LGBTIQ+ Gay Fiction
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Reasons of the Heart
Bron Nicholls
Melbourne: Penguin, 1993.
Australian pederasty novel by Bron Nicholls, her first published novel for an adult audience. -
The Man on the Bridge
Stephen Benatar
Brighton: Harvester Press, 1981.
First published novel of Stephen Royce Benatar. “A coming-of-age story about a young man in 1950s London who has a tragic affair with a rich gay painter.” (Cosmo Landesman, The Sunday Times, April 11, 2010). -
Angel Tails
Tim Herbert
Sydney: BlackWattle Press, 1992. -
Trucker Comin’
Bob Hancock
Santee: Surey Books, 1976.
His 69 gay pulp. HIS69184. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Cock Confessions
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First Edition.
17cm x 11cm. 154 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
His 69 gay pulp. HIS69567. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.
Sticker ghost and remnant of The Gay Exchange NSW censorship sticker to wrappers upper panel, also their stamp to first leaf. Upper hinge pulled but firm. Minor tanning. Good Condition. -
Body Embezzelers
Joseph Shalam
Miami: Numbers, 1978.
Numbers Illustrated Library gay pulp. NL-100. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Balls of Fire
Adam Hayes
North Hollywood: Arena Publications, 1982.
Driveshaft Library gay pulp. DS 110. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Honey Moon
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First Edition.
17cm x 11cm. 186 pages. Pictorial wrappers.
Surree Stud Series gay pulp. SS040. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.
Old price sticker to wrappers front panel. Tanning to wrappers verso. Previous owner’s name. Very Good Condition. -
Lay ’em Straight
Stuart Rowen
New York: Surree, 1981.
Surree Stud Series gay pulp. SSS106. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Cowboy Cock
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First Edition.
17.5cm x 11cm. 180 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Gaytimes Book Club gay pulp. NM-19. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
Street Gang Virgin
Anonymous
New York: Star Distributors, 1994.
Gay pulp Man to Man MN-167. Cover illustration by Craig Esposito. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Rick’s Big One
Anonymous
New York: Star Distributors, 1994.
Gay pulp Man to Man MN-170. Cover illustration by Craig Esposito. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Rough Trade
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Second Paperback Library Printing.
18cm x 10.5cm. 160 pages. Pictorial wrappers.
Second printing of the paperback reissue of the first gay detective novel, originally published as The Gay Detective. Lou Rand Hogan was the pseudonym of Louis Randall, a San Francisco chef and author of The Gay Cookbook. Gay pulp. Reprint of YOUNG 3194*.
Small rubs to wrappers front panel. Good Condition. -
Summer Heat
[Bruno Von Hoss]
New York: Star Distributors, 1968.
Gay pulp Bad Boys BA-103. Australian based gay prison erotica. 3 gay inmates from Brisbane Gaol are reassigned as guards inflicting sexual punishment. Cover illustration by Craig Esposito. Here published anonymously, reprinted in 1989 as Young Stallions YS-166 attributed to Bruno Von Hoss. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Cobalt
Will Lee
New York: Vantage Press, 1999.
A gay murder mystery set in San Francisco featuring “Miss Haight-Ashbury (Private Eye), Party Girl-Showgirl-Balloon Girl-Man Stealer” and gay police officer Frank Lee. -
West of the Wind
David Marinoff
New York: Vantage Press, 1969.
“This is the fantastic tal eof Raymond Richards, self-styled ex-star of a “gay” night club in San Francisco, presently in Greenwich Village, where he is in the female-impersonator racket in a clip joint. But it won’t be for long… From night-dive queen in a Village joint, Raymond zooms to heady, blatant insecurity as an arts-and-antiques “expert” in a luxury apartment, all the way talking himself in and out of deals slick and spurious…” YOUNG 2510. -
The Soft Spot
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 13cm. 47 pages. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
The first erotic short story collection by writer and photographer George Haimsohn (1925-2003) featuring four short stories: Gaylord Merriewether III, Smile!, The Spanish Boys, and The Rug Salesman. Published by H. Lynn Womack’s Guild Press, one of the first publishing houses to focus exclusively on gay male content. Womack won a supreme court case in 1962 defending obscenity charges brought against him helping to pave the way for the explosion of erotic publications in the years to follow. YOUNG 1512* (Young erroneously citing 1966 as the publication year.) There exists two cover variants, red and blue, priority unknown, with different cover illustrations by D. Damon, this being the red variant.
Contemporary $2.50 price sticker to wrappers front panel. Minor shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
Try
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First Edition.
21cm x 15cm. 199 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
Minor wear to board edges. Bookplate of Dr. Gary Simes. Near Fine Condition. -
Animal Handlers
Jay Shaffer
New York: Badboy, 1994.
Gay pulp short story collection. -
The Slave Prince
Vince Gilman
New York: Badboy, 1994.
One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Scrapbook
Sean Martin
New York: Badboy, 1994.
Gay pulp short story collection. -
Masters
Victor Terry
New York: Badboy, 1996.
Gay SM pulp short story collection. -
Cabin Fever and Other Stories
Donald Vining
New York: Badboy, 1995.
Gay pulp short story collection. -
Shadowman: Seven Tales of Secret Male Passions
Torsten Barring
New York: Badboy, 1994.
Gay pulp short story collection. -
Hitting Home & Other Stories
Tom Caffrey
New York: Badboy, 1994.
Gay pulp short story collection. -
Service, Stud
Clay Caldwell
New York: Badboy, 1995.
One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Ask Ol’ Buddy
Clay Caldwell
New York: Badboy, 1995.
One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Queers Like Us
Clay Caldwell
New York: Badboy, 1995.
One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture. -
Chains
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First Badboy Printing.
17.5cm x 10cm. 241 pages, [15] pages of advertisements. Pictorial wrappers.
One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.
Minor tanning. Crown fore-edge corner of lower wrappers chipped. Very Good Condition. -
Man Sword
Larry Townsend
New York: Badboy, 1994.
One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.