Time to Think

by Rigby Taylor

Time To Think is an amusing, thoughtful and sexy collection of eight short tales about the human condition—and how some gays cope.•Sebastian and Reginald have a close encounter with visiting evangelists.•Robert is so influenced by his sexy cousin and a book he read he does something foolish that has disastrous consequences. •An unwelcome visiting bore is startled into fearful flight by his host’s extempore philosophising. •To his parents’ slightly shocked surprise, a young man pursuing his eccentric pleasures is misunderstood by a lusty divorcee, and is only extricated from self-harm by discovering and accepting the rest of his character. •The utter boredom of Charlie’s life in a Nursing Home has been alleviated by the arrival of Mal… but there are problems to be solved. •In the not too distant future, an accidentally irradiated young man sires a very strange young child who teams up with his lover, an artificial insemination doctor to create a new species of human… Are they the forerunners of a brave new world? Or is it too late? •A middle-aged man has a run in with his obnoxious nephew over a singing trophy, which caused him great agony of spirit when he was a student. •After a shy youth is talked into spending a weekend with an older man, he develops a taste for sex and decides to seduce his Maths teacher; with amusing consequences.

Genres: Gay, M M Romance, Anthologies

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 8, 2011

About the author

Profile

I live on several acres of rainforest in sub-tropical Queensland, Australia with my partner.
I've published five novels:- 'NumbaCruncha' 'Sebastian', 'Jarek', 'Dome of Death', & 'The Price of Freedom'; a biography - 'Dancing Bare' , and a volume of short stories:- 'Time to Think'.
I write the sort of fiction I like to read - fast paced with some danger and heroes who are decent, honest, reliable and unafraid to make decisions, and who reckon that more than enough is too much.
I have always enjoyed the symbolism of Renaissance Art in which, among other things, purity, honesty and truthfulness is depicted by nudity. Titian’s “Sacred and Profane Love” and Michelangelo’s "Sistine Ceiling" and “Doni Tondo” are obvious examples.
It is in that sense that I use nudity in my novels. Only the good guys run around naked. Nude is not rude! Actions can be evil or good; bodies are merely natural vessels and, if well maintained, are admirable.
My characters live in the real world, not in a ghetto. They just happen to be gay and any sex is part of the story, not gratuitous or explicit.
All my novels are set in tropical Australia.

Reviews

[Alishea · Rating 3 out of 5]

He has some interesting ideas, but he seems to hate women.

[Kate Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it, and I agreed with most of the theories the author propounded, but I couldn't help but feel that sometimes plot lost out to theorising, it was done too overtly.

[⚓Dan⚓ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clever writing and quite a good, funny read.