All Comments on 'Shanglan'

I have to say on one had this story was written extremely well. However, the theme "gender confused" would lead someone to believe that it was about a horse that thought it was either a male when it was a female, female that thought it was a male, a male that thought it liked females only to find that it liked males etc...

Great fluidity of writing...work on the flesh..

I thought it was brilliant. Perhaps I'm a little biased. ;) But truly, EL, you did wonderful work with a strange topic. I love where you went with it. You've created beautiful myth that is spiritually appealing and powerfully driven home with images like "the burred dark wood trunks and ... the thick canopy of prickly spines" and "Shanglan openly allows the tears to fall, every drop turning into a bright blossom around his feet." I loved the mythic/fertility god theme and the rich language that brought it to flower.

A nice little piece of myth and magic.

Well done.

Don't we all! Loved it EL.

The lyrical and sensual came together really well, loved the description of emotion. Congratulations! Hope BS is giving you a good commission on the sale of bottles of Shanglan's Tears!

Beautiful! (Who's Shanglan?)

:D

Such a lovely tribute to the horsey I want to keep as mine and mine alone.

Nice to see this one up. Spoken about this already EL. Had me gripped from the start and conjoured up all the visuals in my (sordid) imagination.

Read the comments and enjoy. A great piece.

I have chills dancing up and down my heated flesh! What a wonderful tribute to the "gender confused horse" that we all know and LOVE. Shanglan is an inspiration to me. I am so pleased to see him immortalized in such a compelling way. Hats off to you EL. ~Minx

I love it, You made a fairy tale out of sweet Shang.

Absolutely outstanding ! Without any doubt your best to date. Bravo !!

I hope Black Shanglan will allow me to bring forth a most glowing review to be shared with current readers. I was initially tuned off by a "horsey" description but that may have be . Perhaps I'm a little biased. ;) But truly, EL, you did wonderful work with a strange topic. I love where you went with it. You've created beautiful myth that is spiritually appealing and powerfully driven home with images like "the burred dark wood trunks and ... the thick canopy of prickly spines" and "Shanglan openly allows the tears to fall, every drop turning into a bright blossom around his feet." I loved the mythic/fertility god theme and the rich language that brought it to flower."

- Black Shanglan