M.A. McRae

• Feb-2017
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It was a dream that began it, not just the dream, but the feeling that went with it - the feeling of an enormous love and compassion. I held the poor, poor, skinny old lady in my arms. I held her with love, and she felt no pain from all of the sore s...

• Feb-2016
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It was called just 'the farm,' and was patronised only by the extremely rich. Its wares were beautiful boys, kidnapped and held prisoner. There was no escape. Instead, usually when they were in their late teens, they were 'retired,' put to sleep, ne...

• Nov-2015
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A wild storm ruins the small beach that the Penwinnard boys regard as their own, but it also brings opportunities. Mutty builds a 'fort' with the planks washed ashore -- a small shelter that is good for playing, good for having a campfire on the b...

• Oct-2014
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Shuki has such a good life now - his new home, his wives and his stepchildren, and becoming more important to him every day, young Zahu. It is hard to believe that Zahu could possibly want to stay with him when he is so much older. Surely one day, he...

• Sep-2013
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In many cultures and throughout history, there have been manhood rituals. For the boys of Penwinnard Boys' Home, it is 'Trevanian's Leap' - the jump off a high point on the cliff into a deep rock pool below. Taking the Leap is foolish, dangerous, and...

• Mar-2013
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Shuki is home, and enjoying being home. He loves his wives and he loves his children. And Elei. Elei is his chosen love, not Feroz. He may have grown to love King Feroz, but he never took the place of Elei. To the Daouds, he is someone special, their...

• Nov-2012
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A boy is discovered walking on a country road. He is injured, exhausted, lost and alone. He refuses to tell what happened to him, and the name he gives matches no records. But he tells a story, a story of routine kidnaps, murders, and abuse. It wasn'...

• Nov-2012
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Ian MacKender liked to boast that Penwinnard Boys’ Home was the best facility of its type in all of the UK, and perhaps the world. But whatever he could do, the best he could do, his boys still longed for true family. Young Sid very much wants a ne...

• Jul-2012
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If you fell in love with Shuki in 'Not a Man,' then you will enjoy 'The King's Favourite.' It was the greatest scandal that Oxford had ever known. The culprits were the sons of the rich and powerful, even of Royalty. The trials went on for years, and...

• Jun-2012
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From boy of the slums to Oxford Graduate, this is the story of Shuki Bolkiah - modern day eunuch. 'Not a Man' is set in an unnamed country of Arabia. Shuki is aged ten, and a 'bed-boy.' His master wants his beautiful boy to stay beautiful, so arrange...