In the midst of packing for a move, I’ve found I have way, way, way too many books to either schlep along with me or pay to store so I’m taking a deep breath here and letting some things go. I’ve listed them on Amazon too, with varying prices, but for my LJ friends and colleagues, here’s a list of what’s available for a flat $10 each, plus 5 bucks postage.
Most of these are brand-new, either review copies or ‘trib copies that were duplicates. A few I’d bought to resell at Pride events so I do have several copies of Best Lesbian Erotica ‘08. Shoot me an email: vincent AT vincentdiamond dot com, and we’ll work out the whole paying/shipping thing. I’d prefer continental U.S. only but if you’re willing to pay shipping to Canada or overseas, I can box ‘em up for you. Here’s the list:
Best Gay Romance 2007
Hard Hats: Gay Erotic Stories
Hot Cops: Gay Erotic Stories (are ya seeing a theme here?)-2
Daddies: Gay Erotic Stories-2
Boys in Heat: Gay Erotic Stories
Best Lesbian Erotica 2008-4
Real Men Ride Horses
Spunky Sailor
Transgressions
False Colors
Ready to Serve: Arresting Gay Erotica
Love Sucks
Wilde Stories 2008
So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction
Gay City: Volume 2
Riddle of the Sands
Well, technically it IS here on Amazon and from the gay media site TLA here:
http://www.tlavideo.com/product/2-1120-265451_rough-cut-vincent-diamond-collected.html?sn=1
TLA is gay owned and operated so you might consider spending your dollars there.
The Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/159021109X/?tag=vincentdiamon-20
Rough Cut is showing as “in stock” both places. Woo hoo! I’m just dazzled that it looks so official and real.
I’m declaring Friday, May 2nd as Diamond Day around here, and I’ll be posting excerpts and having a contest or two for chapbooks and other goodies. Start thinking about the diamonds in your life–the people or pets or places that you treasure, the things that are truly gems for you. I want to hear about them on Friday!
And just indulge me in yet another silly woo hoo!
Got my contributor’s copy of Country Boys this week, editor Richard LaBonte’s anthology with a post-Brokeback Mountain rural theme. Sometimes it’s difficult to have a themed collection that’s not repetitive, but LaBonte did well with this one. The stories also flow together nicely, moving smoothly from one fair to another, from one rural setting or theme, to the next. There were several stories that stood out for me:
“Laying By” by Dale Chase. Set in the California of 1846, Chase maintains a voice of adolescent longing and confusion throughout. A romance at its heart, Chase’s characters, Cullen and Luke, find some solace among the harsh landscape where burying babies along the wagon trail westbound was just part of the routine.
“Noel, for the Last Time” by Wayne Courtois. A bisexual narrator spends a strange weekend with his girlfriend’s older brother. Courtois’ storyline could have worked for a litfic market ‘cept for those pesky (and hot) sex scenes.
“Well Wishing” by Steve Berman. This tale had an eerie twist on the old salesman-and-farmer’s-daughter joke. And Berman plays with the well of loneliness motif in a way that made me smile.
There are also stories from two of my writing buddies: the prolific CB Potts (Three Weeks Till Bear Season), and JM Snyder (Opening Day at the County Fair). And, in the interest of Full Disclosure, LaBonte also took my “Wrestling Gators” for the anthology.
Available for sale here: http://www.cleispress.com/book_page.php?book_id=197