Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Blurb

Acknowledgments

Epigraph

Pygmalion Revisited

October 13th

The Twisted Glory of Ganymede

GRINDR

Witch’s Brew

Lucretia Undone

Mating Season

The Transmitter

Harvest

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Xander & Hephaestion

Narcissus

Puer Aeternus

Praise for Shadowlands

About the Author

Visit Dreamspinner Press

Copyright

Shadowlands

By Charlie David

Shadowlands is a collection of heartfelt and sometimes heartbreaking short stories from TV and film producer Charlie David that explore the passion and pain of gay sexuality. Ancient myths are reimagined with an exciting queer twist, masterfully depicting the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.

Story genres in this collection include romance, science fiction, fantasy/paranormal, horror, and poetry. Shadowlands was developed into a television miniseries showcasing three stories inspired from this collection—"Pygmalion Revisited,” “Mating Season,” and “Narcissus.” The miniseries is available on Amazon, Vimeo, and on the storefront at Border2Border.ca.

A love of storytelling led Charlie to start Border2Border Entertainment, a production company whose film and television credits include Shadowlands, Drag Heals, Mulligans, Judas Kiss, I’m a Stripper, Studlebrity, Balls, I’m a Porn Star, I’m a Porn Star: Gay4Pay, and Positive Youth.

Border2Border Entertainment’s shows have been licensed to Showtime, Super Channel, HBO Canada, MTV/LOGO, Sundance Channel, Discovery Networks, The Movie Network, Movie Central, Hollywood Suite, hereTV, Encore Avenue, and OutTV in North America as well as finding a worldwide audience through international distribution partners.

Acknowledgments

THOUGH SHADOWLANDS is just a dark little book, it took several bright and shiny people to ensure its completion and success. A sincere thank you to Dreamspinner Press for welcoming me to their team of writers. I’m proud to be flying the Dreamspinner colors as their creative support and enthusiasm for this book have been outstanding.

I’d like to thank my manager Linda Carter for once again reading, editing, and providing tireless encouragement in my career, even when we’d both rather take a nap. Photographer Tyler Dillman designed the beautifully dark cover artwork which features actor Sean C. Dwyer from the “Narcissus” episode of the Shadowlands TV miniseries.

And most sincerely, thank you for selecting this book and supporting my dream. Without you, dear reader, there would be no point.

Epigraph

“Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

—Rumi

Pygmalion Revisited

Commission

SIA CON me, Signore, quando sono nella difficoltà, è con me Signore, io pregano.

Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Be with me Lord, I pray.