gay fiction Archives

August 2, 2011 6 min read

Gay horror continues to mature as a genre with quality writing, established authors, and heart pounding tales. Though horror often...

‘The Third Buddha’ by Jameson Currier

Howard G. Williams

Fiction Reviews

July 27, 2011 3 min read

The first chapter of Jameson Currier’s new novel, The Third Buddha (Chelsea Station Editions), begins with a Chelsea dinner party...

Tom Schabarum:Writing from the Well of Emotion

Matthew Yau

Features Interviews

July 24, 2011 5 min read

“Writing is a deep need for me, an almost necessary component to my existence. In fact, some days I believe...

‘The German’ by Lee Thomas

Vince Liaguno

Mystery Reviews Speculative Fiction

July 18, 2011 3 min read

In The German (Lethe Press), a savage serial killer forces the denizens of a small World War II-era Texas town...

‘Leche’ by R. Zamora Linmark

Nicholas Boggs

Fiction

July 4, 2011 2 min read

In the opening pages of R. Zamora Linmark’s sprawling new novel, Leche (Coffee House Press), a young gay Filipino-born American,...

‘Remembrance of Things I Forgot’ by Bob Smith

Christopher Verleger

Fiction Reviews

June 29, 2011 2 min read

At one time or another, we’ve all said, “If only I had known then what I know now”, or “If...

‘The Empty Family’ by Colm Tóibín

Viet Dinh

Fiction Reviews

June 22, 2011 3 min read

It should come as no surprise that Colm Tóibín admires Henry James; Tóibín, after all, wrote a novelization of James’...

‘The Intimates’ by Ralph Sassone

Desiree Diaz

Fiction Reviews

June 15, 2011 2 min read

With Ralph Sassone’s first novel, the story attempts to show the delicate intricacies between friendship and romance between a gay...

‘The Golden Age of Gay Fiction’ Edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn

Alan Chin

Nonfiction

June 14, 2010 2 min read

Lambda Award Finalist The first gay novel I read, The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren, was published in 1975....

‘Blue Boy’ by Rakesh Satyal

Charles Casillo

Fiction

June 8, 2010 6 min read

Lambda Award Winner Many gay coming of age stories, in fiction and in real life, share some common elements: the...

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

What We Talk About When We Talk About Langston

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘A Demon Inside’ by Rick R. Reed, ‘Dead of Night’ by Victor J. Banis and ‘The German’ by Lee Thomas

‘The Third Buddha’ by Jameson Currier

Tom Schabarum:Writing from the Well of Emotion

‘The German’ by Lee Thomas

‘Leche’ by R. Zamora Linmark

‘Remembrance of Things I Forgot’ by Bob Smith

‘The Empty Family’ by Colm Tóibín

‘The Intimates’ by Ralph Sassone

‘The Golden Age of Gay Fiction’ Edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn

‘Blue Boy’ by Rakesh Satyal

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta