Memorable Reads of 2024

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” – Oscar Wilde A SIGNIFICANT milestone for me in 2024 was releasing my first Gay Paranormal Romance novel, The Night Belongs To Lovers, part of the ghost story-themed “Own-Voices” project: Haunted Hearts. This series features […]

BOOK REVIEW: THE RITUAL OF THE BROKEN BY SEB L. CARTER

“‘I don’t like mages,’ Adrian said. But then, he seemed to catch himself. He glanced back at Ollie. ‘Well, most mages, anyway.’ Ollie couldn’t help but grin. ‘I’ll take that,’ he said.” – Seb L. Carter, The Ritual of the Broken SEB L. Carter’s The Ritual of the Broken, part of the Own-Voices gay paranormal […]

BOOK REVIEW: GEIST FLEISCH BY CHRISTIAN BAINES

“Dandy boys stepping together in intimate embrace on the dance floor, another in a shabby looking coat tails providing musical accompaniment, and the same gruff, barrel-shaped bartender who’d refused his coin. The place seemed even busier, though not so busy he couldn’t recognize the scarred young man in the blue shirt. The one who’d somehow […]

Coming This Fall! THE NIGHT BELONGS TO LOVERS

HAUNTED HEARTS – EVERYONE DESERVES A HAPPY EVER AFTERLIFE! Haunted Hearts is an Own-Voices Paranormal Romance Series about love and the things that go boo in the night. Join us on our romantic journeys with ten books from some of your favourite gay and queer male authors, including myself! Be sure to read the entire […]

BOOK REVIEW: DEVIL’S DUE BY J.P. JACKSON

  “The flames of Hell scorched and licked every fibre of my body. I hated being summoned. It hurt like hell. Instantly put me in a bad mood.” – J.P. Jackson, Devil’s Due DOMINIC Ronove is a centuries-old “Contract Demon” scouring the city of Edmonton, Alberta, on Hell’s order, seeking desperate and/or corruptible humans willing to […]

Memorable Reads of 2023

“And books, they offer one hope that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.” – Anne Rice AT THE beginning of 2023, I made a New Year’s Resolution to read more. Specifically, I wanted to choose reading over watching TV in my downtime. I’m […]

INTERVIEW WITH URBAN THRILLER AUTHOR BRIAN B. EWING

Brian B. Ewing: “ When writing, whether it be a short story, a standalone novel, or a series, I tend to envision it in a movie or television format. ” I’d like to welcome Brian B. Ewing to the BLOG. A self-professed, “dark-humour, word-vomit enthusiast,” Brian is the author of The Reels series of Urban Thriller novels: […]

Review: A Queen of Blood and Glitter: A Faery Tale of Grief, Drag, and Hope Told In Six Parts by Benjamin Kissell

A Queen of Blood and Glitter: a Faery Tale of Grief, Drag, and Hope Told in Six Parts is the flagship book in the A Queen of Blood and Glitter Series, which includes two follow-up novellas. The half-Faerie drag queen, Blodeuwedd, aka Miss Nomer, has a score to settle. They’ve suffered a terrible loss resulting in a deep […]

INTERVIEW WITH QUEER DARK URBAN FANTASY/HORROR AUTHOR J.P. JACKSON

J.P. Jackson: “The whole reason I started writing was that queer representation in Urban Fantasy books didn’t exist.” I’d like to welcome J.P. Jackson to the BLOG. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (He’s a Canuck, like me!), J.P. is the author of several novels and novellas, including the Dark Urban Fantasy Magus Malefica series and […]

Review: Dragged To Hell by J.P. Jackson

LIKE THE main character’s drag queen persona Azadore Necrophilia Hex, the short story Dragged To Hell, by J.P. Jackson is a different, wholly unique creature. I’ve never read a supernatural gay romance that combines the paranormal, Drag, goth culture, and all that great queer lovey-dovey stuff and does it seamlessly with rich, descriptive text. It’s […]