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On the first day of June I read A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood, in one sitting. (I then spent the remainder of the month meaning to watch the movie adaptation and not succeeding. Alas.) This has been a to-do for a while, since I read Isherwood’s career retrospective last year and, on that movie version, have been curious to see what Tom Ford is like as a filmmaker for years. (He is a recently-retired American fashion designer, and a giant in that sphere; I really wonder what he’s like as a creative in other fields. If Hedi Slimane can be a great photographer on top of his fashion contributions, perhaps Ford is a great director?) Anyway, the foreword of my edition was written by Ford, which I found quite charming. He talked about being 19 and meeting Isherwood and making zero impression on him, which was very adorable and candid.

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I read only one short story from a collection by Algernon Blackwood, H.S.H., but I was amused by a line from it so I’m mentioning it anyway.

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Also, sweetsorcery wrote a fic based on the story, which I recommend for a demon/human sex romp: here!

Finally, I read Poor Dear Esme by A. M. Burrage, who is notable for being the author of that horror short story I wrote a fic for, The Attic. This novel is not horror! It is a boys’ school story—kind of.

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