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THE SUCCUBUS AND OTHER STORIES Story One — THE SUCCUBUS Story of sexual politics. Contains necrophilia. Saw an editor write, somewhere, "If you're going to write a scene in which someone has sex with a corpse, you'd better have a very good reason." I feel I have reason sufficient, and make no apologies for the story. That said, this is probably going to be yet another story which my mother is not going to like. But that is just too bad. TALEBONES liked it: thanks, guys. First published in TALEBONES in 1999 ed. Patrick and Honna Swenson. Note: Startel is a proprietary name and is used descriptively. A big slab of a story, about 8,250 words. Story Two — HOWIE GLENST AND THE WOMAN MADE FROM GLASS A story about sexual desire, cyberprostitution and the sexual delusions to which men are prone. First published in ALBEDO ONE in 1999, editorial responsibility attributed to a collective. A shorter story this time, about 2,580 words. Story Three — CONSENTING ADULTS Sex story of about 900 words. Very brief. If theft is the sincerest form of imitation, I should feel flattered that this story has been plagiarized online, word for word, at least twice that I know of, my work passed off as someone else's. In case you didn't know, that's one of the sins for which you burn in Hell. First published in KIMOTA back in 1988, ed. Graeme Hurry. Story Four — IF YOUR BABY WILL NOT SLEEP Everyone writes sex stories but baby stories are fewer on the ground. A micro fiction of 217 words written during the intensely stressful first few months of parenting. First appeared when published online in 2006. (Any story said to have been first published online first appeared when posted on the zenvirus.com site, which can also be accessed via hughcook.com.) Story Five — DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL A longer story, about 3.000 words, which first appeared online in 2004. This story has a science fiction idea at the core, something human which is genetically new, which changes social reality. The story flows, emotionally, from the rage and frustration which I experienced during the first months of fatherhood. A child is one thing, but a baby, this red-faced thing which screams mercilessly, with no stopping it, that is another thing altogether. To the parents of young babies everywhere, my sympathies. (And you, if you don't like my attitude, you can go write your own happy story starting "The baby cried endlessly, and the more it cried the happier the perfect mother got.") Story Six — POGY BOBS AND THE HYENA OF DEATH From sex the natural segue is to violence, or, better still, sex and violence. Unfortunately we took a double deviation into procreation, touching first on motherhood then on fatherhood. But now we're back on track again with a serial killer sex slaughter story complete with the hyena of death. Put that "horror" label on the cover, got to have at least one serial killer story in the collection. It's a rule. First published in HARPUR PALATE in 2001 ed. Toiya Kristen Finley, and made BEST OF THE REST 3 in 2002, ed. Brian Youmans. A reasonably substantial story at about 6,300 words. |
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