Notes for Chapter 5 Links to the entire set of notes Page numbers refer to the page in the PDF and print versions. 64—a professor talking about dinosaur bones he’d dug up. Scientists discovered dinosaurs in the 1840s, and paleontology became a hot enough topic to lead to the Bone Wars of the 1870s-80s. Public …
Notes for Chapter 4 Links to the entire set of notes Page numbers refer to the page in the PDF and print versions. 43—stripped down to his union suit. I did a fair amount of research on period-appropriate underwear. In Alby’s time, a one-piece union suit would have been most likely. The two-piece version is called …
Notes for Chapter 3 Links to the entire set of notes Page numbers refer to the page in the PDF and print versions. 26—Now many of them spoke in Italian. Although Italians landed in New York City as early as the 1600s, it was the late 1800s and early 1900s that saw huge waves arrive. They …
Notes for Chapter 2 Links to the entire set of notes Page numbers refer to the page in the PDF and print versions. 21—Alby was smitten almost at once. Americans in the 1880s were surprisingly tolerant of same-sex relationships, as long as they were conducted discreetly. This was especially true in the West, where there …
Notes for Chapter 1 Links to the entire set of notes Page numbers below refer to the page in the PDF and print versions. 9—cheap food was easy to find at the pushcarts in Five Points. People have been selling food and goods on the streets of New York City since its founding. The earliest carts …
Are you a proud nerd like I am? Does the word research send pleasant little tingles down your spine? Have you considered tattooing a footnote on your foot? If so, this post is for you. Summerfield’s Angel is set in New York City in 1888, which means I joyfully engaged in a lot of background research …
I think we’re officially in the holiday season now, right? So I’d like to remind you of a way you can give a little extra this year. I donate all the royalties from my self-published books to Doctors Without Borders. This includes all formats–ebooks, print, and audio. So you can buy any of the books …
Recently, the wonderful OKW from Boy Meets Boy Reviews gave me some photo prompts for flash fics. I was supposed to pick one, but I loved them so much that I chose two. The first fic started off BMBR’s anniversary celebration and the second one will come later this month. Here’s the link to the …
After the hard winter of 1888 ended Alby Boyle’s work as a Nebraska ranch hand, he returned to New York City in search of his long-lost family. His mother and brothers are nowhere to be found, however, and after Alby’s years of absence, Five Corners no longer feels like home. His prospects seem as dim …
J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out: “The Rising Tide.” Earth is dead. Five years later, the remnants of humanity travel through the stars inside Forever, a living, ever-evolving, self-contained generation ship. When Eddy Tremaine and Andy Hammond find a hidden world-within-a-world under the mountains, the discovery triggers a chain of …