Ponyboysplace

I know it has been a while coming . . . and it is still a work in progress . . . but this week I have posted the first two chapters of Out of the Blue, the continuation of the series that began with Matt and Luke and friends all the way back in 2000, on the Gay Authors site.

Click here!

Please enjoy!

So, today I did something . . . well, with the help of a friend!

For those of you who may have read the last story, ‘Something in the Water’, you will probably know what bunj-bunji means now. For those who are not in the know, it’s a very loose translation of the word ‘bunji’, which means ‘same’ in the language of one of the local Aboriginal tribes from the region where my Thompsonville stories are set. There is no Aboriginal word for ‘gay’, so for the purpose of the stories I created ‘bunji-bunji’, meaning ‘same-same’, as a loose translation.

So then, after a flippant comment on a post to the story, where I mentioned selling t-shirts, and then having a reader saying they wished they were available, that has now come to fruition. With the help of a friend of mine, we have now created ponyboysplace.printify.me, an online store where t-shirts and other story related items can be found.

I’ve also created one with a Thompsonville logo, just for the hell of it!

Maybe someone will like the designs enough to want to buy something? 🙂

Enjoy!

MP

Hey ya’ll. Here’s a new short story for the Thompsonville universe, just posted to my Vocal.Media page, as well as GayAuthors.org, an origin story for Thompson River Tales, in two parts, titled Something in the Water, which delves into the Aboriginal dreamtime for the area.

Links: Something in the Water (Part One) | Fiction / Something in the Water (Part Two) | Fiction

Please enjoy! And your feedback is always welcome! 🙂

Well folks, it seems that another year has almost passed us by! Where the hell did that go?

Just wanted to drop ya’ll a line to wish each and every one of you my best wishes for the holiday season, and to thank you all for your support and messages throughout the year, whether on here, or through the various other means by which we connect!

Christmas is going to be hot, and possibly wet in our part of the world, so no matter what it is like where you are, I hope it is a safe one for you.

The past year has been quite a busy one for me, what with writing and working and just trying to get by. Changes in my workplace have been quite a challenge, as has finding time to write. I have managed to get some things done, however, and there is more on the way.

I wrote and posted a story on the Gay Authors site called Kandanga Falls (I’ll provide some links for you as soon as I can), as well as written some additional chapters for my previous Christmas tale, Traditions. And this week I’ve come up with another sweet little Christmas tale for you, titled, Howzat?, which is kind of a prelude to an idea that I figure might just end up as a full blown story in the future . . . a short, Aussie Christmas tale, about summer, backyard cricket and coming of age.

You can find that one HERE. Please enjoy!

I’ll be back with more in the New Year.

Take care everyone!

MP

…for the updated edition of The Mardi Gras Murders.

So, recently we finished doing the re-edits on The Mardi Gras Murders, with a view to it being posted on Gay Authors, IOMFATS and elsewhere. I have now just started posting the revised story to Gay Authors, as a start, but I also wanted to make it available as an e-book, and hopefully a printed book as well (in the near future).

I am please to say that it is now available in e-book form on a number of websites!

Please check it out! More news later once I find out what is happening with the printed version!

Click here: https://books2read.com/u/bWJk8Y

Thank you everyone for your support and encouragement!

Okay folks, I’ve managed to make a few updates today, starting with the removal of some broken links on my Recommended Readings page. Sadly those stories / websites don’t appear to exist any more so I have removed the links. I’ll try and add a few more links shortly for you to some other stories I’ve really enjoyed.

Recently I was playing with an idea relating to my Thompsonville universe, and just how that came about. This resulted in my writing a piece called A Figment of My Imagination, which basically just outlined my processes surrounding the dreaming up of this little world of mine, and more importantly, something with which I can try to keep all the little details straight, in my own mind at least! There’s nothing worse than writing something and describing something, then realising that’s NOT how it was the last time I used that particular feature of the town or environs.

Anyhow, I’ve written this in two parts, the first being the processes side of things. The second is a fictional history of the fictional town.

A Figment of My Imagination – Part One (some background behind the process of creating this world)

A Figment of My Imagination – Part Two (a fictional history of my fictional world)

I hope you enjoy!

MP

Well, not really! But I will admit to neglecting this page, as I’ve been rather busy elsewhere! You see, as you may recall I mentioned joining the Gay Authors community a year or so ago, and this has meant that I have been somewhat busy with posting my back-catalogue to that site.

So, with re-editing and re-posting my earlier stories, as well as chipping away on some new stuff, and then getting a promotion at work, you can probably imagine just how busy this year has been.

Please don’t fret though. Even while re-editing and re-posting my earlier stories, I have also managed to post several new chapters of my story “Traditions” on Gay Authors, while also planning to continue with some other stories, in addition to mapping out some new stories!

I can also see that I need to do some updates here and finish posting some stories here that seem to have been stalled, so I will get onto that!

Thank you all for your patience! And please keep an eye out for future updates!

Happy reading

MP

Hello All. Just a short post to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. And if these aren’t holidays that you observe I wish you nothing but best wishes over the holiday period!

Above all though, I would like to thank you for sticking around and reading my stories, offering your feedback and asking questions! I very much enjoy our interactions and I look forward to this continuing in 2025. I know that my output of new stuff has been a little sporadic of late, but I promise you there is new stuff coming. This has been in part due to my working on re-edits and re-posting of my older stories on IOMFATS.org and GayAuthors.org, but also the fact that life has been getting in the way.

Hopefully 2025 will see all this settling back down and I’ll be able to really get productive again . . . I have so much that I want to give you!

Anyhow, in the spirit of what has been happening lately, I thought I would offer you this little piece . . .

I think you get the picture! haha

Anyhow, all the best for the days ahead. Thank you for being there, and I’ll see you on the flip side!

Take care now

Mark xxx