Pride Month Reading at BGS-QD

New Yorkers looking for a little something literary to do on a Tuesday night: Next Tuesday, June 19th, I’ll be on a panel of authors talking about LGBTQ+ lit and reading from our latest work. For me, that’s The Sim Ru Prophecy (Werecat #4), which is celebrating its one-year book birthday this month. 🙂

Here’s the Facebook event page. It’s hosted by the fabulous Bureau of General Services-Queer Division at the NYC LGBT Community Center (208 W. 13th Street). The line-up of authors gives you some lesbian crime fiction (Ann Akpater’s Criminal Gold), some gay erotica (Tom Cardamone’s The Lurid Sea), some lesbian YA (Nora Olsen’s Frenemy of the People), and of course gay paranormal adventure from me!

We will of course have signed copies of our books for sale, so you can pick up The Trilogy: Werecat Books 1-3 and The Sim Ru Prophecy. The event is also a benefit for BGSQD, with 40 percent of sales going to the not-for-profit queer literary organization, so it’s also a great way to support the community this Pride month.

 

Come out to the Rainbow Book Fair

I’ll be participating in the Rainbow Book Fair again this year. The Fair is happening on Saturday, April 9th 12:00 – 6:00 PM at John Jay College. It’s a great event for seeing what’s happening in the world of LGBT literature. Click here to see the line-up of authors from Bold Strokes Books. 

For me, there’s nothing like being part of a community of folks who love LGBT literature. It’s kind of like a Pride parade for authors, publishers and readers, and like my first Pride parade, which, as a random by-the-by, was back in 1991 in Toronto, I remember fondly my first Rainbow Book Fair in 2013.

I was doing early promotion of The Seventh Pleiade, did one of my first public readings, handed out bookmarks to advertise my book, and talked with many dozens of people who stopped by my publisher’s table. That day, I felt like I was really an author, and I think as authors we need those kind of experiences, stepping out of our sequestered lives in front of a computer.

This year, I’ll be reading from Banished Sons of Poseidon at 5:30 PM, and I’ll be at and around the exhibit table for Bold Strokes Books. Drop on by and say hello. 🙂

Photography from Bold Strokes Books’ Mixed Grill

Some photos from last night’s event at Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, courtesy of my honey Genaro.

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Featured books on display

Me, reading from The Seventh Pleiade

Me, reading from The Seventh Pleiade

Me, reading from The Seventh Pleiade

Full length shot of me so you can see my cool jeans

All of the authors

All the authors, from l to r, Daniel W. Kelly, Nora Olsen, Andrew J. Peters, David Swatling, Joel Dossi-Gomez, Jeremy Jordan King, Trinity Tam and Nell Stark

Myth and Magic Anthology Coming in December

Myth and Magic: Queer Fairy Tales

I’m very happy to share that I recently signed a contract for my short story “The Vain Prince” to appear in Myth and Magic: Queer Fairy Tales (Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman, eds) forthcoming from Bold Strokes Books.

The title is an anthology of retold fairy tales and legends from a queer point-of-view. Rather squarely up my alley, huh?

A select few may remember “The Vain Prince” from its first appearance in Ganymede back in 2009. The story is a bit of a mash-up of “The Frog Prince” from the Brothers Grimm and the opera “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini. It was my first fiction publication. Sadly, Ganymede went out of print when its editor and founder John Stahle died in 2010.

I gave the story a tune-up for its republication. It’s a bit campy and definitely whimsical, and I hope that readers will enjoy it on its second run.

Save the Date: Bold Strokes Books “Mixed Grill” on September 4th

Bold Strokes Books

If you’ve been wondering why I’ve been scandalously MIA, it’s because I’ve been devoting most of my writing time to the manuscript for The Seventh Pleiade follow-up, plus, well, it’s summer.

I haven’t completely boxed myself up from the world, and I’ve signed on to this event which I’m quite excited about.

On September 4th, 7:00pm at the Bureau for General Services: Queer Division, seven authors from Bold Strokes Books will be reading from their latest releases and signing copies of their books. It’s billed as a “Mixed Grill” with a wide selection of titles from gay and lesbian young adult, to gay horror, to lesbian romance and beyond.

The event is totally free, with a suggested book purchase. Here’s the Facebook page where you can RSVP.

Greg and Donnie from BGSQD always put on a great event at their funky bookstore slash event space. It’s worth dropping by just to check it out. 😉