Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.” – Voltaire Brooklyn, New York, 1878—it was an exceedingly dangerous time to be a gay man. In fact, for Theodore Cummings Brill and George Washington Cutler it was downright deadly. A crime that held all the earmarks of a double homicide was dismissed... Continue Reading →
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.” – Voltaire Brooklyn, New York, 1878—it was an exceedingly dangerous time to be a gay man. In fact, for Theodore Cummings Brill and George Washington Cutler it was downright deadly. A crime that held all the earmarks of a double homicide was dismissed... Continue Reading →
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare Nearly a century ago, humans and vampires lived together peacefully, even amidst the religious prophesying that their integration would most certainly bring about Armageddon one day. When a great plague swept across the globe and decimated nearly all the world’s population, it appeared... Continue Reading →
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare Nearly a century ago, humans and vampires lived together peacefully, even amidst the religious prophesying that their integration would most certainly bring about Armageddon one day. When a great plague swept across the globe and decimated nearly all the world’s population, it appeared... Continue Reading →
Okay, maybe it's not such a big secret that Rhys's second book in the "Cole McGinnis Mysteries" series is out today. It's also not that big of a secret that Rhys is giving one lucky reader the chance to win both books in the series HERE. It's also not a secret that I have an... Continue Reading →
Okay, maybe it's not such a big secret that Rhys's second book in the "Cole McGinnis Mysteries" series is out today. It's also not that big of a secret that Rhys is giving one lucky reader the chance to win both books in the series HERE. It's also not a secret that I have an... Continue Reading →
Cole McGinnis is an ex-cop turned PI. Kim Jae-Min is a man with a dirty little secret, one shared by his cousin - past tense - because now Jae's cousin is dead, and it's beginning to look a little less like suicide and a lot more like murder. Enter the down and dirty world of... Continue Reading →
Cole McGinnis is an ex-cop turned PI. Kim Jae-Min is a man with a dirty little secret, one shared by his cousin - past tense - because now Jae's cousin is dead, and it's beginning to look a little less like suicide and a lot more like murder. Enter the down and dirty world of... Continue Reading →
The excitement continues, as give-away after give-away leads up to October 18th's "Desire in the Desert". Here's a rundown of what you can expect to see in the coming weeks. Eden Winters' Diversion contest ends tonight at 11:59pm Pacific time (2:59am Eastern), so if you haven't entered to win, hurry and do it before it's... Continue Reading →
The excitement continues, as give-away after give-away leads up to October 18th's "Desire in the Desert". Here's a rundown of what you can expect to see in the coming weeks. Eden Winters' Diversion contest ends tonight at 11:59pm Pacific time (2:59am Eastern), so if you haven't entered to win, hurry and do it before it's... Continue Reading →
“Suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.” – Cyril Connolly Getting a glimpse at the residents of Jasper Lane was a bit like peeking into the windows of a museum for the artfully deranged, and the scrim of Eric Arvin’s screwball suburbia is in the curb appeal that has nothing to do with manicured lawns... Continue Reading →
“Suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.” – Cyril Connolly Getting a glimpse at the residents of Jasper Lane was a bit like peeking into the windows of a museum for the artfully deranged, and the scrim of Eric Arvin’s screwball suburbia is in the curb appeal that has nothing to do with manicured lawns... Continue Reading →
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis Drew MacAuliffe knows there’s a fine line between courage and cowardice: the courage in giving rise to a strength you didn’t know you possessed, in spite of your fears; the cowardice in the submission to those... Continue Reading →
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis Drew MacAuliffe knows there’s a fine line between courage and cowardice: the courage in giving rise to a strength you didn’t know you possessed, in spite of your fears; the cowardice in the submission to those... Continue Reading →
It's FREE FICTION FRIDAY, which means that one lucky person is going to be eligible to win Diversion, the story of an ex-con who chooses the right side of the law over eight more years in prison. Check out the blurb: Drug dealers aren't always on the streets; sometimes they sit in offices and board... Continue Reading →
It's FREE FICTION FRIDAY, which means that one lucky person is going to be eligible to win Diversion, the story of an ex-con who chooses the right side of the law over eight more years in prison. Check out the blurb: Drug dealers aren't always on the streets; sometimes they sit in offices and board... Continue Reading →
“'Tis very true, my grief lies all within; And these external manners of laments Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul.” – William Shakespeare The casualties of war are not only the poor and unfortunate souls whose lives bleed out on the battlefield. There are times that... Continue Reading →
“'Tis very true, my grief lies all within; And these external manners of laments Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul.” – William Shakespeare The casualties of war are not only the poor and unfortunate souls whose lives bleed out on the battlefield. There are times that... Continue Reading →
“You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. You cannot fight without something to fight for.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton Five years ago, Eli Mayhew’s heart was broken by Jessie “The Demon” Dalton, former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, and the older man Eli loved…still loves, if the truth be told. But things were... Continue Reading →
“You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. You cannot fight without something to fight for.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton Five years ago, Eli Mayhew’s heart was broken by Jessie “The Demon” Dalton, former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, and the older man Eli loved…still loves, if the truth be told. But things were... Continue Reading →
In exactly one month from today, I’ll be heading to the Indianapolis airport at the bootie-crack of dawn to catch a flight to Albuquerque for the second annual GayRomLit convention, Desire in the Desert. I’ll be showing up at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with my roomie, Rhys Ford, and a heaping helping of... Continue Reading →
“Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice.” – David Kenyon Webster Daniel Livingston has become comfortably numb. The remnants of childhood abuse, a lifetime of denial, a marriage that was more contract than communion, an accident that left his right arm mangled beyond use, and ultimately, a divorce that didn’t set him... Continue Reading →
“Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice.” – David Kenyon Webster Daniel Livingston has become comfortably numb. The remnants of childhood abuse, a lifetime of denial, a marriage that was more contract than communion, an accident that left his right arm mangled beyond use, and ultimately, a divorce that didn’t set him... Continue Reading →
“Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth, but it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.” – Jim Morrison Sometimes the most destructive lies are the lies we try to convince ourselves are true. It’s... Continue Reading →
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