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David Heulfryn / / Cockaigne Chronicles, David Heulfryn

I’ve been working on my Cockaigne Chronicles novel recently and am almost ready to release it on the unsuspecting public. It will be available on Kindle, but I would really like some volunteers to take a read first and highlight any glaring (or not so glaring errors). I’m reading a book at the moment where the author has confused names, and it’s irritating, especially if you have paid for it. I’ve proofread it myself, spell checked, and grammar checked, but small errors might have crept through.

I’m looking for some people to proofread it for me, so if you would like an advanced copy, please email me (stories at screeve dot org) stating if you want it a mobi, epub for pdf version, and I’ll send you a copy.

Feel free to highlight any errors or passages that aren’t clear but also let me have your general comments.

This is my first novel that I’ve finished. I really enjoyed writing it and delving deeper into a story. Writing a novel is so different than writing a short story or even a multipart series.

How A Bottom Gets To The Top by David Heulfryn

David Heulfryn / / David Heulfryn, Stories

This picture is a mock-up of an imaginary magazine I created to accompany the story I wrote. It is written in the form of a magazine article by a journalist interviewing a popular porn star. It was an experiment into a different form of writing. I actually think it is alright.

Porn seems to be part of our everyday lives these days. It is easily available and can be viewed anywhere on our smart devices. I am interested in the people behind the porn and am intrigued about how and why they do it. Everyone will have different reasons. I find people fascinating and listening to them talk and share their stories can help with creating characters and stories. Porn actors are just as interesting and I would love to ‘interview’ one in person to get their story.

Get The Feeling by David Heulfryn

David Heulfryn / / David Heulfryn, Stories

This story came about after I watched a news item about a mirror-touch synaesthete. I find things like this fascinating how some people can have a different experience of reality. For those who don’t know, mirror-touch synaesthete is someone that feels a touch when they aren’t being touched. It’s a condition where the senses get mixed up, for example, some people hear colours.

Naturally, my twisted and oversexed mind conjures up a scenario. I hope you enjoy it. I certainly liked reading it again.

Caught by David Heulfryn

David Heulfryn / / Screeve

This is my last vignette to date. I suppose I have stopped writing them because they have tended to be very serious and delve into my emotions and fears.

This vignette feeds into my fears of coming out. In this case the young man was caught kissing his boyfriend and so was outed to his parents by the school. Coupled with a violent and homophobic father, this young man sees no other option than to run away from home.

My biggest fear of coming out was being rejected by my family and being kicked out of the house, that is partly why I didn’t come out until I was financially independant and living on my own.

I needn’t have worried, but I know a lot of young men are worried, and rightly so. I never had an abusive father but some people do.

I wish this scenario was total fiction, although it did come from my imagination, I’m sure some young men experience something similar when coming out, or being outed.

I wish scenes like this weren’t being regularly being played out across the world.

The Ginger and the Geek by David Heulfryn

David Heulfryn / / Cockaigne Chronicles, Stories

This started as a little fantasy about two guys from work I found sexy. I didn’t have crushes on them, that would have been awkward. But they were a nice bit of eye candy.

It started with the Ginger. I’ve always had a thing about gingers, ever since I made friends with a particular well hung ginger from school. I didn’t have a crush on him, I just found his long, thick cock, topped by some sexy ginger pubes so enticing. Despite being attracted to gingers, none of my boyfriends have been ginger.

This story was my fantasy of finding two guys getting it on at work. And writing about getting fucked by a ginger was a bonus. I wish it could come true.

Redheads often face discriminated and abuse due to their hair colour. I think we should celebrate the vibrancy and the sheer beauty of it.

Eyjafjallajökull by David Heulfryn

David Heulfryn / / David Heulfryn, Stories

Whatever you do, don’t ask me to pronounce it. The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull had a major effect on people’s lives, worldwide. All air traffic was immediately grounded due to safety fears, which meant that a lot of people were in the wrong place.

This story is loosely based on what happened to someone at my workplace. We had a visitor from our head office in Stockholm and he was due to fly back the day after everything was grounded. He ended up staying with somewhat from work, which stimulated my imagination and hence this story.

Interestingly, people were very helpful and this chap caught a train to Dover and managed to find someone who was heading back to Scandinavia and they gave him a lift.