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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: All Along the Watchtower
Photo by Sue Hardesty By Lee Lynch
The Amazon Trail: All Along the WatchtowerWhen it’s dangerous to represent the citizens who elected you—we need to pay attention. We need to acknowledge that anti-democratic power is quietly accruing and will lash out; will harm rather than protect this too-trusting nation.
Oh, hell, what can I say at a time like this? Did we think they’d simply go away?
When angry white criminals occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon back on January 2, 2016 and the seven miscreants were charged with federal conspiracy and weapons violations only to go scot free;
When, in the 1980s and 1990s angry white Christians organized to legalize discrimination against their scapegoats-of-the-day, gays, in order to build a vast political machine;
When a woman was killed by a white supremacist at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia;
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The Twist Podcast #148: Good Vibrations for 2021 (Enough is Enough)
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our first podcast of 2021. Positive vibes, positive outlook, dreams in the pipeline, and a look at the headlines.
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Q Audiobooks: Hero: David Bowie, Narrated by Lesley-Ann Jones and Gina Murray
Hero
David Bowie
By: Lesley-Ann Jones
Narrated by: Gina Murray, Lesley-Ann Jones
Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
Release date: 09-22-16
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonHis music thrilled the generation it was written for and has entertained and inspired every generation since.
Hero: David Bowie is an exploration of the man behind the myths and the makeup told from the very beginning. Respected music journalist and biographer Lesley-Ann Jones knew David Jones from the days before fame, when he was a young musician starting out, frustrated by an industry that wouldn’t give him a break and determined to succeed at whatever cost.
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Last Humble Brag of 2020
I never post reviews (it’s such a humble brag – no offense to my author friends! I do it in plenty of other ways), but after this crap year I needed this. From a reader on Goodreads for the new book, Reservation for Murder: A Kyle Callahan Mystery:
“It’s been too, too long of a wait. Five years! I read “Kill Switch” back in 2016 and have been hoping for a 6th book in this amazing and thrilling series.
I love the characters of Kyle and Danny. It’s refreshing to read a LGBTQA+ book with main characters of my generation. And to make them a well rounded, 3-dimensional, realist gay couple. I was pleasantly surprised and refreshing thrilled that even though they were a loving and affectionate couple I did not end up knowing their penis size, what their favorite type of lubricant was and who pitched and who catched. Mark McNease has a wonderful way of slowly building suspense and character development. He sucks you into the story and doesn’t let go. Highly recommend this series and I hope and pry Mr. McNease writes many more books in this series.”
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The Twist Podcast #147: So Long 2020! The Best and the Worst
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our look back at the year that felt like forever. This week we talk the best and worst of 2020, words and phrases to retire, food trends, and yes, some gratitude as we prepare to turn the calendar.
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Merry Best Seller List Christmas!
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‘Reservation for Murder: A Kyle Callahan Mystery’ Hits #1 in LGBT Mystery!
Merry Christmas! Finally, something good to end this year on. My newest, Reservation for Murder: A Kyle Callahan Mystery, hit #1 in LGBT Mystery on Amazon’s Kindle list today.
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Q Audiobooks: Marshall Thornton’s Femme, Narrated by Joel Leslie
Femme
By: Marshall Thornton
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Series: Femme, Book 1Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 06-20-17
Language: English
Publisher: Marshall ThorntonMarshall Thornton’s Femme translates perfectly to audiobook. A starred Publishers Weekly recommendation, Femme tells the story of Lionel and Dog, a literary pair as unlikely as they are illuminating.
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The Twist Podcast #146: Our Annual Christmas Gaytacular, This Week’s Listicles, and Our Very Own Naughty and Nice
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our annual Christmas Gaytacular! This week we celebrate stocking stuffers, talk about our must-lists, admit to some naughty and nice, and scroll the week in headlines. We’ll be back in two weeks for our Year End show with the best, worst, and indifferent of 2020.
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Fiction Makes the Perfect Stocking Stuffer: LGBTQ Book Giveaway Starts Today!
You can read your way into the New Year with over 50 LGBTQ fiction titles available through January 15. Just CLICK TO BROWSE and start downloading directly from BookFunnel. You’ll find authors such as Marshall Thornton, Darby Horn, L.C. Mawson, Daniel De Lorne, Kat Silver, Brad Graber, me of course, and many more.
Subscription to an author’s email list is required. So sign up, download, and start reading today. And remember, murder never takes a holiday.
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Book Review: Dear Child, by Romy Hausmann
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez
Dear Child, by Romy Hausmann
c.2020, Flatiron Books $26.99 / $36.50 Canada 368 pagesThere’s no one else like you in the world.
No one with the same tongue-print or identical ear shape. Nobody else has your memories, and every experience you’ve ever had is unique to you alone. You might favor one parent or other, you may have a twin or a doppelganger, but in the end, you are one-of-a-kind. You’re irreplaceable but, as in the new novel, Dear Child, by Romy Hausmann, someone can sure try.
Hannah was sure that Sister Ruth wasn’t too smart.
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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: But …
Photo by Sue Hardesty By Lee Lynch
The Amazon TrailBut…
The year 2020 wasn’t a total bust except for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who should not have died or have been permanently harmed by Covid 19. In the U.S., many lay those deaths and disablements at the hands of the greedy, power hungry 2020 administration and its followers.
Personally, I’ve been taking inventory of the bad and the good with my sweetheart, and finding some surprises.
Yes, over seventy-four million Americans voted to keep the traitorous officials in office, but eighty-one million plus voted to restore our democracy.
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The Twist Podcast #145: Post-Pandemic Daydreams, Curly Fried Waiters, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our second show in December, the month we’ve been waiting for forever. We imagine life after COVID, shout out a boo or two, discuss the GOP’s wall of delusion, and examine the week in headlines.
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