Turns out this is a novella. I'll be posting chapters every Wednesday at 10pm Pacific for the foreseeable future. Enjoy adventures with your monster boyfriend.
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Sometimes The Mountain Buries You is a queer novella about the things that threaten your attempt at a much-needed quiet life. Check out the about page here.
Sheppard comes to town next with a gash across his hand. It’s deep enough that you’re suturing muscle muscle together—and subsequently picking out spines—before you can close the skin. You joke about the relatively tame injury, as though it were intentional just for an excuse to see you. He mocks offense, "I am of the opinion river rocks shouldn't be so sharp." You know the river rocks he's referring to are the shards and chunks of broken mountainside accompanying near vertical streams of snowmelt with little erosion to wear their sharper edges.
Sheppard waits with his hand held out and wide open while you see to Corky bringing his dog in for vaccinations.
When you return he hasn't moved at all. You wonder what words could be pulled from his head just then. He smiles.
links and search terms from writing 'Sheppard comes to town next with a gash across his hand.'
- "types of venom"
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31576522/ (Venom Collection from Spiders and Snakes: Voluntary and Involuntary Extractions ("Milking") and Venom Gland Extractions) (cw: spiders, snakes)
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Extraction-of-venom-by-electrical-stimulation-method-Setup-for-milking-of-venom-from_fig2_285747501 (Indian scorpions collected in Karnataka: Maintenance in captivity, venom extraction and toxicity studies) (cw: scorpions)
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.1391 (Plicidentine and the repeated origins of snake venom fangs) (cw: snakes)
- "snake fang anatomy"
- "blood components"
I was laughing the whole time seeing venom "milking" everywhere when trying to find different methods of venom extraction, what with the monsterfucking. Not that type of milking but not not that type of milking.
