Witchmark, by C. L. Polk (Tor) is one of the most unusual and compelling love stories I’ve read this year. The setting, very much like England in the throes of national PTSD following the First World War, a magic-yielding aristocracy, a … Continue reading
Category Archives: gay fiction
I actually had a hairdresser once who really was pretending to be gay to avoid his ex-wife. While I didn’t find his act particularly convincing, I did wonder what he had going on that his ex couldn’t stay away from.
Continue readingIn the process of making over his best friend Debby, hairdresser Bruce decides he has to seduce her— just a little teeny bit— to protect her from heartbreak. Yeah, that goes well.
Continue readingI’ve really loved writing these books. They’re funny and feminist and fantastical and finally off my desk, featuring succubi, shoes, and shopping, massive quantities of food and controlled substances, boots-on-the-ground empowerment, all-girl hot tubbing, riot-grrl rage, rollicking, revenge, renewal, rejoicing, and six women who find out what they’re made of by making themselves into something totally other.
Continue readingI’m so excited about this series launch, I’m squeaking like a mouse. Also bouncing. Coed Demon Sluts was conceived at the point when I realized that my last series, Slacker Demons, was leaving the lair of the incubi empty. I’d … Continue reading
I find all kinds of collaborations interesting, from the centuries-long shared-world collaboration of Arthuriana among Europeans to the amazing Mahabharata of India. I think the greatest collaborations are more than the sum of their parts. Nowadays, collaborations are happening in … Continue reading
So far I’ve written about the Gay Tragedy and the Gay Tease. Finally, we also have the Gay Promise. This is when the producers announce loudly and firmly that they’re going to have a gay character on the show. Real … Continue reading
Last week I wrote about Gay Tragedy. There’s also the Gay Tease. This is when a TV show or movie claims that a character is gay, but doesn’t actually DO anything with it. There are two versions of the Gay … Continue reading
This is 2017. Marriage equality is legal. And yet we still have a media filled with Gay Tragedy, Gay Tease, and Gay Promise. The Gay Tragedy is when a same-sex couple, usually two men, fall in love and it ends … Continue reading
A reader reviewer for my novel IRON AXE wrote that he liked the book until he hit the “social commentary” about gay people, and then he didn’t like it anymore. He wanted interesting characters in his fantasy, not social commentary. … Continue reading