Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: The Middle of Life 6 reviews, 4,354 words,
2. Chapter 2: What Happens ... 3 reviews, 3,743 words,
3. Chapter 3: A First Kiss 2 reviews, 4,018 words,
4. Chapter 4: The Strange Journey Begins ... 3 reviews, 2,261 words,

   The story is about to take off in an odd direction, hope it seems OK to do that ...

5. Chapter 5: In a Woodland Grove 2 reviews, 2,117 words,
6. Chapter 6: Lover of Wisdom 2 reviews, 1,267 words,
7. Chapter 7: True Men 1 reviews, 2,092 words,
8. Chapter 8: Willow 2 reviews, 1,393 words,
9. Chapter 9: In the Court of the Crimson King 2 reviews, 1,911 words,
10. Chapter 10: Spiritual Friendship? 2 reviews, 1,558 words,
11. Chapter 11: Stages 3 reviews, 2,460 words,
12. Chapter 12: Love and Desire: Art and Thought 3 reviews, 2,551 words,
13. Chapter 13: Who Wrote Shakespeare? 2 reviews, 1,479 words,
14. Chapter 14: Flowers In Between 1 reviews, 1,934 words,
15. Chapter 15: Is He then Just a Man? 2 reviews, 1,320 words,
16. Chapter 16: Decadence 0 reviews, 1,660 words,
17. Chapter 17: Vortex 1 reviews, 2,655 words,
18. Chapter 18: Sand 2 reviews, 1,654 words,
19. Chapter 19: Gay Hollywood 0 reviews, 1,664 words,
20. Chapter 20: An Ending 2 reviews, 632 words,

    This rounds off the story. A book I used as a starting point for this fantasy is:Queers In History, by Keith Stern. A sort of gay wikipedia in book form. I recommend it. Dante's Paradiso also provided some of the flowery language here and there. I recommend that too. Thanks for everyone who has read it and an especially big thanks to those who liked or left comments. If anyone has any requests for future work, just ask.