There’s Some Weird Stuff Out There

A Nerd Nite Performance

I have been playing the catch-up game for a little while now. Catching up with old friends, catching up on my writing, catching up on my blog. If you want to see more of what I’ve been up to while I wasn’t blogging, follow my Instagram: celiamulder.

One of the things I never got around to posting on here was the Nerd Nite talk I gave last winter called “Time Traveling Vikings or the Many Layered Subgenres of Romance Novels” in which I share some of the wildest, craziest books I’ve stumbled on. Lucky for us, there’s a video of my speech. Which is good as I can’t remember half of what I said. Only that in the moment it seemed like the wittiest reparte ever spoken. And I even got a “contains explicit content” warning for my video because, let’s face it, some of these books are not work appropriate. I’m saying that and I work in a library. Because no we don’t carry any Chuck Tingle.

Intrigued? Check it out.

You Can’t Un-Read This

In a special edition of There’s Some Weird Stuff Out There, I bring you this, the weirdest of the weird. Thank you Carrie S. of Smart Bitches Trashy Books for reading and reviewing this…dare I say book?

Well, this didn’t take long. It has been brought to our attention that the ever-reliable Chuck Tingle has a new book out, Oppressed in the Butt by My Inclusive Holiday Coffee Cups. Because I feel that parody coffee cup porn is the perfect response to the ridiculous Starbucks coffee cup outrage, I volunteered to review the 4,700 word “book.” I even kind of enjoyed it. My mother must be so proud. I’m just going to … Continue reading Oppressed in the Butt by My Inclusive Holiday Cups by Chuck Tingle →

Source: Oppressed in the Butt by My Inclusive Holiday Cups by Chuck Tingle

Spooky Weird Stuff

In this edition of “There’s Some Weird Stuff Out There,” I’m getting in the Halloween spirit. Now there are a lot of directions I could go with this – you would not believe the sort of weird, spooky paranormal stuff there is out there. But instead of going zombie or ghosts or vampires, today I’m talking about shapeshifters. Not werewolves – at this point werewolves are a bit blasé, don’t you think? Without further ado I give you…

WerePanther –

Eat Prey Love by Kerrelyn Sparks

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WereTiger –

Here Kitty, Kitty by Shelly Laurenston

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WereBear –

Bear Necessities by Isadora Montrose

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WereWyr –

Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

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WerePumas –

The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell

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EVEN WereHoney Badger –

Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

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And SO many more. Almost all dangerous, predatory creatures are represented. Except for sea creatures. Where are the were-sharks? The were-shark and the mermaid. Just imagine.

Mpregs

In this week’s edition of There’s Some Weird Stuff Out There, I am discussing mpreg, a sub-genre of m/m romance where in one of those m’s gets pregnant. Really, if we’re going to get technical, these are m/m romance novels with an mpreg plot. But that’s not the point. The point is that people out there (and not just a few) are writing and reading books about men getting pregnant. And why not? It’s a fascinating possibility coupled with some equally fascinating descriptions and diagrams of just how, biologically, male pregnancy could be a thing.

Check it out for yourself:

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Alex’s Surprise by Chris McHart 

 

 

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Forbidden Lover by Aiden Bates – this one has a werewolf/dragon romance AND mpreg.

 

 

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Bear Back Mountain by Artemis Wolffe and Wednesday Raven – get it?

 

 

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The Degan Incident by Rob Colton 

 

 

 

And many, many more. A lot of which are sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal/shapeshifter books. Maybe because that makes the whole mpreg more believable?