The Subjunctive Mood

by Ingela Bohm

Worn-out teacher Jack has just about had it with this life. But just when he's ready to give in, cute temp Alexander unexpectedly helps with his class. Is the man just abnormally altruistic, or is there something else going on here? As the lesson progresses, Jack's barricades slowly crumble. Even as he struggles to retain control over the class, he's losing it over his heart.

Genres: M M Romance, Contemporary, LGBT

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 19, 2014

About the author

Ingela Bohm lives in an old cinema, tucked away in a northern Swedish forest where she can wander around all day long and dictate her books. She used to dream of being an actor until an actual actor asked, “Do you really need to do it?” That’s when she realized that the only thing she really needed to do was to write. She has since pretended to be a dietician, a teacher, a receptionist and a cook, but only to conceal her real identity.

Her first imaginary friend was called Grabolina and lived in her closet. Nowadays she has too many imaginary friends to count, but at least some of them are out of the closet. Her men may not be conventionally handsome, but they can charm your pants off, and that’s all that matters.

Ingela’s more useless talents include reading tarot cards, killing pot plants and drawing scandalous pictures that no one gets to see. She can’t walk in heels and she’s stopped trying, but she has cycled 12 000 miles in the UK and knows which campsites to avoid if you don’t like spiders. If you see her on the train you will wonder what age she is.

Reviews

[lesley dawn wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

The subjunctive mood

The subjunctive mood is a good read but a little to down an out for me but give it a read an see what you think

[mah1 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another shortie, this time about two teachers. There were similar elements to the previous short story I read by the author, Strings Attached , but the tone was markedly different.

Again the strength was the charaters who were surprisingly dimensional with such limited information. Jack was sympathetic and his struggles felt real and understandable.

I must admit that the way his behavior was described at the beginning I got more the impression of a person in need of medical help than someone fed up with their job.

The style of writing did distract me once again and it felt overall out of place in a story that was otherwise so deceptively simple.

Two stars.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and a bit of a downer. Ol

[Shelley Chastagner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though this is a short story you can identify with Jake's hopelessness. He feels empty. He no longer connects with anyone or anything, until Alexander steps into his classroom. The conversations they share reveal Jakes's brokenness and Alexander's insights. The questions Alexander asks give Jake a new perspective and hope to reach out for something more.
Adult read

[Zeinab Dh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must say funny way to include the english and cool

[Pippii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet and with elements that could make it a true Novel.

[Bobby Corry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read.