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The Gallery #2
The Gallery: The Special Exhibits
Welcome to the Gallery, where you can admire hundreds of beautiful paintings, and perhaps find what you didn't know you were looking for...
In these rooms you will find the Special Exhibits, those paintings which remain at the Gallery only temporarily. Their time here can range from weeks to decades—even centuries. But they do eventually leave, so admire while you can. The subjects of these paintings come from all walks of life, from lonely individuals seeking respite while they await their true love, all the way to dangerous beings captured by the Curator or given to him for safekeeping until such time as they can be trusted out in the world again.
Today's featured Special Exhibits include: The Assassin, about a killer on the run and a painting of a man who once chose surrender over murder; The Lion and the Mouse, where a grouchy accountant escapes the snow only to find himself on a beach with an ancient gladiator; The Gargoyle is a beautiful, erotic statue not for the faint of heart; Shapeless brings a new and rather unique guest to the gallery when he is bequeathed to Silenus by a dead alchemist; and finally, in Fallen Soldier, a man escaping his kidnappers hides behind a statue of an unusual being who once betrayed a dying kingdom...
In these rooms you will find the Special Exhibits, those paintings which remain at the Gallery only temporarily. Their time here can range from weeks to decades—even centuries. But they do eventually leave, so admire while you can. The subjects of these paintings come from all walks of life, from lonely individuals seeking respite while they await their true love, all the way to dangerous beings captured by the Curator or given to him for safekeeping until such time as they can be trusted out in the world again.
Today's featured Special Exhibits include: The Assassin, about a killer on the run and a painting of a man who once chose surrender over murder; The Lion and the Mouse, where a grouchy accountant escapes the snow only to find himself on a beach with an ancient gladiator; The Gargoyle is a beautiful, erotic statue not for the faint of heart; Shapeless brings a new and rather unique guest to the gallery when he is bequeathed to Silenus by a dead alchemist; and finally, in Fallen Soldier, a man escaping his kidnappers hides behind a statue of an unusual being who once betrayed a dying kingdom...
66 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 18, 2018
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May 25, 2018Release date TBR
My porny pièce de résistance, this book contains:
*statue sex
*sentient smoke sex
*tentacle sex
How the hell I'll top any of that, I have no idea. Centaur? Problem for future me!
My porny pièce de résistance, this book contains:
*statue sex
*sentient smoke sex
*tentacle sex
How the hell I'll top any of that, I have no idea. Centaur? Problem for future me!
August 3, 2018
This wasn’t a romance. Not that I expected any since the author states that’s it’s a “porny pièce de résistance”...Lol
The stories were interesting enough, though not much background was given on the characters in each. It was understandable, but I still wish it had more essence because there were many indications of potentially good stories.
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The stories were interesting enough, though not much background was given on the characters in each. It was understandable, but I still wish it had more essence because there were many indications of potentially good stories.
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July 15, 2018
This is a collection of 5 loosely connected short storys based around a Gallery with very special paintings which draw you into their own world.
The first 2 storys were rather interesting and nice to read, thought i would have prefered a few more pages for either a bit more story or a more grafic / detailed sex scene.
The later 3 were still short but had exactly what i was missing in the first 2. A great, more drawn out story that didnt left me missing anything.
I really like the authors writing stile as well.
3*stars for the first 2
solid 4*stars for 3-5
The first 2 storys were rather interesting and nice to read, thought i would have prefered a few more pages for either a bit more story or a more grafic / detailed sex scene.
The later 3 were still short but had exactly what i was missing in the first 2. A great, more drawn out story that didnt left me missing anything.
I really like the authors writing stile as well.
3*stars for the first 2
solid 4*stars for 3-5
August 12, 2018
Megan Derr is an author I like. I discovered her fairy tale m/m books a couple years ago (I particularly liked Spell Weaver, Tournament of Losers and The Only Option--check them out!) and loved how she managed to make each of those stories feel timeless, like fairy tales that we have all read over and over. I also appreciated how she intermixed hot sex scenes with endearing and affectionate love scenes. For me, that's a pretty lethal combination. And so, she is definitely an author on my "watch" list and one that I want to read more books from.
While I had planned to start digging into her backlist, I found myself reading her most recent publication instead during a flight I took from Seattle to Los Angeles.
The Gallery: The Special Exhibits is a collection of short stories that feature a mysterious curator named Silenas who runs a gallery in a seedy part of town. The gallery, unlike all others, features art that strikes many as odd, either because of they feature sexually explicit imagery or because many of the paintings feature individuals or pairings who appear to be waiting for something to occur.
Each short story in this book features one of the works of art from the Gallery. Without giving too much away, they include a story about an assassin who captures the heart of a runaway, a nerdy accountant who manages to grasp the attention of a real-life gladiator, a sexy story about a man with a Gargoyle kink, and an equally sexy story about a man with a Merman kink. Silenas and the gallery, of course, serve as the unifying force that bring all the short stories together. He also gets the added perk of being featured in his very own story about a shapeless smoke creature who isn't adverse to using his shapeless form in some pretty interesting ways.
What I liked about this collection of stories is that each one was short which made the book easy to pick-up and read between chores, or in my case, on a short flight between two states. I also appreciated how sexy some of the stories were. I never thought I would find gargoyles sexy for instance, but in Derr's hands, I found myself wanting to read a longer version of that kinkier story. The same goes her for story about the Merman and the shapeless smoke. Woo!
All in all, I'm glad I read this collection of stories. They were a fun read and I appreciated that each story had it's own bit of steam as well as a happy ending. Recommended!
While I had planned to start digging into her backlist, I found myself reading her most recent publication instead during a flight I took from Seattle to Los Angeles.
The Gallery: The Special Exhibits is a collection of short stories that feature a mysterious curator named Silenas who runs a gallery in a seedy part of town. The gallery, unlike all others, features art that strikes many as odd, either because of they feature sexually explicit imagery or because many of the paintings feature individuals or pairings who appear to be waiting for something to occur.
Each short story in this book features one of the works of art from the Gallery. Without giving too much away, they include a story about an assassin who captures the heart of a runaway, a nerdy accountant who manages to grasp the attention of a real-life gladiator, a sexy story about a man with a Gargoyle kink, and an equally sexy story about a man with a Merman kink. Silenas and the gallery, of course, serve as the unifying force that bring all the short stories together. He also gets the added perk of being featured in his very own story about a shapeless smoke creature who isn't adverse to using his shapeless form in some pretty interesting ways.
What I liked about this collection of stories is that each one was short which made the book easy to pick-up and read between chores, or in my case, on a short flight between two states. I also appreciated how sexy some of the stories were. I never thought I would find gargoyles sexy for instance, but in Derr's hands, I found myself wanting to read a longer version of that kinkier story. The same goes her for story about the Merman and the shapeless smoke. Woo!
All in all, I'm glad I read this collection of stories. They were a fun read and I appreciated that each story had it's own bit of steam as well as a happy ending. Recommended!
October 5, 2018
I didn't read the first volume so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I got hot in the face with a whole lot of magic and some kinky-fuckery. I am sure not everyone would enjoy these stories, there's some...erm... Strangeness in them. But I loved it all. Megan does fantasy so freaking well, and that's really all these short stories are. She's my "go to" for high fantasy, and she hasn't really let me down yet.
July 30, 2018
Megan Derr ist eine Autorin bei der es sich lohnt, erstmal die Buchankündigungen und wenn es sich daraus ergibt auch ihre Anmerkungen hier in Goodreads oder auf ihrer Internetseite oder ihren Blog zu lesen.
Weil man dann ein genaueres Bild von dem bekommt, was einen erwartet. Denn sie hat ein weites Schreibfeld.
Und dann weiß ich worauf ich mich einlasse.
Für mich ist diese Sammlung von sehr kinky erzählten Szenen vergleichbar mit einer Schachtel sehr gehaltvoller Pralinen, die man sich lieber einteilt und seeehr langsam genießt.
Ich kannte die Galerie ja schon von den Freereads auf ihrer Website und mag diese kurzen sehr sexy Momentaufnahmen und erwarte da auch nicht mehr als ich bekommen habe.
Von daher kann ich guten Gewissens die volle Punktzahl geben.
Weil man dann ein genaueres Bild von dem bekommt, was einen erwartet. Denn sie hat ein weites Schreibfeld.
Und dann weiß ich worauf ich mich einlasse.
Für mich ist diese Sammlung von sehr kinky erzählten Szenen vergleichbar mit einer Schachtel sehr gehaltvoller Pralinen, die man sich lieber einteilt und seeehr langsam genießt.
Ich kannte die Galerie ja schon von den Freereads auf ihrer Website und mag diese kurzen sehr sexy Momentaufnahmen und erwarte da auch nicht mehr als ich bekommen habe.
Von daher kann ich guten Gewissens die volle Punktzahl geben.
August 15, 2019
Finally found time to delve into the Special Exhibits. Like the first in the series, The Permanent Collection, it was not really a love or a hate. Occasionally I do enjoy a collection of short stories like these two books, and this was actually a pretty good book to dive into sort of like a palate cleanser. The stories were pretty hot, and my favourite was actually 'The Gargoyle'. It was brimming with hot, heavy and sometimes weird action, but no compaints once again.
Overally, I really wouldn't mind revisiting the gallery hopefully with more future releases.
Overally, I really wouldn't mind revisiting the gallery hopefully with more future releases.
August 3, 2018
A Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Review
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
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From that review:
I absolutely loved the first book in this series,The Gallery: The Permanent Collection. Derr gave us a wonderful concept, than an complicated buildup introduction to the owner of the Gallery, the Lord of Satyrs, and a terrific foundation of world building. Just magical. So I was really looking forward to the sequel. We had a brief peek at this "area" of the Gallery and small explanation but no more.
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Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
For the full review, visit https://wp.me/p220KL-ehV
From that review:
I absolutely loved the first book in this series,The Gallery: The Permanent Collection. Derr gave us a wonderful concept, than an complicated buildup introduction to the owner of the Gallery, the Lord of Satyrs, and a terrific foundation of world building. Just magical. So I was really looking forward to the sequel. We had a brief peek at this "area" of the Gallery and small explanation but no more.
for all our reviews: check out https://scatteredthoughtsandrogueword...
October 26, 2021
The first two were more my speed and I quite enjoyed them and the 3rd one was kinky as hell but the last 2 were just plain weird, sorry.
I don't mind the stories being more porny and I'm all for monster porn but I want my romance too and the 4th certainly lacked that and the 5th as I said weird, yes tentacles and all but the logistics did my head in a bit.
I don't mind the stories being more porny and I'm all for monster porn but I want my romance too and the 4th certainly lacked that and the 5th as I said weird, yes tentacles and all but the logistics did my head in a bit.
July 11, 2018
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July 21, 2018
I would have devoured this all in one sitting but, like with good chocolate, I made myself save some for later. Then work got in the way.
That aside.
Yes please more forever and ever. <3
That aside.
Yes please more forever and ever. <3
July 31, 2018
Okaaaaaay. Some weird things going on here. But I liked them :D
March 15, 2021
3.5 stars. Short stories about temporary paintings. Kinky fantasy erotica stories, very nice.
July 18, 2018
Yay the gallery is back. Barely any of Rex in this one. This time its focused on the special exhibits that leave. It doesn’t feel as polished as the first collection, a couple of the stories unfinished. I liked the assassin pairing, curious about the demons and if Silenus takes ‘care’ of those left behind. Wisp was sweet, I hope he ends up with someone. I was wondering how the merman one would end, a pleasant surprise. I’d say my favourite story was the one with the gargoyle. Enjoyed them all and looking forward to any future installments.
July 22, 2018
Awsome
Bite-sized bits of strange and wonderful lust-mance. I just wish we could know more about some of the creatures involved.
Bite-sized bits of strange and wonderful lust-mance. I just wish we could know more about some of the creatures involved.
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