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Tantra for the Western Mind/The Journey is You
When most Westerners hear the word, “Tantra,” they immediately think about sex, and that is only if they have any meaning to assign to...

David Richard Boyd
Aug 15, 20203 min read


Finding Joy in Chaos
Lately, everything has seemed upside down. As a child, I used to lie on the floor when I was bored and fantasize about what it would look...

David Richard Boyd
Aug 10, 20204 min read


Jack Frost and the Boogeyman Blues
I LOVE.
What joy.
What freedom.

David Richard Boyd
Jul 13, 20201 min read


Sex in the Time of Coronavirus
These days, I am reminded very much of the early days of the AIDS epidemic, when the term “safer sex” was anything but reassuring.

David Richard Boyd
Jul 2, 20206 min read


Chapter 11: Ressurection
No one, not even Bvrenda, ever knew for sure how the fire had started.

David Richard Boyd
May 19, 20209 min read


Chapter 10: The Beast
The creature’s abdomen and hindquarters were similar to that of a Jurassic earwig, with a long slimy tail punctuated by two deadly pinchers.

David Richard Boyd
May 18, 20205 min read


Chapter 9: What Bvrenda Didn't Know
What Pandora didn’t know, was that she could never be free. Because even her impulse for freedom had been hacked by the Satanists...

David Richard Boyd
May 15, 20209 min read


Chapter 8: The Trap
Wailing passionately to the dark goddess, Mandy outstretched her pasty white blue veined arms in dire supplication to the forces of evil.

David Richard Boyd
May 14, 20207 min read


Chapter 7: Hell For the Holidaze!
Bvrenda appreciated Santa in the purely Jungian and archetypal sense. He was seated in realm of beliefs, which are fragile, and do not hold

David Richard Boyd
May 13, 20205 min read


Chapter 6: The Warlock
Even when Mandy’s father, who she referred to as “Uncle Rex,” was physically absent, he left a vacuum of sin in his wake that haunted his...

David Richard Boyd
May 12, 20204 min read


Chapter 5: Our Lady of Perpetual Suffering
“I should have grabbed a coat hanger and yanked that demon seed out of my uterus and flushed her down the toilet myself...

David Richard Boyd
May 10, 20207 min read


Chapter 4: The Swamp
The ducks and geese were gargantuan, with enormous heads that were completely out of proportion to their bodies.

David Richard Boyd
May 4, 20207 min read


Chapter 3: The Star!
Bvrenda was addicted to Tarot. She began feverishly shuffling the cards.

David Richard Boyd
Apr 28, 202010 min read


Chapter 2: The Ghosts Are Real
Just as she was about to pierce her right index finger and write out a long list of bad intentions in blood, her cell phone received a text.

David Richard Boyd
Apr 3, 20209 min read


Chapter 1: Meaningful Art
“Sublime.” Nobody understood what she meant. No one could see anything sublime in her grotesque and untimely release from this mortal coil.

David Richard Boyd
Mar 31, 20205 min read


Sincerely
More than butterfly kisses and leather daddies.
More than Tom of Finland and Hallmark films.

David Richard Boyd
Feb 19, 20201 min read


You
Because of the deer, that weren’t there, but you wanted me to see them anyway. The way you asked me to me to be quiet, like you were...

David Richard Boyd
Feb 5, 20201 min read


Becoming Myself
RELAX! BE YOURSELF! STOP TRYING!

David Richard Boyd
Oct 27, 20192 min read


Palm Springs Payload
A pound of cure for your petty little crimes,pretty little parties,potty-mouthed queens, and covetous minds.

David Richard Boyd
Sep 26, 20191 min read


Great Again!
His life was a lie that belied his beguiling indifference to facts...

David Richard Boyd
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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