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Summertime
It’s the family annual summer vacation to Fireman’s Camp in the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains, which Jean attends with her family and the other Service families that also go at the same time, including the Reynosos, among them Linda, who is among many other things, Jean’s best friend.
15 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 1, 2018
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J.D. Glass
52 books90 followersJD Glass is a well-known author and musician. She's from New York City, and has a strong following for both her writing and her music.
JD Glass is the author of American Library Association (Stonewall) and Lambda Literary Award (Literature) finalist Punk Like Me, Punk And Zen, Lambda Literary Award and Ben Franklin Award finalist Red Light, GCLS finalist American Goth, and the critically acclaimed X; selection editor (and contributor) of GCLS Award winning anthology Outsiders, and listed on the Advocate's Top 100 (2011) for CORE, Vol.1 Iss.1. JD is also contributor to the 50 Gay and Lesbian Books You Must Read, and is a GCLS Finalist for Nocturnes (an erotic anthology). Her latest works include Punk And Zen Pt. 1: The ReMix, Interludes, and First Blood.
Called by some the voice of a generation and the erotic philospher by others, JD works in often familiar-seeming worlds, with people we know, people like ourselves, people we’d like to meet, and provides powerful stories that allow the reader to rejoice and wonder, stumble and fall, then rejoice victoriously again at the amazing experience of being human.
JD Glass is the author of American Library Association (Stonewall) and Lambda Literary Award (Literature) finalist Punk Like Me, Punk And Zen, Lambda Literary Award and Ben Franklin Award finalist Red Light, GCLS finalist American Goth, and the critically acclaimed X; selection editor (and contributor) of GCLS Award winning anthology Outsiders, and listed on the Advocate's Top 100 (2011) for CORE, Vol.1 Iss.1. JD is also contributor to the 50 Gay and Lesbian Books You Must Read, and is a GCLS Finalist for Nocturnes (an erotic anthology). Her latest works include Punk And Zen Pt. 1: The ReMix, Interludes, and First Blood.
Called by some the voice of a generation and the erotic philospher by others, JD works in often familiar-seeming worlds, with people we know, people like ourselves, people we’d like to meet, and provides powerful stories that allow the reader to rejoice and wonder, stumble and fall, then rejoice victoriously again at the amazing experience of being human.
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August 9, 2018
2.25 Stars
VERY short story. I know $0.99 isn't much money, but I still felt cheated for such a short story with little substance.
Seventeen year olds, Jean (the narrator) and Linda were best friends since they were fourteen. They met at a family camp which their families visit around three times a year. They spend every moment together, often sharing beds and secrets. Except that Jean had developed a crush (fallen in love?) for the straight Linda.
I assuming its not a spoiler if I tell you that at the end, Linda confesses that she was in love with Jean. By definition this is an "Erotic" short story. But it is relatively tame. But then again they are only 17 yrs old and I don't read much YA. BUT here is what made me squirm - they had sex in the SAME room as Jean's sleeping grandmother. Ewww.
The story felt more like a first chapter. I did the ebook equivalent of turning the last pages of a paperback over to see if I was missing something. If it was in an anthology, I might not feel the same. But even at $0.99 I felt cheated. After reading I calculated from word count that it is about 12 pages long. Page count wasn't listed on Bella Books where I purchased it.
VERY short story. I know $0.99 isn't much money, but I still felt cheated for such a short story with little substance.
Seventeen year olds, Jean (the narrator) and Linda were best friends since they were fourteen. They met at a family camp which their families visit around three times a year. They spend every moment together, often sharing beds and secrets. Except that Jean had developed a crush (fallen in love?) for the straight Linda.
I assuming its not a spoiler if I tell you that at the end, Linda confesses that she was in love with Jean. By definition this is an "Erotic" short story. But it is relatively tame. But then again they are only 17 yrs old and I don't read much YA. BUT here is what made me squirm - they had sex in the SAME room as Jean's sleeping grandmother. Ewww.
The story felt more like a first chapter. I did the ebook equivalent of turning the last pages of a paperback over to see if I was missing something. If it was in an anthology, I might not feel the same. But even at $0.99 I felt cheated. After reading I calculated from word count that it is about 12 pages long. Page count wasn't listed on Bella Books where I purchased it.
July 11, 2021
I was completely transported to a beautiful teenage life and first love.
A wonderful, sweet, sensual moment in time.
All our dreams come true.
Lovely nostalgia.
A wonderful, sweet, sensual moment in time.
All our dreams come true.
Lovely nostalgia.
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