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ANNOUNCEMENT: Bisclavret, by K.L. Noone

Bisclavret

QSFer K.L. Noone has a new MM/Gay historical paranroaml book out: “Bisclavret.” A very long time ago, in the very old forests of Brittany, a werewolf loved a king … The Lord Bisclavret has a secret. A family enchantment. A wolf’s curse, transforming him when the moon is full. He hopes to be a good lord for his people, and he’s always been a loyal king’s man, even if the new king is inexperienced and scholarly. But one betrayal might leave him trapped in wolf-shape forever … unless his king can save him. Andreas would rather be a University scholar … Read more

’50 Shades’ of Medieval Erotica – Lost Romance Recovered

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Researchers have discovered a long-lost version of a medieval romance “novel” containing a sex scene too steamy for even modern publishers. The French poem, “Le Roman de la Rose” (The Romance of the Rose), tells the story of a courtier wooing a woman — the poems titular “rose.” It was the “Twilight” of its day, a crowd-pleasing romance that was reproduced again and again. “‘Le Roman de la Rose’ really was the blockbuster of its day,” Marianne Ailes, a medievalist at the University of Bristol in the U.K. who identified the new fragments of the manuscript, said in a statement. … Read more