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Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Distracting You With Happy Endings Since 2005!

Sure, our whole zine focuses on smutty queer romance with a happily-ever-after aesthetic. But we asked our Discord which stories are especially warm and particularly fuzzy. Here's a list of the recommendations they gave, just in case you need something like that in your life right now, for whatever reason.

Arame Cove: Stardew Valley yaoi

c:\rano.bergerac: the Mechanical Turk, but make it sexy

Cheesecake and the Art of Political Warfare: the electoral college… IN SPACE!

Corvus, Cancer, And Other Constellations: friends don't let friends go through cancer treatments without smutfic

El Presidio Rides North: hurt/comfort while escaping zombies

A Fish Story, OR, The Ones That Got Away, OR, The Mermaid Solution: pretty much what the title implies

Moonstricken: knife-throwing, paperwork, chains, and other unorthodox ways to (not) approach your crush

Busted: same as above, but with 100% less werewolves and 100% more explosions

oh Charlie Harper we love you get up: everyone knows elocution lessons are very sexy

Out in the Wash: and you thought your laundry mix-ups were incriminating

Sid Stills’ Blues (Three-Quarters in the Bag in Alphabet City): aging musician falls in love, does not die of cancer

Up the Garden Path: D&D&D (Dungeons & Dragons & Dicks)

War Bonds: just two gals bein' pals while the men are off fighting in WWII

And of course if you're looking for something even more specific, we have https://www.s2b2search.com/ to help you navigate our enormous back catalog. You can search all 1200+ pieces in our archives by issue, by author, by artist, by tagged content, or by some combination of the above. Enjoy!

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Hello, new followers! As a reminder, here's a list of all the places to find Shousetsu Bang*Bang news and content, so you don't lose track of us as the social media landscape shifts.

Since 2005, Shousetsu Bang*Bang has been a webzine for authors and artists to showcase their original works. We are an all-volunteer project dedicated to making and displaying the sexy queer content we want to see in the world, focusing on explicit love stories with happy endings. (For more information and a bit of history, see our Mission Statement.)

You can find everything we've ever published at Shousetsu Bang*Bang’s Archived Past Issues for free -- no ads, no subscriptions, nothing but good dirty fun.

Looking for something in particular? Try the Master Story Index or Contributor Index, or Search the Archive for something special. If you want a more comprehensive (but still in-progress) search that allows you to search by tags the community has put on pieces, try this search tool.

Don't know where to start? Click this link for a random story!

Interested in participating? We’d love to have you on board! We welcome authors and artists of all experience levels. Here’s some informative links for potential contributors:

Quick Answers: Interested in participating but don't know where to start? Bring your quick questions here!

Submission Guidelines for Fiction

Submission Guidelines for Art

Editorial Calendar: Here is where you can get a list of upcoming issues and deadlines.

Find the Shousetsu Bang*Bang community on Discord! Join us on our very own server for discussions, inspiration, shop talk, silliness, and other behind-the-scenes fun.  

You can also find us at our main website, Twitter, Mastodon, cohost, and this very Tumblr. You can download ebook versions of our issues for free from our Smashwords and Itch.io pages.

(Other accounts in less-used places include Reddit, DeviantArt, Archive of Our Own, and Goodreads.)

This is an all-volunteer project that depends on community goodwill to keep going. Please help us spread the word by reblogging this post, sharing other links, and telling your friends!

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all you can really do in times like these is fujo out

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never, ever, ever let the the stress of this bitch of an earth and its torment nexus stop you from making time for yaoi

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Signups are now open for the December 30 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, December 10 and the art deadline is Saturday, December 28.

Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or artist, and whether or not you are looking for a collaborative partner. As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but it’s always a good idea!

This issue is theme free: Get ready to ring in the new year with the biggest of our issues, where no theme and no upper word count limit mean you never know what you’re going to get — or how much of it!

Quick Answers: Interested in participating but don’t know where to start? Bring your quick questions here!

Submission Guidelines for Fiction: All the specifics for text submissions. READ BEFORE SUBMITTING.

Submission Guidelines for Art: Whether you’re illustrating or submitting a standalone piece, here’s what you need to know.

Find the Shousetsu Bang*Bang community on Discord! Join us on our very own server for discussions, inspiration, shop talk, silliness, and other behind-the-scenes fun.

For related nonsense, announcements, and various goings-on, find us at our main website, Twitter, Mastodon, cohost, Plurk, and Tumblr. We have pages at Smashwords and Itch.io where you can download ebook versions of past issues for free.

Receive reminders and deadlines by email by signing up for our newsletter! We promise: no spam, only porn.

To make sure you don’t miss a single deadline, click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded.

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The only thing better than responding to The Horrors by making weird queer art is responding to The Horrors by making weird queer art in community! Come create some happy endings along with your friends and comrades at Shousetsu Bang*Bang!

Signups are now open for the December 30 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, December 10 and the art deadline is Saturday, December 28.

Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or artist, and whether or not you are looking for a collaborative partner. As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but it’s always a good idea!

This issue is theme free: Get ready to ring in the new year with the biggest of our issues, where no theme and no upper word count limit mean you never know what you’re going to get — or how much of it!

Quick Answers: Interested in participating but don’t know where to start? Bring your quick questions here!

Submission Guidelines for Fiction: All the specifics for text submissions. READ BEFORE SUBMITTING.

Submission Guidelines for Art: Whether you’re illustrating or submitting a standalone piece, here’s what you need to know.

Find the Shousetsu Bang*Bang community on Discord! Join us on our very own server for discussions, inspiration, shop talk, silliness, and other behind-the-scenes fun.

For related nonsense, announcements, and various goings-on, find us at our main website, Twitter, Mastodon, cohost, Plurk, and Tumblr. We have pages at Smashwords and Itch.io where you can download ebook versions of past issues for free.

Receive reminders and deadlines by email by signing up for our newsletter! We promise: no spam, only porn.

To make sure you don’t miss a single deadline, click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded.

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the only thing I can offer in this trying time is queer porn lol

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per a convo with @ghotifishreads

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Shousetsu Bang*Bang Issue 111: Hauntology

cover by 2013

~*~

Through The Woods, Homewards, by Kit Miller

Dead Hung Rigging, by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) *

Sakazuki, by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ)

Something Else, by shukyou (主教)

Laid to Rest, by juou no zan (女王のザン)

Gentle Giant, by Holden Marrs

Taking Care of It, by Iron Eater *

* illustrated

~*~

Legend says that long time ago, in a long-forgotten age known only as “2005,” a gay little webzine appeared in a small town. No one knew where this gay little webzine had come from or where it was going. The people of that small town only knew that it went by a name so terrifying that the mere sound of it caused milk to spoil in jugs and frost to form on flowers: Shousetsu Bang*Bang.

Every month or two, Shousetsu Bang*Bang would put out a new issue, bringing panic and restless nights to all the townsfolk, who could not sleep on account of the sheer amount of sexy thoughts that gripped their imaginations with each new page turned. Every time a new issue would emerge, the townsfolk would hide in their houses and hold their breaths, waiting to see what erotic delights were coming to haunt their dreams this time. And October always ended … in death.

Even today, people still say that if you stand in front of your computer screen in the dark on the last Monday in October and say the name “Shousetsu Bang*Bang” three times, an issue will appear. And not just any issue, oh no, but a horrifying issue filled with blood-curdling frights that will chill your to your very bones!

(Or, uh, some cute love stories with queer sex and also ghosts. It’s kind of a mixed bag in here.)

Do you dare? Do you dare enter the spooky nightmare realm of the gayest Halloween you’ve ever seen? Then take my hand and stare into your screen. Good? Now repeat after me: Shousetsu Bang*Bang, Shousetsu Bang*Bang, Shousetsu Bang*Bang–

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(For summaries, creators’ notes, and more, we would usually tell you to see this issue’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. In the interim, however, please visit the relevant Google Doc of contributor commentary for similar content.)

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Or download all the issues above as a single ebook! It's legal!

Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Distracting You With Happy Endings Since 2005!

Sure, our whole zine focuses on smutty queer romance with a happily-ever-after aesthetic. But we asked our Discord which stories are especially warm and particularly fuzzy. Here's a list of the recommendations they gave, just in case you need something like that in your life right now, for whatever reason.

Arame Cove: Stardew Valley yaoi

c:\rano.bergerac: the Mechanical Turk, but make it sexy

Cheesecake and the Art of Political Warfare: the electoral college… IN SPACE!

Corvus, Cancer, And Other Constellations: friends don't let friends go through cancer treatments without smutfic

El Presidio Rides North: hurt/comfort while escaping zombies

A Fish Story, OR, The Ones That Got Away, OR, The Mermaid Solution: pretty much what the title implies

Moonstricken: knife-throwing, paperwork, chains, and other unorthodox ways to (not) approach your crush

Busted: same as above, but with 100% less werewolves and 100% more explosions

oh Charlie Harper we love you get up: everyone knows elocution lessons are very sexy

Out in the Wash: and you thought your laundry mix-ups were incriminating

Sid Stills’ Blues (Three-Quarters in the Bag in Alphabet City): aging musician falls in love, does not die of cancer

Up the Garden Path: D&D&D (Dungeons & Dragons & Dicks)

War Bonds: just two gals bein' pals while the men are off fighting in WWII

And of course if you're looking for something even more specific, we have https://www.s2b2search.com/ to help you navigate our enormous back catalog. You can search all 1200+ pieces in our archives by issue, by author, by artist, by tagged content, or by some combination of the above. Enjoy!

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Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Distracting You With Happy Endings Since 2005!

Sure, our whole zine focuses on smutty queer romance with a happily-ever-after aesthetic. But we asked our Discord which stories are especially warm and particularly fuzzy. Here's a list of the recommendations they gave, just in case you need something like that in your life right now, for whatever reason.

Arame Cove: Stardew Valley yaoi

c:\rano.bergerac: the Mechanical Turk, but make it sexy

Cheesecake and the Art of Political Warfare: the electoral college… IN SPACE!

Corvus, Cancer, And Other Constellations: friends don't let friends go through cancer treatments without smutfic

El Presidio Rides North: hurt/comfort while escaping zombies

A Fish Story, OR, The Ones That Got Away, OR, The Mermaid Solution: pretty much what the title implies

Moonstricken: knife-throwing, paperwork, chains, and other unorthodox ways to (not) approach your crush

Busted: same as above, but with 100% less werewolves and 100% more explosions

oh Charlie Harper we love you get up: everyone knows elocution lessons are very sexy

Out in the Wash: and you thought your laundry mix-ups were incriminating

Sid Stills’ Blues (Three-Quarters in the Bag in Alphabet City): aging musician falls in love, does not die of cancer

Up the Garden Path: D&D&D (Dungeons & Dragons & Dicks)

War Bonds: just two gals bein' pals while the men are off fighting in WWII

And of course if you're looking for something even more specific, we have https://www.s2b2search.com/ to help you navigate our enormous back catalog. You can search all 1200+ pieces in our archives by issue, by author, by artist, by tagged content, or by some combination of the above. Enjoy!

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Signups are now open for the December 30 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, December 10 and the art deadline is Saturday, December 28.

Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or artist, and whether or not you are looking for a collaborative partner. As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but it’s always a good idea!

This issue is theme free: Get ready to ring in the new year with the biggest of our issues, where no theme and no upper word count limit mean you never know what you’re going to get — or how much of it!

Quick Answers: Interested in participating but don’t know where to start? Bring your quick questions here!

Submission Guidelines for Fiction: All the specifics for text submissions. READ BEFORE SUBMITTING.

Submission Guidelines for Art: Whether you’re illustrating or submitting a standalone piece, here’s what you need to know.

Find the Shousetsu Bang*Bang community on Discord! Join us on our very own server for discussions, inspiration, shop talk, silliness, and other behind-the-scenes fun.

For related nonsense, announcements, and various goings-on, find us at our main website, Twitter, Mastodon, cohost, Plurk, and Tumblr. We have pages at Smashwords and Itch.io where you can download ebook versions of past issues for free.

Receive reminders and deadlines by email by signing up for our newsletter! We promise: no spam, only porn.

To make sure you don’t miss a single deadline, click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded.

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Shousetsu Bang*Bang Issue 111: Hauntology

cover by 2013

~*~

Through The Woods, Homewards, by Kit Miller

Dead Hung Rigging, by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) *

Sakazuki, by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ)

Something Else, by shukyou (主教)

Laid to Rest, by juou no zan (女王のザン)

Gentle Giant, by Holden Marrs

Taking Care of It, by Iron Eater *

* illustrated

~*~

Legend says that long time ago, in a long-forgotten age known only as “2005,” a gay little webzine appeared in a small town. No one knew where this gay little webzine had come from or where it was going. The people of that small town only knew that it went by a name so terrifying that the mere sound of it caused milk to spoil in jugs and frost to form on flowers: Shousetsu Bang*Bang.

Every month or two, Shousetsu Bang*Bang would put out a new issue, bringing panic and restless nights to all the townsfolk, who could not sleep on account of the sheer amount of sexy thoughts that gripped their imaginations with each new page turned. Every time a new issue would emerge, the townsfolk would hide in their houses and hold their breaths, waiting to see what erotic delights were coming to haunt their dreams this time. And October always ended … in death.

Even today, people still say that if you stand in front of your computer screen in the dark on the last Monday in October and say the name “Shousetsu Bang*Bang” three times, an issue will appear. And not just any issue, oh no, but a horrifying issue filled with blood-curdling frights that will chill your to your very bones!

(Or, uh, some cute love stories with queer sex and also ghosts. It’s kind of a mixed bag in here.)

Do you dare? Do you dare enter the spooky nightmare realm of the gayest Halloween you’ve ever seen? Then take my hand and stare into your screen. Good? Now repeat after me: Shousetsu Bang*Bang, Shousetsu Bang*Bang, Shousetsu Bang*Bang–

—

(For summaries, creators’ notes, and more, we would usually tell you to see this issue’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. In the interim, however, please visit the relevant Google Doc of contributor commentary for similar content.)

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by Togi Kayako

Patrick switched the foot he had braced against his car and prayed with all his might that he looked even a little cool. With any luck, Risa would arrive before Dave. If Patrick was posing too obviously, she’d leap at the chance to tease him about his hopeless crush, and that was a small price to pay to avoid looking like an idiot in front of said crush.

Tires crunched over some debris at the edge of the run-down parking lot and Patrick squinted into glare of the sunset. He spotted Dave’s worn red pickup rather than Risa’s tiny hybrid and abandoned his lean in favor of straightening up and waving. He regretted it instantly. Why was he waving like an idiot when he was the only other person around? It wasn’t like Dave could possibly have missed him.

Patrick let his arm drop to his side with a heavy sigh as Dave pulled to a stop. Dave had no trouble being cool. His tall combat boots thunked down on the pavement as he hopped out of his truck and gave Patrick a perfect up-nod in greeting. Patrick mangled together a thumbs up and finger guns in response, then topped his greeting off with a weak, “Hey, Dave.”

“How’s tricks, Pat?” Dave pushed his shades up, ruffling a few of the dark curls near his forehead. His lean against his truck was flawless, one hand loose at his side and the other thumb hooked into a belt loop of his spotless black cargos. Patrick felt under-dressed, never mind that jeans and sneakers were exactly what Risa suggested he wear for exploring the abandoned theater.

Ultimately, it was less about the clothes and more about the bodies underneath them. Dave did rock climbing and worked for a landscaping company while Patrick watched too much anime and spent his days behind a desk, and it showed. Despite that, Dave had been chatting with him at parties for at least a month since Risa had introduced them, and he hadn’t even seriously made fun of Patrick once.

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Read the rest of this story and other tales of sexy queer romance in the full issue at Shousetsu Bang*Bang Issue 111: Hauntology

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by shukyou

“What’s the oldest house you still have access to?”

Alex was not exactly a stranger to being chatted up at dive bars, most of the time by ragged, lonely drunks who said he reminded them of their son, or sometimes even of their grandson. He had to admit, though, this was a new one. “Pardon?” he asked. Maybe he hadn’t heard that right. The jukebox was a little loud.

The stranger on the barstool next to him chuckled. “Not the oldest house by age of the house itself. The house you’ve had in your life the longest where, if you knocked on the door, the person on the other side would still recognize you and let you in. For instance, not the house you grew up in, right?”

Right. His mom had sold that over a decade ago, when she’d gotten remarried after the divorce. Alex hadn’t even met the buyers, on account of being eleven years old at the time; he couldn’t imagine what they’d say if he showed up now. “No, that one’s gone,” Alex agreed, nodding.

“So what is it?” asked the stranger, running his knobby-knuckled fingers around the rim of his glass. His fingers were adorned with a number of silver rings, none in the place a wedding ring should be. There was something that looked like whiskey in that glass, though Alex couldn’t swear to it. As drinking went, he’d never had a taste for anything but beer, and even that some days was a tough swallow, pun intended.

Fuck, what was it? His grandparents were dead or had downsized, or both. He wasn’t close with his extended family, who would probably open the door if he explained that he was Pam’s son or Leonard’s boy, depending on the side, but they wouldn’t recognize him, and anyway, he could barely remember anything about their homes, which Alex felt wasn’t what the stranger was asking. Probably some of his childhood friends still lived in the houses he’d known when he’d known them, or at least their parents did, but he hadn’t been back to his hometown in years and couldn’t swear to which. Shit, why was this question so hard to answer?

He remembered on a Christmas card his mom had shown him that past December, one with a recent photo taken in front of a familiar house. “My middle-school girlfriend’s parents’ house,” Alex gave as his final answer. The photo had featured two beaming grandparents and a man who looked to be in his early thirties hovering around the center of the picture, a skinny blonde woman with a toddler on her lap and a baby in her arms, smiling grimly for the camera. Well, she was smiling. The children appeared indifferent.

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Read the rest of this story and other tales of sexy queer romance in the full issue at Shousetsu Bang*Bang Issue 111: Hauntology

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Happy Gay Halloween!

While we here at Shousetsu Bang*Bang usually encourage happy endings and warm fuzzy feelings, for our October issue, we let contributors go as heartwarming and/or as horrifying as they like! So if you're looking for something spine-chillingly sexy and terrifyingly queer this Halloween season, check out the short stories and art in the October issues from our back catalog.

Click through to any issue and indulge in some tricks and treats that are smutty, spooky, and absolutely free!

Issue 12: 1001 Tales of Horror | F/F Special 4: Haunted

Issue 33: Myths and Monsters | Issue 39: Sword and Sorcery

Issue 45: Masquerade | Issue 57: Things That Go Bump in the Night

Issue 63: Into the Woods | Issue 69: Bad Moon Rising

Issue 75: The Butler Did It | Issue 81: The Monster at the End of This Book

Issue 87: What Music They Make | Issue 93: Strange Aeons

Issue 99: ‘Til Death Do Us Part | Issue 105: Skin Deep

Like what you read? We ask that you do two things: tell the creators, and tell your friends! Shousetsu Bang*Bang is a 100% volunteer-run project, which means everyone involved gets paid only in words of appreciation from readers -- and also, our advertising budget is $0. Please spread the word and help this 19-year-old webzine of original queer erotic fiction and art keep going strong!

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Spend the spookiest night of the year with Shousetsu Bang*Bang!

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Issue 111: Hauntology

cover by 2013

~*~

Through The Woods, Homewards, by Kit Miller

Dead Hung Rigging, by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) *

Sakazuki, by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ)

Something Else, by shukyou (主教)

Laid to Rest, by juou no zan (女王のザン)

Gentle Giant, by Holden Marrs

Taking Care of It, by Iron Eater *

* illustrated

~*~

Legend says that long time ago, in a long-forgotten age known only as “2005,” a gay little webzine appeared in a small town. No one knew where this gay little webzine had come from or where it was going. The people of that small town only knew that it went by a name so terrifying that the mere sound of it caused milk to spoil in jugs and frost to form on flowers: Shousetsu Bang*Bang.

Every month or two, Shousetsu Bang*Bang would put out a new issue, bringing panic and restless nights to all the townsfolk, who could not sleep on account of the sheer amount of sexy thoughts that gripped their imaginations with each new page turned. Every time a new issue would emerge, the townsfolk would hide in their houses and hold their breaths, waiting to see what erotic delights were coming to haunt their dreams this time. And October always ended … in death.

Even today, people still say that if you stand in front of your computer screen in the dark on the last Monday in October and say the name “Shousetsu Bang*Bang” three times, an issue will appear. And not just any issue, oh no, but a horrifying issue filled with blood-curdling frights that will chill your to your very bones!

(Or, uh, some cute love stories with queer sex and also ghosts. It’s kind of a mixed bag in here.)

Do you dare? Do you dare enter the spooky nightmare realm of the gayest Halloween you’ve ever seen? Then take my hand and stare into your screen. Good? Now repeat after me: Shousetsu Bang*Bang, Shousetsu Bang*Bang, Shousetsu Bang*Bang–

—

(For summaries, creators’ notes, and more, we would usually tell you to see this issue’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. In the interim, however, please visit the relevant Google Doc of contributor commentary for similar content.)