I apologize for not having posted an essay here lately. The last couple of months have been unexpectedly busy for me and I've had very little time to carve out for sexual adventures, much less writing about them.
I did have a fun vacation last week, though, so I'll be working on a couple of essays arising from that.
In the meantime, let me catch you up with a few announcements about some of the various creative endeavors that have been occupying my time.
A New Book
I've got a new story appearing in the anthology Come Young and Old: Gay Age Gap Erotica, out July 29th. This is another in the vintage-style pulp paperback series from Peter Schutes Publishing. As the title might imply, all the stories within deal with older dad types doing dirty things with younger son types. It's raunchy as hell and you'll love it.
My story, The Good Dad, is largely autobiographical in its storytelling, yet culminates in a fictional climax based on one of the few things that's never happened to me, though I wish it would. Some of you might guess what that is. The rest of you will have to read to find out.
And then track me down to make it happen. (Please?)
Come Young and Old is available for preorder from Amazon.
A New eBook
My novella, On the Block, is available in ebook format at a number of different outlets. On the Block is set in 1980 and is the story of Nicky, a street hustler trying to escape a small Southern town by latching onto and then seducing a big-city reporter. In previous essays I've talked about how the story's set on a vanished cruising area from my own youth, though Nicky and his adventures are entirely fictional.
Previously, the story was part of the Hustlers, Hoboes, and Outlaws anthology (still available in paperback, by the way!).
If you order from Smashwords, throughout the month of July 2025 you can purchase On the Block for a mere $2.50. I don't know anything else that can give you as much pleasure for that price.
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Me: Live!
If you're interested in hearing—yes, I said hearing—about my creative process when I'm writing, recently I spent an hour talking with the host of the podcast Art in the Raw. The podcast is an outgrowth of Salon Naturale, a North Texas-based community celebrating queer social nudism and creative expression.
I've enjoyed previous episodes of the show because of the laid-back, in-depth conversations it hosts with queer artists of all stripes. Under my J. W. Steed moniker, I was happy to chat about my early inspirations, my journey to becoming a published writer, and the struggles of shifting from mainstream novels to erotica. While yapping at a hundred miles an hour, I even managed to get in some thoughts about my philosophy of writing, and in particular of writing fiction appealing to the sexual urges.
Much of the discussion focuses on the science fiction novella, Journey's End, which is available in a stunning paperback edition.
If you're so inclined, give it a listen. I've linked above to Apple Podcasts, but you can find the project at any of your favorite podcast hubs.
And that's it! I'll try to have a new essay for you good people in a couple of weeks.
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Hey! If you've made it this far, chances are you enjoy my sexual memoir pieces. May I suggest you invest in one of my works of sexy erotica?
If you enjoy vintage-style collections of hot, retro-themed gay fiction penned by some great authors of man on man erotica, please consider supporting me with a purchase of either Dirty Dorms & Fresh Men (which features my story Sleazy A), Hustlers, Hoboes, & Outlaws (which features my story On the Block), Same Sex: Gay Science Fiction Clone Erotica (which features my story Journey's End), or Come Young and Old: Gay Age Gap Erotica, (which features my story The Good Dad).
Sleazy A is also available in epub format from Smashwords and in Kindle format from Amazon.
The publishing house for these projects can be found at Peterschutes.com . There are already many vintage-style pulps on sale over there, with more to come. If you sign up for the site's newsletter, you’ll be eligible to receive a free eBook.
Supporting my erotic fiction helps me maintain this blog and the erotic memoir pieces I've produced here for over a decade.
