Call Me

by P-P Hartnett

  stiffy: erect penis.

  Stryker, Jeff: porn superstar of the late twentieth century. (See Navy blue.)

  straight: heterosexual.

  straight-acting: not flamboyant or obviously gay.

  T: torture.

  TBH: Polari for to be had, desirable.

  teddy bear: interested in touching, cuddling.

  Teletext: a UK television service. Page 394 features contact ads.

  tits: pectoral muscles/nipples, in relation to men.

  TLC: tender loving care.

  toilet: interest in urine, possibly faeces.

  tool: penis.

  top man: active partner in anal intercourse.

  toys: sex aids, implements, tools. (Dildo, nipple clamps, whips, chains etc.)

  trade: non-gay male, often a manual labourer. Permits some sexual acts.

  training: sports variety or, more usually, activities for slaves to endure.

  TS: transsexual.

  TT: tit torture.

  TV: transvestite.

  uncle: older man, invariably seeking a nephew.

  uncut (U/cut, U/C): uncircumcised.

  Uniforms: interest in uniforms.

  vanilla: sex without fetishism, cuddling etc.

  verbal: verbal abuse/humiliation interests.

  versatile: gay who performs a variety of sexual acts.

  VGL: very good-looking.

  videos: interest in pornographic videos.

  VWE: very well endowed. Large penis.

  W: white.

  wad: unejaculated semen.

  water sports (WS): interest in drinking, giving, getting soaked in urine.

  wax: interest in pouring melting wax on to naked flesh. A common form of S&M play.

  WE: well endowed. Large penis.

  white: interest in masturbation, usually mutual masturbation.

  WS: water sports.

  XL: extra large. Usually refers to length of penis when erect. Not always to be believed.

  XWE: extra well endowed.

  yellow: interest in urine. Pale yellow: spit.

  Y-fronts: interest in underwear. Popular brands: Fruit Of The Loom, BVD, Calvin Klein, Jockey and Hom.

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  P-P Hartnett grew up in West London. His photography has been featured in The Sunday Times, ES magazine, The Face, The Independent, and Time Out, and exhibited in New York, Tokyo and London. He has also worked as a teacher of children with special needs. He is currently at work on a second novel and a book of short stories tentatively titled I Want to Fuck You.

  CALL ME. Copyright © 1996 by P-P Hartnett. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  An extract from Call Me has previously appeared in Technopagan (Pulp Faction 1995)

  The following extracts appear with permission:

  O Superman (for Massenet) by Laurie Anderson. © 1982 Difficult Music. Reprinted with permission of the author.

  Useless Man—Minty Leigh Bowery, Richard Torry, Carl Fysh, Ingo Vauk (Candy Records 1995). Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Nicola Bowery and Candy Records. © 1996

  Pink And Fluffy—Poly Styrene Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Poly Styrene. Flower Aeroplane © 1996

  My Daughter’s Wedding by Donald Urquhart and Sam Ibrahim (aka Sheila Tequila), which appeared in 1994 as a flyer for the club The Beautiful Bend. Extracts (in the church scene of this book) by kind permission.

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  First published in Great Britain by Pulp Books, an imprint of Pulp Faction

  First Stonewall Inn Edition: January 1998

  eISBN 9781466882058

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