"This anthology, is an exciting mix of the best established names plus an adventurous new wave of gay and bisexual voices from England, Ireland. Scotland and Wales", says Hartnett. "This collection is a far cry from crap melodrama, the usual sentimental nonsense and all that paint by numbers porn that is as wincingly predictable as it is unlikely, and anything but erotic. It's important for writers to embrace their sexuality and lifestyle as completely and honestly as possible and at the same time to forget about it entirely".
The internationally acclaimed author of the Stella and Sam series has created a collection of short, funny illustrated stories. This hilarious collection of illustrated stories gives us a glimpse into the things children wonder about every day. What do cats really see? What do trees talk about? Should you make funny faces on a windy day? Do worms rule the world? Do mothers always tell the truth? Do snails have nightmares? These short stories are illustrated in vibrant watercolor and collage in cartoon style. They are rich in detail and tiny humorous subplots that will delight all little sharp-eyed monsters. Key Text Features humour speech bubbles panels Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
What the stories do share is a refusal to ghettoize gay men as denizens of the gay nocturnal subculture. The men in these stories live very much in the world; their sexuality, though an important aspect of their lives, doesn't singularly define them
The New York Times–bestselling author of Bad Feminist shares a collection of stories about hardscrabble lives, passionate loves and vexed human connection. The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and must negotiate the elder sister’s marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. From a girls’ fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, and spy on each other, Roxanne Gay delivers a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America with her “signature wry wit and piercing psychological depth” (Harper’s Bazaar).
"Passionate Hearts" is a collection of steamy short stories from best-selling gay romance author Jerry Cole.Titles Include: - Right in Front of Him- Love Away from Home- The Heat of Summers Past- Blind Hope- Then There Was You- What He Did for Love- An Unexpected Gift- His Love's Labor- His Muse- Having It AllPlease Note: This book contains adult language and steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approximately 100,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Stories do not end with a "cliffhanger."
The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the twentieth century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes twenty-one stories from the original collection, published in 1994, together with fifteen new stories. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's A Poem of Friendship to the explicit sexual. Writers include both men and women, gay and straight, amongst them: John Updike, Edna O'Brien, E.M. Forster, Annie Proulx, William Trevor and Edmund White.
From the eerie mystery of You've Got Male and the homicides of Happy Hour, to the insistent rhythms of El Baile and the glitter of Heights of Passion, these tales bristle with excitement. A man plans to leave his wife for a lover. Two queens get their dead batteries jumped by a foreign student. An older man attempts to train a young stud as his pet. Murder/suicide in Ft. Lauderdale. One man's life is influenced by a closeted mentor. Another's is altered by his knife-wielding mother. Bisexuals profit from a torrid novel. A Hollywood director finds excitement in domination. A spinner of tales seduces a straight man. Conquest in a Spanish dance bar. A retired doctor finds a wet dream in a chat room. An older man is stalked on the internet. A traveler breaks new ground with a Korean novice. An artist uses food as a metaphor for sex. An observer is asked to referee a squabbling couple in bed. Each story is designed to intrigue.
Gay Encounters is a collection of five short stories of gay men who find themselves in unexpected situations, and decide to take advantage of some very exciting and erotic sexual encounters.
"Heat" is a collection of steamy short stories from best-selling gay romance author Jerry Cole. Titles included: -Finally Complete -Color Me In -Quiet Souls -Covert Attraction -Learning to Swim -A New Way to Train -Escape from Watson's Island -In the Dog House -In Perfect Rhythm -The Mystery of His Heart Also included, the full length bonus novella "Paint-Filled Heart." Please Note: This book contains adult language & steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. This collection of stories is approx. 136,000 words+ in length. Stories have HFN & HEA endings.
