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The Househusband’s Guide to Domestic Bliss
By Lance Lansdale
There is a home in New Orleans where—for a price—even the unlovable can find a love story for the ages. Ms. Broussard’s Home for Bountiful Beaus offers custom-made automatons, fully versed in the art of homemaking.
Arthur Price is not looking for love. The lonely librarian clings to work and routine to keep himself functioning. When his brother, Jared, arrives in the middle of the night with an i-Series automaton meant to lift his spirits, he realizes his routine life is about to be upended. Cheerful to a fault, Periwinkle is not someone Arthur would normally choose to befriend, much less enter into a romantic entanglement with, but he somehow programs himself perfectly into his life.
Miraculously, Arthur finds himself growing almost… fond of the robot.
Periwinkle may not possess much experience outside cleaning, but he can’t help noticing the loneliness in his librarian’s eyes. If it means giving Arthur Price a fresh start, Periwinkle is more than happy to stitch together all of Arthur’s broken pieces.
The Househusband’s Guide to Domestic Bliss is a cozy, dual POV, slow-burn romance about a lonely librarian and his made-to-order boyfriend.
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He skimmed the pages, tracing the words with the tip of his finger. There were just so many things he didn’t understand. Acts that seemed downright depraved, if he was being honest. He read something about the art of fisting. Periwinkle lifted his fist in front of him and stared. What in the world did his fist have to do with anything? There was mention of watersports, but Arthur didn’t own a pool. Perhaps Princess Rivera might allow them to use hers. Number fifteen caught his eye. Apparently, some homosexuals enjoyed tickle torture. The only person who’d ever tickled Periwinkle was Princess Rivera, and he hadn’t cared for it in the slightest. If Arthur so much as lifted a finger to tickle him, he would be pulling back a bloody knub.
“Was that it, or did you have more questions?” Arthur said.
Did he ever?
Periwinkle continued scanning the page, stopping when he reached number twenty-nine. “Arthur? Would you like for me to check your tires when I get home?”
“I want you to stay the hell away from my tires. You dented the Vespa with a windchime last week. I still don’t understand how you managed that.”
Periwinkle flung his head back and groaned. “I’ve explained it at least ten times. It made such pretty music. I thought it might work like a flute. It’s not my fault your chime malfunctioned.”
“That still doesn’t explain the dent.”
“I got angry at it and threw it into the street. The wind was heavy and changed its path. Honestly, Arthur. How many times must we rehash the insignificant details? I’ve apologized. Move on, already.”
Arthur’s laughter was like a foghorn directly to Periwinkle’s eardrum, filling him with both physical pain and a swelling sense of pride. “Fine, Peri. I won’t bring it up again. I still don’t understand what any of this has to do with that list you’re reading, though.”
Goodness. Periwinkle had gone off on a tangent and forgotten the task at hand. He was thankful Arthur had been able to guide him back. He always guided Periwinkle so easily.
“Well,” Periwinkle said. “It says here that all gay men love receiving rim jobs. You don’t seem to take much care of your rims, though. Don’t worry, Arthur. I’ll give you a really good one. You’ll be bragging about my rimming skills for months.”
“Jesus Christ,” Arthur choked. “That doesn’t mean what you think it means, Peri.”
Periwinkle rolled his eyes. “Whatever. Maybe if I get my own Vespa, you can polish my rims as well. We’ll rim each other. Doesn’t that sound fun?”
Arthur cleared his throat. “Y-yeah. Yeah, I think we could arrange that.”
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About the Author:
Like Kent Fox, I’m a thirty-something gay man with a flair for the dramatic and a passion for gay romance and LGBTQ+ fiction. I write stories focusing on queer joy and families found along the way. My debut novel, We Burn Beautiful was released last year.
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