21. J.S. Cook - Because You Despise Me (MLR Press)
Gay, Mystery / Thriller
When Feldwebel Horst Stussel is murdered in Jake's brothel, local police chief CAPTAIN NICOLAS RENARD suspects Jake's involvement in the crime - but with an Allied invasion of North Africa mere days away, Jake and Renard must combine their wits, their cunning and their courage to defeat the Nazis for once and for all.
22. Rob Rosen - Divas Las Vegas (Cleis Press)
Gay, Contemporary
What happens when you find out that Grandma's vase mistakenly sold at a yard sale is worth tens of thousands of dollars—and somebody else is about to cash in on it on Antiques Roadshow? Of course, you hop on a plane with your best friend and race off to Las Vegas to get Grandma's vase back! Filled with action and suspense, hunky blackjack dealers, divine drag queens, strange sex, and sex in strange places, plus a Federal agent or two, Divas Las Vegas puts the sin in Sin City. A fun, new take on the murder mystery genre, Rob Rosen's Divas Las Vegas is a hilarious, touching, and compulsively readable page turner!
23. Mykola Dementiuk - Dee Dee Day (eXtasy Books)
Bisexual / Transgender, Contemporary
It’s a new city, with new dreams…but will he be able to forget the old and start anew? A young man arrives in NYC and rents an apartment from Dee Dee Day…who gives him a little bit more than he expected—love, passion, sex with her…or is that with him?
24. Marguerite Labbe - Haunted by Your Soul (Dreamspinner Press)
Gay, Paranormal / Horror
Book Two of the Triquetra Trilogy - Sequel to My Heart Is Within You. Heartbroken by the death of his vampire lover, Jacob Corvin finds himself embroiled in the intricacies of vampire hierarchy. He is consumed with rage after Kristair's torment and death, and when The Syndicate returns he is more than ready to personally destroy every one of the power-hungry vampires. That anger and pain cannot be soothed, because before he disappeared, Kristair transferred all his memories and a piece of his soul to Jacob. So as hard as Jacob tries to move on— he can't. Kristair's heart still beats in his chest, and Kristair's memories whisper to him. As he gets dragged further into a war between the vampires, Jacob starts to believe he's losing his mind. Those whispers and a feeling of Kristair's presence are growing within him, and he starts a desperate struggle to retain his own sense of self and sanity. But Kristair is not so easily silenced when he's determined to return to where he belongs.
25. S.L. Danielson - Lust in London (Silver Publishing)
Gay, Contemporary
Young Alex has never been out of Kansas, much less across the pond to London. Still, he jumps at the chance to take a semester of study in England. While there, he meets a very handsome, charming man named Mason whom he's infatuated with from the moment they meet. They start a relationship, but how long can it last with Mason's hefty travel schedule and Alex's studies? To boot, there's more trouble afoot...there's a secret admirerer in the midst! Not to mention, a jealous ex who'll stop at nothing! Will Alex and Mason survive this relationship, or will it all have just been lust in London?
26. Josh Aterovis - All Lost Things (P.D. Publishing)
Gay, Mystery / Thriller
Killian Kendall’s life is changing faster than he can keep up. He’s graduating from high school, breaking up with his boyfriend, and starting a new job with a private investigator. He’s barely settled at his new desk when his ex-boyfriend calls with a desperate plea for help. He wants Killian to prove his new boyfriend is innocent in the shockingly violent murder of his abusive father. Killian reluctantly agrees to take the case, little knowing how complicated — and dangerous — things will become before it’s over. On the home front, Killian’s surrogate parents decide to buy a historic mansion and turn it into a bed and breakfast. The house comes with a rich history... and maybe a ghost or two. Killian doesn’t want to believe in such things, but he’s quickly becoming convinced that something terrible happened to the home’s original owners. The century-old mystery both terrifies and tantalizes Killian. In the end, he may be the only one who can uncover the truth.
27. Claire Thompson - Texas Surrender (Romance Unbound Publishing)
Gay, Erotica Contemporary
When JD Reed shows up at the Circle R horse ranch, Avery Dalton is fully prepared to hate his guts. Tapped by his aunt to help out at the horse ranch, the greenhorn thinks he can just step in and run the show, but Avery's not having any. JD's got a line on Avery's secret, though barely acknowledged, need to be sexually dominated. A loner used to making his own way, Avery'll be damned before he submits to the arrogant Yankee. JD Reed can never resist a challenge, and Avery Dalton is no exception. Determined to seduce and claim the tattooed, tough guy, JD teases and taunts his prey until he goes too far. In a battle of wills that turns physical, the sexual tension seething just below the surface explodes like a Texas tornado that sweeps them both off their feet.
28. Tom Cardamone - Pumpkin Teeth (Lethe Press)
Gay, Fantasy
Let Tom Cardamone lead you into his wicked universe of changelings and mysterious creatures, where a boy transforms into lightning and illuminates his emerging sexuality. Where a man accidentally receives a package meant for his neighbor, a situation complicated by the fact that he lives next door to a Sphinx. A nurse finds herself working in a retirement home for vampires, while in the future a man questions his decision to live life as a manatee. Featuring tales of quiet suburban anomie, to superhero tropes, to intense erotic horror, Pumpkin Teeth spans the range from Palahniuk insanity to almost Bradburyesque tenderness. Warning, once you are bitten by Pumpkin Teeth, it will not let you go.
29. Sean Meriwether - The Silent Hustler (Lethe Press)
Gay, Contemporary
Best known for editing the edgy gay fiction of the Velvet Mafia website, Sean Meriwether has quietly been writing short fiction and building up a body of his own work. The Silent Hustler collects his short fiction published over the last decade. Meriwether's fiction spans in range from the literary ("Things I Can't Tell My Father") to the revolutionary ("Burn the Rich") to the downright raunchy ("Sneaker Queen"). Slip into bed with The Silent Hustler. You won’t feel guilty in the morning.
30. Steve Berman (editor) - Wilde Stories 2010 (Lethe Press)
Gay, Fantasy
A newcomer to San Francisco falls in love too fast despite the warnings of a cadre of ghosts haunting his uncle; a businessman comes to regret his ennui when faced with the machinations of an outsider artist; on a train traveling through a dangerous Russian winter, a passenger encounters a wolf on two legs; a mining colony where love has become dangerous but no less passionate; a young man, mourning the loss of his ballet career, may yet get his chance to fly—these are some of the stories in this anthology, stories chosen from magazines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best gay male speculative fiction of the past year. Inside these pages are both authors acclaimed (award-winners Laird Barron, Elizabeth Hand, Tanith Lee and Joel Lane) and fresh voices (Tom Cardamone, Georgina Li) offering the best tales of fantastical and weird happenings befalling gay men.
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Directors: Bernard Shumanski 
Directors: Bernard Shumanski 
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24. Marguerite Labbe - 
25. S.L. Danielson - 
26. Josh Aterovis - 
27. Claire Thompson - 
28. Tom Cardamone - 
29. Sean Meriwether - 
30. Steve Berman (editor) - 
I think Poisoned Ivy was inspired by the very own life of J.C. Leyendecker, the artist whose illustration is on the cover; at the beginning of the XX century he was a very famous advertising illustrator and most of the time he used the same model, Charles Bean, who was also his in-living model and partner. Charles’s relationship with Leyendecker was of love (probably) and possession (for sure), arriving to almost captivity at the end of Leyendecker’s life, when Charles was his only connection with the outside world. Charles didn’t survive Leyendecker for many years, almost proving that, where one was the other soon followed, Charles the always present shadow of the artist. 
I think Poisoned Ivy was inspired by the very own life of J.C. Leyendecker, the artist whose illustration is on the cover; at the beginning of the XX century he was a very famous advertising illustrator and most of the time he used the same model, Charles Bean, who was also his in-living model and partner. Charles’s relationship with Leyendecker was of love (probably) and possession (for sure), arriving to almost captivity at the end of Leyendecker’s life, when Charles was his only connection with the outside world. Charles didn’t survive Leyendecker for many years, almost proving that, where one was the other soon followed, Charles the always present shadow of the artist. 