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Matthew Bright is a writer, editor, and designer who often has to debate about what order those words come in. His short fiction has appeared in Queers Destroy Horror (Nightmare Magazine), Queen Mob’s Teahouse, The Biggest Lover, and Manchester: Revolutions. He is also the editor of the anthologies The Myriad Carnival and Threesome (Lethe Press). By day, he pays the bills as a book cover designer. He lives in Manchester, England, with his partner John and a dog with a taste for eating valuable hardback books. Find him on Twitter at @mbrightwriter or online at matthew-bright.com.
Megan McFerren revels in exploring queer history through erotic romance. She lives in NYC, and when not writing, can be found photographing pigeons, sampling good whiskey, and reading Evelyn Waugh. She can be followed on Twitter @inarcadiamegan and has shared stories in anthologies from Cleis, Torquere Press, Insatiable, and more.
Kevin Klehr lives with his long-term partner in their humble apartment (affectionately named Sabrina) in Australia’s own “Emerald City,” Sydney. He has written two novels, Drama Queens with Love Scenes and Drama Queens and Adult Themes, and one ebook, Nate and the New Yorker, which are published through Wilde City.
Born to a military family just outside the nation’s capital, Kassandra Lea has been reading since she could hold a book. Growing up, she wanted to be a horse or Batman, then she discovered writing and realized she could be whatever she wanted if she lived vicariously through her characters. Her short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies. When not writing, she can be found hanging out with her dog, driving flashy cars, pursuing her love of horses, and cheering on the Packers. She lives in southern Wisconsin in an old house with her mother, a gang of furry monsters, and a ghost lovingly dubbed Bob.
R. W. Clinger writes gay romantic tales and thrillers for JMS Books. He is the author of five Stockton County Cowboy novels: Chasing Cowboys, Riding Cowboys, Roping Cowboys, Branding Cowboys, and Saddling Cowboys. His novel Cutie Pie Must Die, a gay mystery, is published with Bold Strokes Books. When R. W. isn’t writing, he enjoys football, the cowboy life, and the nature of domestic cats. When he is writing, he creates tales about manly bears and beachside tales set in Florida (Barefoot Beach, Barefoot Kill, and Barefoot Storm). R. W. Clinger also has a love for football and its hardcore sexy players on and off the field: Torso Tackle, Off Season, and Back in the Game. Currently R. W. is writing a new gay novel called Sugaring Ben. He resides in Pittsburgh with his husband of twenty-one years and can be reached on Facebook and www.rwclinger.com.
Vinton Rafe McCabe is the author of ten books of nonfiction and one novel, Death in Venice, California, which was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction in 2015. An award-winning poet and playwright, and lifelong journalist, McCabe also works as a literary critic and reviews for The New York Journal of Books.
Richard Natale is a Los Angeles-based writer whose short stories have appeared in such publications as Gertrude, Wilde Oats, Chelsea Station Magazine, and the anthology Off the Rocks. His most recent novel, Love on the Jersey Shore, was published in early 2016 and his previous novel, Café Eisenhower, received an honorable mention from the 2015 Rainbow Awards. He also penned the novella Junior Willis and the YA adventure The Golden City of Doubloon.
Maryn Blackburn has written short erotica for the anthologies Power Play: Sex and Politics, Love Me Tender, Ageless Erotica, and Underground Erotica. Her novels include Taming the Wilde and Brick by Brick. Maryn lives near the Great Lakes, drives a minivan, yet refuses to buy a golden retriever.
Entertainment journalist Gregg Shapiro is the author of Lincoln Avenue (Squares and Rebels Press, 2014), GREGG SHAPIRO: 77 (Souvenir Spoon Press, 2012), Protection (Gival Press, 2008), and the forthcoming How To Whistle (Lethe Press, 2016). His interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBT and mainstream publications and websites. He is the co-winner of Seven Kitchens Press’s Robin Becker Chapbook Prize, and his chapbook, Fifty Degrees, will appear May 2016. Shapiro lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his husband Rick Karlin and their dog k.d.
Colton Aalto lives in a century-old brick warehouse in Denver with his husband and two spoiled cats. After collecting college degrees for a decade and a brief criminal justice career, Colton left the East Coast for the sun and ski slopes of Colorado. He practices law, except on powder days.
Evey Brett lives in southern Arizona with two cats and a Lipizzan mare. She’s written queer romance and erotica for Lethe Press, Cleis Press, Loose Id, Pathfinder Web Fiction, and elsewhere. Visit her online at www.eveybrett.wordpress.com.
George Seaton lives and writes in Pine, Colorado. He shares his life with his partner, David, of thirty-three years (husband of two years), and Kuma, their Alaskan Malamute rescue. “Continuum” originally appeared in his collection American Stories (Wilde City Press, 2014).
About the Editor
Jerry L. Wheeler has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award three times for his editing work (Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top and The Bears of Winter) as well as his writing (Strawberries and Other Erotic Fruits). He has three other volumes of erotica available from Bold Strokes Books (Riding the Rails, The Dirty Diner, and Tricks of the Trade) and a four-novella anthology from Wilde City Press, On the Run. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, both print and online, and he is currently working on his first novel, The Dead Book, due from Lethe Press in 2016. He lives and writes in Denver, where he makes his living doing freelance editing.
Books Available From Bold Strokes Books
Death Comes Darkly by David S. Pederson. Can dashing detective Heath Barrington solve the murder of an eccentric millionaire and find love with policeman Alan Keyes, who, despite his lust, harbors feelings of guilt and shame? (978-1-62639-625-8)
Men in Love: M / M Romance, edited by Jerry L. Wheeler. Love stories between men, from first blush to wedding bells and beyond. (978-1-62639-7361)
Slaves of Greenworld by David Holly. On the planet Greenworld, the amnesiac Dove must cope with intrigues, alien monsters, and a growing slave revolt, while reveling in homoerotic sexual intimacy with his own slave Raret. (978-1-62639-623-4)
Final Departure by Steve Pickens. What do you do when an unexpected body interrupts the worst day of your life? (978-1-62639-536-7)
Love on the Jersey Shore by Richard Natale. Two working-class cousins help one another navigate the choppy waters of sexual chemistry and true love. (978-1-62639-550-3)
Night Sweats by Tom Cardamone. These stories are as gripping as the hand on your throat. (978-1-62639-572-5)
Soul’s Blood by Stephen Graham King. After receiving a summons from a love long past, Keene and his associates, Lexa-Blue and the sentient ship Maverick Heart, are plunged into turmoil on a planet poised for war. (978-1-62639-508-4)
Corpus Calvin by David Swatling. Cloverkist Inn may be haunted, but a ghost materializes from Jason Dekker’s past and Calvin’s canine instinct kicks in to protect a young boy from mortal danger. (978-1-62639-428-5)
Brothers by Ralph Josiah Bardsley. Blood is thicker than water, but you can drown in either. Jamus Cork and Sean Malloy struggle against tradition to find love in the Irish enclave of South Boston. (978-1-62639-538-1)
Every Unworthy Thing by Jon Wilson. Gang wars, racial tensions, a kidnapped girl, and a lone PI! What could go wrong? (978-1-62639-514-5)
Puppet Boy by Christian Baines. Budding filmmaker Eric can’t stop thinking about the handsome young actor that’s transferred to his class. Could Julien be his muse? Even his first boyfriend? Or something far more sinister? (978-1-62639-510-7)
The Prophecy by Jerry Rabushka. Religion and revolution threaten to bring an ancient civilization to its knees…unless love does it first. (978-1-62639-440-7)
Heart of the Liliko’i by Dena Hankins. Secrets, sabotage, and grisly human remains stall construction on an ancient Hawaiian burial ground, but the sexual connection between Kerala and Ravi keeps building toward a volcanic explosion. (978-1-62639-556-5)
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bsp; Lethal Elements by Joel Gomez-Dossi. When geologist Tom Burrell is hired to perform mineral studies in the Adirondack Mountains, he finds himself lost in the wilderness and being chased by a hired gun. (978-1-62639-368-4)
The Heart’s Eternal Desire by David Holly. Sinister conspiracies threaten Seaton French and his lover, Dusty Marley, and only by tracking the source of the conspiracy can Seaton and Dusty hold true to the heart’s eternal desire. (978-1-62639-412-4)
The Orion Mask by Greg Herren. After his father’s death, Heath comes to Louisiana to meet his mother’s family and learn the truth about her death—but some secrets can prove deadly. (978-1-62639-355-4)
The Strange Case of the Big Sur Benefactor by Jess Faraday. Billiwack, CA, 1884. All Rosetta Stein wanted to do was test her new invention. Now she has a mystery, a stalker, and worst of all, a partner. (978-1-62639-516-9)