Author Archive
May 17th, 2011 by Kassa / 266 views
Title: The Tourist 
Author: Clare London
Publisher: Carina Press
Length: Novella (34k/118 pgs)
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Blurb:
Visiting isn’t a science, at least not for me. It’s just what I do. Not that I mind, though. It’s not a bad thing, you understand, to find yourself in someone else’s body, stepping into a hot shower stark-naked and sporting a decent-sized morning wood.
Ace is a tourist. A spirit who spends his time visiting the lives of others for entertainment and sexual satisfaction. He can’t make anyone do anything they aren’t willing to do—but he is able to push them to their personal limits.
He’s currently visiting Dan and his lover, Ricky—a couple struggling with jealousy and words left unsaid. Emboldened by Ace, Dan becomes more sexually aggressive, a pleasant surprise for Ricky. But when an abusive ex threatens their newfound happiness, how far will Ace want to get involved? Will his fascination with the couple’s sexual games tempt him to protect them from a very real physical danger?
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Posted in 3 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 1 Comment »
May 12th, 2011 by Kassa / 1,983 views
Title: Blowjob 3: An Erotic Collection 
Author: Johnny Murdoc
Publisher: Queer Young Cowboys
Length: Anthology / 150 pgs
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Blurb:
Blowjob 3 is a collection of erotic fiction, non-fiction, and photography by Best Gay Erotica and SexIs contributor Johnny Murdoc.
In “Busted,” a chance encounter with a police officer results in a heated encounter on the hood of a cop car. In “Do Me a Favor,” a college soccer player encourages his boyfriend to seduce one of his straight teammates. In “Rough Sports,” a young man’s rough sex fantasy comes true with the help of three football players in an empty locker room. These stories and more explore the intimate boundaries of sexual encounters between men.
In “Queer Print,” Murdoc discusses the rising trend of small press magazines like Butt, Pinups, and Original Plumbing. “Private Lives, Public Candor,” explores the evolution of intimacy in the digital age. In “Making Love,” Murdoc talks to the creators and stars of the sweet, dirty movie I Want Your Love. Murdoc’s other essays include a personal discussion about pornography and its role in relationships, the need for condoms and testing in the porn industry, the politics of Barack Obama, and the protests of the Westboro Baptist Church. The essays feature discussions with Travis Mathews, Quinnford + Scout, Amos Mac, Christopher Schulz, Jack Shamama, Jesse Metzger, and Brendan Gregory.
Rounding out the collection is more than twenty erotic photographs!
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Posted in 3.5 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Literature, Non-Fiction, Reviews | 1 Comment »
May 10th, 2011 by Kassa / 349 views
Title: No Apologies 
Author: Tibby Armstrong
Publisher: Loose Id
Length:: Novel / 200 pgs
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Blurb:
Cheerful and friendly, Aaron Blake has never met a puzzle that intrigues him more than brooding Greg Falkner. He wants to get to know his roommate, but it seems the only way past his shell is through it. When a reluctant friendship turns into a budding romance, can the two keep their feelings secret from their classmates? Or will their newfound love destroy them both?
So goes the story screenwriter Greg Falkner spins for audiences and his longtime partner, Aaron Blake, in No Apologies. Loosely based on their lives together, the film rocks Hollywood with its blatant portrayal of two teenagers falling in love and coming of age in a world that struggles to accept them, while they in turn struggle to accept themselves.
At the end of the evening, will Greg’s risky venture break a relationship that’s already foundering? Or will the real life Greg and Aaron also find their happily ever after with no apologies?
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Posted in 3 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 1 Comment »
May 5th, 2011 by Kassa / 535 views
Title: Learning to Dharn 
Author: Ann Somerville
Publisher: Smashwords
Length:: Novel / 180 pgs
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Blurb:
Rhede Kelten, newly qualified physician, journeys across the oceans to Inades, seeking employment and a life away from an unloving family. An offer of a remote hospital post seems perfect, and he accepts a lift to his new posting from kind strangers. But an idyllic trip turns to horror when they’re attacked, his friends brutally murdered, and his own life is saved by a mysterious, mute stranger. Now his fate is in this stranger’s hands as they travel across a snowy wilderness. With his destination unknown, and his companion unwilling to share the smallest detail or comfort, Kelten wonders if he’ll ever be able to resume a normal life.
Dharn is a hunter, deaf from birth, who’s been raised in a community where deafness is no disability. His life follows an orderly rhythm from season to season, trapping with the help of his loyal dog, but when he rescues a feckless, rather arrogant young man from marauders, his peaceful existence is turned upside down. The responsibility isn’t exactly welcome, but there’s something about Kelten that attracts him. If Dharn can just keep him out of the clutches of the law and the marauders’ friends, these two people from very different backgrounds might have a chance of being together.
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Posted in 3 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Historical, Reviews, Science Fiction | No Comments »
May 3rd, 2011 by Kassa / 316 views
Title: Perfect Score 
Author: Susan Roebuck
Publisher: Awe-Struck Publishing
Length:: Novel / 250 pgs
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Blurb:
Feckless, exasperating Alex Finch is a rich, handsome and talented singer/songwriter who longs for two things: a career as a professional rock singer, and to have his love for Sam Barrowdale reciprocated. But drifter Sam’s two aims are simply to earn enough money to pay his sister’s medical bills and to hide from the world his reading/writing and speech disability. At this time the word “dyslexia” is generally unknown so to most people he’s just a “retard”. From the severe knocks life’s dealt him, Sam’s developed a tough outer coating and he has no time for a spoilt, selfish guitar player.
Despite his defects, Alex’s love for Sam never wavers and when Sam unexpectedly disappears, Alex begins a somewhat bungling quest to find him, only to discover that Sam has a fearful enemy: Alex’s powerful and influential yet sociopathic uncle.
As Alex spirals downwards towards alcoholism, many questions need answering. Just why did Alex’s evil uncle adopt him at age eleven yet deny him any affection? And what’s the mystery behind Alex’s father’s death?
Both seem to face unbeatable odds. Are they doomed to follow separate paths forever?
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April 28th, 2011 by Kassa / 429 views
Title: A Hundred Little Lies 
Author: Jon Wilson
Publisher: Bristlecone Pine Press (ebook); Cheyenne (print)
Length:: Novel / 200 pgs
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Blurb:
Everyone knows Jack Tulle as a widower, a doting father, and an honest businessman. The problem is, it’s all a lie.
For eight years Jack has enjoyed the quiet life in the sleepy little town of Bodey, Colorado where he owns and operates the General Store. He sits on the town council. He dotes upon his eight-year-old, headstrong daughter, Abigail. He is even being sized-up as a prospective new member of the family by the bank president.
But when the local saloon announces plans to host a grand prize poker tournament, Jack realizes it could spell trouble. One of the many secrets he’s been hiding is that he used to be a con man – mainly underhanded poker, but he wasn’t above the odd swindle when the situation presented itself. And a contest like the one his town is planning is sure to draw some old business acquaintances – fellows Jack would really rather not admit to knowing.
Of course there’s one man in particular Jack is worried about seeing – Tom Jude is the only person who knows the truth behind all his secrets. Tom wasn’t just Jack’s partner-in-crime, he was also the love of his life. And Tom knows things – like the fact that the little girl Jack is raising, really isn’t his…
As Jack scrambles to maintain his deceptions by lying to friends and neighbors as well as the child he has grown to love, he discovers the real truth: when your world is built on A Hundred Little Lies, exposing a single one of them can bring the whole thing crashing down.
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April 26th, 2011 by Kassa / 486 views
Title: Eromenos 
Author: Melanie McDonald
Publisher: Seriously Good Books
Length:: Novel / 200 pgs
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Blurb:
Eros and Thanatos converge in this story of a glorious youth, an untimely death, and an imperial love affair that gives rise to the last pagan god of antiquity, Antinous.
In this coming-of-age novel set in second century Rome, the Greek youth Antinous of Bithynia recounts his seven-year affair with Hadrian, the fourteenth Roman emperor. In a partnership more intimate than Hadrian’s political marriage, Antinous captivates the most powerful ruler on the earth.
This version of the story of the emperor and his beloved ephebe envisions the life of the youth who after death achieved apotheosis as a pagan god whose cult of worship lasted for hundreds of years, and gives voice to Antinous, whose image still appears in museums around the world.
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April 21st, 2011 by Kassa / 382 views
Title: The Lord Won’t Mind 
Author: Gordon Merrick
Publisher: Alyson Publications
Length: Novel / 255 pgs
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Blurb:
Prior to the publication of this beloved novel, nearly every gay novel and play seemed to end in suicide–or at least deep despair. Merrick was one of the first writers to insist that a gay relationship could in fact be a happy one. The Lord Won’t Mind tells the story of Peter and Charlie, who begin a love affair at their Ivy League college in the ’60s.
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April 19th, 2011 by Kassa / 667 views
Title: Best Gay Erotica 2011 
Editors: Richard Labonté, Kevin Killian
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Anthology / 200 pgs
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Blurb:
Best Gay Erotica 2011 is the biggest page-turner of them all, with stories that run the gamut of gay male sexual experience: from first times to one-night stands and from long-time lovers to explosive group get-togethers. Writers line up to get into Cleis Press’ Best Gay Erotica series because it sets the bar for the highest quality of sexy, gay stories. With the the knack for finding seductive, literary talent, award-winning editor Richard Labonté is an icon in the field of erotic and romantic writing. This year’s edition is hot-to-trot and globetrotting, featuring stories are incredibly diverse in both the people and the pleasures.
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April 7th, 2011 by Kassa / 1,371 views
Title: Enter Oblivion 
Author: C.M. Harris
Publisher: Casperian Books
Length: Novel / 250 pgs
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Blurb:
Meet Vince, a young, moody boxer from Brooklyn with an oozing bullet wound and a spot awaiting him in the Narducci crime family.
When Vince returns travelers’ checks he’s stolen from a British tourist, he finds himself in 1980s London, the epicenter of New Wave culture, unsure whether he will become a rock star, a rent boy, or a laughingstock.
Vince’s journey brings an awkward friendship with a glamorous drag queen, a stint in a post-punk rock band, a frustrating romance with a Bowie-esque pop star, and bloody quarrels with a misfit skinhead–Vince’s own cracked reflection.
In this quirky yet charming story of love and family and culture clash, Vince discovers his place in a rapidly changing world.
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Posted in 4 stars, Fiction, Gay, Literature, Reviews | 1 Comment »
