by Greg Herren
Jeffrey Ricker’s (jeffreyricker.wordpress.com) first novel, Detours, was published in 2011 by Bold Strokes Books. His writing has appeared in the anthologies Paws and Reflect, Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction, Blood Sacraments, Men of the Mean Streets, Speaking Out, Riding the Rails, and others. He is currently finishing his second novel and pursuing an MFA in creative writing at the University of British Columbia. When class is out, he lives in St. Louis with his partner, Michael, and two dogs.
Carol Rosenfeld is a New York City–based writer and poet who has three novels in progress. Her short stories have appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 (Cleis, 2003), Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual (Harrington Park Press, 2004) and Back to Basics: A Butch-Femme Anthology (Bella Books, 2004). Carol is the volunteer chair of the Publishing Triangle and blogs occasionally at crosenyc.wordpress.com.
Michael Rowe (michaelrowe.com) is the author of the novel Enter, Night, hailed by Barnes & Noble as “the vampire fiction release of the year.” An award-winning journalist, essayist, and editor, he lives in Toronto and welcomes readers at his website.
Carsen Taite (carsentaite.com) works by day (and sometimes night) as a criminal defense attorney in Dallas, Texas. Her goal as an author is to spin plot lines as interesting as the cases she encounters in her practice. She is the author of six previously released novels: truelesbianlove.com, It Should be a Crime (a Lambda Literary Award finalist), Do Not Disturb, Nothing but the Truth, The Best Defense, and Slingshot. Her seventh novel, Beyond Innocence, is scheduled for release in November 2012.
Lee Thomas is the Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award—winning author of The Dust of Wonderland, In the Closet Under the Bed, The German, and Torn. Forthcoming releases include the novel Ash Street and the short story collection Like Light for Flies.
The Editors
Greg Herren is an award-winning author and editor who lives in New Orleans. He writes two mystery series, the Chanse MacLeod mysteries and the Scotty Bradley adventures. He has been nominated ten times for a Lambda Literary Award, winning for Murder in the Rue Chartres (Men’s Mystery) and Love Bourbon Street: Reflections on New Orleans (Anthology). He has also published three young adult novels; Sleeping Angel won the Moonbeam Gold Medal for excellence in Children’s/Young Adult Mystery/Horror. He has published over 200 articles of literary criticism and/or author interviews. His short fiction has appeared in numerous award-winning anthologies, including the critically acclaimed New Orleans Noir, Cast of Characters, and in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Former editor of Lambda Book Report, he has also worked as an editor at Bella Books, the Harrington Park Press, and Bold Strokes Books. He has edited twelve anthologies, including Shadows of the Night, Upon a Midnight Clear, and one of the top-selling erotica anthologies of all time, FRATSEX. He is a co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Conference, served for two years on the board of directors of the National Stonewall Democrats, is currently serving as president of the Southwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, and is chairing the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Weekend/World Horror Convention in New Orleans. He has served as a judge for the Lambda Literary Awards, the Hammett Prize, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and the Stoker Award. His blog can be found at http://scottynola.livejournal.com. He lives in the historic lower Garden District of New Orleans, with his partner of sixteen years and their cat.
J. M. Redmann is the author of a mystery series featuring New Orleans private detective Michele “Micky” Knight. Her latest novel is Ill Will. The previous book, Water Mark, won an Over the Rainbow award from the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Roundtable of the American Library Association, a ForeWord Gold First Place mystery award, and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. Two of her earlier books, The Intersection of Law and Desire and Death of a Dying Man, have won Lambda Literary Awards; all but her first book have been nominated. The Intersection of Law and Desire was also an Editor’s Choice of the San Francisco Chronicle and a recommended holiday book by Maureen Corrigan of NPR’s Fresh Air; it and Lost Daughters were originally published by W.W. Norton. Redmann was a 2010 recipient of the Alice B. Readers Appreciation Award, gave the keynote address at the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in 2009, in 2006 was inducted as a Literary Saint into the Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame, and in 2011 was an invited speaker to Vassar’s 150th anniversary LGBTQ conference Smashing History. Her books have been translated into Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Hebrew, and one short story even made it into Korean. She was the co-editor with Greg Herren of two anthologies, Women of the Mean Streets: Lesbian Noir and Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir. Redmann lives in a historic neighborhood in New Orleans, at the edge of the area that flooded.
Books Available From Bold Strokes Books
Ladyfish by Andrea Bramhall. Finn’s escape to the Florida Keys leads her straight into the arms of scuba diving instructor Oz as she fights for her freedom, their blossoming love…and her life! (978-1-60282-747-9)
Spanish Heart by Rachel Spangler. While on a mission to find herself in Spain, Ren Molson runs the risk of losing her heart to her tour guide, Lina Montero. (978-1-60282-748-6)
Love Match by Ali Vali. When Parker “Kong” King, the number one tennis player in the world, meets commercial pilot Captain Sydney Parish, sparks fly but not from attraction. They have the summer to see if they have a love match. (978-1-60282-749-3)
One Touch by L.T. Marie. A romance writer and a travel agent come together at their high school reunion, only to find out that the memory of that one touch never fades. (978-1-60282-750-9)
Night Shadows: Queer Horror edited by Greg Herren and J.M. Redmann. Night Shadows features delightfully wicked stories by some of the biggest names in queer publishing. (978-1-60282-751-6)
Secret Societies by William Holden. An outcast hustler, his unlikely “mother,” his faithless lovers, and his religious persecutors—all in 1726. (978-1-60282-752-3)
The Raid by Lee Lynch. Before Stonewall, having a drink with friends or your girl could mean jail. Would these women and men still have family, a job, a place to live after…The Raid. (978-1-60282-753-0)
The You Know Who Girls by Annameekee Hesik. As they begin freshman year, Abbey Brooks and her best friend, Kate, pinky swear they’ll keep away from the lesbians in Gila High, but Abbey already suspects she’s one of those you-know-who girls herself and slowly learns who her true friends really are. (978-1-60282-754-7)
Wyatt: Doc Holliday’s Account of an Intimate Friendship by Dale Chase. Erotica writer Dale Chase takes the remarkable friendship between Wyatt Earp, upright lawman, and Doc Holliday, southern gentlemen turned gambler and killer, to an entirely new level: hot! (978-1-60282-755-4)
Month of Sundays by Yolanda Wallace. Love doesn’t always happen overnight; sometimes it takes a month of Sundays. (978-1-60282-739-4)
Jacob’s War by C.P. Rowlands. ATF Special Agent Allison Jacob’s task force is in the middle of an all-out war, from the streets to the boardrooms of America. Small business owner Katie Blackburn is the latest victim who accidentally breaks it wide open but may break AJ’s heart at the same time. (978-1-60282-740-0)
The Pyramid Waltz by Barbara Ann Wright. Princess Katya Nar Umbriel wants a perfect romance, but her Fiendish nature and duties to the crown mean she can never tell the truth-until she meets Starbride, a woman who gets to the heart of every secret, even if it will be the death of her. (978-1-60282-741-7)
The Secret of Othello by Sam Cameron. Florida teen detectives Steven and Denny risk their lives to search for a sunken NASA satellite—but under the waves, no one can hear you scream… (978-1-60282-742-4)
Finding Bluefield by Elan Barnehama. Set in the backdrop of Virginia and New York and spanning the years 1960-1982, Finding Bluefield chronicles the lives of Nicky Stewart, Barbara Philips, and their son, Paul, as they struggle to define themselves as a family. (978-1-60282-744-8)
The Jetsetters by David-Matthew Barnes. As rock band The Jetsetters skyrocket from obscuri
ty to super stardom, Justin Holt, a lonely barista, and Diego Delgado, the band’s guitarist, fight with everything they have to stay together, despite the chaos and fame. (978-1-60282-745-5)
Strange Bedfellows by Rob Byrnes. Partners in life and crime, Grant Lambert and Chase LaMarca, are hired to make a politician’s compromising photo disappear, but what should be an easy job quickly spins out of control. (978-1-60282-746-2)
Dreaming of Her by Maggie Morton. Isa has begun to dream of the most amazing woman—a woman named Lilith with a gorgeous face, an amazing body, and the ability to turn Isa on like no other. But Lilith is just a dream...isn’t she? (978-1-60282-847-6)
Summoning Shadows: A Rosso Lussuria Vampire Novel by Winter Pennington. The Rosso Lussuria vampires face enemies both old and new, and to prevail they must call on even more strange alliances, unite as a clan, and draw on every weapon within their reach—but with a clan of vampires, that’s easier said than done. (978-1-60282-679-3)
Sometime Yesterday by Yvonne Heidt. When Natalie Chambers learns her Victorian house is haunted by a pair of lovers and a Dark Man, can she and her lover Van Easton solve the mystery that will set the ghosts free and banish the evil presence in the house? Or will they have to run to survive as well? (978-1-60282-680-9)
Into the Flames by Mel Bossa. In order to save one of his patients, psychiatrist Jamie Scarborough will have to confront his own monsters—including those he unknowingly helped create. (978-1-60282-681-6)
OMGqueer, edited by Radclyffe and Katherine E. Lynch. Through stories imagined and told by youth across America, this anthology provides a snapshot of queerness at the dawn of the new millennium. (978-1-60282-682-3)
Oath of Honor by Radclyffe. A First Responders novel. First do no harm…First Physician of the United States Wes Masters discovers that being the president’s doctor demands more than brains and personal sacrifice—especially when politics is the order of the day. (978-1-60282-671-7)
A Question of Ghosts by Cate Culpepper. Becca Healy hopes Dr. Joanne Call can help her learn if her mother really committed suicide—but she’s not sure she can handle her mother’s ghost, a decades-old mystery, and lusting after the difficult Dr. Call without some serious chocolate consumption. (978-1-60282-672-4)