The Alpha and Omega of All Viruses
The digital entity Odyssey is on the ultimate journey where he must look inwards to explore his own mind before taking a mind expanding journey to find himself in the cosmos, while still watching over his human friends who are doing everything they can to protect his identity from overreaching politicians who only view him as a threat to their way of life.
A Forbidden Love
In the shadow of Langley Hall, young Thomas Cooper navigates the complexities of friendship, duty and love in Edwardian England. As the son of a tenant farmer, Thomas forms an unlikely bond with Lord John Langley and Prince Christian, two boys from vastly different worlds. Their shared adventures and deepening connections are tested by the rigid boundaries of class and the looming threat of war in the summer of 1914. When tragedy strikes, Thomas is thrust into a role that demands unwavering loyalty and discretion. As he rises through the ranks of service, he must confront his own desires and the painful secrets that haunt him. "Thomas' Tale", is a poignant exploration of love, loss and the enduring power of friendship in the face of society's constraints. Spanning seven decades of British history, Thomas' story chronicles his life from the fields of Norfolk, to a post-war life that includes a liberating road trip across the United States, and also reflects the many changes in social attitudes towards the LBGTQ+ communities.
Cloven
Erica and Lauren love each other. But this is not a love story.The couple should've broken up years ago-and they have, multiple times. But no matter how many times they call it quits, they can't let go. And it's slowly unraveling them both.For Erica, every breakup is a fresh wound, leaving a gaping hole where only anxiety spirals. She needs Lauren to choose her, fully and finally. But Lauren would rather escape into her video games than rehash past arguments. And the mystical, magical world of The Witches of Endor is more enticing than reality.Two witches, Tasin and Seadah, share a love that feels effortless and fated. Tasin's consumed with having her first vision while all of the wizards and fairies are more concerned with Seadah's glowing, green-eyed temper. But their connection is undeniable and the romance that surges between them is something out of a fairytale.Why can't Erica and Lauren's relationship be that easy?Or maybe the better question is: In an unmagical world, can love ever be enough?
Prince of Lies
Rowe Prince is many things.Gorgeous? Yes.Unintentionally hilarious? Absolutely.The hottest, sunshiniest virgin to ever set foot in Manhattan? Oh, yeah.One thing he's not, though, is a reclusive billionaire named Sterling Chase who supposedly founded my company. So when the man (literally) stumbles into a charity gala saying precisely that, I do what anyone would: I set out to prove he's a liar.Except it turns out Rowe's ridiculous falsehoods are surprisingly... enchanting. The heart of gold beneath his borrowed tux makes even a jaded businessman like me start to believe in fairy tales. And there's no faking the heat between us when the man's in my bed.But when it turns out Rowe's lies conceal a secret that threatens the company I've spent years building, I have to choose: say goodbye to the sweet pretender I'm falling for, or risk everything for a man who just might be... the prince of lies.
Marrying Mr. Majestic
I've made myself into many things over the years. A Yale graduate. A brilliant corporate strategist. A city boy. And, though no one outside my inner circle knows it, a billionaire.One thing I never expected to be? Accidentally married to a straight, small-town cowboy named Waylon, the pride and joy of... *checks notes*... Majestic, Wyoming.Sadly, what happens in Vegas does not, in fact, stay in Vegas, and before I know it, I'm trying to track my erstwhile husband down, divorce papers in hand and thrift store clothes on my back, desperately hoping the stranger I married won't realize he's suddenly entitled to a lot more than that shiny gold ring on his finger. Unfortunately, Way has other plans. His town is counting on him as mayor to bring the lucrative AdventureSmash wilderness race to Majestic, and he refuses to sign my papers until the deal is done... which means me and my second-hand blue jeans will be hanging around a lot longer than I'd imagined, pretending our one-night whatever-it-was was a love match for the ages. As it turns out, Majestic is more charming than I'd expected, and Way... is not entirely without charms himself. It also turns out he's, ahem, not as straight as he thought he was.Before I know it, dusty boots feel more comfortable than my shiny wingtips, coffee at the Love Muffin tastes better than Starbucks, and being the First Husband of Majestic starts to seem as important as any corporate merger I've ever negotiated. But for a man with secrets to keep and a whole life waiting for him back in Manhattan, the only thing worse than Marrying Mr. Majestic... would be falling in love with him for real.
Inheriting Miss Fortune
I was a man without a family... or so I thought.I came to tiny Majestic, Wyoming, to escape misfortune: the loss of my brother; my parents' blame for it; the billion-dollar secret that caused it all.I find peace in my horses, in my friends, in quiet nights alone... and sometimes in remembering a scorching-hot one-night-stand from two years ago.But everything changes when Tully Bowman, the man behind that unforgettable encounter, turns up in Majestic bringing me the daughter I've inherited (along with her multi-million-dollar trust fund).Just like that, my peace becomes chaos, my quiet nights are filled with little Lellie's cries for "Daddy," and the heat between Tully and me becomes more than just a memory.Because it seems Tully's planning to stick around... at least until I prove I'm a "suitable father" and not the fortune-hunter Lellie's grandparents think I am. And the longer we spend together-the more he challenges and provokes me, comforts and calms me-the harder it is to remember why I ever thought one night would be enough.I'm a bad bet for fatherhood, but if I choose to keep Lellie and raise her as my own, it won't be for her money. It will be because this precious girl and the man who brought her to me might be the fresh start and new family my heart has been looking for.And because the best thing that ever happened to me might just be... Inheriting Miss Fortune.
Finding Lord Landry
When a secret enemies-with-benefits situation turns into the world's most public fake marriage...The world knows me as Landry Davis, supermodel. A beautiful face and killer abs that have spawned a hundred fantasies. To my friends, I'm simply Landry, the snarkiest (read: most fun) member of our billionaire brotherhood.But to Kenji Toma, the gorgeous and oh-so-capable personal assistant I've been in love with for years, I'm "effing Landry," the charming slacker who disappears for weeks only to resurface in trouble. His favorite enemy-with benefits. A man he refuses to fall in love with (though I've tried) and also can't resist managing (a fact I'm not too proud to take advantage of). What none of them know is that I have another title-in fact, a whole other life. One I was born into. One that comes with sprawling estates, a coronet, and a metric ton of familial and political expectations. A life I've kept secret for way too long... and hope to keep secret for just a little while longer. At least until I learn Kenji is in danger. When all my money and fame can't save the man I love, I don't hesitate to use long-hidden political power to whisk him to safety, even though it means outing myself as Viscount Hawling, the elusive heir to the Davencourt earldom... And pretending the man who loves to hate me is actually my doting husband.
Machines of Consent
Dr. Jess Stockton is a scientist with high goals and even higher ambitions. Through her efforts, she has created a device based around consent which has revolutionised society and drawn no small amount of attention both good and bad.Roh is a freerunning messenger for the underground with the solitary goal of survival. When tested in the lab for the consent device, she displays a very odd set of biometrics which should be impossible in humans.Machines of Consent follows two trans lesbians in a sci-fi adventure as they find each other and try to escape an oppressive force bent to use them for nefarious ends. Both cyberpunk and spicy blockbuster, it's a thrill ride from start to finish.Do you consent to the heat?
Living Tuesday 17th
Tuesday 17th is the first volume of a vast multi-part work, Living. The extant manuscript consists of more than a million words intended to evoke the chaotic and unstructured narrative of a whole life, as lived.In this first volume, fiercely reclusive writer C. Farr addresses Tuesday 17th of an unspecified month and year. This is the date of a lovers' lunchtime rendezvous, long anticipated, predicted, written about before and after the event.And I tell you I have been writing here. I don't explain everything. I don't explain that I've already written out our futures for us; that this is to be life from writing rather than writing from life.With an introduction and notes by Dr Aleksandra Pogosskaia.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
"To read Jeanette Winterson is to love her."--O, the Oprah MagazineThe 40th anniversary edition of a beloved modern classic and pioneering work of autofiction--a funny, poignant exploration of a young girl's quirky passage into adulthoodWith a new introduction and afterword by the authorJeanette Winterson's extraordinary career began at the age of twenty-five with the publication of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. An international bestseller and winner of the prestigious Whitbread Award for Best First Fiction, it is considered a classic of contemporary literature and taught widely around the world, in courses ranging from core undergraduate classes to women's studies and queer studies.Jeanette is a bright and rebellious orphan who is adopted into an evangelical household in the dour, industrial north of England. Her youth is spent embroidering grim religious mottoes and shaking her little tambourine for Jesus. But as this budding missionary comes of age and comes to terms with her unorthodox sexuality, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household collapses. Jeanette's insistence on listening to truths of her own heart and mind--and on reporting them with wit and passion--makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an extraordinary passage into adulthood.
Any Girl But You
Quinn Lee is a walking disaster with perfect hair, zero filter, and an alarming caffeine addiction who's just ploughed her life savings into rescuing her family's failing Christmas tree farm. She's got one shot to pull off a Christmas miracle, so when an important promotional cookie order goes wrong, it understandably leads to a spectacular meltdown in front of cute-as-a-button bakery owner, Zoey.Zoey bakes like an angel, thinks "drat" is a swear word, and is wholly unprepared for the opinionated, red-headed hurricane who storms into her shop competing for "world's worst customer". But she's equally unprepared to discover that you don't have to like someone to find them irresistible.When both their businesses are threatened, a reluctant partnership becomes their only solution. But somewhere between Zoey's killer dance moves and Quinn's Chuck Norris puns, incompatible starts looking a lot like inevitable. As Christmas approaches, can these polar opposites navigate unexpected feelings, and the terrifying possibility that sometimes the person you clash with most is exactly the one you need?The perfect queer romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Casey McQuiston who crave a side of holiday magic, small-town charm, and enough steam to melt even the biggest snowstorm.
Love Beneath The Guillotine
'Desperate men have no morals...'L矇on Lyon: beautiful, beloved, broken. As premier executioner of Reims, he's desired and feared in equal measure, a celebrity of the most dangerous kind, a symbol of justice and good citizenship in the explosive era of the French Revolution. But L矇on has a secret. Each head he takes brings him one day closer to escape. He's been saving every franc he's ever earned, and any day now, he'll leave town and rescue his little brother ?mile from the same gruesome fate that has befallen him.But all L矇on's plans are thrown into disarray when ?mile is kidnapped by the dashing, dangerous, and despicable Henri De Villiers. At the mercy of a cruel and calculating (if handsome) blackmailer, L矇on's only chance to save his brother is to play the man's wicked game.Yet, as L矇on is drawn deeper into Henri's world, he begins to see a different side of him. Idealistic, passionate, willing to kill or die for those he loves, Henri might just be the escape L矇on's been searching for all these years.But can L矇on ever forgive Henri for what he's done? And can either of them survive the mysterious supernatural force that seems to haunt their every move?Love Beneath the Guillotine is the spicy, swashbuckling, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers MM adventure-romance novel that your bookshelf has been bleeding for. It's time to strap on your swords and load those duelling pistols. France will never be the same again.
Burden of Proof
LINCOLNMy best friend fell in love, and it ruined my life. I'd never tell him that, so I'm trying to make the best of my new living situation, but it's lonely, and I'm lonely, and it's the need to be held that drives me to search out a partner who will let me submit for the night. Going to my knees for another man brings up more feelings than I bargained for, and the complications that arise afterward only make things worse. Running to Silas and Marshall for help brings me right into the sights of the man I was trying to get away from.Hunter Covington, Marshall's younger-but equally dominant-brother. HUNTERAccepting a one-night stand kind of proposition was supposed to be my last hurrah, but when the broken man I can't stop thinking about turns out to be the best friend of my brother's boyfriend, there's no chance I'm walking away. Lincoln is scared, but he's brave. He's messy, but he's perfect.I convince Lincoln to give me a chance, and being with him changes everything. I've played with power exchange before, but the circular nature of our dynamic feels special and new. The need to take care of Lincoln and keep him safe is visceral, but the pleasure I find when I sink down to my knees in front of him is indisputable.The closer we get, the more Lincoln wants to run. I can give him a home, but I can't make him stay. The only thing I can do now is hope our love is strong enough to prove Lincoln deserves the life we both want...and more.
The Weeping
Twenty-five years ago, Catherine Whitley was betrayed by her peers and left to die when the Rock Harbor Opera House went up in flames. The fire consumed her body, but not her wrath.Twenty-year-old Heath Ingram comes to Rock Harbor seeking refuge from his own tragedy, but the town offers no peace. The streets whisper. Shadows linger. And inside the restored Opera House, something waits.A girl in a ruined white dress. A secret that never died. A hunger for revenge that has only grown stronger with time.Heath thought he had already lost everything. Rock Harbor is about to prove him wrong.
The Weeping
Twenty-five years ago, Catherine Whitley was betrayed by her peers and left to die when the Rock Harbor Opera House went up in flames. The fire consumed her body, but not her wrath.Twenty-year-old Heath Ingram comes to Rock Harbor seeking refuge from his own tragedy, but the town offers no peace. The streets whisper. Shadows linger. And inside the restored Opera House, something waits.A girl in a ruined white dress. A secret that never died. A hunger for revenge that has only grown stronger with time.Heath thought he had already lost everything.Rock Harbor is about to prove him wrong.This edition is a revised version of a novel first published in 2012. It has been updated and expanded to reflect the author's original vision.
Gaywyck
Sensitive, blond, emerald-eyed Robert Whyte is seventeen, living in a small town where his father is schoolmaster and his mother quite mad. When the local parish Father arranges an introduction to Donough Gaylord, the young, gorgeous, sophisticated (and fabulously wealthy) lord of the manor of Gaywyck, a Long Island estate, a deal is struck: Robert will become the librarian and move into Gaywyck forthwith.Donough's eye-popping New York digs at Gramercy Park, with displays of Van Goghs, C矇zannes and Monets, pales in comparison to the riches found at Gaywyck. Donough's part-time mentoring leaves Robert much time to explore the estate, its secrets and physicalities (a waterfall, gardens, beaches, riding trails, a cave of paintings, hidden closets), and the dark past shared by the inhabitants. His coming of age is bombarded by sexual desires, lies, betrayal, journals full of secrets everyone reads, suicide and murders, erotic encounters, and the sea, always the sea, tranquil or agitated .... Robert, smitten from first meeting, yearns for Donough as a lover. The older man, haunted by guilt from childhood secrets, fights his intense, growing passion even as hidden evil rushes to destroy them both. A cherished classic for almost 50 years. This new edition features a foreword by Damon Suede and an afterword by the author."Gaywyck is the very definition of classic. Using gothic romance to explore the love that once "dared not speak its name," Gaywyck proves compelling fiction and love are truly timeless." - Rick R. Reed"A fascinating mixture of Wilde, the gothic, and, above all, the souls laid to rest in New York." - Angus Wilson"A groundbreaking romance classic by a trailblazing author, Gaywyck blew open the doors of romance, proving what Vincent Virga has said for years: Genre has no gender. Merging the lushness of the best gothics with the big emotions of modern historicals, this is a story that transforms the way you think of the romance novel." - Sarah MacLean"As of 2024, Mr. Virga is one of the only surviving members of a pantheon of gay novelists who changed the way queer stories got told, forever. Suckled on pulps, they wrote books that escaped the camp gulag by sheer force of will via humor and hubris, poesy and porn ... entire subgenres of pop-culture redefined by brilliant queers writing against the grain." - Damon Suede
We Are All of Us Left Behind
A queer coming-of-age story about a young man's journey from Canada to Serbia in search of his roots, about the power of truth and lies, and about the persistence of hope when there's nothing else left. Orphaned and stuck in a one-traffic-light prairie oil town, a young man yearns for a family to belong to and sets out to find his last known living relative, his estranged grandfather, somewhere in Serbia. Armed with nothing but his wit and resourcefulness, he starts his trek, from his hometown on the Canadian plains, across continents and countries, in search of acceptance and family, which he finds, but in the most unexpected people. We Are All of Us Left Behind is a queer coming-of-age story about the powers of truth and lies, of what a family really is, and the persistence of hope when there's nothing else left. Told in compelling, spare prose, We Are All of Us Left Behind is written in the spirit of The Beach meets The Goldfinch.
Tangled Webs
Scarred by years on the job and a string of bad personal choices, gritty detective Karen Cappelletti spends her days cleaning up other people's messes in a small town just outside of Philadelphia. But the mess that's heading her way is personal--and very complicated. Ten years ago, Karen arrested a man for a vicious assault. Now he's out on parole. A week later, his daughter Tam--sharp-tongued, magnetic, and dangerously interested in Karen--reports a corpse on her driveway. And then there's Ali, a compassionate artist with stunning blue eyes who stirs feelings Karen has spent a lifetime denying. The clock is ticking. With the town spooked, a body on the ground, and both Tam and Ali tangled in Karen's thoughts, the detective must navigate a case with too many questions and not enough answers. Someone's playing a long game. And if Karen can't outsmart them, she won't just lose the case--she could lose everything, including the love she never saw coming.
Marked by Instinct
Summer break for Erin Storm involves photography, hanging out with friends, and cramming as much partying as he can into three months before the final year of university starts. However, meeting Black Hill's mysterious and handsome newcomer, Victor Lovelace, at a party throws a wrench in those plans as Erin is introduced to a supernatural world driven by two things - fate and instinct.Secrets are threatened.Wars are waged.The Moon weeps.How much is Victor willing to sacrifice to be with Erin?Will Erin be able to overlook the absurdity of werewolves being real?Fate and Instinct play a dangerous game, lurking beneath the surface of the boys' relationship as they take bets on which side will win the brewing battle ... again.
Chasm
From the abandoned streets and back alleys of a post-apocalyptic world, to the expansive reaches of our darkest nightmares, Chasm is a look at the horrors of our present and our future through a queer femme lens.This poetry and short story collection is a companion to Respirator, and the second in a three-part trilogy.
Let's Get Criminal
A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 1 - Nick Hoffman has everything he's ever wanted: a good teaching job, a beautiful house, and a solid relationship with his lover, Stefan Borowski, a brilliant novelist and writer-in-residence at the State University of Michigan. But when Perry Cross shows up, Nick's peace of mind is shattered. Not only does he have to share his office with the nefarious Perry, who managed to weasel his way into a tenured position without the right qualifications, he also discovers that Perry played a destructive role in Stefan's past. When Perry turns up dead, Nick wonders if Stefan might be involved, while the campus police force is wondering the same about Nick.Originally published in 1996, this first book in the Nick Hoffman Academic Mystery series includes a new foreword by the author."Deliciously wicked... The perfect book to take away for a weekend in the country... a genuinely funny modern comedy of manners." - Washington Post Book World"The Borgias would not be bored at the State University of Michigan, that snake pit of academic politics." - New York Times Book Review"Clever and sharp social satire." - Los Angeles Times"Lev Raphael skewers academic pretensions with wicked glee [and] Dickensian flair." - Chicago Sun-TimesLev Raphael offers "a delightful take on death in academe." - San Francisco ChronicleA "witty and devastating backstage view of college life." - San Diego Union-Tribune"Some of the most pointed and funny put-downs of academics in my memory." - Detroit Free PressRaphael "elegantly skewers ivory-tower pretensions, petty politics, incompetencies and hypocrisies." - BooklistLev Raphael combines "stylish literary mystery with an intimate look at the jungle of academia... witty, impeccably written." - The Mystery Review"Marvelous humor and satisfying mystery... wickedly fun." - Drood Review of Mystery"Bright, breezy, and laugh-aloud funny." - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Like People In History
Solid, cautious Roger Sansarc and flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge are second cousins who become lifelong friends when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. Their lives constantly intersect at crucial moments in their personal histories as each discovers his own unique - and uniquely gay - identity. Their complex, tumultuous, and madcap relationship endures against 40 years of history and their involvement with the handsome model, poet, and decorated Vietnam vet Matt Loguidice, whom they both love. Picano chronicles and celebrates gay life and subculture over the last half of the twentieth century: from the legendary 1969 gathering at Woodstock to the legendary parties at Fire Island Pines in the 1970s, from Malibu Beach in its palmiest surfer days to San Francisco during its gayest era, from the cities and jungles of South Vietnam during the war to Manhattan's Greenwich Village and Upper East Side during the 1990s AIDS war.In a book that could have been written only by one who lived it and survived to tell, Picano weaves a powerful saga of four decades in the lives of two men and their lovers, relatives, friends, and enemies. Tragic, comic, sexy, and romantic, filled with varied and colorful characters, Like People in History is both extraordinarily moving and supremely entertaining.First published to acclaim in 1995, winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for Best Novel, Gay Times Best Novel of the Year and Finalist for Lambda Literary Award Best Gay Fiction, this edition features a new foreword by Richard Bugs Burnett and an afterword by the author."This is the big novel we've all been waiting for - the gay Gone with the Wind. It's the heroic and funny saga of the last three decades by someone who saw everything and forgot nothing." - Edmund White"A gay classic. Read it when I was in college and it helped shape my perception of myself as a gay man." - Christopher Rice"Survivors of extraordinary times sometimes write extraordinary books. Like People in History is one such book: an epic tale of gay lives, American lives, interweaving and colliding through many modern decades. Like any great tale, it's written with a dedicated passion, knowledge, truth, and wit, full of comedy as well as real heartbreak." - Jenifer Levin"Harrowing and sad, and very funny, Like People in History manages to bridge the unnerving chasm between the queer present and the gay past. This heartfelt memorial to a vanished time sees whole, perhaps for the first time, what till now has induced only a tragic sense of disconnection." - Andrew Holleran
Forever Magical
In the third and final book in The Witches of Prosperity series, readers may wonder if El (freelance attendant and male witch in training) and Anthony (aka The Prince) and their friends, Sebastian and Reginald, will EVER find their happy ending. Well, quite frankly, so are they...It's been a long road to finding love and happiness, and they have overcome a lot, including a cruel step-mother, a beastly curse that makes Reginald not your average guy, a wicked witch on the loose, and an intolerant kingdom that doesn't accept same-sex relationships-or magic, for that matter. Yet despite all this, Elister Hesta and Prince Anthony Enchanting remain deeply in love and committed to each other. Likewise, Lord Sebastian Withers and Duke Reginald Drake-although slower out of the block to confess their feelings for each other and believe they are each worthy of love-are finally on their way to couplehood. But relationships are hard to grow when they must be kept secret, and the Prince is supposed to be looking for a royal lady to be his wife. Not to mention that malicious magic is threatening members of the Court, involving the whole kingdom as things spiral out of their control. Before each of our two couples can even think about a future together, they must stop a powerful witch, break several enchantments, and face various magical foes. Yet all this pales next to their greatest challenge: They must also change their society's opinion about who it is okay to love...Touching, funny, unconventional, romantic, and sometimes steamy, Forever Magical is a story about fighting for who and what is important.
Forever Magical
In the third and final book in The Witches of Prosperity series, readers may wonder if El (freelance attendant and male witch in training) and Anthony (aka The Prince) and their friends, Sebastian and Reginald, will EVER find their happy ending. Well, quite frankly, so are they...It's been a long road to finding love and happiness, and they have overcome a lot, including a cruel step-mother, a beastly curse that makes Reginald not your average guy, a wicked witch on the loose, and an intolerant kingdom that doesn't accept same-sex relationships-or magic, for that matter. Yet despite all this, Elister Hesta and Prince Anthony Enchanting remain deeply in love and committed to each other. Likewise, Lord Sebastian Withers and Duke Reginald Drake-although slower out of the block to confess their feelings for each other and believe they are each worthy of love-are finally on their way to couplehood. But relationships are hard to grow when they must be kept secret, and the Prince is supposed to be looking for a royal lady to be his wife. Not to mention that malicious magic is threatening members of the Court, involving the whole kingdom as things spiral out of their control. Before each of our two couples can even think about a future together, they must stop a powerful witch, break several enchantments, and face various magical foes. Yet all this pales next to their greatest challenge: They must also change their society's opinion about who it is okay to love...Touching, funny, unconventional, romantic, and sometimes steamy, Forever Magical is a story about fighting for who and what is important.
Tongue Tied
A Donald Strachey Mystery, Book 8 - Under normal circumstances, PI Donald Strachey wouldn't take a job from right-wing radio "shock jock" J-Bird - the man's hate-filled homophobic rants offend Strachey deeply. And not just Strachey: listeners include people identifying as members of a long-defunct gay rights activists, the Forces of Free Faggotry. Though peaceful, the group was originally known for rescuing young men from enforced conversion therapy. When J-Bird's potty-mouthed sidekick is kidnapped, and the FFF claim credit, Strachey becomes involved.Leads take Strachey to a Berkshire Wooley Llama Cheese farm, Brooklyn, late night New York and Long Island as he finds himself partnered with a not-out gay cop he'd tangled with in the cop's Albany days and a shy, but talented, housebreaking Amish gay man. When J-Bird himself is kidnapped, the stakes are raised as the first body parts arrive as a warning ... Written over a period of three decades, the Donald Strachey series authentically chronicles gay life as it unfolded across upstate New York, Washington and elsewhere. An author's note is included."Don't we all entertain fantasies about what we'd like to do to those toxic shock jocks who foul the airwaves with their hate-filled rants? Donald Strachey, the fastidious gay sleuth in Richard Stevenson's Tongue Tied and several previous books in this sophisticated series, is above all that. But as a favor to a friend in the New York Police Department, this Albany private eye lends a hand when Jay Plankton, a radio talk show host appositely named for a primitive life-form, is plagued by threats from a long-dormant gay-activist group that appears to have resurfaced as a gang of crypto-terrorists. Once the alphabetized threats turn nasty, Stevenson smoothly engineers the action into a smartly entertaining investigation that also makes a serious point about the uneasy lives of gay cops: 'The out cops get beat up on, and the non-out cops beat up on themselves.'" - New York Times"Richard Stevenson's mysteries are among the wittiest and most politically pointed around today." - Washington Post
Backtrack
California teenager Alan Tarr, extraordinarily bright, has faced challenges in his short life: his father Eric, to whom he bears a striking resemblance ("small, and fair haired, and on the pretty side of handsome"), chose a career as a movie actor, rarely rising beyond bit parts. He lived a somewhat sordid life which ended suddenly when he fell off a balcony. Though his father was charismatic, he made a lot of enemies. One of his friends states: "Eric was a disease you don't recover from."Alan was raised by his mother, Babe, a scraping-by-at-best piano bar entertainer; Eric had abandoned the family when Alan was just six months old; the boy only knew his father from late movie reruns. Trying to connect, Alan heads to LA for the funeral, hitchhiking his only means, and falls in with a pack of hippie musicians; he's befriended by a young woman and her jealous boyfriend. Late for the funeral, he encounters the first of several in the LA agent/actor circle who knew his father intimately. And so begins a journey to learn about himself, his father, and uncover if the death was accident, suicide ... or murder.Much of the story is told in flashback: Alan begins his narration with two broken legs in heavy casts lying in a bed in a ramshackle beach house. He's a sitting duck if there is a murderer out there waiting to finish him off.Hansen produced nearly 40 books including mainstream novels, including Backtrack, A Smile in His Lifetime, and Job's Year from the early 1980s reissued in 2025 by ReQueered Tales. His best known work, the Dave Brandstetter series of mystery novels, pioneered the genre for the LGBT community."Joseph Hansen has written a brilliant piece. His characters are splendidly fleshed out." - The New York Times Book Review"In the tradition of Chandler and Hammett, Joseph Hansen writes with gritty fluency of the sordid side of West Coast life." - Washington Post Books"Hansen's prose is lean: the dialogue relentlessly moves the story along and the novel teems with colorful characters." - Stephen W. Breedlove"Backtrack is beautifully written with fully-realized (memorable) characters, exquisitely evoked mood, and biting humor." - Drew Brainard
Andalusia Dogs
As Spain's fledgling democracy enters the 80s, young artists have transformed Madrid into a city where anything is possible, where outcasts, freaks and creative weirdos of every type let their imaginations run free amid beautiful, hedonistic chaos.All Alex wants is to create one unforgettable show that earns the respect and admiration of his fellow outcasts. When Jago, a handsome and kind, yet secretive young man pulls him from harm's way during a protest, a night of tenderness opens the door to new and thrilling talents. His new friend is also determined to see him succeed... at any price.Caught between suspicion, enthrallment and desire, Alex and his friends dance to the tune of poets and devils. Will it lead them to an opening night triumph? Or is Alex writing the script for a tragedy in the pursuit of fame and love?
Strachey's Folly
A Donald Strachey Mystery, Book 7 - In Washington, D.C., to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt, gay P.I. Donald Strachey, his lover, Timmy, and Timmy's old friend Maynard from their Peace Corps days, are startled to discover a quilt panel for an ex-lover of Maynard. The trouble is Jim Suter isn't dead and was spotted in Mexico barely two weeks earlier. Suter is a golden-haired, back-room, right-wing operative. He's also a breaker of gay men's hearts ... with an angry, resentful cast of hundreds left in his dust.Later in the evening, when Maynard is gunned down in his driveway in a seemingly random attack, a desperate note from Suter is discovered in Maynard's mailbox urging silence and warning of extreme danger. Police are called in but no one seems quite on the level: is there corruption in the local police? An ex-congresswoman, Betty Krumfutz, and subject of a recent messy public divorce, employed Suter and may have vandalized the Suter quilt panel. As Timmy's paranoia of deep cross-connections ratchets up, Strachey finds himself headed for Mexico in search of possible drug cartel involvement. Written over a period of three decades, the Donald Strachey series authentically chronicles gay life as it unfolded across upstate New York, Washington and elsewhere. An author's note is included."A gripping, fast-paced mystery." - Booklist"Sassy and sexy ... Don Strachey is a private dick who really earns his title." - Armistead Maupin"Strachey departs from the classic noir protagonist in two crucial respects. First, he's an openly gay man firmly embedded in Albany's late 70s gay scene. Second, he's funny and sane, not broody and neurotic - the anti-Philip Marlowe. The first aspect gives [this series] its historical and cultural value and the second is what makes it a pleasure, a joy, to read." - Michael Nava
The Inalienable Right
In the age of AIDS and Section 28: a secret that could change political history It is 1987, and Tommy Wildeblood has put his days as a Piccadilly Circus rent boy long behind him. Slightly to his own surprise, he is now a rookie teacher at a South London comprehensive. But when Margaret Thatcher's government launches a chilling attack on the ' promotion' of homosexuality in a new law known as Section 28, Tommy can't stay silent - especially when he realises he may have information about one of Thatcher's key lieutenants that could change the political situation completely. Forming an uneasy alliance with a sharp-elbowed tabloid journalist, and delving deep into his past on the ' Dilly', he puts everything on the line - both for himself and his old friends - in a desperate bid to expose the truth. With his trademark blend of historical research and ' what if' fiction, Adam Macqueen captures the spirit of a frightening age in another spellbinding case that lifts the lid on the Eighties political establishment's murkiest secrets.
Candid About Space
In an epic road trip to remember, Tera and her girlfriend, while giving their relationship one more try, are toting their moms to the New York Finger Lakes for a pleasant wine and cheese weekend. Just two moms and two daughters bonding as much as they can before Tera, approaching her mid-twenties, drifts apart into independence. Only, Tera doesn't know the half of it. Her mom, Pauline, a well-off divorcee, has some plans of her own after the weekend ends. Those plans are realized sooner than expected when Tera bears her angst full force and creates family discord in front of their gracious traveling partners. Pauline will regret her decisions as a parent to the very end, but it won't stop the tumultuous unravelling on the trip.Mother and daughter trips, each one of many, is about getting along and working things out for a day or two, a week, and in life. It's the beginning of a new start for Tera and Pauline both. Keeping the memories happy and harmonious isn't an ultimatum, but Pauline and Terra, both, will always want to look back. When words are all too candid, it takes some space to regroup and formulate the things you always meant to say.
Twilight Manors in Palm Springs
From Hairdos to Hairdon'ts: Brian and St矇phane's Most Chaotic Case YetBrian and St矇phane are back-and spreading chaos as only they can. When this retired gay duo stumbles onto a lunatic planting TOP SECRET deadly devices in women's curlers, things spiral out of control faster than a bad perm gone rogue.Their "investigation" (and we use that term loosely) tangles them in a deliriously twisted web of intrigue involving mobsters, poodles, and even a brief, eye-rolling cameo by the insufferable Chihuahua, Mitzi.On the trail of the elusive Hairdo Killer, Brian and St矇phane encounter a grieving cat named Fish Paste, an old friend showing up with his new "wife," a woman with an interchangeable head, trigger-happy lesbian gardeners filming Godzilla vs. Frida Kahlo, the Jilted Wives Club, a sausage-wielding Viking, giant giraffes, covert ops, an Andy Warhol superstar, a wardrobe-malfunctioning waitress, an English tearoom serving questionable cakes-and a production of Hedda Gabler so bad it should be illegal.And seriously-why is everyone licking the Forever Marilyn statue in Palm Springs? Don't ask. Just buckle up.Campy, chaotic, and completely bonkers-this is one wild ride on a rollercoaster of absurdity and satire you won't want to miss.
The Otto Digmore Decision
Book 2 in The Otto Digmore Series"If we get caught, they'll throw us in jail. On the other hand, we'll have been involved in one of the craziest Hollywood stories I've ever heard, and maybe someone will want to turn that into a movie!"Otto Digmore is back, still trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood - despite his facial scars - but frustrated by all the schemers who'll stab you in the back to get ahead. But then Otto's good friend Russel Middlebrook sells a screenplay, a heist movie set in the Middle Ages - and Otto has been cast in an important supporting role! For twelve weeks, Otto and Russel will be on location together in England and Malta.Problem is, once production is underway, it quickly becomes clear that the director is ruining Russel's script. If the movie ends up being the bomb that both Otto and Russel expect it to be, it could destroy both their Hollywood careers forever.But Otto and Russel aren't willing to take that chance. Together, they hatch a crazy plan to make a good movie behind the director's back. But how far are they willing to go to save their careers? Are they willing to become exactly the kind of scheming backstabbers they always said they hated?The Otto Digmore Decision is partly a caper story, partly a humorous Hollywood satire. It's also an inside look at the struggles of anyone "different," and it's even something of a love story, except it's one between two friends.More than anything, The Otto Digmore Decision proves the old adage about creative pursuits: the most interesting drama always happens behind the scenes!REVIEWS"An adventure, a caper-within-a-caper, [and] a Hollywood story about a movie being made... Wonderfully, and horribly, all of my angst is reflected in the bright, beautiful hearts of Otto and Russel. They make me sad, and they give me hope at the same time."- This Gay Book I Loved"I enjoyed every second...I can't imagine that people won't fall in love with Otto!"- Bite Into Books"It was great to see Otto and Russell back together again, continuing their adventures. Their friendship is inspiring; it is clear that it reaches a new, clearer level in this story. I'm looking forward to reading more about this awesome pair."- Rainbow Book Reviews PRAISE FOR BRENT HARTINGER"Hits the narrative sweet spot."- NPR's All Things Considered"Downright refreshing."- USA Today"I really think this guy could be the next Judy Blume." - Pop Candy
The Disappearance Boy
1953. The backstreets of Brighton are buzzing with preparations for the celebrations of the Coronation of Elizabeth II and, at the Grand Theatre, illusionist Teddy Brookes is plotting something crowd-pleasing to crown the occasion-with some assistance from glamorous Soho showgirl Pamela Rose. What the audience can never see is that, hidden behind the smoke and mirrors of his act, there is a whole world of secrets and lies... And a disappearance boy. In his acclaimed fourth novel, Neil Bartlett once again performs his trademark trick of slipping into the hidden spaces of queer history and bringing them vividly to life.'Seductive, dark, theatrical and fascinating, Bartlett's writing is spellbinding'RUSSELL TOVEY'Bartlett is a seductive narrator. The Disappearance Boy is written in an intimate, conspiratorial tone familiar to readers of his Costa-nominated novel, Skin Lane ... Bartlett is particularly good at evoking the faded glamour of the theatre and the brittle egos that compete offstage... An entertaining routine and Bartlett pulls it off with aplomb.' THE INDEPENDENT
Simpleman
No man is that simple.Ronald Simpleman is not about to take the fall for the faults of the fathers. He may be a pansy, but he's no patsy. While his conscience has been in full-blown crisis mode for three quarters of a century, this self-exiled hermit feels like it might be finally safe to ease out of hiding. Misguided in childhood through the faults of his father, just as his grandfather had misled his dad, Simpleman has been burdened by secrets he's lugged around since he was a kid. Lying low as a recluse on family acreage clinging to the sloped outskirts of Crested Butte, he has managed to outlive ten presidents and-at least so far-outsmart those who might be after him.Now, with what might be his final winter upon him and too little time left to expunge his guilt-ridden soul, Simpleman believes he just might get away scot-free as he begins to round up his closeted skeletons for the short trip to his final resting place in the Simpleman Family plot.
Simpleman
No man is that simple.Ronald Simpleman is not about to take the fall for the faults of the fathers. He may be a pansy, but he's no patsy. While his conscience has been in full-blown crisis mode for three quarters of a century, this self-exiled hermit feels like it might be finally safe to ease out of hiding.Misguided in childhood through the faults of his father, just as his grandfather had misled his dad, Simpleman has been burdened by secrets he's lugged around since he was a kid. Lying low as a recluse on family acreage clinging to the sloped outskirts of Crested Butte, he has managed to outlive ten presidents and-at least so far-outsmart those who might be after him.Now, with what might be his final winter upon him and too little time left to expunge his guilt-ridden soul, Simpleman believes he just might get away scot-free as he begins to round up his closeted skeletons for the short trip to his final resting place in the Simpleman Family plot.
The War Between Cedar and Oak Collection
Monsoon QueenTwenty-year-old Noor has been hiding her magic and biding her time in the spice markets of 1812 Tajoura as she and her neighbours wait for the ravenous British Empire to sail into their homeport, cannons blazing. But when the HMS Victory arrives, so does the chance of a lifetime to join a found family in the Yemeni resistance. Noor finds herself caught up in the fight against the Empire's battle mages and Rami, the dark prince who leads them.In a case of mistaken identity, Noor heals Rami before a decisive battle. She sees the good in him, and her heart is torn.Noor's new friend Razan-a brilliant and beautiful inventor for the resistance-has no such qualms. She hates Rami for his role in the raid that killed her parents. Razan has found a way to harness Noor's power to defeat the British, and the two women grow ever closer. On a perilous camel ride to the coffee roasting city of Mocha, Rami strikes, kidnapping Noor and taking her back to his cruel master on the HMS Victory.In order to survive, Noor will need to call on everything she learned in the spice markets and the Yemeni resistance.Rebels, mages, lovers. With the final battle looming and the resistance struggling without her, Noor must keep her eye on the prize: saving Yemen from the British Empire. If she can keep Razan in her bed and save Rami from the Empire, she will have the future she's always dreamed of. But first, Noor has to survive the storms to come.Dream SwimmersEvery night, Noor saves a drowning prince.In her dreams, she finds him drifting deeper, ever farther from the midnight stars of a half-remembered Gaza. She hauls him to the surface, forces him to breathe, to talk, to tell her where he is.He doesn't know.Noor awakens on the Cormorant, a once-and-future pirate ship searching for Rami, the former prince of Yemen whom she aims to rescue from his British captors before it's too late. While Rami fights to survive the secret British prison, Noor will have to use her magic, cunning, and skill to find him. But she won't be alone. Her found family is with her. Lovers, inventors, pirates, rebels, and deserters, they all must come together as they hunt the Arabian Sea for the lost prince.Dream magic connects Noor and Rami, but in the end, what saves him won't be magic or science or even love, but the stars themselves.
Once Upon Elora's Eve
An emergency landing leaves Vee stranded on a tiny planet that is barely a blip on the radar. The sooner their ship is repaired, the sooner they can put this disaster behind them, but then they meet Emery, the beautiful Terran working at the local tavern.Emery loves the quiet life that comes with living on the small planet of Iyiabos, including helping her brother-in-law out with the tavern and learning new dishes. Finding a partner for Elora's Eve isn't even on her mind, since the holiday focuses on mated couples, new life and new beginnings. That changes when a Sorellian bounty hunter walks through the door.Elora's Eve is about new beginnings. Could this be the start of something more?A cozy sci-fi romance in the spirit of Legends and Lattes, Once Upon Elora's Eve is a queer novelette featuring a non-binary alien love interest.
Above the Ash, I Rise
Nalin Taylor has always felt like more of a caretaker towards his twin brother than an actual sibling. He knows that Lindy is running from something that happened in the past, he's just not sure exactly what. Diagnosed with dissociative amnesia, Nalin must deal with resurfacing flashbacks of his childhood while balancing college, soccer, an unstable home life, figuring out his sexuality, and taking care of his twin brother when he returns home from a rehab program.Lindy Taylor remembers everything. Plagued with the haunting memories of what happened to him and his brother as children, he dives into a dangerous drug addiction in a desperate attempt to forget. He knows that Nalin doesn't remember anything about what happened, and struggles between wanting him to know the truth or letting him remain in the dark for his own well-being. When Lindy gets home form a 90-day-rehab program, he tries his best to deal with the past and keep himself on the right path towards a better future.When demons from Nalin and Lindy's past suddenly come crashing back onto their lives, they both must team up with an unlikely ally in order to try to break free from the abuse.
Cut to the Feeling
For Bryce Derrickson, rejection is nothing new. He's used to Broadway casting directors seeing his size and assuming he can't be a graceful dancer. But getting dumped with no notice is a special kind of burn. At least his sweet dog Bobo still loves him.As if being left without warning isn't bad enough, Bryce's ex sublets their apartment without telling him, leaving him without a place to live. When his new 'roommate' turns out to be a stuffy, elbow-patches-on-blazer, permanent-frown-on-face professor, Bryce is furious. No way will he give up his bohemian pad without a fight.Years ago, Emerson Grant was on the fast track to being a preeminent scholar in his field, but his lack of people skills has kept him stuck at a commuter school in a cornfield. Landing a guest lecturing spot at a prestigious New York institution could be the jet fuel his career needs to finally take off. That is, if the man and dog blatantly squatting in his sublet don't drive him bananas first.Sharing a one-bedroom apartment with a stranger is a New York rite of passage. Sharing it with a stranger you might be falling for is something else entirely.
