Chapter 10 : The Black Dress.   A reading from DN Charles's diary, March 28, 2004. In this chapter the two-hour, much anticipated second visit from Ariadne changes the author's whole approach to this stray year of dark desires. And to her - the only 'escort' who came to visit more than once.  The transcendent lyrics mentioned (but not heard) in this episode are from 'Daphne' (Featuring Eddi Reader, The Mahotella Queens & Revetti Sakalar) from the astounding 1 Giant Leap DVD/CD. That whole CD is highly recommended but not cleared for use in this podcast. Incidental music, as usual ..read more

Chapter 9 How many lies would you tell just to see someone you love again? Is 'love' even the right word? And a second date with a Ariadne? Really? DN Charles all examines this madness while eavesdropping in the Black Kat cafe, and in an endless queue at Bunnings.  Music: www.kai-engel.com  amd www.eskimojoe.net All details are at www.dn-charles.com   PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is a 2024 serialization of Child Of The Moon – a diary origionally written by DN Charles between October 2003 and November 2004. Episodes in this podcast are Chapters from that memoir – each one uploaded b ..read more

Chapter 9 How many lies would you tell just to see someone you love again? Is 'love' even the right word? And a second date with a Ariadne? Really? DN Charles all examines this madness while eavesdropping in the Black Kat cafe, and in an endless queue at Bunnings.  Music: www.kai-engel.com  amd www.eskimojoe.net All details are at www.dn-charles.com   PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is a 2024 serialization of Child Of The Moon – a diary origionally written by DN Charles between October 2003 and November 2004. Episodes in this podcast are Chapters from that memoir – each one uploaded b ..read more

It's March 8  - International Women's Day, and a Full Moon. This evening the author meets Kelly, and his world explodes ..read more

It's February, 2004. Ricky is a single mother. Her child is being baby-sat by its grandmother while Ricky works part-time as an escort. Tonight she is booked by some guy on the southern coast calling himself DN Charles. This is his diary entry from that night.   Music: www.kai-engel.com     and   www.eskimojoe.net All details about this diary podcast are at www.dn-charles.com   Contact me at:  dnc@dn-charles.com ..read more

It's February, 2004. Ricky is a single mother. Her child is being baby-sat by its grandmother while Ricky works part-time as an escort. Tonight she is booked by some guy on the southern coast calling himself DN Charles. This is his diary entry from that night.   Music: www.kai-engel.com     and   www.eskimojoe.net All details about this diary podcast are at www.dn-charles.com ..read more

New year, new booking. For the January 2004 full moon DN Charles books Kylie - and it turns out to be the worst experience of the whole year. Days later he works out what went wrong. Making assumptions from limited experience had been his undoing.   Music by www.EskimoJoe.net  and  www.Kai-Engel.com All currently released episodes of Child Of The Moon can be found at my Soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/user-977455717 ..read more

Alone for Christmas for the first time since his divorce, the author unexpectedly meets a sex worker at a local holiday writing workshop, takes a short break interstate and then foolishly attends a family carol night in a nearby suburb.   Music by www.EskimoJoe.net  and   www.Kai-Engel.com All currently released episodes of Child Of The Moon can be found at my Soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/user-977455717 ..read more

In this episode DN Charles continues reading from journals written when newly divorced in 2003. In this, the December 2003 entry, he books another anonymous escort on the December full moon - Leesa.  When Leesa arrives he quickly discovers that it appears to be she in need of some affection and company that night - an almost 'boyfriend experience', complete with a real kiss. After she leaves the author again wonders how much he really knows about this dark business - and how much it may, at times, serve the sexual and emotional needs of both parties involved.  Music by www.Kai-Engel ..read more

This is chapter two of Child Of The Moon, being the October 2003 diary of DN Charles, read by the author twenty years after the events took place.   After the encounter with Sarah, DN Charles attends his first sexual health check, and wonders whether he should continue on his path of booking a different girl every month for sex.   Music: Kai Engel (www.kai-engel.com) and Eskimo Joe (www.eskimojoe.net)   All currently released episodes of Child Of The Moon can be found at my Soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/user-977455717 ..read more