In the 2013 volume of Wilde Stories--a critically-acclaimed series reprinting the best of the prior year's gay fantasy, horror and science fiction tales--editor Steve Berman has collected stories of adolescents suffering growing pains in the midst of lake monsters, boyfriends seeking a safe pest-free shelter in an infested dystopian world, the most unique story of a boy and his dog ever written, a forbidden encounter between prison guard and inmate, and pirates encountering a fabled living island.
A dozen tales written by award-winning authors, including Laird Barron, Richard Bowes, Hal Duncan--and new talent including L. Lark and Rahul Kanakia.
CONTENTS
Introduction / Steve Berman
1. L. LARK - Breakwater in the Summer Dark
2. K. M. FEREBEE - The Keats Variation
3. Alex JEFFERS - Tattooed Love Boys
4. Richard BOWES - Grierson at the Pain Clinic
5. Vincent KOVAR - Wave Boys
6. John LANGAN - Renfrew's Course
7. Steve VERNON - Wetside Story
8. Rahul KANAKIA - Next Door
9. Laird BARRON - A Strange Form of Life
10. Ray CLULEY - Night Fishing
11. Hal DUNCAN - Sic Him, Hellhound! Kill Him! Kill Him!
12. Chaz BRENCHLEY - Keep the Aspidochelone Floating
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Published in hardcover June 15th 2013 by Lethe Press