Posts Tagged ‘MLR Press’
April 27th, 2011 by Jenre / 846 views
Title: Dark Designs 
Author: Luisa Prieto
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: 444 pages
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Blurb:
When an enigmatic tattooed woman approaches freelance journalist Kyler Withers, he begins remembering a past life as a mage. Once known as Etherwolf, he served a sentient evil known as the Darkness.
Horrified, Kyler fights to keep his humanity. Against him are growing memories of the monster he previously was. Aiding him is the love he rediscovers he had for a powerful mage artist named Sorin. If Kyler cannot overcome his past, he’s afraid he’ll help the Darkness destroy everything, starting with his lover.
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March 29th, 2011 by Kassa / 850 views
Title: Death by Misfortune 
Author: AM Riley
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: Novel (370 pgs)
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Blurb:
After a glamorous studio party, “Psychic to the Stars” Sylvie Black is found murdered in her fortune telling booth, a blood soaked tarot reading spread out before her. Shortly afterwards, the high-profile director who was about to produce Ms. Black’s ‘tell-all’ Hollywood screenplay, is found murdered as well.
Closeted Homicide detective, Bill Turner, and his partner, Kate Crandall, find themselves sorting through a cast of likely suspects, who all seem to have secrets worth killing for. They soon run up against the studio rumor mill, and Jeremy Reilly, a young studio AD determined to protect their prime suspect.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Mystery, Reviews | 4 Comments »
February 15th, 2011 by Kassa / 598 views
Title: Zombielicious 
Author: Timothy McGivney
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: 200 pages
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Blurb:
Amidst a zombie outbreak, Walt, athletic and confident, meets shy and quiet Joey, the attraction between them both instant and electric. With strength in numbers, they band together alongside fellow survivors; Jill, an ex-porn star turned nurse who’s made a startling discovery about her past; Ace, a disgruntled security guard who just can’t live up to certain short comings; and Molly, the fiery redhead unwilling to give up on her dreams of stardom. In this apocalyptic new world of the dead, an anything-goes attitude has become the law of the land and lust, betrayal, true love and redemption are all just a gunshot away.
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Posted in 2.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Horror, Reviews | 5 Comments »
January 5th, 2011 by Indigene / 1,672 views
Title: Honorable Silence: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 
Editor: Kris Jacen
Authors: Maura Anderson, William Maltese, George Seaton, Lex Valentine
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: Anthology, 241 pages
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Blurb:
Our men and women in uniform sacrifice daily to serve our country. But what about the additional, voluntary sacrifice that each gay person in the military makes daily when they don their uniform? We ask these men and women to not only serve their country but to serve in silence and denial, sacrificing not only their physical lives but their emotional ones too by denying them their right to love.
Four talented authors weave tales that describe how living a lie pulls at the hearts and souls of good servicemen, whose only desire is to do their duty to their country…honorably. In Afterburn by Lex Valentine, two fighter pilots let their hearts soar despite regulations. George Seaton’s The Loss of Innocence Store provides a glimpse into the U.S. Army prior to the institutionalization of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. A sniper and infantryman find that love eases the pain of being forsaken in Forsake Not by Maura Anderson. And Strategic Maneuvers by William Maltese reveals the intricate steps that can lead to love while in uniform.
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Posted in 3.5 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 10 Comments »
December 2nd, 2010 by Book Utopia Mom / 1,303 views
Title: Illustrated Men 
Edited By: Michael Breyette
Publisher: MLR
Length:: Anthology/167 pgs
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Blurb:
A thousand words, a single picture…
Since artists are often called upon to turn prose into a visual for such things as book covers, I wondered, would writers be able to pick up the creative torch and run in the opposite direction? I had little doubts they could and it got me excited wondering what they would come up with for my own pastel paintings.
So with that it mind I though it would be fun to launch a contest and invite friends, fans of my art, amateur scribes, professionals writers, really anyone who wanted, to pick a painting from my body of work and build a short story around it.
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. I wanted to find out if that was true.
Art-inspired short stories contributors for this collection include: L. John Williams, Todd Schoonover, Veronica, Aleksandr Voinov & Marquesate, Linda Schnelle, John Stewart, George Seaton, Gabriel Morgan, Alan Bennett Ilagan, Todd Peissig, Harold Dixon, Justin Shephred, Clare London, and artist Michael Breyette.
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Posted in 4 stars, Anthology, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 4 Comments »
November 29th, 2010 by Oddmonster / 614 views
Title: Tales from the Sexual Underground 
Author: Rick R. Reed
Publisher: ManLoveRomance Press
Length: 188 pages
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Blurb:
“I wanted to write about people who were not just out, but out there, people who lived their sexual lives in ways most of us could only imagine…and for whom the flavor vanilla had absolutely no appeal. I interviewed porn stars, prostitutes, self-proclaimed sex pigs, and delved into bizarre sexual practices. It was eye-opening, arousing, and a lot of fun (but never, never good clean fun). I also include here my favorite dirty stories. They all explore a side of life that exists not in the twilight zone, but in my favorite destination…the sexual underground.”
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Posted in 3 stars, Anthology, Biography, Erotica, Gay, Horror, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Reviews | 3 Comments »
November 16th, 2010 by Kassa / 754 views
Title: The Perils of Praline 
Author: Marshall Thornton
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: Novel / 220 pgs
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Blurb:
When he falls in love with a contestant on a reality TV show, Peter “Praline” Palmetier decides to leave his home in rural Georgia and, failing to realize this might be considered stalking, travels to Hollywood to find his soul mate, Dave G. Once in tinsel-town he meets a collection of startling, and often horny, characters in his quest. They include a studly steward, a conservative talk show host, the Godfather of the Gay Mafia, and casting assistant Jason Friedman, who always manages to be there in time to save Praline from total disaster. Will Praline find love with the illusive Dave G., or will he recognize the charms of appealing but untelegenic Jason?
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Posted in 4 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 2 Comments »
October 27th, 2010 by DarienMoya / 460 views
Title: Home 
Author: William Neale
Publisher: MLR Press
Length:213pages
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Blurb:
Lucas Reed is a Cleveland advertising executive who returns to his southern hometown to deal with the sudden death of his estranged homophobic father. There, he unexpectedly encounters Rogan James, the former high school bully and now local deputy chief of police who had once made Lucas’s life miserable.
Reacquainted 12 years later, the two finally acknowledge a long held powerful physical attraction that quickly evolves into an even stronger emotional connection
But all this becomes secondary when a local reporter’s secret obsession for Rogan threatens not only the end of their newly found love, but their very lives.
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October 6th, 2010 by Indigene / 1,771 views
Title: Big Diehl: The Road Home 
Author: George Seaton
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: Novel, 420 pages
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Blurb:
Diehl’s return to Wyoming from six years of service to his country – including combat in Iraq – is colored with a dark intent to even the score with his father. But before he can once again embrace his adopted family, including Tony, a ranch hand with a military history of his own, Diehl’s single-minded purpose of revenge against his father precipitates events that turn his life in a direction never envisioned. His comfort through it all, is Jack, a Border Collie who Diehl rescues from certain death; a dog who, perhaps, rescues Diehl from himself.
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Posted in 5 stars, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 7 Comments »
September 16th, 2010 by Book Utopia Mom / 923 views
Title: A Demon Inside 
Author: Rick R. Reed
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: Novel/285 pgs/86k
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Blurb:
Hunter Beaumont doesn’t understand his grandmother’s deathbed wish: “Destroy Beaumont House.” He’d never even heard of the place. But after his grandmother passes and his first love betrays him, the family house in the Wisconsin woods looks like a tempting refuge. Going against his grandmother’s wishes, Hunter flees to Beaumont House.
But will the house be the sanctuary he had hoped for? Soon after moving in, Hunter realizes he may not be alone. And with whom—or what—he shares the house may plunge him into a nightmare from which he may never escape. Sparks fly when he meets his handsome neighbor, a caretaker for the estate next door, but is the man salvation…or is he the source of Hunter’s terror?
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Posted in 4 stars, Erotica, Gay, Horror, Reviews, Romance | 1 Comment »
