Patrick Califia
Caveat lector! Patrick Califia is the sadistic storyteller par excellence.
In
Mortal Companion, his erotic tale of love and vengeance, the author of Macho
Sluts and Doc and Fluff sweeps the reader into a world of sinister magic and
painfully intense pleasures. When he is not reading other people's vampire stories,
Patrick is spoiling his kitty cat or disciplining deserving masochists. He says, "Cats,
unlike people, are innocent." For information about Patrick's upcoming appearances
and forthcoming work in print, check up on him at www.patrickcalifia.com.
Read an excerpt from Mortal Companion
Read the Interview
with Patrick Califia by Ian Philips
Kal Cobalt
Kal Cobalt is an omnisexual kink-obsessed Oregon native involved in a torrid
long-term affair with words. Previous credits: international 'zines including
*The Happy Fag* and internet publications including AllInYourMind.com (alas,
now defunct). Comments? kal@eoni.com.
Read Banging
Jameson Currier
Jameson Currier is the author of the novel, Where
the Rainbow Ends, and a collection of short stories, Desire
Lust Passion Sex.
His short fiction can also be found in the anthologies Men
on Men, Best American Gay Fiction, Best Gay Erotica, Mammoth
Book of Gay Erotica, Making Literature Matter, Rebel Yell,
and Circa 2000, among others. His story “Snow,” published
in the first issue of Velvet
Mafia, was selected for Best
Gay Erotica 2003 and Best American Erotica 2004.
Read 'Alibis'
from Excerpted from Desire Lust Passion Sex
Read the Interview
with Jameson Currier by Sean Meriwether
Decker
Decker hails from New England and writes gay male erotica,
while pursuing a doctoral degree in literature. His work
has appeared in the serial "Mandate," the anthology "Latin
Boys," and on the webzine www.opheliasmuse.com.
This is Decker's second appearance on the Velvet Mafia,
see Issue Six, and his
story "Tracks" is included
in the upcoming Alyson anthology "Men and Ink."
Visit Decker Online at: www.deckerotica.com
Read Every Naked
Body
Nairne Holtz
Nairne Holtz has published manifold short fiction and
erotica in Canadian and American literary journals and
anthologies since 2001. She has created a comprehensive
annotated bibliography of Canadian lesbian and bisexual
women’s fiction that is available on the web at
www.canadianlesbianliterature.ca She is currently working
on a conspiracy novel and co-editing an anthology. She
lives in Montreal with her lesbian husband and miniature
dogs.
Read When Gay Is
The New Straight
Ryan Kamstra
Ryan Kamstra (sCRATCH) is a bi writer and songwriter
living in Toronto. His poetry and music have drawn comparisons
as far afield as Dorothy Livesay, Beck & Ani Di Franco.
His short fiction, in various stages of dress, has been
published variously, including here, suspect
thoughts,
shades beyond gray, pindeldyboz, smut
magazine, problem
child 1 & 2, get underground, scarlet
child, blue
food and the upcoming anthology everything
i have is blue: working class fiction of more or less
gay life (suspect thoughts press). He is working towards a collection
of short fiction: tongue firmly in cheek: pOET'S iNC.
Read pOSEUR
Steve Nugent
Steve Nugent lives in Toronto and has had short fiction
published in The Church Wellesley Review, fab
magazine,
excalibur, Identity, Lichen Literary
Journal, and in
the anthologies Quickies 2, Exhibitions, Buttmen, Bent,
Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men's Diaries, and Boyfriends
from Hell. He has ventured into biography with “No
Coward Soul” (Firehorse Productions, 2003) and
is currently working on a novella. Email is dedalus@rogers.com.
Read Eating Ice Cream
On The Subway
Rob Rosen
Rob Rosen lives, loves, and
works in San Francisco. His first novel, "Sparkle:
The Queerest Book You'll Ever Love", was
published in 2001 to
critical acclaim. His short stories have appeared on
such literary sites as: SoMa Literary Review, Unlikely Stories, Hairy
Musings,
Ten Thousand Monkeys, Thunder Sandwich, Willow
Lake Press, Muse Apprentice
Guild (M.A.G.),
StickYourNeckOut, Open Wide Magazine, Tribal
Soul Kitchen,
Defenestration,
Zygote In My Coffee, DriftersOasis,
The Quill & Ink, Mad Swirl,
LauraHird.com, and Acid
Logic. Feel
free to email him at robrosen@therobrosen.com
Visit Rob Rosen Online at: www.therobrosen.com
Read Go Fuck Yourself
Jack Slomovits
Jack Slomovits is a commercial and portrait photographer
as well as a graphic and web designer. Maturing sexually
during the 80's, in an age of AIDS, Jack's lust for adventure
was tempered by his fear and awareness of the disease.
He refocused his sexual energy into his art and his camera
became his wand of control. Jack's work has been collected
by galleries in New York and Los Angeles, and have been
published in two photographic anthologies.
Visit Jack Slomovits online at: http://JackNY.com
Check Out his Photography
