The Sexual Compass

"The story was that some scientists in Edinburgh had carried out experiments on mice. When the scientists gave a large dose of insulin to the mice in their food, a number of the mice began to engage in same-sex sexual activity."

"I might be giving out some gay vibes now, but until recently, I was a sexually interested heterosexual man..."

Gay to straight or straight to gay?
Would you change your sexual orientation if you could?
How does sexuality and sexual orientation actually work?

These are the questions facing a group of young people living in the North of England. Along the way, they confront issues of sexual role, family breakdown, social isolation and what's going on in John's fridge - you name it. Genre: social issues/science fiction

Note From Author:

I'm an experienced freelance writer but this is my my first go at self publishing a short novel. I'd call it social science fiction or speculative fiction, but it has an urban setting and down to earth characters. I've tried to inject a bit of humour too. In the story, a discovery is made that sexual orientation is controlled by chemicals in the body and that it's possible to manipulate it. Some of the characters have a go at playing around with it.

Gender politics and the social sciences have always been my thing and that comes into it as well, along with the more prominent ideas about sexuality. Even though it touches on some lofty concepts, I've tried to make this book a quick read. It's only 33,000 words or so, and most people are finding that they can go through it in a weekend or during the spare moments in a week.

I hope you love the book.

Michael Reed