Posts Tagged ‘Cleis Press’
April 19th, 2011 by Kassa / 656 views
Title: Best Gay Erotica 2011 
Editors: Richard Labonté, Kevin Killian
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Anthology / 200 pgs
Buy the book: Amazon
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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March 8th, 2011 by Kassa / 312 views
Title: I Once Had a Master 
Author: John Preston
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Collection, 220 pgs
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Blurb:
John Preston brings it back to the basics: a hand on a neck, a boot that needs a spit shine, a trick who leaves with bruises and sweet memories. In books such as the S/M classic Mr. Benson, Preston explored power exchange in all its battered beauty. The sex stories in I Once Had a Master combine a hard-core sensibility with rare psychological insight.
In “Authenticity,” a top turns down two fawning bottoms in full leather regalia in favor of the sweet-faced novice who offers genuine surrender. In “Pedro,” a college boy has a summer affair with a truck driver and finds himself flirting with other men just to provoke his lover’s rage. The lonely bottom in “Interludes” develops his body to perfection, then seeks out the Daddy who will cherish this gift.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, BDSM, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 1 Comment »
January 3rd, 2011 by Emily / 1,436 views
Title: Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 
Editor: Kathleen Warnock
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length:: Anthology / 244 pgs
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Blurb:
Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 travels around the world of lesbian sex with deliriously delicious stories that push lesbian lust and desire to new heights. Edited by Kathleen Warnock and selected and introduced by the world’s hottest lesbian band, BETTY, this latest edition of the bestselling lesbian erotica series is thoughtful, surprising, and breathtaking. Featuring handsome butches and flirtatious femmes and everything in between, these stories expertly blend sex and seduction with affection and desire. From inventive threesomes to seductive first-times, the women in these stories reveal all their pleasures in this collection of arousing and sensually lyrical fiction. Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 is the most provocative, authentic, smart, edgy, and hot lesbian erotica published anywhere.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Lesbian, Reviews | 4 Comments »
November 23rd, 2010 by Kassa / 943 views
Title: Skater Boys Gay Erotic Stories 
Edited by : Neil Plakcy
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Anthology 210 pgs
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Blurb:
Two words describe the appeal of skateboarders: barely legal. It takes a tough and independent young man to find the best places to shred, so it’s no wonder skaters have become the object of fantasies by gay men: brimming with attitude and sexual confidence, skaters are athletic and quick to shed their shirt. Besides being rough and ripped, the hot young studs in Skater Boys all have one additional thing in common — a love of gay sex. Teen shredders get it on with each other in “Slash-n-Burn,” “Carter DuBose,” and “Totally Choice.” Older men get their share of boarder bootie in “Sex in the Streets” and “In This Our Day.” “Something to Remember You By” and “Boyz in the ‘Hood” pack an emotional punch, while “Kick, Push” and “It’s Not About Love” are just great fun. Take a ride with the uninhibited, wild young men of Skater Boys.
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Posted in 3.5 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 6 Comments »
May 17th, 2010 by Oddmonster / 1,352 views
Title: The Riddle of the Sands 
Author: Geoffrey Knight
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Novel / 250 pages
Buy the book: Cleis | Powells
Blurb:
Hot gay tomb raiders!
Blackmailed by Jake’s nemesis–the vengeful Pierre Perron–Professor Fathom’s team of gay adventure-hunters is sent on a seemingly impossible mission. Will they uncover the legendary Riddle of the Sands in time to save one of their own from a rare and deadly poison? Is the Riddle a myth, a mirage, or the greatest engineering feat in the history of ancient Egypt?
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Posted in 5 stars, Action Adventure, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Ratings, Reviews | 12 Comments »
April 27th, 2010 by Kassa / 1,972 views
Title: Best Gay Romance 2010 
Editor: Richard Labonte
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: 210 pages
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Blurb:
Best Gay Romance 2010 covers every romantic possibility with first love, true love, wake-up sex, makeup sex and everything in between. Richard Labonté has gathered a sensational collection of stories about finding love at home, at work, at any age, and often in the most unexpected places. Contributor David Holly’s “meet cute” hook-up in “Guy Sydney,” is a thoroughly modern love story, while Elazarus Wills’s dramatic “A Companion for the Road” shows that many things get better with age. Trebor Healy’s New Orleans star-crossed lovers in “Trunk” encounter voodoo, hoodoo, and an unexpectedly sweet surprise. Each story is redolent with romance, great sex, and characters who are fully fleshed out in more ways than one. Sometimes rowdy, always randy, and surprisingly tender, these tales celebrate the coming together of souls as well as bodies. Whether happily ever after or just a happy ending, Labonté continues to raise the bar on gay love stories.
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Posted in 4 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 5 Comments »
April 4th, 2010 by Kassa / 1,060 views
Title: Mr. Benson 
Author: John Preston
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Novel / 200 pages
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Blurb:
A classic of modern gay S/M fiction, Mr. Benson is the compelling story of a young man’s quest for the perfect master. In a West Village leather bar, he finds wealthy, sophisticated, exacting Aristotle Benson, who leads him down the path of erotic enlightenment, teaching him to accept cruelty as love, anguish as affection, and ultimately, Mr. Benson as his master.
If John Preston, the masterly, handsome author of more than 30 books, was himself a gay icon, his character Mr. Benson defined the culture of gay sex for an entire generation. When Mr. Benson first appeared in the pre-AIDS early 1980s, its unabashed celebration of male sexuality made it a cult favorite among gay men, many of whom wore T-shirts declaring that they were “looking for Mr. Benson.” The novel’s fresh voice and insights into identity, desire, power, and love influenced a generation of writers and editors, including Anne Rice, Samuel Delany, Michael Lowenthal, Laura Antoniou, and Joan Nestle.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 4 Comments »
March 17th, 2010 by Oddmonster / 1,212 views
Title: Divas Las Vegas
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Novel, 296 pages
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Blurb:
What happens when you find out that Grandma’s vase mistakenly sold at a yard sale is worth tens of thousands of dollars—and somebody else is about to cash in on it on Antiques Roadshow? Of course, you hop on a plane with your best friend and race off to Las Vegas to get Grandma’s vase back! Filled with action and suspense, hunky blackjack dealers, divine drag queens, strange sex, and sex in strange places, plus a Federal agent or two, Divas Las Vegas puts the sin in Sin City. A fun, new take on the murder mystery genre, Rob Rosen’s Divas Las Vegas is a hilarious, touching, and compulsively readable page turner!
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Posted in 4.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Mystery, Reviews | 8 Comments »
March 11th, 2010 by Emily / 1,488 views
Title: Best Lesbian Romance 2010
Editor: Radclyffe
Publisher: Cleis Press
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Blurb:
Ranging from the short and ever-so-sweet to make-you-cry passionate, Best Lesbian Romance 2010 is essential reading for anyone who favors the highly imaginative, the deeply sensual, and the very loving. Radclyffe’s romance collections are eagerly anticipated each year because they keep getting better and better. Best Lesbian Romance 2010 revels in the seduction, love, and relationships that happen between women. All readers will enjoy these stories of romance by the best in the genre, including Sommer Marsden, Sacchi Green, Evan Mora, Andrea Dale, and the grand master Radclyffe herself. Whether readers are looking for young love, mature love, or lost love, these stories will more than fill the bill. Contributors include Colette Moody, Hannah Quin, Anna-Marie McLemore, Jean Roberta, Nell Stark, Trinity Tam, Shannon Dargue, Erin O’Riordan, and Dalia Craig.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Fiction, Lesbian, Reviews, Romance | 1 Comment »
February 13th, 2010 by Indigene / 3,724 views
Title: Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction
Editor: Timothy J. Lambert and R.D. Cochrane
Publisher: Cleis Press
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Blurb:
Is romance over in this age of online cruising and anonymous hook-ups? For anyone who believes that love has left the building, here is an exhilarating collection of new gay fiction designed to reignite your belief in the power of romance. Follow the travails of a dog walker enchanted with his new client; check out the restaurant owner who catches the eye of his most loyal customer; don’t miss the blind date fix-up, as they stumble upon romance and a chance at real love. Featuring new work from well-known gay writers, these stories will make you remember what joy romance can bring to your life.
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Posted in 5 stars, Anthology, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 10 Comments »
