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AN ILLUSTRATED PRIMER
FOR THOSE OF US LEFT BEHIND

The Rapture for Big Sinners:
66+6 Things to Do Before and
After the Righteous Lift Off


by Ian Philips

humor/gift, full color, hardcover
6x9, 80 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9789023-2-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9789023-2-2

more information available HERE


LEAVES FEW DIVINE MYTHS
UNEXPLORED AND UNEXPLODED

The Forgotten Ones

a novel by
Douglas Ferguson

fiction/fantasy
softcover, 5.5x8.5
256 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-6-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-6-1

more information available HERE


GRITTY EAST LONDON STREETS
AND POST/POP-EVERYTHING ACADEMIA

Girl on a Stick

a novel by
Kathleen Bryson

fiction
softcover, 5.5x8.5
256 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-6-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-6-3

more information available HERE


MADNESS AND MEMORY,
FANTASY AND ABUSE

Some Phantom/No Time Flat

novellas by
Stephen Beachy

fiction
softcover, 5x8
240 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-7-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-7-0

more information available HERE


LIVING LIFE OUTSIDE
THE GENDER BINARY

Butch Is a Noun

narrative essays by
S. Bear Bergman

lesbian and gay/gender studies
softcover, 5.5x8.5
176 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-5-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-5-6

more information available HERE


RUMP-SMACKING GOOD
ACTION-ADVENTURE TRANS FICTION

Supervillainz

a novel by
Alicia E. Goranson

lesbian/transgender fiction
softcover, 5.5x8.5
256 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-8-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-8-5

more information available HERE


WHEN LOVE OCCURS AT THE
MOST UNEXPECTED MOMENT

A Scarecrow's Bible

a novel by
Martin Hyatt

fiction
softcover, 5x8
208 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-4-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-4-7

more information available HERE


TASTE THE GUNPOWDER,
FEEL THE HEAT

Out of Control:
Hot, Trashy, Man-on-Man Erotica


edited by Greg Wharton

gay fiction/erotica
softcover, 5.5x8.5
240 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-3-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-3-1

more information available HERE


HIS SUGAR AIN'T SWEET,
IT'S SCORCHED

Sugar

a poetry collection by
Martin Pousson

poetry/gay & lesbian studies
softcover, 5x8
88 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-5-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-5-4

more information available HERE


IRONIC, BRATTY, COMIC,
POIGNANT, MOURNFUL, PSYCHOTIC

Attack of the
Man-Eating Lotus Blossoms


a collection by Justin Chin

gay fiction/drama
softcover, 5x8
200 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-8-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-8-1

more information available HERE


BROTHERHOOD IS
GOING TO THE DOGS

One of These Things
Is Not Like the Other


a novel by D. Travers Scott

fiction/thriller
softcover, 5x8
184 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-6-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-6-7

more information available HERE


AMERICA'S HOTTEST QUEER
SPOKEN WORD POETS

Bullets & Butterflies:
queer spoken word poetry


edited by Emanuel Xavier

poetry/queer fiction
softcover, 5.5x8.5
216 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-5-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-5-0

more information available HERE


GENRE-BLURRING
AND GENDER-BENDING

Killing Me Softly: Morir Amando

a fiction collection by
Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco

gay fiction
softcover, 5x8
208 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-1-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-1-2

more information available HERE


WITTY, VISCERAL,
AND DARKLY IMAGINATIVE

Black Shapes in a Darkened Room

a fiction collection by
Marshall Moore

queer fiction/horror
softcover, 5.5x8.5
224 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-2-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-2-9

more information available HERE


UNAFRAID OF THE PERSONAL,
UNABASHED BY POLITICS AND SEX

Pink Steam

a collection by
Dodie Bellamy

fiction/memoir/essay
softcover, 5x8
192 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-0-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-0-5

more information available HERE


ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR THE
ULTIMATE EROTIC ADVENTURE

My Name Is Rand

a novel by
Wayne Courtois

erotica/gay fiction
softcover, 5x8
224 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-7-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-7-4

more information available HERE


A POMO-PINOCCHIO ISLAND OF MISFIT
BOYS CRAVING OTHER MISFIT BOYS

Johnny Was & Other Tall Tales

a fiction collection by
Greg Wharton

gay fiction/erotica
softcover, 5x8
192 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-6-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-6-7

more information available HERE


SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FICTION,
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND TRUTH

Pulling Taffy

a novel by
Matt Bernstein Sycamore

fiction/gay studies/sexuality
softcover, 5x8
224 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-3-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-3-6

more information available HERE


A MOUTH-WATERING FEAST OF
DESIRE, LUST, AND RAVENOUS HUNGER

The Best of the Best Meat Erotica

an erotic anthology
edited by Greg Wharton

erotica/fiction anthology
softcover, 5.5x8.5
248 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-1-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-1-2

more information available HERE

FLAGRANTLY QUEER CULTURE,
POLITICS, SEX, AND DISH

Invert(e)

a journal edited by
Greg Wharton and Ian Philips

queer studies/popular culture
softcover, 6x9
120 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9789023-3-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9789023-3-9

more information COMING SOON


LOVABLE GROTESQUES
AND SUPERQUEEROES ALIKE

Roulette

a novel by
Adrian Brooks

fiction
softcover, 5.5x8.5
216 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-8-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-8-7

more information available HERE


FIERCELY INTELLIGENT,
THOROUGHLY NASTY

A History of Barbed Wire

a fiction collection by
Jeff Mann

gay fiction/erotica
softcover, 5.5x8.5
208 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-3-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-3-2

more information available HERE


A MONKEY, A HAT, A GUN,
VERONICA, GOD, AND PASTRIES

V

a novel by
Jennifer Natalya Fink

fiction
softcover, 5x8
192 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-9-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-9-4

more information available HERE


LUCID, HUMOROUS,
AND BLISTERINGLY HONEST

35 Cents

a memoir by
Matty Lee

memoir/lesbian and gay studies
softcover, 5.5x8.5
208 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-2-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-2-5

more information available HERE


GERUNDS AND GENDER REFASHION
PENS, PRICKS, AND PUSSY

Origami Striptease

a novel by
Peggy Munson

lesbian/transgender fiction
softcover, 5x8
208 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-9-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-9-2

more information available HERE


HIP, HORNY HYMNS
OF MEN LOVING MEN

Sweet Son of Pan

a poetry collection by
Trebor Healey

poetry/gay & lesbian studies
softcover, 5x8
128 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9771582-1-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-1-8

more information available HERE


AN ELECTRIC-PADDLE JOLT TO
JUMP-START OUR CURRENT TIMES

Toilet

a fiction collection by
Thomas Woolley

gay fiction
softcover, 5x7
128 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-2-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-2-3

more information available HERE


THE STUFF
OF LEGEND

The Wild Creatures:
Collected Stories of
Sam D'Allesandro

edited by Kevin Killian

gay fiction
softcover, 5x8
160 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-1-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-1-6

more information available HERE


NARRATIVES OF HOPE
AND SONGS OF DESPAIR

Everything I Have Is Blue:
Short Fiction by Working-Class Men
About More-or-Less Gay Life


edited by Wendell Ricketts

gay fiction/queer studies, softcover
5.5x8.5, 256 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-9-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-9-8

more information available HERE


HARLEQUIN ROMANCE
THIS AIN'T

Rode Hard, Put Away Wet
Lesbian Cowboy Erotica


edited by Green & Valencia

lesbian fiction/erotica
softcover, 5.5x8.5
224 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9763411-0-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9763411-0-9

more information available HERE


LOVE AND HEARTACHE AND MADNESS
AND CRUSHES GONE FAR ASKEW

The Beautifully Worthless

a novel in verse by
Ali Liebegott

lesbian fiction/poetry
softcover, 5.5x8.5
152 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-4-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-4-3

more information available HERE


AN INTRIGUING, INSIGHTFUL,
AND ILLUMINATING JOURNEY

Jesus and the Shamanic
Tradition of Same-Sex Love


by Will Roscoe

queer studies/religion
softcover, 5.5x8.5
232 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-3-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-3-6

more information available HERE


YAY AND NAY, IN BETWEEN,
NEITHER, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE

I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage

an anthology edited by
Greg Wharton and Ian Philips

queer studies/anthology
softcover, 6x9
384 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9746388-7-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746388-7-4

more information available HERE


THERE ARE FAR WORSE
FATES THAN DEATH

Mortal Companion

a novel by
Patrick Califia

horror/queer fiction
softcover, 5.5x8.5
288 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-9-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-9-8

more information available HERE


SMART, FUNNY, AND
TOTALLY FILTHY, YUM

Satyriasis: Literotica²

a fiction collection by
Ian Philips

gay fiction/erotica/queerlit
softcover, 5x8
304 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-5-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-5-0

more information available HERE


A TALE OF TOMATOES,
TORTURE, AND TANGLED LOVE

Burn

a novel by
Jennifer Natalya Fink

fiction
softcover, 5x8
216 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-8-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-8-1

more information available HERE


WITHOUT CONTRADICTION
ENTIRELY HOT AND HOLY

Americano

a poetry collection by
Emanuel Xavier

poetry/gay studies
softcover, 5.5x8.5
80 pages, $12.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-2-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-2-9

more information available HERE


THE WAYS OF THE HEART
CAN BE DANGEROUS

Of The Flesh: Dangerous New Fiction

an erotic anthology
edited by Greg Wharton

erotica/fiction anthology
softcover, 5.5x8.5
264 pages, $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9710846-0-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9710846-0-5

more information available HERE

 


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FORTHCOMING SPRING/SUMMER 2008 TITLES:

Men and Their Hands - a novel by Raymond Luczak
Dying for a Change - a mystery by Sean Reynolds
TransForming Community - an anthology edited by Michelle Tea and Julia Serano

SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON TOUR:

AWARDS:



Winner
2004 Best of the Bay Award
Best Brand-New, Badass, Superqueer Press



Winner
I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage
2004 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction Anthology

Winner
Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love
2004 Lambda Literary Award for Religion/Spirituality

Winner
The Beautifully Worthless
2005 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction

Winner
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
2005 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

Winner
A History of Barbed Wire
2006 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica

Finalist
2003 Lambda Literary Award
for Best Independent LGBT Press

Finalist
2004 Lambda Literary Award
for Best Independent LGBT Press

Finalist
Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry
2005 Lambda Literary Award for Anthology

Finalist
Everything I Have Is Blue:
Short Fiction by Working Class Men
About More-or-Less Gay Life

2005 Lambda Literary Award for Anthology

Finalist
Rode Hard, Put Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica
2005 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

Finalist
Sugar
2005 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Finalist
Origami Striptease
2006 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction

Finalist
A Scarecrow's Bible
2006 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction

Finalist
Supervillainz
2006 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender




Honor Book—Literature
The Wild Creatures: Collected Stories of Sam D'Allesandro
2006 Stonewall Book Award—Barbara Gittings Literature Award

Honor Book—Literature
A Scarecrow's Bible
2007 Stonewall Book Award—Barbara Gittings Literature Award




Winner
Origami Striptease
2004 Project: QueerLit Contest

Winner
Supervillainz
2004 Project: QueerLit Contest

Winner
Men with Their Hands
2006 Project: QueerLit Contest




Winner
A Scarecrow's Bible
2007 Edmund White Debut Fiction Award

Finalist
A Scarecrow's Bible
2007 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction - Men's




Finalist
A Scarecrow's Bible
2006 Violet Quill Award




Finalist
Killing Me Softly / Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco
2006 Xtra West Writer of the Year




Finalist
Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love
2005 Ashé Journal Book Award




Winner
Of the Flesh: Dangerous New Fiction
2002 Erotic Authors Association Award
for Best Multiple Author Anthology

Winner
Wayne Courtois, "Taurus," Of the Flesh
2002 Erotic Authors Association Award
for Best New Voice in Erotic Fiction

Finalist
The Best of the Best Meat Erotica
2003 Erotic Authors Association Award
for Best Multiple Author Anthology

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