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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 47th (Guy with No Name)

November 8, 2010 Chris 41 Comments

Congrats to Ronda, who won Strength of a Gamma (Pack Discipline, Book 2) by Kim Dare! Strength of a Gamma is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we have… a guy with no name. I’m really hoping that all of you will come up with a good name for him so I can change the post title to something a little bit less lame. 🙂

Our man of mystery had a

– instead of enjoying

parade, he would transform himself into a

, then follow the

, which acted as

for him, leading him to

and roust out many a vampire who’d

to escape his

. O noes! Those poor vampires… 🙁

I hope you don’t think too hard about that narrative. I suspect that if you do, part of your brain will ooze out one of your ears. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

“I was really hoping you’d forgotten about all those naughty boys while you were gone, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 46th (Vampires!)

October 25, 2010 Chris 33 Comments

Congrats to Tam, who won Eat Me by Mia Watts! Eat Me, Pride and Joey, and Elliotâ€™s War are all being released today by Total-E-Bound.

Don’t forget that Iâ€™m heading to San Francisco with Kris, Tam, Jenre, and Tracy to see the city and attend Yaoi Con. Subsequently, blogging will be a little spotty for the next two weeks. Iâ€™ll post contest winners in the evening on October 25 (today), October 28, and October 29 â€“ please consider 7 pm CDT as a rough ending time for those contests! Contests will stay open until I shut off the comments on the contest posts. A new Kim Dare contest will automagically post on Thursday, October 28. Also, Iâ€™m not going to be able to reply to all of the contest entries and I apologize in advance for that. Nor will I even be attempting to keep up my usual blog reading and commenting.

Vacationy sorts of random posts may appear without warning.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! In honor of Halloween, today’s Misadventure is about vampires.

When

for

, he hopes

of the assignment is for the Envoy to reward him by establishing

that will allow him to stay

in a

. Instead, the snared vampire broke free and turned on the Envoy, bellowing “

, you stupid fool! I call down a

upon you!

on this day, nothing will remain of you but a

husk!”

“Well, so much for the Envoy,” thought Sluggo. “I guess it’s time for Plan B.”

(You can check out the original stock photos at iStockphoto.)

“Those vampires are wimps – check out some really scary fangs!” -Chaos

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 45th (The Return of Wind-in-Hair Guy)

October 18, 2010 Chris 38 Comments

Congrats to Jenre, who won her choice from LA Wittâ€™s backlist!

Congrats to cturtlechick, who won Why Jay Ran Away (Contact, Book 3) by Jade Archer! Why Jay Ran Away is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! I’m sure we all remember Wind-in-Hair Guy, right? If not, feel free to catch up on his previous misadventure. We’ll wait. 🙂 All caught up? Onward! (Some of these titles are oddly complex, but if you hover your mouse pointer over the covers, you should be able to tell which bit of the titles I used.)

Because of

when she heard the

(

of exceptional power), she became the

on the

. Unfortunately, due to the

,WiHG couldn’t just abandon her in the

and leave her to become

. Instead, he called a

and asked, “Please, can you

? Miranda’s possessed, and I’m afraid that if I fall asleep, she’ll

!” The demon hunter, from

, Inc., arrived in a flash and allowed Miranda to find

at last. *ahem*

“I can’t help but notice there’s another naughty boy today, Mom. Haven’t we talked about this before? I am so disappointed in you.” – Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photograph: Part the 44th (TTTHHG)

October 11, 2010 Chris 29 Comments

Today is National Coming Out Day. Dear Author is celebrating by giving away GLBT ebook and print romances. Author Amy Lane is donating her cut of Litha’s Constant Whim, which touches on GLBT suicide, for today to The Trevor Project (book must be purchased via Dreamspinner for that to happen).

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll meet Trying To Tip His Hat Guy (TTTHHG). Keep an eye on his hat line and his hand, and make sure you say hi to Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy when you see him.

TTTHHG could still see a

in the sky, even though it was

. “Oh no!” he cried. “‘Tis an ill portent indeed.

are doomed, for surely this means that a

at the

is nigh! I doubt that even

could offer

or another

under those conditions!”

Yeah, don’t think too hard about that one, ok?! 🙂

“I can’t believe you continue to subject me to naughty boys, Mom!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photograph: Part the 43rd (Slave Boy)

October 4, 2010 Chris 43 Comments

Congrats to Shanna, who won Code Blue by Stephani Hecht! Code Blue was released by eXtasy Books Friday.

Congrats to Susmita, who won Gayish (G-A-Y, Book 12) by Kim Dare! Gayish is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Slave Boy. Here he is in Las Vegas, captured in the wild by Jordan Castillo Price, just for me. Thanks, Jordan!

It’s a bit odd that a tattoo parlor is advertising using a photoshopped tattoo, isn’t it? Onward!

Once upon a time, a simple

was living a quiet life in

, until he was kidnapped by

, marked with

, taken to

, and sold as a

. He was quite the

at the slave auction, where he was purchased by a burly mistress… he thought. It was only later, when he and his new “mistress” were

that he realized

and that

is not always what you get… or what gets you.

“Naughty boys? What naughty boys? I don’t see any naughty boys. Lalalalalalala.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 42nd (YFIGTFLTG)

September 27, 2010 Chris 37 Comments

Congrats to Jane, who won Not Anymore by Em Woods! Not Anymore will be released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll meet Your Face Is Going To Freeze Like That Guy (YFIGTFLTG).

Because he had a

, YFIGTFLTG left his

, where he’d been

, and

, while trying to avoid his ex-

, who was after

. Whew!

The end. For now. Because I’m sure I’ll hear about all sorts of other covers featuring YFIGTFLTG, now that I’ve done this post. 🙂

Many thanks to Mary Calmes, who found some of these covers!

“Naughty boys, I stick my tongue out at all of you!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 41st (Looking Away Guy)

September 20, 2010 Chris 30 Comments

Congrats to Leni and Sarah M, who each won copies of Wicked Cool by Val Kovalin! Wicked Cool is now available from Amber Quill Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today weâ€™ll meet Looking Away Guy (LAG).

Since he’s starting from

, LAG likes to use

when he’s

mode. He kills them

and

because of his

skills.

And yet… some days he has more than a

about whether his life is real; instead, it seems merely a

…

“No!!!! Not more naughty boys!!!!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 40th (Firefighters: LTGNAFG)

September 13, 2010 Chris 37 Comments

Congrats to Courtney S, who won In the Crease by Stephani Hecht! In the Crease will be released by Total-E-Bound today.

Â Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll meet Likes To Get Naked At Fires Guy (LTGNAFG), who is a busy, busy boy.

LTGNAFG had been praying to a

for years, hoping for his very own

– imagine his delight when he got the

! After he unwrapped his gift,

was to fan

and get rid of

. (I’m so treating that title as The Firefighter’s Woman, Too.)

With that done, even though he knew he was

, LTGNAFG was ready to ignite the

, ready to gaze

, ready to push

past its

and turn it into a

, so charged with

that he would

Whew! I always feel a bit breathless after I finish writing these posts. I wonder why? 😉

“Wake me up when you’ve gotten this whole naughty boy business out of your system, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 39th (Crouching Guy, Erect?)

September 7, 2010 Chris 30 Comments

Congrats to arzu, who won Twice in a Lifetime by Shawn Lane! Twice in a Lifetime was released on September 5 by Amber Allure.

Congrats to Tara, who won What To Do With Lore by Jade Archer! What To Do With Lore was released by Total-E-Bound on September 6.

Congrats to kasjo_peja, who won Gay Day! Gay Day! (G-A-Y, Book 11) by Kim Dare! Gay Day! Gay Day! was released on September 6 by Total-E-Bound.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! A few of you may remember all the way back to Part the Ninth, when we met Crouching Guy. I’ll wait here whilst you go take a peek and refresh your memories. Back? All comfy? Ok then. I think that today’s cover model is actually Crouching Guy, now standing (more or less) erect. Thoughts?

And now, on with our story…

It all started with

after being

(nearly to

, poor thing!), who was trying to discover all of Rawley/Crouching Guy’s

while appealing to his

. Alas, poor Crouching Guy was too worried about potentially

for

to enjoy the delectable

that the sheik had provided.

Hmm. I’m not sure that makes any sense whatsoever! 🙂

“Surely you have found all the naughty boys there are to find by now, Mom?!” -Mayhem

hold

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 38th (Revisiting Candy Cane Guy)

August 30, 2010 Chris 33 Comments

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! I’m sure you’ve all been dying to find out what Candy Cane Guy’s been up to since the last time we visited him, right? Just nod and smile, everyone. 🙂

Candy Cane Guy fell