by Todd Gregory
Steve Berman’s combination of gay sensibility and the fantastical has earned him finalist nods for the Andre Norton Award, the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, and the Lambda Literary Awards. His boy-meets-ghost novel, Vintage, made the Rainbow List of recommended queer-themed titles by the American Library Association. Recent sales include a lesbian retelling of Swan Lake for The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People (Viking) and another gay vampire story for the forthcoming young adult anthology Teeth (HarperCollins).
’Nathan Burgoine lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his husband Daniel. His work appears in Fool For Love, I Like It Like That , I Do 2 , and Tented. You can find him online at n8an.livejournal.com. He promises not to bite.
S.A. Garcia can never decide between red or white. Nor can the always pondering life’s mysteries S.A. decide between creating visual art or word art. Back in the misty past S.A.’s teachers waged war over those diverse skills until it felt easier to succumb and create both. S.A. spins the talents in between cooking, drinking, sitting before the computer far more than healthy, and growing legal herbs and oddly named flowers. Good thing S.A.’s eternal partner is a successful visual arts/photography professor. Their hungry house bunnies appreciate one steady artistic income paying for the baby carrots, parsley, and kale.
Todd Gregory is the author of the novels Every Frat Boy Wants It and What Every Frat Boy Wants . His anthology Rough Trade was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Erotica of 2009. His novella “Blood on the Moon” was published in the anthology Midnight Hungers, and he is currently working on a novel, A Vampire’s Heart, which continues the story. “Bloodletting” is the first chapter of that novel.
Winner of the 2008 Seattle Erotic Arts Festival’s short story competition, Jay Lygon has published over fifty short stories in anthologies such as Inside Him , Gods and Myths , Bonded, Toy Box: Floggers, Toy Box: Quiches, and Torqued Tales . His novels Chaos Magic , Love Runes , and Personal Demons (Torquere Press) have been praised as “Magical realism, unlike any other BDSM novel ever written.” Jay lives in Los Angeles, on the 405 freeway. Visit Jay at www.JayLygonWrites.com.
Jeff Mann’s books include two collections of poetry, Bones Washed with Wine and On the Tongue ; a book of personal essays, Edge: Travels of an Appalachian Leather Bear ; a novella, “Devoured,” included in Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire ; a collection of poetry and memoir, Loving Mountains, Loving Men ; and a volume of short fiction, A History of Barbed Wire, winner of a Lambda Literary Award. He teaches creative writing at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Wayne Mansfield was born and raised in rural Western Australia. He left home at seventeen to attend university in the state capital, Perth. Since graduating he has been published many times, both in print and online, in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia. Most notably, his story “Highway Patrol” (Eternal Press) has been a best seller. He also has many stories published with Torquere Press, Damnation Books and StarBooks Press. Find out more and check out his blog containing a full history of publishing credits at waynemansfieldwrites.weebly.com.
F. A. Pollard ([email protected]) has had stories published in over a dozen magazines and anthologies, including The Ultimate Zombie , Chilled To The Bone , and The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XXII. Most recently, “Game Boyz” appeared in the anthology Boy Crazy: Coming Out Erotica , edited by Richard Labonté. Current projects include a speculative-fiction novel entitled Shattered Mirrors.
Max Reynolds is the pseudonym of a well-known East Coast writer and journalist. Reynolds writes extensively in both the mainstream and queer press, with a focus on national politics and sexual politics. Reynolds’s gay erotica has appeared in His Underwear: An Erotic Anthology, Frat Boys, Blood Lust: Erotic Vampire Tales , Rough Trade , A View to a Thrill , and Men of Mystery , among others. “Possession: A Priest’s Tale” is one in a series of stories featuring Reynolds’s vampire protagonist Raul Garcia. Reynolds’s forthcoming novel, At the Blue House , also stars Raul Garcia.
Jeffrey A. Ricker lives in St. Louis with his partner and two dogs. His writing has appeared in the anthologies Paws and Reflect and Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction . He is working on a novel and dislikes referring to himself in the third person. Follow his blog at jeffreyricker.wordpress.com.
Rob Rosen, author of the novels Sparkle: The Queerest Book You’ll Ever Love and the Lambda Literary Award–nominated Divas Las Vegas, has had short stories featured in more than 100 anthologies, most notably the erotic collections: Best Gay Romance (2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010), Ride Me Cowboy, Surfer Boys, Truckers, Frat Sex 2, and Ultimate Gay Erotica (2008 & 2009); and the speculative collections: Southern Comfort, Hell’s Hangmen: Horror in the Old West , Our Shadows Speak, Damned in Dixie: Southern Horror, Twisted Fayrie Tales , Don’t Turn the Lights On , Bloody October , and Black Box . Please visit him at www.therobrosen.com.
Lawrence Schimel has published over 100 books as author or anthologist, including The Drag Queen of Elfland (Circlet), The Future is Queer (Arsenal Pulp), Things Invisible to See: Lesbian and Gay Tales of Magic Realism (Circlet), Two Boys in Love (Seventh Window), and Fairy Tales for Writers (A Midsummer Night’s Press). He has twice won the Lambda Literary Award, for First Person Queer (Arsenal Pulp) and PoMoSexuals (Cleis), and has also won the Spectrum, the Independent Publisher Book Award, the Rhysling, and other awards. He lives in Madrid, Spain, where he works as a Spanish->English translator.
Damian Serbu lives in Chicago with his partner of seventeen years, where their two dogs are firmly in control of the household. After earning a Ph.D. in history, he now teaches at the collegiate level. His love for vampires—and all things horrific—fused together with his academic training to inspire his first novel, The Vampire’s Angel, which is set during the French Revolution. A childhood nightmare led to his second novel, Secrets in the Attic . Come visit him at www.DamianSerbu.com!
Nathan Sims’s short fiction has appeared in the anthologies Blood Fruit and Queer Gothic , both from QueeredFiction. It can also be found in the July 2010 issue of Collective Fallout Magazine and online at Velvet Mafia: Dangerous Queer Fiction. He lives with his partner across the street from Washington, DC.
Kyle Stone first appeared as the author of the scorching SM/SF erotic adventure novels The Initiation of PB500 and The Citadel, which have been labeled “cult classics.” Four other novels and several short story collections soon followed. Stone’s short stories have appeared in many gay magazines and anthologies.
Shephard Summers is a writer living in Southern California, sharing his life with his husband, three quirky cats, and a great group of friends—all providing endless inspiration. When not writing, he indulges his other passions, theatre and travel. His favorite quote: “You have to pick up the mantle. Whatever your mantle is in life, whatever you’ve been dealt, you have to pick it up and wear it well. Be your authentic self; that’s the toughest thing to do.”—Jim Carrey.
Born in ’53 in New Haven, Connecticut, Charles Tautvid left in ’73 for the Air Force, spending time in Thailand, England, and Omaha, Nebraska, where in a men’s bar he discovered his true nature. Leaving the USAF, he resided in San Francisco and stood in that candlelight vigil mourning the slain Harvey Milk. In ’89, he moved to Manhattan. Joining the GLBV, he published their monthly newsletter. From New York, he migrated to Ft Lauderdale, Florida, where he works as a programmer and writes in his spare time.
Davem Verne has never spent the night in a Medieval Celtic oratory, but his love of Irishmen and Irish history inspired him to write “The Celtic Confessional.” Since 1995, he has devoted his pen to erotic literature and the revelation of physical desire on paper. His stories have lent themselves to fanciful journeys in time and around the world, secret adventures in the college dorm, and wild obsessions with neighborhood men. Mr. Verne’s stories have been printed in numerous anthologies including Fratsex , Dorm Porn , and Boy Crazy . He is pleased to finally take a bite out of the Vampire genre.
Xan West is the pse
udonym of an NYC BDSM/sex educator and writer. “Willing” was previously published in Leathermen. Xan’s story “First Time Since,” won honorable mention for the 2008 National Leather Association’s John Preston Short Fiction Award. Xan’s erotica can be found in Best SM Erotica Volumes 2 & 3, Hurts So Good, Love at First Sting, Leathermen, Men on the Edge, Backdraft, Frenzy, Best Gay Erotica 2009 , DADDIES, Pleasure Bound, SexTime, Cruising for Bad Boys , and Biker Boys . Xan also wrote the introduction to Wired Hard 4. Xan wants to hear from you, and can be reached at [email protected].
Books Available From Bold Strokes Books
Head Trip by D.L. Line. Shelby Hutchinson, a young computer professional, can’t wait to take a virtual trip. She soon learns that chasing spies through Cold War Europe might be a great adventure, but nothing is ever as easy as it seems—especially love. (978-160282- 187-3)
Desire by Starlight by Radclyffe. The only thing that might possibly save romance author Jenna Hardy from dying of boredom during a summer of forced R&R is a dalliance with Gardiner Davis, the local vet—even if Gard is as unimpressed with Jenna’s charms as she appears to be with Jenna’s fame. (978-160282-188-0)
River Walker by Cate Culpepper. Grady Wrenn, a cultural anthropologist, and Elena Montalvo, a spiritual healer, must find a way to end the River Walker’s murderous vendetta—and overcome a maze of cultural barriers to find each other. (978-160282-189-7)
Blood Sacraments, edited by Todd Gregory. In these tales of the gay vampire, some of today’s top erotic writers explore the duality of blood lust coupled with passion and sensuality. (978-1-60282-190-3)
Mesmerized by David-Matthew Barnes. Through her close friendship with Brodie and Lance, Serena Albright learns about the many forms of love and finds comfort for the grief and guilt she feels over the brutal death of her older brother, the victim of a hate crime. (978-1- 60282-191-0)
Whatever Gods May Be by Sophia Kell Hagin. Army sniper Jamie Gwynmorgan expects to fight hard for her country and her future. What she never expects is to find love. (978-1-60282-183-5)
nevermore by Nell Stark and Trinity Tam. In this sequel to everafter, Vampire Valentine Darrow and Were Alexa Newland confront a mysterious disease that ravages the shifter population of New York City. (978-1-60282-184-2)
Playing the Player by Lea Santos. Grace Obregon is beautiful, vulnerable, and exactly the kind of woman Madeira Pacias usually avoids, but when Madeira rescues Grace from a traffic accident, escape is impossible. (978-1-60282-185-9)
Midnight Whispers: The Blake Danzig Chronicles by Curtis Christopher Comer. Paranormal investigator Blake Danzig, star of the syndicated show Haunted California and owner of Danzig Paranormal Investigations, has been able to see and talk to the dead since he was a small boy, but when he gets too close to a psychotic spirit, all hell breaks loose. (978-1-60282-186-6)
The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler. They say you can’t go home again, but Raine St. James doesn’t know why anyone would want to. When she is forced to accept a job in the town she’s been publicly bashing for the last decade, she has to face down old hurts and the woman she left behind. (978-1-60282-178-1)
Water Mark by J.M. Redmann. PI Micky Knight’s professional and personal lives are torn asunder by Katrina and its aftermath. She needs to solve a murder and recapture the woman she lost—while struggling to simply survive in a world gone mad. (978-1-60282-179-8)
Picture Imperfect by Lea Santos. Young love doesn’t always stand the test of time, but Deanne is determined to get her marriage to childhood sweetheart Paloma back on the road to happily ever after, by way of Memory Lane—and Lover’s Lane. (978-1-60282-180-4)
The Perfect Family by Kathryn Shay. A mother and her gay son stand hand in hand as the storms of change engulf their perfect family and the life they knew. (978-1-60282-181-1)
Raven Mask by Winter Pennington. Preternatural Private Investigator (and closeted werewolf) Kassandra Lyall needs to solve a murder and protect her Vampire lover Lenorre, Countess Vampire of Oklahoma— all while fending off the advances of the local werewolf alpha female. (978-1-60282-182-8)
The Devil be Damned by Ali Vali. The fourth book in the best-selling Cain Casey Devil series. (978-1-60282-159-0)
