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I have to be careful what I say... But it's hard. Impromptu confession can be as irresistable as sex.from Andrea Lee's Interesting WomenGay Man Has Sex with Woman, Almost
During the lunch break, while the others went for rice and chicken soup at Barshu on Frith Street, I went to one of those acupuncture/herbal medicine/massage places on Shaftesbury Avenue to try and get some relief from my shoulder and neck pain. A friend had suggested I go for a chair massage. They’re great, she … Read more
A Gay Times Review of The Confessions
London’s Gay Times magazine published a review of my book and it’s all good! The first review is the sweetest, and it makes me feel that the book is being read and seen and that’s a nice feeling.
Fucking Facilitates Forgiving
Okay, so we made up. The German guy (Stefan) came round to the hotel I was staying at this weekend and although we hadn’t really had a fight over him cancelling or fucking me around last week, the sex was as good as making-up sex. My God, it was good. We were good. Hotel sex … Read more
Lydia Davis is Efficient; or One Strike and You’re Out
We’d arranged to meet at seven but then just before six he texted to say he was not going to make seven and could we meet at twelve when his dinner was over in town. By twelve he meant midnight. If he hadn’t mentioned the dinner I might have agreed to meet. We’ve met several … Read more
Eroticising Homophobic Bullying
To what extend has your desire shaped your body? How much do you work out so that you can 1) have the kind of body you’ve always fantasised about, and/or 2) have the kind of body that others will desire? What have you done to your body to make you attractive to others? Dieted? Pumped … Read more
Roleplay and Foreplay
The German guy wants us to roleplay, and it’s making me anxious. I SMS him: What’s the scenario? And he replies: A job interview. And then, he adds, you fuck me on the table. He’ll turn up in his suit, he says. He likes the whole suit and shirt thing, mainly because he likes unbuttoning … Read more
A Year of Fire and Rain
It was a strange year. Not one of the best. Not for me, and not for the world, really. The floods started in Brazil in January, mudslides, buildings and trees and people and animals being washed down hills. And the Arab Spring began with a young seller burning himself alive. And there was the fire … Read more
One Jerks Off While the Other Sews
In 2009 Masanobu Sato masturbated for just under 10 hours, and so became the world record holder in the men’s division of the Masturbate-a-thon in San Francisco. Masanobu trains for it. He swims, he eats well, he spends quite a bit of time at home in front of the TV watching the news or porn … Read more
On Desire and Holocaust Denial
When the German came over you were expecting someone younger. In his Gaydar pictures – clothed and unclothed – he was a cute guy in his early thirties, tall and blonde and slim. The one picture of his arsehole alarmed you, it didn’t look like an innocent arsehole at all, and you liked that. Tall, … Read more
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