Tim Hobson

They even make wind-up vibrators these days -- eco-friendly and all that! The one I'd love to try has a wireless remote control that someone else operates. You never know when it's going to start tickling!!!

Blast from the past! I remember International Male, Blueboy, Jock, and Playgirl, as well as the ones you could only buy in an "adult" bookstore. Internet porn has supplanted them, for better or worse.

I'm so glad to read that last few sentences. There for a moment, I feared Carey might follow Apollo into the world of sex workers. Not that it isn't perfectly legal, just that it's a very brief puff of fame for the majority of them, followed by regrets over lost time and money.

You explained it well.

Yes, he is, and aren't "bad boys" fun to write?

Ah, the fact that the "older generation" has sexual desires--kinky ones at times--and doesn't hesitate to satiate them always comes to a big surprise to adolescents and twenty-somethings. For some inscrutable reason, they always think they invented sex, and their elders have no clue! Carey and Bell now have their eyes opened wide. Let's hope they make the most of it. Thanks for a great chapter!

It's a relief to learn that it was an honest A. I'll keep reading for the rest.

"He got an A." I kind of wish you hadn't added that, or that you had said he studied hard for it. To me, it seems you could be suggesting that Carey didn't deserve the A, which would disappoint me and possibly make him feel like he used his body to get something he wasn't entitled to. The $1000 will exist only temporarily, and it may be a fitting compensation for allowing his body to be used the way it was (he may even have channeled Apollo at that moment). But his proficiency in statistics could be vital to his success in his career, and if he got the A for any reason other than learning what he needed to learn, then he was robbed. Of course, I said "you could be suggesting," and maybe you're just cunningly teasing us. Or are you exposing our own inner motivations to us? Which leads me to wonder...

I'm with you on that. My current story's lead character identifies as straight, and most of the sex scenes are, too, but I threw in a gay brother because I like writing gay sex scenes. 🤪 I had to remind a reader that this site is called "Gay Authors." Not only are we all mixed together in our lives, but a lot of us aren't exclusively gay or straight, like Carey.

My favorites are the beauty parlors called "NOLA'S SALON." I love palindromes!

I probably saw that movie since I love Paul Newman, but I don't remember the names of characters. Saint Catherine LaBouré was a French nun of the Daughters of Charity. My sisters attended a DofC high school (I went to a Jesuit "college" high school). Catherine had a vision of the Virgin Mary, who gave her the Miraculous Medal--something that I wore "religiously" until I went to college. I wouldn't swear that it did any good, but I did return from Vietnam with all my anatomy in place and working properly, and no PTSD. Does your "sweetie" friend know you named a character after her?

Katherine Ann LaBouré !?!?!?! Borrowing the names of saints now, eh? And you made her a high-class call girl hunting for a sugar daddy to boot. That takes some stones!

A cogent reminder that, as Disraeli said, there are "lies, damned lies, and statistics!" Carey has fallen prey to all of them. Excellent chapter, and I'm delighted that practically every sexual situation (except trans, at least thus far) has shown up in this story.

I'm along for one hell of a ride! Thank you for bringing these characters to life and showing how F-ed up life can be!

The intertwining of all these characters is pure genius! I sure hope things untangle by the end of the story... And yes, I know I could peek ahead and find out, but I prefer to take this one chapter at a time.

The intertwining of all these characters is pure genius! I sure hope things untangle by the end of the story... And yes, I know I could peek ahead and find out, but I prefer to take this one chapter at a time.

You sure know how to keep your readers on the edge of their seats!

Wow! This chapter triggered a flashback. When I finally got to college, I was four or five years older than just about everyone else. Joining a fraternity never even occurred to me, until I was approached by a couple of guys from one. They needed to pull up the house's GPA, and they thought having an "older" member would also prove they weren't just a bunch of drunk horny assholes (hint: it didn't work--their grades tanked because they were nothing but drunk horny assholes). Out of respect or because no one wanted to room with me, I ended up with a corner room just like the one Carey occupied for that summer. Unexpectedly, I found myself in the role of Father Confessor + Dr Ruth + Drunk Uncle! At least it made college life interesting. Loved the whole short chapter. There's been a Palace theater, or more than one, in every city I've lived in, although they're becoming rare because of free Internet porn and gay bars. In my experience, what happened to Carey was pretty damn tame! 😜

This chapter touched a nerve. I'll just say that the situation is both familiar and painful. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the concept of "Bi" didn't exist yet--or at least I'd never heard of it. A friend at the time said, "Why should we limit ourselves to just half of the human race?"

For me, characters in stories are always "real persons" -- just in a different dimension! I also hope Apollo is OK and that he and Carey hook up (in all senses) very soon!

I was wondering the same thing. He just shows up at the right house...

I can't honestly say what I think until I read the next chapter...

Just started catching up. I came here from your current in-process story. I like your style of writing. It's snowing to beat the band here today, so I'll binge read as much of this as I can today!

I'm glad you replied, @Mikiesboy! I didn't want to sound like a grammar Nazi, and I make as many mistakes (especially with commas!) as the next writer. I use every tool at my disposal to catch and correct errors, and to smooth out clunky phrases. I rely on web tools and humans (editor and beta reader) to keep me on my toes. Recently, I also became an unofficial (as in "uncredited") beta reader, and I'm learning heaps by helping someone else!

I live in snowy corner of Appalachia (we've had three feet since Christmas and more is on the way), and there's a passle of Thayers living in these parts. It's a surname, though, and one of them was our local judge for twenty-odd years. There was even a town named Thayerville in the old days, but it's now at the bottom of a (frozen) lake! As is the case with Monsieur Rimbaud, I usually eschew stories that are "in process" because I like to binge read the whole thing as quickly as possible. But then it occurred to me that my current story is in fact "in process," and my readers are patiently waiting for it to unfold gradually, even though, like yours, it is already fully fleshed out. I am eager to check out your other story, particularly because it's "complete."