A billy club came down hard on the woman's brow. The moment Olivia Kirby noticed the outraged policeman's hand lift, she had whirled around. Facing him directly, she reacted. Her camera was fully loaded, and she shot a sequence of the police officer hurling a barrage of blows. stunned women surrounded the scene. Every filament of thought became mystical and far away. Several screams lifted and ricocheted around the barroom, as if coming from a different planet. Things were different in the gay and lesbian world of the mid-sixties. It was a precarious era, as photographer Olivia Kirby would learn. Human beings reside within the heart of time. We are born inside a slot of Actuality. Our soul lights up at the time and place where we become our own. Olivia had just moved to Denver, Colorado. She entered the shabby lesbian bar, were she witnessed the commission of a crime. From then on she was endangered--hunted by the killer. terrified, she hid out--and hoped. Hatred and bigotry are always dangerous enemies--and Olivia was encountering them. On the way to saving herself--she fell in love. It was then she realized the true lesson of romance and friendship. If love is the art of shelter--maybe we can all become more cognizant of taking care of one another--sheltering one another.
About the Author: Kieran York has authored both Sapphic fiction and poetry. Her lesbian mystery series Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils, featuring Royce Madison, were written and published in the mid - 1990s. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short fiction entitled Sugar With Spice published in 1989. In 2012, York's book, Appointment with a Smile, was published and was a 2013 Lambda Literary Society Award Finalist in the romance category. Her next novel, Careful Flowers, was released in 2013, followed by two releases in 2014 - Earthen Trinkets and Night Without Time, published by Scarlet Clover Publishers. Forthcoming is Touring Kelly's Poem and Loitering on the Frontier. York was also a contributor in Sappho's Corner Poetry Series - Wet Violet, Volume 2; Roses Read, Volume 3; and Delectable Daisies, Volume 4. In 2014, her volume of poetry, Blushing Aspen, was published as the Sappho's Corner Solo Poets book of poetry, and won The Rainbow Award Honorable Mention for poetry. Previously, during the seventies and eighties, Kieran worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers and magazines, and was a newspaper publisher for three years. She also wrote and performed songs with a woman's band. She has been guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Musicians Series, Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, Inc. She is a member of Lambda Literary Society, and Golden Crown Literary Society. She has written for Journal of Mystery Readers International. In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings, as well as taught poetry and creative writing workshops. She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado. Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, and art. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, her guitar, and her garden. Additional information is available on her websites: www.scarletcloverpublishers.com and she has a blog - Embellish Your Smile at http: //kieranyork.com.