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Special Issue 13

2018-01-24T01:26:02Z

Erin:

Shousetsu Bang*Bang special issue 13 will be released on March 26, 2018. The theme is Hit and Mrs.

Signups for this issue are posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/126694.html.

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Rec Lists

2018-01-15T23:41:19Z

Erin:

Rec Lists are created by readers of Shousetsu Bang*Bang. They compile stories that have certain elements in common. They are entirely the product of individual curation and do not reflect official Shousetsu Bang*Bang categorization

Anyone can start a rec list, preferably with the prefix 'Rec:' (for easy categorization). Give a short description on this page of what the list contains, then put a more detailed explanation of parameters on the page itself. Be sure to mark whether you want this to be an 'open' list (i.e., you're getting the ball rolling but you want others to help out) or a 'closed' list (i.e., this is your opinion, top to bottom). Both kinds are welcome!

== Open Lists ==

These lists are free for anyone to edit. If you see a list that lacks a story/artwork/comic you know should be there, add it!

*[[Rec: Bisexuality]]: stories containing bisexual characters
*[[Rec: Christmas]]: stories with a decidedly Christmasy theme throughout
*[[Rec: Dragons]]: stories containing dragons
*[[Rec: Inter-gen]]: stories containing age-gap pairings
*[[Rec: Military]]: stories with a central theme of soldiers, armies or war
*[[Rec: Politics]]: stories that contain themes relating to politics
*[[Rec: Polyamory]]: stories containing poly and open relationships
*[[Rec: Romcom]]: stories that are sweet, light and a bit humorous, too
*[[Rec: School Stories]]: stories with a school setting
*[[Rec: Suspense]]: stories with mystery and chills
*[[Rec: Zombies]]: stories containing zombies

== Closed Lists ==

These lists have been created to reflect a single creative idea; they should only be edited by their creators.

*[[Rec: Morbid and Creepifying]]: horror recs
*[[Rec: Nice Guys Finish First]]: good guys win the day
*[[Rec: One-Hit Wonders]]: authors who only wrote one story (as of 2008)
*[[Rec: Song of the Travelling Daughter]]: road trip stories
*[[Rec: Stories Originally Containing Editor's Warnings for Elves]]: what it says on the label

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Rec: Christmas

2018-01-15T23:40:47Z

Erin: Erin moved page Rec:Christmas to Rec: Christmas: that missing space was riving me nuts!

Stories and artwork with not just Christmas elements, but a decidedly Christmasy theme throughout. Ho ho ho. ''This list is open for editing.''

*[[The 12 Steps of Christmas]], by [[Kubaru Suki]]
*[[12:24AM]], by [[Eric Shun]]
*[[And All Through the House]], by [[Jump Ai]]
*[[Blood Drops]], by [[Critical Strike]]
*[[Christmas Cookies]], by [[Ms. C. Mouse]]
*[[Cookies]], by [[Seiwa Kaiyura]]
*[[Distance]], by [[crowfish]]
*[[Eve]], by [[shukyou]]
*[[Failed Experiments In Ending A Relationship]], by [[Nijiiro Sumi]]
*[[For Whom Do You Sing]], by [[Reiko]]
*[[A Grim Christmas Carol]], by [[Sora Junko]]
*[[The Holly King and the Oak King]], by [[Kagamino Kage]]
*[[I am the one who has you now]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[Loving You More]], by [[Shinju Yuri]]
*[[Moltslawn Industries]], by [[Kaerutobi Ike]]
*[[The New York Times: December 24, 2183]], by [[Murakami Kasumi]]
*[[The Night Before the Night Before Christmas]], by [[Natsuno Owari]]
*[[Ready for the Holidays]], by [[melanofly]]
*[[This Christmas]], by [[Yamanashi Moe]]
*[[The Twelfth Day Of Christmas]], by [[Marou]]
*[[Under The Mistletoe]], by [[Tamari Erin]]
*[[A Visit From Nick]], by [[Purrsia]]
*[[White Rabbits And Black Russians]], by [[Nara Kagerou]]
*[[Wintering]], by [[Koizumi Shinme]]
*[[Wishful]], by [[Oneira]]
*[[Yeah, Merry Christmas to You Too, Asshole!]], by [[Seiwa Kaiyura]]

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Rec Lists

2018-01-15T23:38:44Z

Erin:

Rec Lists are created by readers of Shousetsu Bang*Bang. They compile stories that have certain elements in common. They are entirely the product of individual curation and do not reflect official Shousetsu Bang*Bang categorization

Anyone can start a rec list, preferably with the prefix 'Rec:' (for easy categorization). Give a short description on this page of what the list contains, then put a more detailed explanation of parameters on the page itself. Be sure to mark whether you want this to be an 'open' list (i.e., you're getting the ball rolling but you want others to help out) or a 'closed' list (i.e., this is your opinion, top to bottom). Both kinds are welcome!

== Open Lists ==

These lists are free for anyone to edit. If you see a list that lacks a story/artwork/comic you know should be there, add it!

*[[Rec: Bisexuality]]: stories containing bisexual characters
*[[Rec:Christmas]]: stories with a decidedly Christmasy theme throughout
*[[Rec: Dragons]]: stories containing dragons
*[[Rec: Inter-gen]]: stories containing age-gap pairings
*[[Rec: Military]]: stories with a central theme of soldiers, armies or war
*[[Rec: Politics]]: stories that contain themes relating to politics
*[[Rec: Polyamory]]: stories containing poly and open relationships
*[[Rec: Romcom]]: stories that are sweet, light and a bit humorous, too
*[[Rec: School Stories]]: stories with a school setting
*[[Rec: Suspense]]: stories with mystery and chills
*[[Rec: Zombies]]: stories containing zombies

== Closed Lists ==

These lists have been created to reflect a single creative idea; they should only be edited by their creators.

*[[Rec: Morbid and Creepifying]]: horror recs
*[[Rec: Nice Guys Finish First]]: good guys win the day
*[[Rec: One-Hit Wonders]]: authors who only wrote one story (as of 2008)
*[[Rec: Song of the Travelling Daughter]]: road trip stories
*[[Rec: Stories Originally Containing Editor's Warnings for Elves]]: what it says on the label

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USER//interface

2018-01-05T02:26:49Z

Erin:

USER//interface is a story written by [[Tamari Erin]]. It originally ran in [[Issue 1]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/1346.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/userinterface/.

== Summary ==
On Station Crimson, a waystation orbiting the mining world of Mercury, Dante is a data pirate with a problem. Enter Lucio, a naive young tourist from a Jovian satellite who might just be the best thing to happen to Dante since he arrived.

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Along The Desert Path

2018-01-05T02:25:13Z

Erin:

Along The Desert Path is a story written by [[Tamari Erin]]. It originally ran in [[Issue 2]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/5925.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/along-the-desert-path/.

== Summary ==
A young priest is sent down the Path of the Gods to investigate an attack on the Holy Temple. On his way there, he meets a charismatic stranger who has his own reasons for going to the Temple.

From http://cheloya.dreamwidth.org/228440.html: "A priest, a plot, and an offering."

From [https://delicious.com/link/66ad5fc6d61106eb12b00c289f72d27e delicious.com]: "A bunch of bandits have stolen something and holed themselves up in the Temple, and it's up to a priest and a mysterious man from the city to remove them and recleanse the holy place. Also, the reconsecration ceremony was not quite as I'd expected. This is not a complaint."

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A Night in Blue

2018-01-05T02:22:23Z

Erin:

A Night in Blue is a story written by [[Tamari Erin]] and illustrated by [[Cao Ku]]. It ran in [[Issue 8]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/32718.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/a-night-in-blue/.

== Connections ==
This is the first story in the [[A Night in Blue series]].

== Summary ==
After rescuing a mysterious boy from the predatory advances of his new Company, 2nd Lt. Simenon finds himself in more trouble than he expected.

== Author's Notes ==

<blockquote>In the original outline, I had the characters actually mention by name the source of Darael's magic -- orgone. Basically, if you've read either the Invisibles or Casanova you know what it is. It's a crazy, made-up particle that id generated/emitted during sex acts. Whenever you have an orgasm, you release orgone, and that's what Darael feeds on. In the finished draft, it's only mentioned that he uses sex and lust and desire as fuel, and that when he uses his magic, he is surrounded by a faint blue light. (Orgone is supposed to glow blue.)

Darael's general look was slightly based on Ranewater Calder from Tite Kubo's Zombie Powder, an ancient, evil man who looks like a teenager and occasionally acts the victim to get what he wants. (Well, until Gamma cuts him in half.)

If he was in any other story, Simenon would totally be the uke. The only reason he's on top is because if Darael is on the bottom there's a better chance that the person he's sleeping with will get it off and give him what he needs.

Originally, Sir Nigellus was much more Batou-like, but after my illustrator sent me a preliminary sketch of him, where he looked like a crusty, anime-ish Sgt. Rock, I completely revised my opinion on the character and revamped him to how he is in the story. (The original Sir Nigellus would never have had Simenon alone with him in his tent for a smoke.) I'm glad I did, because I like this new one a *lot* better.

There was supposed to be much more discussion about the Furure and the atavist tribes (and I wish I'd included at least a brief description about them when they finally attack the camp). They were supposed to be sort of like the Reavers from Firefly, except also weird animal-like genetic mutations.

Half of me wants to write a sequel and half of me just balks at the idea because I don't think the end would work as it does if we do find out whether Simenon took Dara back or not.</blockquote>

(From [http://dipping-sauce.livejournal.com/154711.html http://dipping-sauce.livejournal.com/154711.html], written 2006-12-23)

== Parting the Kimono ==

Aaron the Clanker is named after Aaron Stack, the Machine Man, best known from the Marvel comics series [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextwave Nextwave] by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, where he is repeatedly referred to as 'Clanky' by the other characters.

If you haven't read Nextwave, you really should, and if you have we should be friends.

== External Reviews ==
*http://kkscatnip.livejournal.com/1979475.html

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Artist Special 3

2018-01-04T02:32:15Z

Erin:

[[File:Artcover03.png|200px|thumb|right|Cover for Shousetsu Bang Bang Artist Special Issue 03, by [[detonate]] ]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang Artist Special 3 was released on September 23rd, 2013. The theme was Distant Shores.

It was originally posted at [http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/90342.html bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/90342.html] and mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/artists-special-no-3/ www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/artists-special-no-3/].

Signups for this issue were posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/86950.html.

== Contents ==

The cover artist was [[detonate]]. The issue contains the following stories:

*[[The Seal and the Skraeling]], by [[Iron Eater]]
*[[Third Moon Rising]], by [[n_th_green]]
*[[Ferryman]], by [[fightfair]] and [[schumie]]
*[[Cosmic Quest: Mind Over Body]], by [[leadengine]] and [[pixie_punch]]
*[[Undertow]], by [[staringatsuns]]
*[[Skies Below]], by [[Yuite Dio]]
*[[The Pine Wind]], by [[beili]] and [[MYŌGADANI Mōra]]

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Artist Special 3

2018-01-04T02:30:16Z

Erin:

[[File:Artcover03.png|200px|thumb|right|Cover for Shousetsu Bang Bang Artist Special Issue 03, by [[detonate]] ]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang Artist Special 3 was released on September 23rd, 2013. The theme was Distant Shores.

It was originally posted at [http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/90342.html bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/90342.html] and mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/artists-special-no-3/ www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/artists-special-no-3/].

== Contents ==

The cover artist was [[detonate]]. The issue contains the following stories:

*[[The Seal and the Skraeling]], by [[Iron Eater]]
*[[Third Moon Rising]], by [[n_th_green]]
*[[Ferryman]], by [[fightfair]] and [[schumie]]
*[[Cosmic Quest: Mind Over Body]], by [[leadengine]] and [[pixie_punch]]
*[[Undertow]], by [[staringatsuns]]
*[[Skies Below]], by [[Yuite Dio]]
*[[The Pine Wind]], by [[beili]] and [[MYŌGADANI Mōra]]

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Category:Artist Special

2018-01-02T02:26:42Z

Erin:

Artists' Specials are dedicated to M/M and F/F comics and standalone illustrations.

Category:Yes, And issue

2018-01-02T02:24:44Z

Erin: Created page with "Yes, And issues contain content of every kind except that which can be found in other issues (i.e., exclusively m/m or f/f content)."

Yes, And issues contain content of every kind except that which can be found in other issues (i.e., exclusively m/m or f/f content).

Yes, And 6

2018-01-02T02:23:00Z

Erin:

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Yes, And 6 will be released on July 30, 2018. The theme is I Was Meant For the Stage.

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Yes, And 5

2018-01-02T02:22:39Z

Erin:

[[File:YA5-cover.png|200px|thumb|right|cover by [[A.Sammich]].]]

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Yes, And 5 was released on July 24, 2017. The theme is Tale as Old as Time.

The issue announcement was posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/123743.html and the contents are hosted at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/yes-and-special-5/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/761283

Signups for this issue are posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/122205.html.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[A.Sammich]]. The issue contains the following stories:

*[[Home From Abroad]], by [[Domashita Romero]]
*[[Unlocked]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[Picked Up Along the Way]], by [[Okō]]
*[[Totally Stoned]], by [[Houndstooth]]
*[[Inherit, Imbue]], by [[TK Hoshikuzu]]
*[[The False Prince and the True]], by [[shukyou‎]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[Meeting the New Princess‎]], by [[Iron Eater‎]]

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Yes, And 4

2018-01-02T02:22:05Z

Erin:

[[File:YA4-cover.png|200px|thumb|right|cover by [[quaedam]].]]

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Yes, And 4 was released on July 25, 2016. The theme is Shaken, Not Stirred.

It was originally posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/117738.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/yes-and-special-4/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/761032

Signups for this issue are posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/117014.html.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[quaedam]]. The issue contains the following stories:

*[[Café Miel]], by [[Aosora Hikaru‎]]
*[[3,693 miles of stitches]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13‎]]
*[[Tempestuous]], by [[Iron Eater‎]]
*[[The Purple Pony Job]], by [[Sparklebeard‎]]
*[[Three to the Sea and One Returned]], by [[Wasureta Yume‎]]
*[[Love Will Tie the Slipknot]], by [[T.F. Grognon‎]]
*[[Action at a Distance]], by [[Houndstooth‎]]
*[[The Defect]], by [[shukyou‎]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[Seaside Rendezvous‎]], by [[wfl-art‎]]

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Yes, And 3

2018-01-02T02:21:47Z

Erin:

[[File:ya3 - cover.jpg|200px|thumb|right|cover by [[kidA]].]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang Yes, And Issue 3 was released on July 20, 2015. The theme is Circus Maximus.

It was originally posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/110592.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/yes-and-special-3/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/761168

Signups for this issue are posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/109551.html.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[kidA]]. The issue contains the following stories:
*[[A Sucker Born Every Minute (and Three on the Doorstep)]], by [[Yin Twig]]
*[[Private Show]], by [[Auriel Naughtwell]]
*[[Kaleidoscope]], by [[Sparklebeard]]
*[[Suspension]], by [[shukyou]]
*[[International Dissertation Avoidance Day]], by [[Kimyō Tabibito]]
*[[The Bearded Girl and the Silksmith]], by [[Mar Gyorin]]
*[[Long Distance]], by [[Iron Eater]]
*[[You Just Might Get It]], by [[juou no zen]]
*[[The Funambulist]], by [[Hikaru Yamaguchi]]
*[[Ludi]], by [[Rin Katta]]
*[[The Queen’s Dancing Girl]], by [[Reddoraion no ōjo]]
*[[An unexpected stay in Highbridge Town]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]

The issue also contains the following standalone art:
*[[les cerceaux]], by [[cloven]]

== External Reviews ==
* https://fairyninjas.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/circus-maximus-ssbb-yes-and-3/

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Yes, And Issues

2018-01-02T02:21:21Z

Erin:

Shousetsu Bang*Bang publishes Yes, And issues every July. These contain explicit content of every kind ''except'' that which can be found in other issues (i.e., exclusively m/m or f/f content). All issues have a theme and contain stories between 1500 and 23,000 words.

There are also regular [[Issues]], [[Special Issues]], and [[Artist Special Issues]].

== Back Issues ==

'''2013'''
*[[Yes, And 1]]

'''2014'''
*[[Yes, And 2]]: Color Wheel

'''2015'''
*[[Yes, And 3]]: Circus Maximus

'''2016'''
*[[Yes, And 4]]: Shaken, Not Stirred

'''2017'''
*[[Yes, And 5]]: Tale as Old as Time

'''2018'''
*[[Yes, And 6]]: I Was Meant For the Stage

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Yes, And 2

2018-01-02T02:20:18Z

Erin:

[[File:YA2 - cover (no text).jpg|thumb|Textless version of [[engine]]'s cover.]]

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Yes, And Special Issue 2 was released on July 21, 2014. The theme is Color Wheel.

It was originally posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/102609.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/yes-and-special-2/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/761209

Signups for this issue were originally posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/100311.html.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[engine]]. The issue contains the following stories:
*[[Double Shot Red-Eye With Room]], by [[Aosora Hikaru]]
*[[Dinner at Dido's]], by [[Iron Eater]]
*[[Unregulated Void]], by [[Rikougawa Yashiki]]
*[[God(dess) Bless you, Ruby Woo]], by [[Kimyō Tabibito]]
*[[In the Bush]], by [[shukyou]]
*[[The Lavender Menace]], by [[T.F. Grognon]]
*[[la chevaliere]], by [[Yamanashi Moe]]
*{[[holographic-synthesis-waltz]]}, by [[Himawari]]

The issue also contains the following standalone art:
*[[The Magician's Assistant]], by [[Yuite Dio]]
*[[There is No Number More Beautiful than Three]], by [[Nebulosity Çiélon]]
*[[Point of View]], by [[serenity_winner]]

== External Reviews ==
*http://fairyninjas.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/shousetsy-bangbang-yes-and-special-2/

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Yes, And 1

2018-01-02T02:19:44Z

Erin:

[[File:Yesandcover01.png|200px|thumb|right|Cover for Shousetsu Bang Bang Yes, And Special Issue 01, by [[serenity_winner]] ]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang Yes, And Special Issue 1 was released on July 29, 2013. There was no theme.

It was originally posted at [http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/88636.html bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/88636.html] and is mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/yes-and-special-1/ shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/yes-and-special-1/].

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/761300

== Contents ==

The cover artist was [[serenity_winner]]. The issue contains the following stories:

*[[Decanter]], by [[Iron Eater]]
*[[Six Sundays in July]], by [[shukyou]]
*[[Inspiration]], by [[Fuuten Eki]]
*[[Slime Sacrifice?! A maiden's nightmare!]], by [[Tomoko Kaiawate]]
*[[A Change of Colour]], by [[Yūdoku Fukuronezumi]]
*[[Now It Can Be Told]], by [[Domashita Romero]]

The issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[And Babies Make Four]], by [[neomeruru]]
*[[Aroha]], by [[Yuite Dio]]

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Category:Yes, And

2018-01-02T02:17:54Z

Erin:

Yes, And stories and art contain material not found in m/m or f/f issues.

War Bonds

2018-01-02T02:16:10Z

Erin:

War Bonds is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[serenity_winner]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 7]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/211655.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/war-bonds/.

== Summary ==
A woman whose husband has gone off to fight in WWII finds a friend in a fellow factory worker.

<BLOCKQUOTE>It was the war's fault that she was there, in dungarees and with all her wavy red hair tied back in a kerchief, her hands grubby in the crevices of her knuckles and palms, holding pneumatic tools she hadn't known had existed two weeks before, wearing a gold locket with Tom's picture in it the way his letters promised he kept what few pictures he had of her wedged in the crevices of the metal that held his bunk to the wall. The war was responsible for how the nails she'd always kept so nice were ragged at the tips and cuticles, and rimmed around and beneath with heavy black-brown grease; the war was why she came home to an empty house and cooked supper for one and jumped in the middle of the night at every unexplained noise and sometimes stayed awake until dawn, hugging Tom's pillow to her chest and telling herself it was going to be all right.
She wouldn't complain; she was a good girl who never complained. She just wanted God and the rest of the universe to be clear on the point of the matter of her suffering. She had done nothing wrong; it was the war.</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Related Links ==
War Bonds has been [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20632942-war-bonds featured at GoodReads].

== Author's Notes ==
<BLOCKQUOTE>So once upon a time, during the great morass of misery that was last year, [[beeblebabe]] used the phrase 'WWII drag' to describe My Chemical Romance's [http://youtu.be/uCUpvTMis-Y The Ghost of You] video. Through several subsequent steps and leaps of great nonsense, we came to this particular scenario. Credit as usual goes to her for helping bring a lot of this to life, especially the cuteness that is Patty. (She also came up with the title!) There are lots of stories out there about housewives of this era trapped in awful marriages, and a lot of lesbian stories that pick up on that unhappiness and solve it with lady love. While many of these scenarios are both fun to read about and reflective of real-life situations, I wanted to do a story where the initial marriage is not only good, it's great! Therefore, the lesbianism isn't salvation, it's complication -- and one I didn't want to take the easy way out of by having Tom die nobly in war, leaving his widow in predictable need of comfort. I feel all works out well in the end for all participants, though, including the children, who will grow up parented by a kind father, a doting mother, and a cool aunt. It was a fun challenge trying to write a dirty sex scene with a narrator whose dirty word vocabulary is very small. Patty will love 'fuck' and 'clit' and 'cock' when she someday learns them, but for now, she makes do. ...Truth be told, Patty doesn't have a bunch of the words I feel would more correctly describe the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality going on around her, but she's a product of her time and place and upbringing. She's not going to realize that what she's in is a polyamorous relationship until she's old enough to collect Social Security. Patty cries a lot in this story, and I'm only vaguely sorry. It was a really emotional time! [[serenity_winner]] has gone above and beyond with these illustrations, I need to note, and if you're interested, [http://serenity-fails.tumblr.com/post/19400162295/its-official-im-opening-commissions-five-open you should hit her up for commissions], as her work is obviously spectacular. I tell you the truth, the second I knew I was going be doing this story, I knew she had to be the one to draw for it, because she draws the best fatties. Speaking of fat hotties, Patty and Lou's character designs were inspired by [http://www.nofauxxx.com/video-april-flores-dylan-ryan-girl-love April Flores and Dylan Ryan (and oh is this link NSFW like woah)], respectively. If you are into fat, queer, gorgeous porn stars, April Flores is like a dream come true. (If Patty had been born c. 1985 rather than c. 1925, she might have enjoyed taking a similar trajectory with her life.) As a plus-sized lady who is a fan of other plus-sized ladies, I liked getting the opportunity to put a real big girl into the story and make her totally sexy; my only regret with choosing not to make Lou the narrator is that I didn't get to go on about how incredibly hot Patty is. But I think her actions spoke for that, and if that gorgeous pinup didn't convince you, perhaps nothing will. </BLOCKQUOTE>

(from http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/797137.html)

== External Reviews ==
*http://whitmans-sampler.tumblr.com/post/92516094924/war-bonds-shousetsu-bang-bang
*[https://www.pinboard.in/u:sophia_sol/b:ab68c7d5895c pinboard.in]: "(happy comfortable poly (V triad) during and after WWII)(and the art that goes with it is perfect)"

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Tastes Like You Only Sweeter

2018-01-02T02:15:16Z

Erin:

Tastes Like You Only Sweeter is a story written by [[Aosora Hikaru]]. It ran in [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special_Issue_8 Special Issue 8] and can be found at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/242391.html http://s2b2.livejournal.com/242391.html] and mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/tastes-like-you-only-sweeter/ http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/tastes-like-you-only-sweeter/].

== Summary ==
Yvette and Eileen work for an espionage group with no name. They're trying to work out being lovers as well as work partners.
<BLOCKQUOTE>The scummy guys always went for the lesbians. Threesome? They were ''all over that''.</blockquote>

From [http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/52821.html?thread=246549845#t246549845 fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org]: "Spies following a mark."

== Connections ==
Tastes Like You Only Sweeter is unconnected to other stories or universes.

== Related Links ==
Tastes Like You Only Sweeter is listed on [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22454935-tastes-like-you-only-sweeter Goodreads] and [http://archiveofourown.org/works/1665632 Archive of Our Own].

== Author's Notes ==
So I decided I needed to branch out from all dudes, all the time, and that's where Yvette and Eileen came from.

The title is from the Fall Out Boy song Thnks Fr Th Mmrs but you knew that already, didn't you?

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Sensual in Such Non-Conventional Ways

2018-01-02T02:14:22Z

Erin:

Sensual in Such Non-Conventional Ways is a story written by [[Aosora Hikaru]] and illustrated by [[Nebulosity Çiélon]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 9]] and can be found at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/270711.html http://s2b2.livejournal.com/270711.html] and mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/sensual-in-such-non-conventional-ways/ http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/sensual-in-such-non-conventional-ways/].

== Summary ==
Jo is a magician. Cassandra is her lovely assistant. Sparks certainly fly off-stage as well as on it.
<BLOCKQUOTE>"Are you decent, my dear?" Jo called.
 
"Entirely too decent," Cassandra replied, and opened the door, grasping for Jo's collar with a mischievous grin. "Now get in here. How dare you keep me waiting."</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Connections ==
Sensual in Such Non-Conventional Ways is unconnected to other stories and universes.

== Related Links ==
Sensual in Such Non-Conventional Ways is listed on [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22455019-sensual-in-such-non-conventional-ways Goodreads] and [http://archiveofourown.org/works/1666127 Archive of Our Own].

== Author's Notes ==
This was the first story illustrated by [[Nebulosity Çiélon]], a dear friend whom I have known for roughly 14 years. We used to sit on her bedroom floor and draw picture after picture after picture. She may have even read some of my old fanfiction back then, though I'm not entirely sure I was willing to even show some to her, I was so embarrassed by my writing skill! (I don't think I've improved all that much; rather I just give less of a fuck now.)

I decided I needed to keep the momentum going, and wrote another story for this year's special issue.

Once again, the title is a Fall Out Boy lyric: this time, from the somewhat more obscure Homesick at Space Camp. (More obscure than [[Tastes Like You Only Sweeter]]'s Thnks Fr Th Mmrs, anyway.)

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The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa

2018-01-02T02:13:23Z

Erin:

The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[tongari]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 2]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/49071.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-passion-of-saints-tryphaena-and-tryphosa/.

== Summary ==
Early Christian women fall in love with one another.

From [http://eccentric-nucleus.tumblr.com/post/63537518340/okay-s2b2-best-of-also-the-formatting-on-this eccentric-nucleus.tumblr.com]: "do you want some biblical lesbians b/c here are some biblical lesbians."

From [https://www.pinboard.in/u:LLD_ONMEME/b:ac158ca9fc76 pinboard.in]: "MARTYRED LESBIANS FOR CHRIST! WHAT A LESBIAN THREESOME WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A BIBLICAL CHRONICLE. ALTHOUGH TO WARN YOU, IT DOES END WITH EVERYONE ACTUALFAX GETTING MARTYRED."

<BLOCKQUOTE>Translator's Notes
The author of The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa (part of a larger codex recently unearthed by Dr. Wm. Ford) identifies as 'Persis,' the third name listed with Tryphaena and Tryphosa in Romans 16:12. All three women are identified as leaders of the Roman church, though further biographies are absent elsewise from Christian writings. Nonetheless, St. Paul appeared to hold all three in high esteem, going so far as to identify them by context as διακονοι (diakonoi, deaconesses) who laborant/laboravit in Domino (labour/have laboured in the Lord).
The style used in the Passion lends credence to its unique authorial claims, as it bears little resemblence to later martyrdom accounts (see: [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas]), choosing instead to focus its attention on the acts in life of the paired saints. In this, it bears more likeness to the apocryphal [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/thecla.html Acts of Paul and Thecla], which, despite the assertions its text makes, is a later forgery whose appearance coincides with the end of martyrdom accounts and the rise of hagiography. The author's intent appears to be to recount both life and death of her subjects, which lends credence to the text's claims that the author is an otherwise-uneducated, lower-class foreign woman in Roman society, for the mimesis the text evidence displays is interpretive, not verbatim (suggesting mimicry performed by someone who had possibly heard but never read similar accounts). The timeline does not follow precisely the dates suggested by other ancient texts, though precision of chronology was not a major concern of these authors.
The descriptions of sexual activity cannot, of course, be considered authentic, but must be understood as metaphorical, or perhaps a miscreant scribe's later addition to the text.</BLOCKQUOTE>

This story involves martyrdom, but like the early Christians, considers it a good thing.

== Connections ==
The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa is involves characters mentioned in the Bible, and has a slight nod to [[Arizona Ford And The Golden Legend]].

== Author's Notes ==
<BLOCKQUOTE>My theory behind this was basically: hey, I've been exploiting all my friends and using everybody else's knowledge for evil! Maybe it's time to use my knowledge for evil! ...Except what I know is early Christian martyrdom texts. The translator's notes are very fake (I have implied that the codex was found by the hero of [[beeblebabe]]'s ss*bb boy story), but they link to the real texts whose styles I'm trying to imitate here. If nothing else, I figure that'll let people know that this style is very intentional, and not just because I'm a bad writer. I know I always say [[petronia]]'s going to kick me out of the zine for this story, but this one may yet do it! Nah, it's not that bad, just really alienating. I won't be too surprised if no one reads it. FIRST-CENTURY PASTICHE, BITCHES! ...I may have to go lie down.[http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/475552.html]</BLOCKQUOTE>

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Knight

2018-01-02T02:11:42Z

Erin:

Knight is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[luckykitty]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 1]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/21575.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/knight/.

== Summary ==
A knight of the realm falls in love with the princess.

<BLOCKQUOTE>To call his feelings for the princess love at first sight would have been to underestimate them by a considerable magnitude.</BLOCKQUOTE>

From [https://www.pinboard.in/u:partofthewhole/b:b00db43d4cd2 pinboard.in]: "Fabulous genderqueer medieval tale of a princess and her knight."

== Connections ==
Knight is unconnected to other stories or universes.

== Author's Notes ==
This is a story that today would have run in a Yes, And issue. It's also the first story I ever submitted to Shousetsu Bang*Bang, and I thought up the premise when I was like twelve, so I think we can all forgive it for not being that good.

== Reviews ==
* http://whitmans-sampler.tumblr.com/post/85394215619/knight-shousetsu-bang-bang

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International Dissertation Avoidance Day

2018-01-02T02:10:58Z

Erin:

International Dissertation Avoidance Day is a story written by [[Kimyō Tabibito]]. It originally ran in [[Yes, And 3]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/313645.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/international-dissertation-avoidance-day/. It is apart of the [[SEQ]] universe.

[[File:INTERNATIONAL.png|300px|thumb|right]]

== Summary ==
The return of Harper and Loren (first appearing in [[God(dess) Bless you, Ruby Woo]], with a cameo in [[Quantification]]). A year after ''God(dess) Bess you, Ruby Woo'', Harper and Loren have moved in with one another. Loren is neck deep in dissertation mire and Harper decides to...help. Yes. Help.

== Authors Notes ==
PWP, Lemon? I didn't even try to turn this into anything but pure and unadulterated porn.

Blame [[Himawari]] for this story, I wrote it for them! When I ran out of time to submit something I'm like WAIT, WHAT IF I USED THIS STORY ABOUT HARPER FISTING LORE? And I did, and it was excellent.

== Related Works ==
*[[God(dess) Bless you, Ruby Woo]]
*[[Quantification]]

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Her Lamp Does Not Go Out at Night

2018-01-02T02:10:09Z

Erin:

Her Lamp Does Not Go Out at Night ran in [[Special Issue 6]] and was submitted by [[Koiwa Shishiko]]. It's published at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/169808.html s2b2.livejournal.com/169808.html] and mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/her-lamp-does-not-go-out-at-night/ shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/her-lamp-does-not-go-out-at-night].

== Summary ==
The new wife of a king finds her attention increasingly drawn to a certain member of his harem.

<BLOCKQUOTE>A woman walked between the trees, dark-skinned and wrapped in airy blue cloth. It was a little hard to judge from this angle, but she looked extraordinarily tall — as tall as a man — with long arms and strong legs. Her hair was cut slave-short, but both her wrists and ankles were looped with gold. Her anklets had bells on them. Hannah could just make out a sparkle of their ring as the woman walked past them and ventured into where the man-made forest grew thicker.</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Connections ==
Her Lamp Does Not Go Out at Night precedes [[The Revelation of Orev]] and features many of the same characters.

== External Reviews ==
*http://whitmans-sampler.tumblr.com/post/88741831444/her-lamp-does-not-go-out-at-night-shousetsu-bang-bang
*[https://delicious.com/link/646252d46dd7bc6b935c227af41c9dae delicious.com]: "Oh my God I like this even better than Revelation of Orev. Can the author keep writing in this universe forever? I would like that alot."

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God(dess) Bless you, Ruby Woo

2018-01-02T02:09:38Z

Erin:

[[File:Goddess bless you-01.jpg|thumb|alt=a tube of bright red lipstick with the words God(dess) Bless you, Ruby Woo around the image|Art by [[Beili]].]] God(dess) Bless you, Ruby Woo is a story written by [[Kimyō Tabibito]] and illustrated by [[Beili]]. It ran in [[Yes, And 2]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/282497.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/goddess-bless-you-ruby-woo/. It is a part of the [[SEQ]] universe.

== Summary ==
From [http://fairyninjas.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/shousetsy-bangbang-yes-and-special-2/ fairyninjas.wordpress.com]: "A dirty tale of a drag queen/dom and his best friend, who is also usually a dom, but maybe not always."
<BLOCKQUOTE>
He slid a finger into my mouth. I closed around it, sucking instinctively.

"Do you know how to stop lipstick from getting all over your teeth, Lore?" he asked. I shook my head, never taking my lips from him.

"Purse your lips," he told me, before he slid his finger from my mouth with an obscene little pop. The red stained his skin and I swallowed hard, thinking of that color against his cock.</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Authors Notes ==
This story was nothing more than an excuse to write a makeup/rough oral scene and while the story stops with that, the characters have spiraled out into a shared world, [[SEQ]]. Keep your eyes peeled for an appearance by Harper and Loren as well as Keith and Zachery from [[You said Yes as I said Please]] in [[Issue 50]].

This story wouldn't have been possible without my partner allowing me to borrow her Ruby Woo. A huge thank you to my beta readers, including the one who stated "I barely know how to put on powder." Nor would it have been possible without the songs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nMfS10_1Y "I am Not a Robot"] by Marina and the Diamonds and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-vHEw5ocD4 Pretty Little Head] by Eliza Rickman.

Again, this story is dedicated in memory of [[Akane Arisu]], who would be rolling her eyes so hard at what I chose to write about.

== Bonus Scene ==
<blockquote>
I wrote 2,500 words of this story from Harper's point of view and then I realized it was all wrong and had to go back and rewrite it from Loren's POV. Once I did that, everything clicked into place and it was done in about 24 hours. As a bonus here is a bit from the unbeta-ed or edited first draft.
</blockquote>
Loren stopped me, hand warm against my thigh. "...Harper," he said, in the tone I'd come to learn was his 'I have something important to tell you' voice. "What would you do if I asked you to make sure my eye makeup would run?"

My brain scrambled and ended up settling on an image of Loren on his knees with mascara running down his cheeks. I almost dropped the brush in my hand as my cock decided to take interest in that thought as my brain started to connect that question to his previous statement.

"I'd ask why you wanted to look fuckable and have make up designed to make you look debauched after being fucked?" I said, looking down at him with narrowed eyes.

Loren swallowed hard. "...because maybe I'd like you to top the shit out of me and I like being hard femme, and you like seeing pretty people with their makeup messed up after sex."

And it was a good thing that I wasn't currently putting liner or mascara on him, or might have stabbed him in the eye from shock. To my knowledge, Loren had never subbed before. But my dick was telling me "YES" so I tilted his head up and met his eyes. "I'd maybe tell you yes, ask you what your limits where, what you wanted your safewords to be. And tell you to wait until I finished your eyeshadow before answering," I told him, as a fit of random inspiration struck and I set to work enhancing his fuckablity, but really, even without makeup the man was stunning.

"Same as when I'm in charge," Loren said with a little smirk as I pulled away from him. "Red. Yellow." He looked up and met my eyes and I kept letting my cock do the thinking.

"You are...an extremely aggressive top. Or, let's face it Loren, a sadistic fuck." I pointed out as if he was not aware of this fact himself.

"I know, and you are too," he didn't take his eyes off mine, and I licked my lips as I thought about the implication of those words.

"Fucking?" I asked, voice hot.

"Oral or anal only," he said calmly, like we were talking about nothing important.

I nodded and leaned over him, fingers unnecessarily tight on his jaw as I tilted his head. "Close your eyes," it was an order, not a request. Loren's eyes fluttered closed and I traced a thick black line around his lashline, flicking it out and filling in the wing before repeating it on the other side. "Keep them closed," I told him, and he did.

Never in my life did I find putting makeup on someone so erotic. As his liner dried, I traced his lips with a vivid red and slicked gloss over them, before reaching for a cheap mascara and ordering him to open his eyes, laying it on thick.

I sat aside the rest of the makeup, cupping my hand against his cheek, enjoying the look of his face made up for me. For me. I shook my head to try and clear it as I stroked his jaw.

Lips slightly parted, Loren glanced up at me, looking equal parts shy, nervous, and aroused. "Fucking hell, Loren," Between the "fuck me" red lips, long spiky eyelashes, and eyeliner winged sharp enough to cut, I wanted nothing more than to see him choke on my cock until his mascara was running down his cheeks and that perfect red was stained against my skin.

"I need you to tell me this is what you want again," I demanded, my voice rough, maybe a little shaky if I was being honest with myself. It was too late, or was it too early by now? I glanced at the clock, red numbers telling me it was just after 4am. We were running on caffeine and lingering adrenaline from my show.

I wasn't completely sure we should be doing this, if our lack of sleep wasn't impairing Loren's ability to consent properly.

He reached up, long fingers wrapping around my wrist and squeezing, thumb sweeping against my pulse point. "Harper," his voice had gone all soft in ways that I'd never heard it before, "there is no one I trust more to do this to me, with me," he corrected himself. "Please, I want this from you."

Part of me wanted to tell him that, no, we need to wait until we were both awake. Hell, Loren and I hadn't ever even fucked before. Unless co-topping someone counted, and I wasn't counting it right now. We flirted, we cuddled, we traded tips on using floggers and how to turn kitchen utensils into effective impact toys. We were friends. Very good friends who flirted and tied boys up together, but still friends.

It wasn't for lack of desire that Loren and I hadn't fucked. In part because I, in what was becoming a rapidly incorrect assumption, didn't see a way you could throw two sadistic tops into a bedroom and make it work. I just stared at Loren for a moment while I waited for my sluggish brain to catch up after I had let my dick do the thinking.

"I crave to be on my knees," he admitted, voice low. He seemed to realize that I needed more reassurance. "I've worked so fucking hard to be taken seriously as a dom that I haven't let myself feel this in a very long time," pale blue eyes met mine and almost took my breath away. "I trust you to look at me after this and still see me."

Loren kept stroking his fingers against my wrist and I batted his hand away because while my brain had caught up, my cock was still trying to do the thinking. His touch was too distracting in the mind vs penis war that was going on in my body.

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Bless Your Heart

2018-01-02T02:08:01Z

Erin:

Bless Your Heart is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[safelybeds]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 8]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/244028.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/bless-your-heart/.

== Summary ==
The host of a YouTube show invites a journalist to be a guest star.

<BLOCKQUOTE>JULIA: It's just a little– Oh, shit.
[quick cut]
JULIA: And then you want to– Shit. Balls. Hold on.
[quick cut]
JULIA: But always– [offscreen crash] Oh, sweet Jesus, fuck me sideways.
[quick cut]
JULIA: Well, either these will be the best petit fours I've ever made, or I'm just going to have to kill everyone in the building to cover the evidence.
[musical cue, title card: "BLESS YOUR HEART"]</BLOCKQUOTE>

From [http://isis.dreamwidth.org/80737.html isis.dreamwidth.org]: "A gay newswoman (who bears a strong resemblance to Rachel Maddow) and a cheerfully profane Southern cooking web-series hostess flirt a lot (in front of the latter's cameraman husband) and eventually get drunk and get it on (ditto)."

From [http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/52821.html?thread=246549845#t246549845 fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org]: "A cooking webseries hostess (filmed by her husband) meets an attractive butch lesbian news show hostess to do a special episode."

== Connections ==
Bless Your Heart is part of the [[Whitniverse]] and contains direct references to characters alluded to, if not named, in [[The Sad Blanket]] and [[And That's the News]].

== Author's Notes ==
<BLOCKQUOTE>Oh, mercy, where to begin. Initially, I was planning to write a totally different story for this issue -- but I realized it was too long of a concept and I've been too short on time. However, on my lengthy commutes, I've been listening to John Hodgman's odd and lovely trilogy of complete world knowledge in audiobook form -- and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Information_Than_You_Require More Information Than You Requre], there's a whole long section where Hodgman and Rachel Maddow make cocktails out of increasingly horrifying elements. Thus, an idea was born. I won't even pretend: Rebekah Yang is totally like unto Rachel Maddow, to the point where I actually spoofed the first paragraph of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Maddow Maddow's Wikipedia entry] to make Rebekah's. Julia and Jay are cribbed from much more personal sources, but you can rest assured, their inspirations are pleased. [[beeblebabe]] deserves at least some collaborative credit on all my SSBB stories, but she deserves extra credit on this one: all of those cocktails from Rebekah's article are her own inventions. And they're awesome inventions! Even I, not the biggest fan of gin, can get behind a good [[http://beeblebabe.livejournal.com/582782.html Avada Colada]]. If you try them and like them, you should let her know! The classics, however, are classics -- well, okay, the specifics of that kind of Gin Old Fashioned are from [http://www.esquire.com/drinks/gin-cocktail-drink-recipe Esquire], but the Aviation and Fitzgerald are pretty standard. There was a cocktail I meant to include, but the story sort of wrote itself around its inclusion; thus, I might as well put it here. This, my friends, is how to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Word_%28cocktail%29 The Last Word]: equal parts gin, lime juice, green Chartreuse, and maraschino liqueur; shake with ice and strain. There are a ton of in-jokes in this one, too, and while I won't call attention to all of them, some definitely need highlighting. If you've read all the SSBB stories and assorted original nonsense from myself and my closest friends, you may notice, from time to time, a little overlap -- this is because we've got some intersecting creative universes and, being friends, we like to share. (Someday, someday we will make a table showing all relevant connections) One of the most frequently used collaborative spaces is the real world that's juuuust slightly off of normal, where veils are pretty hilariously thin. The whole concept of the Vengeancers first showed up in [[The Sad Blanket]], and though he was not mentioned by name in the original story, Thom Markinswell (a.k.a. #1 on Julia Lee's Freebies List) plays the Trickster, the villain in both that movie and the Norseman movie that preceded it. Jim McGloin made his debut in [[And That's the News]], and I can only assume he's still employed by Fox News to this day. On the issue, too, of the phrase 'bless your heart': there seems to exist a misconception that assumes it is the equivalent to 'fuck you'. This is not entirely true -- it can mean 'fuck you', but only at its strongest. Used more mildly, it has connotations of 'oh, you sweet idiot'. Example: in high school, I had a boyfriend who was a freelance church organist in his spare time, and he once he was called to sub in at a church so far out in the sticks that he got lost at least a dozen times getting there; when he finally did arrive, half an hour late, he was frantic with apologies, and the old woman in charge of it all just took his hands in hers, looked him in the eye, and said, with all patient sweetness, "Well, bless your heart." ...Okay, that's the fun stuff, so if you're bored by things that are like unto navel-gazing, you can stop here. I will admit that I had a little bit of a conceptual problem with this story, arising from the question of lesbian performance and the male gaze. While you can't tell about the article-writers, and of course the tweets and emails come from the ladies themselves, the man behind the camera is, in fact, a man. The comfortable compromise I came to -- at least, the one that helps me sleep at night -- is that while Jay gets to enjoy the whole thing, it's definitely not for him. If he hadn't been there, it would've continued unabated. They aren't performing for him so much as they're performing for the camera in general. You could have replaced him with another woman or even a tripod, and the performative aspect wouldn't have changed. Exhibitionism is not automatically a bad thing! But a lot changes depending on whose terms it occurs. One of the other things I decided to do, both mindful of this and for comic value, was to mute Jay. He's a part of what's going on, but he's barely participatory and he's definitely not driving. I hope you can put enough together about him from context clues, because he's supposed to be a super-great guy, and he and Julia love one another to pieces. But man, do you ever not pass up an opportunity like this one. So! That's how my brain interprets it, anyway. Muzzling Jay had one sad side effect, though: the lovely twitter drawing that [[safelybeds]] did for him never got used! So [http://shousetsubangbang.com/2013-fem/blessjaypeas.png here he is], in all his twitter-sized glory. Ain't he just precious? </BLOCKQUOTE>

(from http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/837693.html)

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Artist Special 8

2018-01-02T01:02:11Z

Erin:

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Artist Special 8 will be released on September 24, 2018. The theme is Hidden Pleasures.

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Special Issue 13

2018-01-02T00:59:42Z

Erin:

Shousetsu Bang*Bang special issue 13 will be released on March 26, 2018. The theme is Hit and Mrs.

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Special Issue 12

2018-01-02T00:59:22Z

Erin:

[[File:special12-cover.png|200px|thumb|right|cover by [[Uehara Kazushi]].]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang Special Issue 12 was released on March 20, 2017. The theme is All is Full of Love.

The issue can be found at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/121257.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/bang-bang-special-no-12/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/758782

Signups for this issue are posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/120560.html.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[Uehara Kazushi]]. The issue contains the following stories:
*[[Z.S.]], by [[Houndstooth]]
*[[The Queen of the Sunken City]], by [[Tamari Erin]]
*[[The Best of All Possible Worlds]], by [[Iron Eater]]
*[[The uninvited visitors]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[Dick]], by [[shukyou]]
*[[What You Deserve]], by [[TK Hoshikuzu]]
*[[Palindrome International]], by [[H.P. Lovecock]]
*[[Loren and the Machine]], by [[Yuriko Toru]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:
*[[FULL DATA TRANSFER TO MOBILE STATION|<nowiki>[FULL DATA TRANSFER TO MOBILE STATION]</nowiki>]], by [[curanto]]

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Special Issue 11

2018-01-02T00:59:02Z

Erin:

[[File:Special11-cover.png|200px|thumb|right|cover by [[curanto]].]]

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Special Issue 11 was released on March 28, 2016. The theme is Walk on the Wild Side.

The issue can be found at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/115373.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/bangbang-special-no-11/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/761034

Signups for this issue are posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/114190.html.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[curanto]]. The issue contains the following stories:
*[[It's only too late if you don't start now]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[Love or Sympathy (But Never Both)]], by [[Aosora Hikaru]]
*[[The Perfect Gentleman]], by [[Hiwaru Kibi]]
*[[Polychromatic]], by [[Peko Peko]]
*[[Hunter/Hunted]], by [[loveonthefarm]]
*[[The Science of Art]], by [[eth]]
*[[The Handmaid's Tail]], by [[Iron Eater]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:
*[[after hours practice]], by [[cloven]]
*[[Bandmates]], by [[Stitchedupstory]]

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Issue 71

2018-01-01T19:32:04Z

Erin:

Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 71 will be released on February 26, 2018. The theme is Like and Subscribe.

Signups for this issue are posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/126224.html.

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Issue 70

2017-12-25T04:32:58Z

Erin:

[[File:issue70-cover.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover by [[Iris Jay]] ]]

Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 70 was released on December 18, 2017. This issue is theme free.

It was posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125878.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/bang-bang-no-70/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/769777.

Signups for this issue are posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125331.html

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[Iris Jay]]. This issue contains the following stories:

*[[Always will I ever]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[The Virgin Incubus]], by [[juou no zan]]
*[[In the shadow of a scarlet moon]], by [[Tamari Erin]]
*[[Rust Lake]], by [[Ptarmigan]]
*[[Getting On Your Nerve]], by [[aohime]]
*[[Aventurescence]], by [[Iron Eater]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[Triptych]], by [[Someone Else]]

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In the shadow of a scarlet moon

2017-12-23T03:30:42Z

Erin:

In the shadow of a scarlet moon is a story written by [[Tamari Erin]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/in-the-shadow-of-a-scarlet-moon/.

==Summary==

Daddy kink slathered in space nonsense and fetish Catholicism!

==Author's Notes==

"Thought-Captain"? More like Thot-Captain, am I right??

This borrows from a lot of the ridiculous space opera I've read over the years (Star Wars, Dune, WH40K, the Jodoverse, etc). I had a lot of fun while writing this, and I hope you all enjoy it too.

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Issue 70

2017-12-19T03:26:15Z

Erin:

[[File:issue70-cover.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover by [[Iris Jay]] ]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 70 was released on December 18, 2017. This issue is theme free.

It was posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125878.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/bang-bang-no-70/.

This issue is also available as a free ebook on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/769777.

Signups for this issue are posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125331.html

== Contents ==
The cover is by [[Iris Jay]]. This issue contains the following stories:

*[[Always will I ever]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[The Virgin Incubus]], by [[juou no zan]]
*[[In the shadow of a scarlet moon]], by [[Tamari Erin]]
*[[Rust Lake]], by [[Ptarmigan]]
*[[Getting On Your Nerve]], by [[aohime]]
*[[Aventurescence]], by [[Iron Eater]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[Triptych]], by [[Someone Else]]

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Issue 70

2017-12-19T03:25:00Z

Erin:

[[File:issue70-cover.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover by [[Iris Jay]] ]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 70 was released on December 18, 2017. This issue is theme free.

It was posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125878.html and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/frontpage/bang-bang-no-70/.

The ebook version will be available shortly.

Signups for this issue are posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125331.html

== Contents ==
The cover is by [[Iris Jay]]. This issue contains the following stories:

*[[Always will I ever]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[The Virgin Incubus]], by [[juou no zan]]
*[[In the shadow of a scarlet moon]], by [[Tamari Erin]]
*[[Rust Lake]], by [[Ptarmigan]]
*[[Getting On Your Nerve]], by [[aohime]]
*[[Aventurescence]], by [[Iron Eater]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[Triptych]], by [[Someone Else]]

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Ebook

2017-12-19T01:10:13Z

Erin: Replaced content with "Shousetsu Bang*Bang offers downloadable digital editions of all issues, regular or otherwise, from Issue 26 onwards at [https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/SSBB Sm..."

Shousetsu Bang*Bang offers downloadable digital editions of all issues, regular or otherwise, from [[Issue 26]] onwards at [https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/SSBB Smashwords].

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Issue 70

2017-12-18T23:39:45Z

Erin:

[[File:issue70-cover.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover by [[Iris Jay]] ]]
Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 70 was released on December 18, 2017. This issue is theme free.

It was posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125878.html and will be mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/

The ebook version will be available shortly.

Signups for this issue are posted at https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/125331.html

== Contents ==
The cover is by [[Iris Jay]]. This issue contains the following stories:

*[[Always will I ever]], by [[Hyakunichisou 13]]
*[[The Virgin Incubus]], by [[juou no zan]]
*[[In the shadow of a scarlet moon]], by [[Tamari Erin]]
*[[Rust Lake]], by [[Ptarmigan]]
*[[Getting On Your Nerve]], by [[aohime]]
*[[Aventurescence]], by [[Iron Eater]]

This issue also contains the following standalone art:

*[[Triptych]], by [[Someone Else]]

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File:Issue70-cover.jpg

2017-12-18T23:35:00Z

Erin: Issue 70 cover, by Iris Jay

Issue 70 cover, by [[Iris Jay]]

Someone Else

2017-12-18T23:33:12Z

Erin:

Someone Else has contributed art to S2B2.

== Contributions ==

Someone Else has drawn the following standalone illustrations:
*[[Cloud Throne]]
*[[Triptych]]

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Tamari Erin

2017-12-18T23:32:04Z

Erin:

Tamari Erin (玉里えりん) has contributed several stories to S2B2. [http://archiveofourown.org/users/metabaron/pseuds/Tamari%20Erin AO3].

She likes writing about sweet boys and the pisskids/ratbags/shitlords that love them.

== Contributions ==

Tamari Erin has written the following stories:

*[[Along The Desert Path]]
*[[The Eagle and the Frost Giant]]
*[[The Horror From the Deep]]
*[[The Horror From The Deep: 10th Anniversary Special Edition]]
*[[In the shadow of a scarlet moon]]
*[[Mirrored]]
*[[A Night in Blue]]
*[[A Patchwork World]]
*[[Possession_(Issue_65)|Possession]]
*[[The Queen of the Sunken City]]
*[[Strays]]
*[[Summer Heat]]
*[[Under The Mistletoe]]
*[[USER//interface]]

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The Virgin Incubus

2017-12-18T23:31:26Z

Erin:

The Virgin Incubus is a story written by [[juou no zan]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-virgin-incubus/.

== Summary ==
An anxious incubus falls for his roommate, an asexual wizard.

== Author's Notes ==
This story is set in the same universe as [[The Other Monster]], though obviously in a different time (and place). So all of the horrible things I mentioned in those author's notes are true here, too, but this time they're in the story! You're welcome.

In my original outline for this story, I was worried about how on earth to make Hassan sympathetic, let alone likable. Hopefully, this concern now seems as silly to you as it does to me.

Cody's opinion on syllabus day is his own and does not reflect the views of the author. Syllabus day is great.

Hassan is not entirely correct about Egypt's trading partner Punt, please do not take this fictional college freshman's word as 100% correct. He has the sort of information one might have by reading about it several months earlier and forgetting most of the details, which was also ''method writing''. I am nothing if not dedicated.

So is magic a force, or an energy, or a particle? I do not know and to some extent, I do not care. It's not important here, and I'm not a physicist so I don't know that I would make the best choice anyway.

At one point, Cody counts himself as neurotypical. He is, as at many other points of the story, fooling himself. To be fair, he is a baby and has no idea how little anxiety other people have.

Kev and his boyfriends originally played a larger role in the story, but then Cody turned out very anxious and not the kind of guy who would do those things. So we don't get to meet a vampire or a naga, which is probably for the best considering how much magic worldbuilding is already in this thing.

Speaking of cut scenes, here is a short list of scenes that didn't make it:
* a threesome (no Hassan so WHO CARES not me)
* phone sex (ditto)
* a very cute bursting into the room and interrupting a skype call and yelling "I love you" (which I just couldn't make work once I cut the other things rip)
* helping each other do homework, which was a cute idea but ended up scrapped bc I have no idea how to make "doing homework" interesting and honestly didn't care enough to try

Finally, the books Cody and/or Hassan explicitly talk about are ''Guns, Germs, and Steel'' by Jared Diamond, and ''The Tipping Point'' by Malcolm Gladwell. In case you were burning with curiosity about whether or not I made up some books. I didn't! ~Now you know~

I hope you enjoyed my story about an anxious incubus and his asexual wizard boyfriend. I sure enjoyed writing it.

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Juou no zan

2017-12-18T23:30:26Z

Erin:

juou no zan (女王のザン) is the SSBB handle of someone known elsewhere as queenofzan. They enjoy writing smut where the story would be changed or incomplete if you took the sex scenes out in addition to other things. Their writing blog is at [http://qzwrites.tumblr.com qzwrites.tumblr.com], which does have a button you can click to get straight to the porn if that's your thing.

They also consume a lot of porn and get angry about it a lot, which means sometimes they like to rewrite tired or Problematic (tm) porn plots to be actually good and not horryfing, which at least means they are unlikely to run out of inspiration for smutty stories anytime soon.

== Contributions ==
juou no zan has written the following stories:
*[[The Other Monster]]
*[[Ve Cherinitat ral ve Mofellivun‎]]
*[[The Virgin Incubus]]
*[[You Just Might Get It]]
*[[The Prince's Plaything]]

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Hyakunichisou 13

2017-12-18T23:29:40Z

Erin:

Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草十三) has contributed several stories to S2B2.

== Contributions ==
Hyakunichisou 13 has written the following stories:

*[[3,693 miles of stitches]]
*[[Aidan and the Course of History]]
*[[Always will I ever]]
*[[Another pair of hands]]
*[[A beginner's guide to stealing home]]
*[[A Chain of Beads]]
*[[Constantine's red letter day]]
*[[Cup of Tea]]
*[[Employee engagement]]
*[[Everyone goes through the door]]
*[[Figgy duff and spotted dick]]
*[[Fubar at Achernar Station]]
*[[I am the one who has you now]]
*[[Invisible data]]
*[[It's only too late if you don't start now]]
*[[The Journey]]
*[[Off-site team-building]]
*[[The new kitchen boy]]
*[[Programming]]
*[[Robin, after the apocalypse]]
*[[Run For Your Life]]
*[[Satchel gets his stuff back]]
*[[The shadow in the classroom]]
*[[Ship in a Bottle]]
*[[Six warm nights at the end of October]]
*[[Try to keep it all the year]]
*[[The undersampling of success]]
*[[An unexpected stay in Highbridge Town]]
*[[The uninvited visitors]]
*[[Unlocked]]

Hyakunichisou 13 has contributed text for the following comics:
*[[Silver Anniversary]]

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Triptych

2017-12-18T23:28:59Z

Erin:

Triptych is a standalone illustration by [[Someone Else]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/triptych/.

==Author's Notes==
These all take place on transit in major European cities.

The top one is on the Berlin U-Bahn on a DL type train. These trains have the classic U-Bahn pattern on the seats and faux wood walls see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DL-Zug_Berlin_Innenraum.JPG The example in wikimedia doesn't have the Brandenburger Tor anti-graffiti stickers on the windows, but currently running ones do (at least that I've seen).

The second one is on the Paris RER B line. The RER lines form part of the subway system in the downtown and are commuter lines running at ground level further out. Many of the trains in Paris, including the ones on the RER B line feature folding seats around the door area so that at peak times more people can fit standing in that area while more seats can be available off peak. This also makes some standing space for the illustrated couple.

The last one is on the London tube. The trains are strikingly round to fit in the tight circular tunnels that give the system its informal name. This shows in the illustration as the ceiling curves up above the couple's heads.

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Aventurescence

2017-12-18T23:28:26Z

Erin:

Aventurescence is a story written by [[Iron Eater]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/aventurescence/.

== Summary ==
There's ghost trouble at a nearby trading post, so two nice young men Naar Rhoan head up to lend a hand. Along the way they meet some ghosts of a different kind.

<blockquote>"You weren't enriching people's lives. You were killing them, the mine, and the whole trading post. This isn't the right way."

''It can be, though! You came! You listened! The others, they'd get close enough to hear but then run from me, even when I tried to be so still and quiet, but you! You touched me! You woke me up! Won't you help me help them?''

The lantern's glow had always been reflected in Sarouth's jewelry, but now Riaag couldn't shake the feeling that something was subtly different about the light. It felt thicker, warmer, as though it was coagulating in the air like drying wax. "We help people by showing them how to thrive," he said, curtly. "I'm here to help you move on, not help you get whatever the fuck this was going again. You don't get to doom an entire stronghold because of a misunderstanding."

''But you're like I am! You should know how it feels! If you could just be brave enough to walk away from His voice we could work together, we could spread the Void that's in me just the way it's in you—''

Sarouth sloshed sacred oil in front of him in an arc and the voice whimpered. "Do not even ''start'' to compare yourself to me, you nihilistic piece of shit."</blockquote>
{{Warning|Content Warning: Violence, Unhealthy Family Dynamics, Abuse|The author wishes to note that this story contains some sensitive material, particularly the fallout of and allusions to childhood trauma; mentions of self-injury, including assisted suicide; depictions of extremely graphic violence, injury, gore, and death; self-destructive behavior and thinking; and animal harm.}}

This story's main characters are not human.

== Connections ==
This story is the sixth in the [[Rhoanish Works]] series. While the author recommends reading the stories in order of publication (in no small part due to increased writing ability and familiarity with the characters), it has been intentionally written so new readers can jump right in if they so desire.

The setting itself is very loosely based on the freeware game [http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Crawl_Wiki Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup].

== Related Links ==
Some background information for this story was developed during an "Orctober" art challenge, the results of which may be viewed on [http://iron-eater.tumblr.com/tagged/orctober-2017 the creator's Tumblr]. While the provided tag is work-safe, venturing outside of #orctober or #orctober-2017 may not be safe for the workplace.

== Author's Notes ==
This year I learned that I absolutely need to set myself a word limit or, much like a slime mold, I will expand to fill the perceived space. I actually finished the first draft of this monster with sufficient time for [[Sparklebeard]] to read it; at 62,000+ words, I am eternally grateful for his swift and observant feedback, which among other things helped one scene better integrate into the narrative so it feels far less vestigial. About a quarter of its total length was written in a two-day period. I do not advise doing this if you have literally any other option.

My primary goal for this story was "the fellas go on vacation and talk out their relationship, also Riaag tries a new sex thing." This later expanded into taking a look at why Sarouth is just so incredibly bad at relationships, how he's changed as a person, and the growth he still has to do; the entire business with the haunted mine came very late in the game. I wanted there to be some context for readers who haven't necessarily committed the five(!) previous stories to heart to be able to care about these characters and get a feel for who they are.

I had a veritable laundry list of talking points to get through this year and I think I hit every single one. Previous stories have slowly shown Sarouth to be a more flawed man than a perfect divine being; establishing some of where he came from for the reader felt like an organic way to explain some of what ails him. Originally my notes suggested a slightly more cut-and-dry resolution to his trouble with his old band, but Riaag's approach of "fuck ''those'' people, honestly" felt much more true to the characters. I think it also makes the underlying message of self-forgiveness more powerful since it's established as something that isn't necessarily owed to people who've hurt you in the past, even if they thought it was for the right reasons.

We hadn't seen a "heretic" (by any other name) since [[The Stones' Earthen Grasp]]. Sticking one in the mine felt like a good reason for why things went so badly. Once I decided to include a mine in the story (probably inspired by listening to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWz0qVvBZ0 certain music] too much) I had to figure out why it was haunted. "Dug too greedily and too deep" didn't feel right, so the heretic and their suicide cult, once I knew they were a thing, was a tidy solution.

Any named recipe that Riaag makes is based on actual Mongolian cooking techniques. Some adjustments needed to be made (they don't have potatoes, certain spices, etc.) but I think the results turned out pretty tasty! The Rhoanish dinner table takes from a wide variety of regions but I tend to go for steppe people first whenever I can.

The Leopard's Breath Company is, indeed, an adventuring party of sorts, and while it's correct to assume they mostly exist to set up future story threads I've wanted to have the fellas end up as somebody else's random encounter for ages now. Their questfinder got broken! That's very unfortunate. The group's name is taken from how supposedly the sweet breath of a leopard could put a dragon to sleep. Whether there are dragons in this setting, or if, like manticores, they're considered myths, is left as an exercise to the reader.

The objects depicted in the illustrations are, for Riaag, a saucepan, garlic, peppercorns, a whisk broom, and soap cakes; for Sarouth they are a wool-laden distaff and a drop spindle with thread. The design of Sarouth's staff has also changed again, presumably as a reflection of new materials he's found to better reflect who he is. The central disc is made from an agate slice with holes drilled all around the edges for support thongs, while the tusks are probably saber-tooth teeth. Readers of previous stories might note the significance of the latter.

Yes, that herringbone pattern from the title and end cards really does take forever, but it looks so nice, doesn't it?

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Getting On Your Nerve

2017-12-18T23:27:57Z

Erin:

Getting On Your Nerve is a story written by [[aohime]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/getting-on-your-nerve/.

==Summary==
There is no one who can get Kai quite as angry as Ayrien Gray. He's not sure what's worse, Ayrien's personality or the fact that all he has to do is walk into a room and Kai can't look away. Ayrien enjoys nothing more than riling people up. Bothering Kai in particular has become something of a bad habit...

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In the shadow of a scarlet moon

2017-12-18T23:27:21Z

Erin:

In the shadow of a scarlet moon is a story written by [[Tamari Erin]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/in-the-shadow-of-a-scarlet-moon/.

==Summary==

Daddy kink slathered in space nonsense and fetish Catholicism!

==Author's Notes==

"Thought-Captain"? More like Thot-Captain, am I right??

This borrows from a lot of the ridiculous space opera I've read over the years (Star Wars, Dune, WH40K, the Jodoverse, etc). I laughed a lot while writing this, and I hope you all enjoy it too.

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The Virgin Incubus

2017-12-18T23:26:45Z

Erin:

The Virgin Incubus is a story written by [[juou no zan]]. It ran in [[Issue 70]] at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-virgin-incubus/.

== Summary ==
An anxious incubus falls for his roommate, an asexual wizard.

== Author's Notes ==
This story is set in the same universe as [[The Other Monster]], though obviously in a different time (and place). So all of the horrible things I mentioned in those author's notes are true here, too, but this time they're in the story! You're welcome.

In my original outline for this story, I was worried about how on earth to make Hassan sympathetic, let alone likable. Hopefully, this concern now seems as silly to you as it does to me.

Cody's opinion on syllabus day is his own and does not reflect the views of the author. Syllabus day is great.

Hassan is not entirely correct about Egypt's trading partner Punt, please do not take this fictional college freshman's word as 100% correct. He has the sort of information one might have by reading about it several months earlier and forgetting most of the details, which was also ''method writing''. I am nothing if not dedicated.

So is magic a force, or an energy, or a particle? I do not know and to some extent, I do not care. It's not important here, and I'm not a physicist so I don't know that I would make the best choice anyway.

At one point, Cody counts himself as neurotypical. He is, as at many other points of the story, fooling himself. To be fair, he is a baby and has no idea how little anxiety other people have.

Kev and his boyfriends originally played a larger role in the story, but then Cody turned out very anxious and not the kind of guy who would do those things. So we don't get to meet a vampire or a naga, which is probably for the best considering how much magic worldbuilding is already in this thing.

Speaking of cut scenes, here is a short list of scenes that didn't make it:
* a threesome (no Hassan so WHO CARES not me)
* phone sex (ditto)
* a very cute bursting into the room and interrupting a skype call and yelling "I love you" (which I just couldn't make work once I cut the other things rip)
* helping each other do homework, which was a cute idea but ended up scrapped bc I have no idea how to make "doing homework" interesting and honestly didn't care enough to try

Finally, the books Cody and/or Hassan explicitly talk about are ''Guns, Germs, and Steel'' by Jared Diamond, and ''The Tipping Point'' by Malcolm Gladwell. In case you were burning with curiosity about whether or not I made up some books. I didn't! ~Now you know~

I hope you enjoyed my story about an anxious incubus and his asexual wizard boyfriend. I sure enjoyed writing it.

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