There is something intimate about coming out to a friend about your instersexuality, especially if it was something hidden from you for over 30 years. Wondering if my semi-fertility was consistent with the variant I am pretty sure I have amassed enough evidence for, I posited that question to Google AI, and after an exchange of my personal and family history, it said it was not only consistent, but also explained the reason I was only semi-fertile in the first place. I then s

In Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger, Frank’s Dad invites Father Peter Driscoll to dinner. After the meal, Jake and Frank are put to work doing the dishes. After finishing the dishes, Jake asks Frank what he wants him to do. Frank wakes to the threat of rain the next morning. His parents, Karl Brandt, Sheriff Gregor, and a deputy named Zollee Hauptman are drinking coffee at the kitchen table, with Gregor taking notes. As he listens, Frank learns that Ariel had been with

In The King Must Die , by Kimi Ashing-Giwa, making taxation rounds at his older brother’s request is a task meant to keep Alekhai out of the palace so the Sovereign can rule for a few days without Alekhai breathing down his neck. It didn’t take long to figure out that a local chieftain has been pocketing most of the region’s yearly profits. Lounging on his personal lounge, Alekhai nurses a crystal glass of iced vodka. There is a particularly raucus party after another of the