Studs ~ Paperback

Rough and surly, smooth and sultry, or quick and raw - however readers like it, they'll find it in Studs. Celebrate 20 of the hottest and best-written man-to-man sex stories to appear in print this year. In 'Underground Operator' two men on a nearly empty subway platform indulge in rough, anonymous sex that lets them momentarily forget the stifling summer heat. 'Donuts to Demons' finds a self-described 'rock-n-roll artfag' searching for a lover as patient and gifted and generous as he advertised on the internet.Author BiographyFrom 1979 to 2000, Richard Labonte helped found and then managed A Different Light Bookstores in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He has edited the "Best Gay Erotica" series from 1996 to 2013; coedited "The Future Is Queer" with Lawrence Schimel; reviews 100 books a year for Q Syndicate, which distributes his fortnightly column "Book Marks;" writes the newsletter "Books to Watch Out For/Gay Men's Edition"; and writes book reviews for "Publishers Weekly." He divides his time between a wee Perth, Ontario, apartment, and a sprawling ten-bedroom farmhouse on 200 acres of land near Calabogie, Ontario. Emanuel Xavier is a spoken-word artist who has performed across the country. His publications have appeared in "Drumvoices Revue, Genre, Urban Latino Magazine, James White Review, Long Shot, Men on Men 7, Blood & Tears, Besame Mucho, Virgins, Guerrillas & Locas, Of the Flesh, The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction" and "Poetry and Bad Boys," and his own book of poetry, "Americano." He lives in New York City.