Our final Dirty Book is the multiple volumes of the Marketplace series, which, after a tangled and sordid publication history, is now available in its entirety from Circlet. We got so many requests to write about the series that we decided to do something a little special for this one. What follows is three (3) appreciations by three different ( Read more... )

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From “Beyond The Softness of His Fur: Private Revolutions”

By TammyJo Eckhart

The nice doctor strokes my head after we get through all of the shapes and colors. She mixed them up, trying to trick me, but i’m not a stupid animal; i know the differences now. i eat the treats she leaves - chicken pieces, real chicken, not pet food - but as i eat i ( Read more... )

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The Hymn of the Pearl
by Lauren P. Burka

Sunset raked the dirt-streaked windows, spilling colors of blood and fire into the stairwell. The man warmed his toes in the receding pools of light. He had no clothes but a thin, white shift that shielded neither his skin from the cold nor his buttocks from the steel and concrete stair. During the previous ( Read more... )

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