Peeping dad? and stupid racism, scads of ghf

[erastes]

1.  Worrying start to the day. Dad’s next door but one neighbour said he was bashing at her door yesterday and pushing as if he was trying to get in. I listened politely and said that I’d have a word with him but of course he denies it and it worries me that 1. he can’t remember doing it or 2. she’s being malicious for some reason or 3. he had a real problem yesterday afternoon and went to a neighbour for help or 4. why didn’t she open the bloody door and see what he wanted?

She then went on to tell me that he’s “always looking in her windows” which – knowing my dad seems SO unlikely as to be ridiculous. There couldn’t be a person who is more polite and respectful to women .

What I think is – that occasionally he wanders into next door’s garden to check all is well—the house is empty and has has been for many months and he was very close to the couple who previously lived there, it still belongs to them and although they are living with their son now, dad feels a little responsible and likes to keep an eye on the place. While he’s in that back garden perhaps he does look over at this lady’s house, but a peeping Tom, he would never ever be. But perhaps he does—she says he’s “lost and lonely” so why isn’t she at least opening her door for a chat? Or why hasn’t she said anything for five years?

However—I simply don’t know. So it’s a worry. I could do with a few more worries. LOL.

2.   It’s ludicrous that different countries are still playing the race card with books and putting white characters on covers when the character is black. In this case it’s Australia which I imagined was pretty tolerant isn’t it?

The author who is in the centre of this latest session of wank (Maisey Yates) says:

there has been a bit of controversy regarding this book, the cover, either the UK cover for its boldness, or the AUS cover for it’s less-than-bold approach

“Boldness”? RLY? Do we have to be “bold” in 2011 to show a white woman and a black man in a romantic relationship?  Gah. The Stoopid. It Burns Us.

3.  I’ve found a SHEDLOAD of new titles for Speak Its Name. Literally shedloads. I have given up trying to find/buy/review all of them because at the moment I have over 60 in the queue and that doesn’t count most of the titles under this Cut. I did a search on gay historical romance on Amazon and while a couple of years ago you’d have got a very limited selection of fifty or so, just try it now – it’s not only a suggested search but it comes up with thousands of titles. Not all of them are gay historicals—some are written by people called Gay and some are fantasies, but I was blown away but the amount and i’m on page 15 now and am still going strong.

Anyway, here’s what I’ve found so far. No links, I’m afraid, but they are searchable. There’s a stone age one!  I mean! Stone age!!! That’s a first, definitely. That’s what I like in this genre that there’s still room for firsts.

1. A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster by wendy moffat

2. A romance in the Wilderness by Spence Keegan – Western

3. A Strange Love by George Eekhoud published in 1899- Flanders

4. A Wicked Encounter by SammJo Hunt – Regency

5. All beauty of the sun by marion husband—post ww1

6. Almost an Equal by Heather Boyd – Regency

7. As stars fall by Arius de Winter (says Spencer Keegan on Amazon)-1930’s Europe

8. As the Snow Lay All Around by S. Blaise – Victorian

9. As Time Goes By – by Anna Lee (WW2)

10. As time goes by by Anna Lee (wW2)

11. Beginning of Time by Dirk Hessian - stoneage

12. Cast not the Day by Paul Waters – Roman Empire

13. City Boy by Edmund White (1960s

14. City of Gold by L.J. LaBarthe Constantinople 1131

15. Colonel's Treasure by Dirk Hessian – American Civil War

16. Comfort DW Marchwell – Vietnam war era in America (short story)

17. Convincing Leopold by Ava March – Regency

18. Crossbones by various (anthology) Pirates

19. Crusade Knights by Rexana McCormack

20. Dreaming Sparta by Richard Fazio – Ancient Sparta

21. Earth and Sun, Cedar and Sage by Mills & Ward American west

22. Escape to Athens – Xavier Chance – Ancient Greece

23. Every Good Thing M Jules Aedin – ?

24. Foundlings: Lesbian and Gay Historical Emotion before Stonewall (Series Q) by Christopher S. Nealon

25. From Here to Eternity (Restored) by James Jones - WW2

26. Furlough Bridge by Jardonn Smith - WW2

27. Grit by Wiliam Maltese and Jardonn Smith – Great Depression America

28. Haji’s Exile by Alan Chin -1950/60

29. Indian Heat BY Alec Aahan - western

30. Lily White Rose Red by Catt Ford 1948 America

31. Lily White Rose Red by Catt Ford 1948 America

32. M. King (Author) Victorian England

33. My Big Brother by Ike Rose – 1968 America

34. My queer war by James Lord (ww2)

35. One More Soldier by Marie Sexton – 1970

36. Prisoner of War (Gay Soldiers) by Arius De’ Winter – ww2

37. Queering Holmes- a study in lavender – Anthology

38. Rage of Angels by Perry Brass- Savannah 1963

39. SENT OUT 13/8/11

40. Six little deaths by Marion Husband – Various (anthology)

41. Stand and Deliver by scarlett blackwell

42. Summer Song by Louise Blaydon – 1950’s America

43. The Almost Unbelievably Curious Case of Jeremiah Hudgejaw or America's First Gay Wedding by marten weber 1900 america

44. The Code by David Juhren] 1941 America

45. The Crane and Pelican by Victor Wisse – post WW1

46. The Gay Past: A Collection of Historical Essays Salvatore J. Licata

47. The gentleman and his jockey by jm Cartwright

48. The Mark of a Man by Maggie Lee Elizabethan England?

49. The meaning of vengeance by Jamie Fessenden – medieval Iceland

50. The Painting by FK Wallace – 1930-1980

51. The Philosopher Prince by Paul Waters – Roman empire

52. The SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

53. THE STALLION & THE DRAGON (SPANIARDS) [Desert Run by Marshall Thornton – 1973 America

54. The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst -1913 England

55. The Tall Texan (Siren Publishing Menage and More) [by Kelly Conrad 1870 Texas (m/m/m/f)

56. To Chase the Horizon by Richard Stone – WW2

57. Traveller's Tales: The Gypsy's Fiddle (The Travellers' Tales) [Kindle Edition]

58. Two People by Donald Windham – 1960’s Rome (written contemporaneously)

59. Regency Nights by Kitti Bernetti - Regency

60. Under the Law by JP Bowie – 1973 London

61. Virgin Airmen by Michael Gouda ww2 (short story)