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An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2014 Saints + Sinners Literary Festival.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction by Jewel Gomez
• Voodoo John by James Russell
• Mum’s the Word by Jeff Lindemann
• Eleusis by Robert Hyers
• Sample Day by Jerry Rabushka
• Stinkbug by Rich Barnett
• If On A Dark Night Two Strangers Should Come by William Hawkins
• Corset by Sally Bellerose
• The Dark Symphony by Eric Andrews-Katz
• Love Thy Neighbor by N.S. Beranek
• Beanstalk by Clifford Henderson
• Rhinestone Magic by J.R. Greenwell
• The Red Coat by George E. Jordan

Alec Whitehall is old-fashioned—literally. Approaching his 123rd birthday, the steely vampire has nothing better to do with his time except to investigate and hunt murderous vampires as a means of regaining some sense of his withering humanity. While trailing his current case in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the last thing that Alec expects to find is his bonded matean unwelcome distraction, he's sure of it. But that's exactly what happens, and he's shocked to realize that his mate is a young attractive man named Aidan Copperfield.

How do two straight men deny an attraction that they have absolutely no power over? As their stony resolve begins to crumble and they start to succumb to the fiery magnetism between them, a sadistic killer continues to roam the city streets at night, narrowing his sights on the newly bonded couple.

London 1891. Former criminal Ira Adler has built a respectable, if dull, life for himself as a confidential secretary. He even sits on the board of a youth shelter. When the shelter's landlord threatens to sell the building out from under them, Ira turns to his ex-lover, crime lord Cain Goddard, for a loan. But the loan comes with strings, and before he knows it, Ira is tangled up in them and tumbling back into the life of crime he worked so hard to escape. Two old flames come back into Ira's life, along with a new young man who reminds Ira of his former self. Will Ira hold fast to his principles, or will he succumb to the temptations of easy riches and lost pleasures?

WWI hero Sam Hines is used to wearing a face that isn't his own. When he's not in the trenches, he's the most popular female impersonator on the front, but a mysterious note from an anonymous admirer leaves him worried. Everyone realizeseventuallythat Sam's not a woman, but has somebody also worked out that he also prefers his lovers to be male?

When Sam meetsand falls forfellow officer Johnny Browne after the war, he wonders whether he could be the man who wrote the note. If so, is he the answer to Sam's dreams or just another predatory blackmailer, ready to profit from a love that dare not speak its name?

Kieran Quinn is a bit telepathic, a little psychokinetic, and very gay—three things that have gotten him through life perfectly well so far—but when self-styled prophet Wyatt Jackson arrives during Pride Week, things take a violent turn.

Kieran's powers are somewhat underwhelming but do have a habit of refracting light into spectacular rainbows for him to hide behind. Even so, it's not long before Kieran is struggling to maintain his own anonymity while battling wits with a handsome cop, getting some flirting in with a hunky leather man, saving some drag queens, and escaping the worst blind date in history. It's enough to make a fledgling hero want to give up before he even begins.

One thing's for sure: saving the day has never been so fabulous.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Every summer three families take a trip together--this year it's to a remote resort in the mountains of upstate New York. Scotty, a teenager who's just come out, is nervous about how his friends will react to him. A late night visit to an old nearby cemetery seems like a great idea to the bored teens, but the old cemetery holds dark secrets hidden for almost a century--secrets that might have been better left undisturbed.

And what originally seemed like a boring week in the mountains gradually becomes a nightmare of terror for the teens and their families...

Jess Madison has problems. His aging parents seem hell-bent on belittling him in new and increasingly infuriating ways, he's fallen for his bestand, unfortunately, heterosexualfriend David, and his grandmother has recently taken to climbing out on her roof in hopes of contacting the spirit of her late husband, the much-beloved Grandpa Jess.All Jess wants to do is live his life and feed his goldfish in peace, but instead, he finds himself at the heart of a familial clash that seems ready to tear his family apart. With the help of his two younger brothers, uber-manly AJ and lovably weird Thomas, Jess sets out to reconcile his family, keep Grandma off the roof, and sort out the mess his life has becomewith just a little help from Grandpa Jess.

An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2013 Saints + Sinners Literary Festival.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction by Felice Picano
• What Took You So Long? by Vince Sgambati
• It Only Occurred to Me Later by Anne Laughlin
• Bruno's Last Supper by Jeff Lindemann
• The Favor of a Reply by Joe Landrum
• Thou Shalt Not Lie by N.S. Beranek
• In a Chamber of My Heart by Sandra Gail Lambert
• Mountainview by James Russell
• Looking for Philip by George E. Jordan
• Bucky and the Woods Cop by Jim Stewart
• Silver Pumps and a Loose Nut by J.R. Greenwell
• Stained Glass by Karis Walsh
• Sky Blue by 'Nathan Burgoine

Tom isn't expecting much from his first term at University, but then he bumps into Danliterally, and his life is turned upside down. Dan is everything that Tom isn'tconfident, uninhibited, outspoken...and very straight. But Dan seems keen to room share, and Tom's definitely up for that! Tom has no idea what's in store for him, though, as the sexual tension rises between him and Dan. What's Dan thinking? How far might he go? Tom's weekend gets wilder and wilder, and then gets complicated. Why is Dan telling people they're a couple? What is Tom going to do about Ryansexy Ryan with the floppy fringewho turns up out of the blue? And what the hell is wrong with James? This is one weekend Tom will never forget!

Magicians are undeniably sexy--strong, sensuous, masterful, and magical. Who wouldn't want to succumb to one? Be levitated? Be sawed in half?

Imagine being called from the audience by a dark man in a dark suit, his cape swirling like a scarlet-lined dream, wrapping his strong arms around you while binding your wrists, his heady cologne enticing and arousing you in front of a theater full of people as he leans in close and whispers some last-minute instruction. Or invitation. He holds out a box carved with ancient symbols and asks you to put your hands inside. What you feel is soft at first, but grows harder. Then, it vanishes. Was it real? Illusion? All you know is that you want to reach inside again. And again.

Well, here's your next chance--fifteen of them, to be exact--to grab the object of your desire. But hold on fast or it might disappear...