International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, part the first

I haven't had enough caffeine and calories yet to post something new for International Pixel-stained Technopeasant Day (and even when I do, it will probably be something that has already been up on the net elsewhere, because I was a lazy slob and didn't do any writing at all last week). However, there is already a selection of material available on my website, including the short story whose presence as a free read on a website led directly to me getting an invitation to submit to Loose Id. There are also a couple of chapters from The Syndicate, the fluffy BDSM gay romantic comedy in space written with predatrix, both of which can be read as short stories. Index page here:
Smut, smut, glorious smut

International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, part the second

Just added my short story from Ultimate Gay Erotica 2005 to my website in honour of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. I'm off out now to meet l_prieto for lunch, so I don't have time right now to update the index page and add links elsewhere (will do this afternoon), but you'll find the story here:
http://www.julesjones.com/fiction/naked.html

Note: explicit gay sex, BDSM content. It's also not typical of my work, in that it's the only time I've looked at a story after the editor has been at it with a red pen, and thought that it no longer felt like my voice. But it was something I knew I had the web rights to without having to check through the contract. :-)

miracles will never cease

We have a through lounge with a large window at the front, and a patio window and door at the back. I leave the door open in summer, which means that every so often a bird attempts to fly right through the room. I usually realise this is happening because there is a whir of wings followed by a loud thump and bewildered squawk next to me as the bird bounces off the front window. Sometimes they persist in trying to fly through the window, sometimes they go back the way they came, and all too often bounce off the window at that end instead of finding the actual opening. I've had several iterations of this happen while I close all doors and curtains in the room aside from over the actual opening at the patio so that the bird can find it.

*This* time, there was a whirring and indignant squawk, but no thump. I looked round and found the bird *hovering*, staring at the window with a definite air of "WTF?", obviously having pulled up just in time. It then turned round and headed back, finding the open side of the patio window. I presume this one actually saw the flyscreen mesh and realised that there was something there, even if it could see through.