Two Miles High
  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
  • Homer's Women
  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
  • Immortal Beloved
  • The Judgment of Paris
  • Kama Sutra
  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
  • Precious Bodily Fluids
  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
Splendour in the Grass

Jessie Shanks

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Jessie Shanks

My grandmother. One of the heroes in this story.

Jessie-Shanks
Death isn't all He's cracked up to be

Death isn't all He's cracked up to be

Or should I say She? My favorite Death character in literature is Ninon de Lenclos' Noctambule where, if Ninon doesn't cheat Death exactly, she does delay him and deny him her immortal soul. She lived to be 84. Similarly, in movies it's Ingmar Bergman'
Jun 11, 2025 4 min read
Can you get pregnant with a beam of light?

Can you get pregnant with a beam of light?

Yes you can. Genghiz Khan was conceived this way. So was the prophet Zoroaster and maybe Mithra, who was popular with the Roman armies. It was common at the time, of course, to claim the uniqueness of a virgin birth - Alexander, the Ptolemies and the Caesars all did it
May 13, 2025 3 min read
The Bakery

The Bakery

Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. ... With bread all sorrows are less. – a wise philosopher known as Sancho Panza I enjoy cozy, welcoming cafes, with the aroma of brewing coffee, but the aroma in bakeries is even better.
Apr 10, 2025 3 min read
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  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
  • Homer's Women
  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
  • Immortal Beloved
  • The Judgment of Paris
  • Kama Sutra
  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
  • Precious Bodily Fluids
  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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