What really happened when Theseus met the Minotaur? How did demon-slaying Momotarō come to be raised by two daddies? Will Scheherazade’s hapless Ma’aruf ever find love and prosperity after his freeloading boyfriend kicks him out on the street? Classic lore gets a bold remodeling with stories from light-hearted and absurd, earnestly romantic, daring and adventurous, to darkly surreal. The collection includes: Theseus and the Minotaur, Károly, Who Kept a Secret, The Peach Boy, The Vain Prince, The Jaguar of the Backward Glance, Ma’aruf the Street Vendor, and A Rabbit Grows in Brooklyn.
“An offbeat collection of well-told stories with LGBTQ themes.” ~Kirkus Reviews
“In this necessary collection, Andrew J. Peters not only refashions tales both famous or nearly forgotten, but in doing so he adds to the mosaic of myth, expanding the power of stories to reflect the reader’s desires and emerging truths.” ~Tom Cardamone, Lambda award-winning editor of Night Sweats: Tales of Homosexual Wonder and Woe
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What if the gods created a man so beautiful he was irresistible to everyone?
Brendan thinks he’s won at life when he hooks a guy so gorgeous he parts crowds walking down the street. But to stay together, he and Cal will have to overcome a jealous BFF, Romanian mobsters, hermit widowers, and a dictatorship on the brink of revolution. Their dream wedding in the Greek isles turns to madcap odyssey in this modern gay salute to Chariton’s Callirhoe, the oldest extant romance novel in the world.
“What a fun book! First, let me say that I like characters that go beyond stereotypes and plot lines that are creative and push boundaries. This has both! Irresistible is literally, irresistible.” ~Jeff L., Amazon Reviewer
“Honestly, this book was everything I was hoping for and then some. I loved it. I loved the hilarity of the escapades.” ~A.K., Amazon Reviewer
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