Duointherain
Bio
I write a lot of lgbt+ stuff, lots of sci fi. My big story right now is The Moon's Permission.
I've been writing all my life. Every time I think I should do something else, I come back to words.
Stories (46/0)
The Blood of our Ancestors
Hi! I should like you to know that I wrote this. This bit of my opinion as not written by an AI. AI phobia is like transphobia... you look like you might be this thing I fear! So I'm going to threaten you! *makes face* Again, I wrote this. I can't even imagine what might make someone think an AI wrote it.
By Duointherain4 months ago in Families
A Habit of Hubris
A Habit of Hubris Introduction John Gay wrote poetry and plays in the early 1700s. His play ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ was incredibly popular. Gay and Shakespheare were not contemporaries, but they both shared London’s theaters and theater goers. Over the test of time, why is one of them still part of almost all English curriculums, but the other is niche? What causes, sustains, or tarnishes literary greatness?
By Duointherain4 months ago in Art
The Sense of Self
The short answer, for me, is that the self isn't real. Let's start with defining what is real. There is a cat climbing up on my desk. His name is Bug. He's loud and he likes to sit on my fridge, which is my cat's prefered place to sit. Bug has a temperature, mass, leaves fur everywhere, will eat unattended food, and stares at my pet mice (Geralt and Radovid). Bug is real. If I get hit by a truck and no longer come into my room, Bug will still come into my room.
By Duointherain4 months ago in FYI
Pops
Pops has been through a lot. He’s been through a lot more than I know of because he doesn’t want to talk about it, at least not to answer questions. Even when Papa Walker was still alive, no one could make Pops talk if he wasn’t in the mood. I wouldn’t know about any of it, if it weren’t for that summer camping with them both. I’d been twelve that summer and the only reason I was going to start high school in the fall was that Pops promised my mom that he’d tutor me over the summer and get me up to grade levels. I’d failed middle school, like the entire thing was one bad grade after another and me really not caring. I don’t know why I stopped caring. It might have been fractions though or that mom graduated from college and still had to work two jobs to pay our rent and feed us.
By Duointherain2 years ago in Fiction
Charles the First
My name is Virginia Davenport. In 1815 I was seventeen and I thought I understood the world completely. I thought my older sister's problems were all of her own making and if she'd just be honest with herself, she'd resolve all of them and be as happy as we were when we were both children.
By Duointherain2 years ago in Fiction
The Korean Odyssey
‘Korean Odyssey’ (Korean: 화유기; RR: Hwayugi) is an utterly splendid confection of classic Chinese literature by way of ‘The Journey to the West’, the best flavors of fan fiction, the struggles of being human. The screenplay was written by the Hong Sisters, managed by Dragon Studio (www.studiodragon.net). I really need to find more of their work. The studio that manages them has a site with many lovely looking stories.
By Duointherain2 years ago in Geeks
Healing Song
'Anaa'jí Hóch'íjí Important Note: I am not Diné (Navajo), but everything I’ve ever read or learned of them fills me with great respect. The following story is from the POV of a character who is also not Diné. This story was written and shared with the greatest respect.
By Duointherain2 years ago in Fiction
How to Create Characters
Let’s say you want to write a story. It could be for a class, fun, or because there are so many outlets to publish now that a little extra money would be nice. Whatever reason you want to write a story or a novel, if you’re writing fiction, you need characters.
By Duointherain3 years ago in Journal
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