Nikolaos Thiwerspoon

	The Cum-and-Go Culture A rant about love and marriage and sacred and profane sex and the capacity of men to love other men.
	The Wolf A pick-pocket in Cappor's Great Square tries to steal the wrong man's purse. But why doesn't this wealthy fereg not hand him over at once to the Watch?
	The Fire's Stone, by Tanya Huff A Review A charming, heart-warming tale of a prince, a thief and a wizard.
	Quickies Quick film and book reviews Issue 8: Paul Monette's masterpiece The Gold Diggers and Patrick Gale's charming and accomplished first novel The Aerodynamics of Pork. Issue 6: The film Big Eden; the autobiography My Life and Other Misdemeanours by Prince Giustiniani; The Truth of Valor, the best Valor novel yet by Tanya Huff, Collected Novellas (Volume 1) by Josh Lanyon; Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale. Issue 5: Melissa Scott's three novels in the Silence/Empress of Earth trilogy, a ground-breaking, fascinating and exciting mixture of remarkably speculative and original science and gripping and enjoyable adventures; Paul Monette's masterpiece Halfway Home; Blossom at the Mention of Your Name by Fiona Cooper; and the clever and fulfilling novel Rough Music by Patrick Gale. Issue 4: Tom Ford's superb film A Single Man starring Colin Firth; and Fiona Patten's original and satisfying fantasy novel The Stone Prince Issue 3: The entirely satisfying coming-of-age novel Now is the Hour, by Tom Spanbauer; Under This Cowboy's Hat, a short story anthology edited by Rob Knight; The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks by Josh Lanyon; a quick overview of the series Mahu, Mahu Surfer, Mahu Fire, and Mahu Vice by Neil Plakcy featuring the gay detective Kimo Kanapa'aka; and a review of the marvellous and thoughtful Bareback by Kit Whitfield which is not at all about what you think it's about but is nevertheless most apposite to gay-shaded men and women. Previous Issues: The delightful film Shelter ; a most interesting and accomplished first novel Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale; the steam-punk fantasy The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek; the SF novel Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff; and Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
	Mahu Men: Mystery and Eros A review of Neil Plakcy's collection of short stories about the gay detective Kimo Kanapa'aka
	Gay with Bite A review of Richard Morgan's novel The Steel Remains
	Gay-Shaded Artists There are many fine artists who draw or paint images of gay and bisexual men. In this piece, one of our editors, Nick Thiwerspoon, discusses a few of them.
	The End of Gay Thoughts about the meaning of gay inspired by Bert Archer's book, The End of Gay
	Dancing For Jonathan A review of Anel Viz's novel
	Gay Then and Now A review of Ethan Mordden's How's Your Romance?
	Ethan of Athos A review of Lois McMaster Bujold's intriguing & romantic SF novel
	Sarie Marais A ghost story
	Skimpy Sexism A rant. Why is it OK for women to wear skimpy bikinis but not men?
	Zack With illustration by Zaza This story first appeared in Forbidden Fruit
	Josh With illustration by Zaza This story first appeared in Forbidden Fruit.
	A Map Of The Harbor Islands A review of J G Hayes' marvellous novel.
	Johnny A short story in homage to J G Hayes, author of Map of the Harbor Islands . Illustrated by Eve Le Dez.
	Classic Gay Films A discussion about early gay-shaded films.
	Queer Wolf A review
	Touch Dan's straight, right?

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