesh Ch 01 - The Motel
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arms and legs to stay Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-6544902083385722122014-06-18T07:03:00.001-07:002014-06-18T11:51:30.648-07:0048 hr Discount Per Pound of Flesh
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“I’m worried about traveling with him. It’s one thing to be gay. It’s another to be a gay couple, and it’s even more when you go out in public, especially places where you don’t know how people will react. It’s one thing around here in D.C. but out there...”
Or go back to the beginning and get caught up.Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-3978060726526523122014-06-06T10:17:00.001-07:002014-06-06T10:17:24.384-07:00Shadow's Night - 24hr Free Book Promotion 6/9/14
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Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-76825462519302699532014-06-01T09:09:00.001-07:002014-06-01T09:09:37.144-07:00Shadow's Night - Chapter 04 Blood BrotherThe sound of knocking, then the sound of the doorbell awoke Simon from a nap on the sofa where he was flat on his back with one hand against his chest and the other hanging off the side. He let out a moan and sat up. There were no expected guests, no one would have been invited, and proselytizers had stopped coming years ago. There was more knocking, the doorbell, he got to his Bryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866330154893528005.post-55161866591204670892014-05-24T14:05:00.002-07:002014-05-25T12:11:18.544-07:00Shadow's Night (Excerpt) Chapter 05 - BoredomIt was late and no one was in the coffee shop. Breakfast had the most people, lunch was stretched out, and after people got off work was the most sporadic, but any time she could Heather sat transfixed with a book. She was supposed to be learning the business, her business, but it was boring. Her father owned it and she had been running it since she graduated from high school, aBryan Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257573843383941859noreply@blogger.com0