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Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: Everclear - "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom"
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lb makes:story

Autobio: Crazy Boys Get Money

Crazy Boys Get Money (D Stories)
Summary: Two teens in Texas hook and heist their way out of danger. True story.
Series: LB autobio (D Stories)
Word Count: 8100
Notes: Winner by a long shot of the February fan poll. Depending on how this story is received, I’ll be pulling out more regarding this period of my life, a series called “the D Stories.” Normally I would break it into 3 installments, but due to the nature of the content, I have chosen to upload it all at once. I feel professionally obligated to disclaim that this story is not appropriate for anyone under 18… but this was my life when I was younger than that, and it's both insulting and degrading to say that my youth is unspeakable to the very age demographic it happens to.
Content warnings for anti-black racism; coerced, underaged, bad sex work, and (separate) consensual, okay teenage sex, along with the circumstances surrounding both. More information is in the comments.

( I suck him like a hospital Hoover sucking shit off a bathroom floor. )

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There seems to be this gigantic divide in HDG fandom between people who want to stick to the “setting ethos” and people who don’t give a shit. E.g. I’ve seen noncon identity death that doesn’t seem like it’s challenging the setting or criticizing the setting. It seems like “this is what I want to write in any setting, so it’s what I write in HDG.”

TBF, what “shared universe” doesn’t contradict the first author’s “setting ethos”? Even central control like Star Wars isn’t a guarantee.

Minor operations; testing new serving path

Hi all!

I'm doing some minor operational work tonight. It should be transparent, but there's always a chance that something goes wrong. The main thing I'm touching is testing a replacement for Apache2 (our web server software) in one area of the site.

Thank you!

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2026 February Fan Poll

Hey everybody, it's that time again: time to vote for which stuff gets the LiberaPay/Patreon money this month! We've got some new zines/comics on the pile this month, because I finally sold my last copy of Rumbleghost!

As always, anyone can vote (please do!), but LiberaPay and Patreon patrons get double weight for their votes. (Due to Patreon's porn purges, I really encourage you to use LiberaPay, if you get a choice.) If you want to see the blurbs for any of these works, those are here! (You can also leave your requests there; requesting a story or essay is always free!) If you don't have a DW and so can't do the poll, that's okay; just leave your vote in the comments below; anon comments are turned on.

Which works gets the money, and thus posted this month? YOU CHOOSE, readers!

Poll #34175 2026 February Fan Poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23

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Did you toss LiberaPay/Patreon money my way last month?

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Yes (my votes count double)
5 (100.0%)

What writing gets posted this month?

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Infinity Smashed: Born Lucky
6 (27.3%)

Reverend Alpert: the Traveling Exorcist
3 (13.6%)

Henchwench for Hire (F/F supervillainy)
4 (18.2%)

Rutless (trans omegaverse porno)
4 (18.2%)

Crazy Boys Get Money (autobio heist)
12 (54.5%)

The Battle-Axe and the Blood-Eater (pseudo-Greco-Roman blood sports)
7 (31.8%)

What art/comic/zine gets posted this month?

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Cult Comix
4 (19.0%)

Death Watch
6 (28.6%)

Protection
3 (14.3%)

Thrown Away
0 (0.0%)

Sneak Attack!
10 (47.6%)

Barred from Pokemon Forever
13 (61.9%)

Possessions (Rumbleghost)
2 (9.5%)

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It is really hard for me to communicate to other people that I don’t believe in the concept of earning food through work. Work needs to be done somehow, and giving food as a reward for it is a simple and straightforward way to organize society, but I don’t think a person who works is inherently “more deserving” than a person who doesn’t work. So for instance, I say “people shouldn’t be expected to do a job if a machine can do it just as well,” and people think I mean “people should starve if a machine can do their job.” Whether a machine does your job is irrelevant to whether you need food!

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bigotry,
racism

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People like to say “haha, white supremacists are ugly!” But I think it’s more damning that white supremacists are people. I just saw a photo of a white supremacist leader, and he’s a perfectly ordinary-looking person I might have had as a coworker. You’re not a seven-foot-tall slab of muscle; what are you acting all superior for?

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geekdom:business

Adult Content Bans

Since the Vice articles apparently got taken down, this Mashable article by Raksha Muthukumar, "Adult creators are still getting debanked — but it doesn't just impact them," is the best summary I have of how a bunch of middle-men can get between you, a consenting paying customer, and a willing seller of legal work. (Back when itch.io banned AllFam, I likened this to being jerked around by the guys who made the cash register.)

AllFam is still banned on itch.io, and if Payhip/Patreon goes down next, we'll probably end up on Ream. But just so y'all know, this is an ongoing problem, and for a lot more people than just us.

EDIT: also, Apple's on their Patreon shit again, so please, please, if you want to support our work, do it through your browser and not some app that allows yet another middle-man to chokehold our business. I swear, I'm this close to just taking checks through the damn mail or something, because then at least we only have to deal with the post office and the banks...

Current Mood: uncomfortable
Current Music: Tom Lehrer - "We Will All Go Together When We Go"
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lb makes:story

We Will All Go Together When We Go

We Will All Go Together When We Go
Summary: a failed stand-up comedian walks into a bar at the end of the world. What’re you having?
Series: none (stand-alone)
Word Count: 1400
Notes: Winner of the January 2026 fan poll, originally written 1/2/2020… and man, I don't know how I feel about posting this story considering what's happening politically right now. This is a rare case where I’ll be quoting liberally from a real song, because Tom Lehrer, who made “We Will All Go Together When We Go,” put all of his music and lyrics into the public domain in 2022. (https://tomlehrersongs.com/disclaimer/) You can listen to the song and read the lyrics here: https://tomlehrersongs.com/we-will-all-go-together-when-we-go/ He died July 26, 2025.

A funny thing happened today, on the way to Armageddon. Buy me a drink and I’ll tell you all about it!

Because I was there, that’s why. No, there, there. In shitting distance when it came down. Amazing I wasn’t killed.

Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, Chuckles. Everyone’s a critic nowadays. You buying or not?

That’s better. Okay, so it went like this…

( Down by the old maelstrom, / There'll be a storm before the calm... )

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work

Attn: Thor!

(Everyone else can just ignore this; this is specifically for the one who emailed me using the name Thor.)

Hey, sorry to be a bother, just responded to your email about a week ago and heard nothing back, and I’m just making sure my new email worked for you and things didn’t disappoint into the void! Let me know!

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porn

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Current Music: Charming Disaster - "Ghost Story"
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Peter Ibbetson, by du Maurier (1891)

Rogan: I did it! My con crud lasted the exact amount of time for me to finally read Peter Ibbetson, and I’m super glad I did!

( #1 Wife Guy on the astral plane. Major spoilers for a century-old book. )

Current Mood: nostalgic
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us:bob

The story behind the Subtext Is Overrated shirt

Rogan: In my sickness, I posted that picture of Bob's "Subtext is Overrated" shirt and didn't explain the context of it! In summary: it was advice he gave me the first time he ever met me (though NOT the first time I ever met him).

( Read more... )

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NyQuil Adventures with Peter Ibbetson

Rogan: well! That was exciting and awful!

I took NyQuil because I badly wanted a nap and to be able to breathe. What I got was twenty-four hours (and counting) of badness.

( Read more... )

The NyQuil has mercifully mostly worn off now, twenty-four hours later. I’m still moving carefully, but I’m not afraid to stand up and walk around the apartment. But for real, never taking this stuff again, what a horrible experience.

Current Mood: weird
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NyQuil

Guys. We took NyQuil. We have learned that we should NEVER take NyQuil. It has been bad. Should've just not taken anything.

I am starting to think that the rest of the writing might be late this month. January has not gone well.

Extremely grateful for roommates helping me out. Typing this in bed.

Current Mood: artistic
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Bob: Subtext is Overrated

Rogan: I made Bob a shirt. (I drew this a while ago, but then January happened.)

( I think this is the only T-shirt Bob owns now. )

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DROWN ME IN LADY BOOKS, pt. 2

Mori: I think we’ve turned the corner, sickwise. At least I got a good amount of ladyreading done!

( BOOOOOOKS )

Current Mood: silly
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Comic: Freight Train Flirting

Winner of the fan poll this month by a long go! Click the pics to enlarge them!

Mori flirts by bullying into Rawlin's personal space up against a wall, which Rawlin seems equally puzzled and thrilled by. Underneath, Biff points up to that scenario and retorts, "Man, who taught you to flirt?" to which Mori replies dryly, "You did."

Biff, too butch to clutch his pearls but clearly considering it, goes, "Wha? WHEN?!" to which Mori says "Dude," and points down to a series of thought bubbles filled with Biff's high-impact style of flirtation, including smacking Rogan's ass hard enough for a chiropractic realignment, saying, "Y'wanna fuck?" and also a gleeful Rogan squeezing his bicep and marveling at the beef on his boyfriend. Biff, surveying the thought bubbles, goes, "Oh, right, yeah. Forgot about that..." Mori throws up her hands. "You been with him TEN YEARS, ya tubesteak!!!"

Happy belated ten year anniversary, Biff and Rogan!

(And today, I learned that the Japanese term for that up-against-the-wall pose is apparently kabedon. I didn't include it in the alt-text because I have no idea how well-known that term is.)

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Apocalyptic Mini-Story One: the Heralds of the End

It was a tight race, but this was one of the two apocalyptic mini-stories that won the fan poll this month! (I planned to post the two together but... sick.) Rogan apparently originally wrote this story on 2020/4/14. This is probably the shortest story we will ever post on this blog.

the Heralds of the End

As the world crumbles, the heralds of the End ride up on their pale horses. They cross the empty streets, calling up to the shuttered windows, “As the End comes upon you, consider: have you conducted yourself well? Have you devoted yourself to what truly matters?”

I open my window and hold out my beefcake.

“Very good,” they say. “Carry on.”