The August 2009 issue of True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power features recommendations of new gay fiction, nonfiction, and art in the Leathermen section. (And no, we haven't forgotten about the promised Prisoners issue. It's been bumped up to next year.)

david stein, whose Tryout at the Bondage Club has proved to be one of True ( Read more... )

NONFICTION: Black-Leather Black Mass Celebrates Perfect Sex Date 6/9/69, Eighteen Days Before Stonewall Rebellion. By Jack Fritscher. An on-the-spot account of an occult leather gathering, from a new edition of a book originally published in 1972.
The coven wore black leather garments ranging from loose medieval robes to motorcycle gear.

FICTION: Other Bodies. By Michael Agreve. The erotic secret that gay men keep from each other, brought out into the open.
For years he sat in his wheelchair, his right hand supplying the closet thing he would ever come to a love life. Then, one day, somebody looked at him. Somebody looked at him real strange.
NONFICTION: Historical Note to "Other ( Read more... )

POETRY: The Deformity Lover. By Felice Picano. A man searches for what others pass over.
For him a chiselled profile is fine, but handsomer with a speech defect.
NONFICTION: Historical Note to "The Deformity Lover". By Felice Picano.

NONFICTION: Maimed Beauty. By Mark I. Chester. What can you do when you stand out from the crowd? . . . An updated version of the author's erotic narrative.
Others stand out no matter what they do. Brilliant flames against a darkened sky. It's not a matter of desire. They simply have no choice.

PHOTOGRAPHY: George Dureau: Nude Male Photography and Art. Introduction by Mark I. Chester. Links to George Dureau's photographs and artwork of disabled men, African-American men, and others. Includes models who appeared in the "Maimed Beauty" issue.
They are uncompromising explorations into the heart of homoeroticism - portraits of black men ( Read more... )

FEATURE: Leather Lit: Excerpts from Drummer Magazine's Narrative Nonfiction. Samples from 1977 to 1990 of what editor Jack Fritscher called "erotic literature with SM and punctuation."
"No one knew a man was going to get branded.
"No one knew there was a sling behind the black tarp.
"No one - not even San Diego's gay newspaper, Update, which always ( Read more... )