Queer Pub Quiz imminent!
Good evening, good evening!
First of all, I linked my Zazzle last week - for reasons I have not been able to puzzle out at all, Zazzle has randomly deleted a lot of the designs and is generally just hard to use.
I have swapped over to using TeePublic instead! TeePublic is obviously a US-based site and the prices for shipping outside of the US are super expensive, but I have ordered a badge maker and I'm hoping to get into making button badges myself at home, so I should be able to sell them and copies of Heart of Stone at the next conventions I do!
I'm not sure that I'll be able to make it to FantasyCon in September, but I will definitely be at BristolCon, as I am every year.
Coming up this week on Wednesday the 24th of May is the Queer Pub Quiz Fundraiser for Galway Community Pride, and if the badge maker is here in time I'm hoping to have some badges available to buy there, with all the proceeds from them going to Pride too!
I'll be running and MCing this event, which will be €5 per person - as well as the pub quiz, which will have a bunch of prizes, there'll also be raffle tickets for sale. I've donated several signed copies of Heart of Stone as prizes, and Bob Henigan and Johnny Graham at Ireland's Smallest Comedy Club have put forward two free tickets to one of their shows. A bunch of other local businesses here in Galway have also contributed prizes, so there'll be a wide array on offer!
For media recs this week, here's a little mix:
Level Clear! by Tom Cardy - I fucking love Tom Cardy, and this video is sooo fucking good. It's good Super Mario commentary, it's funny, it's weirdly inspiring, and in general is just a real fucking delight.
My Fair Lady (1964, dir. George Cukor) - Some people might have told you this movie is a romance, and they lied to you! It's an extremely funny and really wild dark comedy about this young woman getting effectively kidnapped and tortured by some posh gay dudes, and it's really funny. I livetweeted it here.
Over The Moon (2020, dir. Glen Keane) - This movie was just fucking beautiful. It was a really gorgeous piece, super poignant, about the process of grieving, about family, about community. I loved this movie a lot, and the songs are good too!
I'm also keeping up with Yellowjackets, and as I mentioned last week, I'm also replaying Xenoblade Chronicles, both of which I do recommend, and both of which actually play with themes of bodily autonomy, cannibalism, and subsuming the self for the greater good.
New Works Published
Fantasy/Romance Short: Hard Work
A wizard starts up a relationship with the witch next-door.
4k, rated M, M/M. Nice and light-hearted, with a bit of humour and banter alongside the magical setting.
Read on Medium / / Read on Patreon
Romance Short: Vital Maintenance
A hotel receptionist is wooed by their new head of maintenance.
2.5k, M/M, rated T, just some flirtation and banter in a hotel setting! Light humour and romance. Adapted from a TweetFic.
Read on Medium / / Read on Patreon
Fiction Mini-Short: Anxious Weight
A gentleman struggles with anxiety at a party.
Just a little piece! 800w, M/M, rated T, an anxious gentleman soothed by his valet.