Bernard Dewley
Bernard Dewley is a poet, short fiction writer and bad ass faggot living in Miami, FL. His work has appeared in Get Underground and H/X. He has been a featured reader at numerous venues including The Wallflower Gallery (Miami), the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (NYC), the Leslie-Lohman Gay Arts Foundation (NYC) and The New School for Social Research (NYC).
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Martin Hyatt
A native of Louisiana, Martin Hyatt holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School University. He is the recipient of The New School Chapbook Award for Fiction, and the Edward F. Albee Writing Fellowship. His work has appeared in such publications as Sandbox and Blithe House Quarterly. He has taught writing and literature at various colleges throughout the New York City area. He is currently teaching creative writing and world literature at St. Francis College. He lives in New York City and is working on a new novel.
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Josh Ivey
Josh Ivey is a 24 year old writer originally from Asheville, NC, and now resides in Milwaukee, WI, the city that ... never quite wakes up. This is one of the first chapters of my novel in progress, Even When He Smiled. This is my second book, although because of continued tweaks on my infant book, Fragments of One, I have yet to seek publication for it or any of its entries.
Email Josh Ivey at: joshnivey@yahoo.com
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Scott James
Scott James lives in Vancouver, Canada where he is a ski-instructor at the nearby Whistler resort. He is currently at work on a novel – "Sex on the Slopes" – based on his experiences there. He would like to dedicate "Betrayal" to his partner Ben.
Email Scott James at: scottjames3@yahoo.com
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M. Christian
M. Christian is the author of the critically acclaimed and best selling collections Dirty Words, Speaking Parts, The Bachelor Machine and the upcoming Filthy. He is the editor of 20 anthologies including Amazons, Confessions, and Garden of Perverse (all with Sage Vivant), and Blood Lust (with Todd Gregory). His short fiction has appeared in over 200 publications including Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Transgendered Erotica, Best Fetish Erotica, Best Bondage Erotica and…well, you get the idea. His first novel, Running Dry, is available now from Alyson Books, and his second, Very Bloody Marys, will be out in 2007 from Haworth Press.
Visit M. Christian online at: mchristian.com
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Drew Payne
I am in my mid-thirties, live in London, England, where I work as a nurse. I have been writing prose and drama since I was a teenager, thought only recently have I had the confidence in my work to submit it for publication. I have had work published in the anthologies, Don’t Judge This Book By It’s Cover, Telling Tales and Courage To Love. I have had short stories published in the magazines ScotsGay, Guy’s Magazine, Indulge and Moonlicht Nicht. I have also had reviews and articles published in the magazines Whotopia and Tellyvision. I regularly write reviews for AMAFSR Newsletter. I am also one of the regular contributors to FS Magazine, a London Gay Men’s Health magazine. At present I am working on a crime novel, set in the Notting Hill district of London, and a fantasy novel set in the present day.
Visit Drew Payne online at: www.drewpayne.co.uk
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Jason Shamai
Jason Shamai is the author of The Black Crayon, to be published later this year by Cantarabooks. His essay on queer life in Mexico City will also appear this year, in the Boston magazine The Guide. He lives in Mexico City and is working on his second novel.
Email Jason Shami at: jasonshamai@gmail.com
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Jack Slomovits
Jack Slomovits is an erotic and lifestyles photojournalist. His work is published internationally in various mediums, as well as, collected and represented by dealers and galleries. Slomovits' approach to capturing moments on film is a combination of voyuerism and lust for his models, experiencing the moment through his subjects and the lens. Jack Slomovits' current work is split between erotic imagery and wedding photojournalism.
Visit Jack Slomovits online at: jackny.com
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Cary Steven
Cary Steven lives in upstate New York and longs for California. This is his first published piece of fiction.
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Hugo Vaughn
Hugo Vaughn was born and raised on a cattle ranch in the Texas panhandle, where he learned that it often takes a bolt gun to the head to get a job done right. For the past eight years he has lived in the ghost town of Jerome, Arizona, creating iron and copper sculptures in his storefront studio. Installments from Hugo's "Sebastian Grotesque" series have been shown in galleries in Austin, Atlanta, and L.A. Occasionally, when metal won't produce the desired effect, he resorts to the more pliant medium of words.
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Jerry L. Wheeler
After 25 years in the corporate world, Jerry L. Wheeler dropped out of his cubicle, became a massage therapist and began writing part-time. Previously published in Greg Wharton and Ian Philips’ Law of Desire: Tales of Gay Male Lust and Obsession, he is completing his first novel, Seventy Times Seven, between clients, which accounts for his somewhat slippery handwriting.
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