A Romance with Tijuana Most images of Tijuana are not very romantic. Crowded, dirty, hustling, violent, it is a town...
Au contraire, Mr. Eliot, April is the most romantic month and we have a shower of new romances that will soften the hearts of even the romance wary (or weary). Read More
“Split” Split is a not-to-be-missed first novel by bi Canadian writer Mel Bossa (Bold Strokes Books, 2011). Bossa uses the...
In Man, Oh Man, Writing M/M for Cash and Kinks, Josh Lanyon gives a master class in romance writing for writers wanting to break into the M/M romance market. There is no better guide than Lanyon to writing good romance fiction or simply good fiction, period. Read More
Winter is here and so are some darkly romantic new titles. This month Dick Smart reviews two recent romance novels, The White Devil by Justin Evans and The Bad Seed by Lee Hayes. Read More
“And visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.” I follow the old tradition and believe that Christmas should be...
Though this Edwardian grandfather of gay romance wasn’t published until 1971, sometime after its grandchildren were well into their adolescence, E. M. Forster’s Maurice remains a forerunner and not just an afterthought.
The recent publication of a “sequel” to Forster’s novel of homosexual love, End of Story by John M. Bowers, professor of English literature at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, affords us an opportunity to (re)discover just how much Maurice still remains ahead of its time. Read More
“When fiction is made according to its nature, it should reinforce our sense of the supernatural by grounding it in...
Lord of the Fraternity Todd Gregory returns to Polk State for Games Frat Boys Play (Kensington Books), the sequel to...
If you’ve been detoured from your fabulous summer vacation by this crappy economy, these four tales of re-routed journeys will...
