Right at the start of r&d you get all these great ideas like “bright appealing colors” and “relaxing audio” that come out the other side as “flying disembodied clown head with needles for eyes” and “blasting ambient waterfall noises out of 120 watt riot speakers” to account for the helicopter blades

didn’t know about this design house before, and i have already fallen head over heels for them

were i to name three of the modern architects of truly devastating, relentless, and emotionally searing M/M smut it would be Green, Taylor, and Bratton.

Garth Greenwell and Allen Bratton are also interested in intimacy on the knife’s edge of danger. The former’s first two works are autofiction largely about cruising in a country where homosexuality is illegal. Allen Bratton’s Henry Henry is a searing adaptation of the Henriad w incest at its core

Right! Brandon Taylor explores intimacy and eroticism in some deeply uncomfortable ways. There are sex scenes in The Late Americans that are incredibly hot. There is also sexual assault and incest. There is also really nasty sex on a dirty mattress.

Garth Greeenwell, Brandon Taylor, Allen Bratton

twelve boxes exactly

The First Thing You Learn is How Long You Can Go With No Weed in the Tank. And The Next Thing You Learn Is How Cold It Can Get In Tub