Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

“A Prayer for Us,” by Rob Brezny And so I am starting to pray right now to the God of Gods . . . the God beyond all Gods . . . the...

Once upon a time, in ancient Greece, a secret ritual was held each May on the slopes of Wolf Mountain (Lykaion, the tallest peak in...

I hope my friend Indigo Bunting will weigh in with her recollections and corrections to this story. I am old and my memory is failing,...

This morning on my windshield I found the first lovebug of the season: Plecia nearctica, a member of the family of march flies. It is...

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD The New York Times No one would mistake the Stone Age ivory carving for a Venus de Milo. The voluptuous woman...

Maybe the changing seasons are prompting people to cover up. Maybe the political climate is making everyone more conservative. Maybe...

Following years of controversy, German dignitaries this week dedicated a memorial to the tens of thousands of gays and lesbians [The...

My activist days are pretty much behind me. I am no less passionate about my politics, but I am much less apt to do much about them...

“Green Porno” is a series of very short films conceived, written, co-directed by and featuring Isabella Rossellini. Inspired by the...

Satan’s plan to make uptight straight people “really uncomfortable” working out “fabulously,” say Bay Area gays by Mark Morford, SF Gate...

Margaret White, the psycho mother of Stephen King’s Carrie, immortalized in the film I should’ve killed myself when he put it in me....

As I look at the map and retrace my path, I’m rather mystified by the route I took. Some of it makes sense; some of it worked out so well...