Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters
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Aussie, Queer & Country
LGBT themed fiction with an Aussie flavour, reviews, observations and real life LGBT histories.
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Book review: Holden Sheppard’s KING OF DIRT
I am always excited by the prospect of reading another offering from Australian author, Holden Sheppard. Having read his first two releases, in INVISIBLE BOYS and THE BRINK, both of which – by Young Adult themed book standards – were raw and no-holds-barred efforts that were emotional rides, I was excited to see where he went with his next novel, KING OF DIRT. And I wasn't disappointed.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Petersa day ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper - Epilogue. Content Warning.
The movie dropped in late spring here in Australia, which meant it was coming into winter for the northern-hemisphere countries – which were considered to be the main market, apparently – and for a while there, it felt like the whole world was watching us. Or more specifically, watching Charlie.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters8 days ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper 7. Content Warning.
When Charlie stepped off the train that Friday evening – alone, as his father was staying in Sydney for business – I almost didn’t recognise him as he walked towards me, carrying his bag. He looked different, older somehow, especially with his hair specially styled for the role, his posture straighter. He looked, sharp, which was evident by the heads turning in his direction.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters8 days ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper 6. Content Warning.
After that first performance, everything changed, everything just blew up around us. That first Friday night show was sold out, of course – as every opening night always seems to do – but there were seats available for the remaining five shows. The first of these was to be the following night, Saturday, then the following Friday and Saturday, then the Friday and Saturday after that. Six shows in all.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters8 days ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper 4. Content Warning.
‘Brayden! Your mum is leaving,’ we heard a short while later, just as Charlie had finished changing out of his school clothes, so we both thundered down the stairs and outside to where the two women were still talking.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters9 days ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper 3. Content Warning.
There was a new poster on the drama room noticeboard when we arrived for our next class on Wednesday of the following week. It was a picture of a young Prince; handsome, a crown perched up on his unruly blond locks, blue eyes and giving the impression of an almost haughty character.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters9 days ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper 2. Content Warning.
When Charlie and I spoke on the Sunday night we had arranged to meet at his place and walk to school together the next morning. When I rang their front doorbell that morning the heavy wooden door was answered by a woman who looked nothing like the grandmother I had expected to see. The woman looking out at me didn’t even look old enough to be a grandmother. She had straight grey hair, but she looked more like an office worker; smartly dressed and with a neat hairdo.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters9 days ago in Fiction
A Prince and his Pauper. Content Warning.
All eyes were on the beautiful, yet haughty, young Prince as he walked from the Great Hall of the ancient Castle of Geronia, in a scene accompanied by a trumpeted fanfare, while following in the footsteps of his father, the King. As light from the lanterns that lined the walls flickered and danced, their procession passed by their ever-faithful subjects, who bowed in reverence to their leader and his heir, with not another sound being uttered.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters9 days ago in Fiction
Traditions (Chapter 11). Content Warning.
Chapter Eleven ‘About what comes next.' Yes. That’s what he’d said just before he drifted off to sleep last night. And then I spent most of the rest of the night tossing and turning as Charlie’s words seemed to rattle around in my brain for most of it.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters3 months ago in Fiction
