Ron Does Stuff

Yes, I know this is almost a decade (!) old but there hasn’t been a lot of videos of same-sex readings for #romanceclass books, okay? Which is not their fault!

Full disclosure: one of the stories included in this anthology previously appeared in Start Here, a collection of short stories that I edited. I also am friends with the #romanceclass people so make of that what you will.

H. Bentham’s Comfortable and Familiar is a short and sweet and spicy read that anyone can easily digest in one sitting. Made up of two poems — “When I Think of You” and “Comfortable and Familiar” — and two short stories — “Guide for a Day” and “The Other Story” — one could think of this anthology as a small sampling of Bentham’s work.

There’s the sweet side that’s on display in “Guide for a Day” and “When I Think of You”. And then there’s the spicier stuff in “The Other Story” and “Comfortable and Familiar”. And this is definitely my personal bias speaking but I think “The Other Story” –the story that appeared on Start Here — is the strongest piece in the bunch.

I really feel like “The Other Story” shows how different queer life and queer meet-cutes are here in the country. Yes, straight couples are getting freakier here now as well but for the most part, this is still very much the domain of local queers. And yet even with that difference, you can still have that happy ending for yourself if you want it.