Mark, what are you reading while writing Sherlock S4?
Querelle of Brest by Jean Genet
Querelle, a young sailor at large in the port of Brest, is an object of illicit desire to his diary-keeping superior officer Lieutenant Seblon. He is coveted, too, by corrupt policeman Mario. He gives himself freely both to brothel-keeper Madame Lysiane and to her husband. But Querelle is a thief and a murderer – not a man to be trusted or trifled with.
Story of O (Histoire d’O) by Anne Desclos (Pauline Réage)
Story of O is a tale of female submission involving a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer named O, who is taught to be constantly available for oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse, offering herself to any male who belongs to the same secret society as her lover. She is regularly stripped, blindfolded, chained and whipped; her anus is widened by increasingly large plugs; her labium is pierced and her buttocks are branded.
The Gay Flesh by Joe Leon Houston
A man recounts his experiences in the “gay” bar where Sunday afternoon parties are really excuses for unbridled sexuality as men cling close in the arms of other men. In this setting, Carl meets Charles and knows immediately that he must possess this muscular stranger. Nothing is omitted as we watch the strange affair develop from the tentative initial seeking, through the full bloom of unleashed savage passion.