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…
Month: September 2012
The Book of Daniel (St. Nacho's #4) by Z.A. Maxfield
“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…
The Book of Daniel (St. Nacho’s #4) by Z.A. Maxfield
“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…
Jacob's Ladder (St. Nacho's #3) by Z.A. Maxfield
“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…
Jacob’s Ladder (St. Nacho’s #3) by Z.A. Maxfield
“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…
Physical Therapy (St. Nacho's #2) by Z.A. Maxfield
“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.” – Rabindranath Tagore Jordan Jensen is responsible for the death of a three-year-old child. It took some time to reconcile himself to the role he played in that tragic and…
Physical Therapy (St. Nacho’s #2) by Z.A. Maxfield
“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.” – Rabindranath Tagore Jordan Jensen is responsible for the death of a three-year-old child. It took some time to reconcile himself to the role he played in that tragic and…
St. Nacho's (St. Nacho's #1) by Z.A. Maxfield
“Guilt is the source of sorrow; ’tis the fiend, the avenging fiend, that follows us behind with whips and stings.” – Nicholas Rowe A guilty conscience provides the currency for emotional blackmail, a fair price to pay according to Cooper Wyatt, who, if guilt were gold, would be the wealthiest man on the planet. Cooper…
St. Nacho’s (St. Nacho’s #1) by Z.A. Maxfield
“Guilt is the source of sorrow; ’tis the fiend, the avenging fiend, that follows us behind with whips and stings.” – Nicholas Rowe A guilty conscience provides the currency for emotional blackmail, a fair price to pay according to Cooper Wyatt, who, if guilt were gold, would be the wealthiest man on the planet. Cooper…
Mourning Heaven by Amy Lane
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu Mourning Heaven is a story of bigotry in a small California town, where three boys will come of age but only two will survive the burning animosity aimed at them for their sins. It is a story…
Mourning Heaven by Amy Lane
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu Mourning Heaven is a story of bigotry in a small California town, where three boys will come of age but only two will survive the burning animosity aimed at them for their sins. It is a story…
Love in La Terraza by Ethan Day
“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” – Stendhal Cain Elliott has exhausted his hope to its very dregs, scraping through his reserves to come out at rock bottom with the certainty that he’s going to lose not only his home but the homes of his colorful and…
Love in La Terraza by Ethan Day
“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” – Stendhal Cain Elliott has exhausted his hope to its very dregs, scraping through his reserves to come out at rock bottom with the certainty that he’s going to lose not only his home but the homes of his colorful and…
Mistletoe at Midnight by L.B. Gregg
“‘Maybe Christmas,’ he thought, ‘doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!’” – Dr. Seuss I know it’s a little early to be pushing holiday books. Or maybe, in this case, I’m a little late, seeing as how this book came out in December of 2010. Well, better late than…
Mistletoe at Midnight by L.B. Gregg
“‘Maybe Christmas,’ he thought, ‘doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!’” – Dr. Seuss I know it’s a little early to be pushing holiday books. Or maybe, in this case, I’m a little late, seeing as how this book came out in December of 2010. Well, better late than…
Small Gems – When the Right One Comes Along by Paul Alan Fahey
“It’s so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.” – Unknown When the Right One Comes Along is a short story that begins in the mid-80s, when AIDS was just starting to make the transition from obscure illness to public health crisis, when a young boy named Ryan…
Small Gems – When the Right One Comes Along by Paul Alan Fahey
“It’s so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.” – Unknown When the Right One Comes Along is a short story that begins in the mid-80s, when AIDS was just starting to make the transition from obscure illness to public health crisis, when a young boy named Ryan…
Steamroller by Mary Calmes
“Love is not finding someone you can live with; it’s finding someone you can’t live without.” – Unknown Carson Cress is the most invisible man on the Everson University campus. That’s not to say everyone doesn’t see the gorgeous star quarterback destined for the NFL, though. It’s to say that no one sees Carson as…
Steamroller by Mary Calmes
“Love is not finding someone you can live with; it’s finding someone you can’t live without.” – Unknown Carson Cress is the most invisible man on the Everson University campus. That’s not to say everyone doesn’t see the gorgeous star quarterback destined for the NFL, though. It’s to say that no one sees Carson as…
Men of Smithfield: Max and Finn by L.B. Gregg
“At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way.” – Hermann Hesse Michael Finnegan has been called a lot of things in his life: unorthodox, lax, a slutty nonconformist, which, when you’re standing in a man’s office with your fly unzipped and your naughty bits exposed after you’ve…