Marc Ruvolo: “…never forget what pain and suffering the queer community went through in the 80s.” Last year during Pride Month, I had the pleasure of interviewing queer horror author Marc Ruvolo about his life, writing, and music career; we briefly conversed about the original edition of his horror novella Pieties. I also reviewed the […]
“I stared out the window, watching the shadowy patterns of the rain-soaked beams pass by. This bridge had always felt like a portal, a passage to somewhere else, a place where the world might change, where I might emerge as someone different.” – Nicholas Young, Under the Covered Bridge WRITTEN IN a beautifully stylized, almost […]
Thom Collins: “I write what interests me, and I don’t censor myself.” I WANT to welcome author Thom Collins to the Blog. His work weaves thriller-style tension beautifully with gay romance; the growing attraction between his male protagonists is never a side narrative but central to the danger surrounding his protagonists, shaping the emotional core […]
“What the writings in this book demonstrate is the variety and inventiveness of strategies, genres, and other textual devices developed to talk about same-sex desire.” – Chris White, Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook I ACQUIRED this bright yellow beauty during one of my many “book hunts” at the World’s Biggest Book Store—sadly, no longer […]
Simon Doyle: “As a gay man, I write both of my younger self and to my younger self. I didn’t have any queer literature growing up, so I eventually turned to writing the stories I longed for.” Simon Doyle is an Own-Voice, Irish author whose work explores the complex intersections of age, identity, love, and, […]
Marc Ruvolo: “I feel if a person is able to survive and thrive in the face of homophobia, it makes them stronger in relation to horror scenarios.” Marc Ruvolo is an exciting and innovative OwnVoice writer, and in these suppressive times, we need more like him. He’s an exceptionally versatile artist whose creative journey has […]
The Art Series Collection IN FOUR gripping novels, author Andrew Grey brings to life an incredible journey of resilience, determination, and the pursuit of justice. Grey skillfully intertwines the worlds of art, intrigue, and romance in this captivating series he has said was inspired by the real-life story of Maria Altmann. Maria, an elderly Jewish […]
“Andrew stared out the window at the dark blur of the passing trees… ‘I’m gay, for chrissakes. In a place that hates gays.’” – Marc Ruvolo, Pieties In 1981, Andrew, diagnosed with a debilitating illness labelled as GRID or Gay Related Immune Deficiency (later renamed AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), undergoes a significant lifestyle shift, bidding […]
“It begins with letting him win / allowing him to see what’s within / without knowing if he’s kin.” – Mark Ward, Circumference (2018) ADMITTEDLY, I have never been a huge modern poetry connoisseur. I appreciate the power poetry has to express human emotion and tell stories more lyrically and fluidly than fiction; still, I’ve […]
Benjamin Kissell: “I have the standing rule that unless I, as the author, state in-text otherwise, assume ALL of my characters fall somewhere in the LGBTQIA+ rainbow.” I’d like to welcome Benjamin Kissell to the BLOG. A native of Fredericksburg, VA, Benjamin is the author of the epic Queer Fantasy Novel, A Queen of Blood and […]
