Gay lovers find temporary respite from adversity in this collection of stories by Scott D. Pomfret. Ranging from a cocaine-fueled rampage to the blind eye of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to the submission of a dick-dock orgy, these stories depict the bonds gay men forge when political unrest, drugs, HIV/AIDS, the Church or a demanding T-ball schedule put their commitments to the test.
*In "You Are the One," a flaming gardener on the military-base fights his impulse to persuade his warrior boyfriend to out himself to his commanding officer to avoid a second tour in Iraq, even though he knows his lover would be a different person if he took the easy way out.
*In “The Casualty Assistant,” a soldier bringing the news of a husband’s death in battle to a young wife finds himself with a disloyal and dishonorable hard-on when the wife confesses to an affair while her husband was stationed abroad.
*In "Kali," a couple of gay married teachers get over their heads when they set up as amateur coke dealers.
*In "Dry Things," a gay visitor to Egypt during its uprising finds companionship and a good meal away from his traveling companion and walks untouched through Cairo's riotous streets.
*In "FOB Loyalty," a stateside civilian welcomes back his boyfriend who was wounded in action, but soon finds that there are other stateside threats against his boyfriend against which he must defend.
*In "Devils," a frustrated boyfriend sets out to complete Herculean deeds in an effort to get God to release his lover from a strange new disease.
* In "Transport," a seasoned hard-ass Marine develops a crush on one of the soldiers under his command.
* In "All You Need," a professional dog-walker known as the Dogfather endures in the midst of an ever-changing urban neighborhood.
* In "Hit and Run," a gay father reluctantly abandons the gay ghetto to move to the suburbs and coach his daughter's little league team with unexpected conflicts and subtle joys.
*In "Magi," a gay couple struggling to sustain their relationship at Christmas time despite outward appearances.
When the powers-that-be make the decision to return a selfish party-girl, Zara, to Earth on three missions of redemption, can romance and mayhem be far behind? One hot and trendy gay nightclub, two bickering angels and three unlikely pairs add up to
When the powers-that-be make the decision to return a selfish party-girl, Zara, to Earth on three missions of redemption, can romance and mayhem be far behind? One hot and trendy gay nightclub, two bickering angels and three unlikely pairs add up to
