Richard Labonté (ed.): Hot Daddies

USA 2011, 210 pp., brochure, € 13.95
Cleis - Gay Erotic Stories
When experience meets innocence, sparks fly. From burly bears and hunky father figures to dominant leathermen, Richard Labonté's »Hot Daddies« captures the erotic dynamic between younger and older men: intense connections, consensual submission, and the toughness and tenderness of teaching and learning. In Jack Fritscher's muscular »Father and Son Tag Team«, a sexual romp with a summer camp counselor reveals an older man's mature power and a younger man's fresh appeal. The younger man has the power to seduce - and to instruct - in Randy Turk's »Professor Papi«. In Landon Dixon's arch »Men of the Open Road«, a young hitchhiker knows where he wants to go with older men - and it's not farther down the road. Whether sexually playful or masters of hardcore S/M, these »Hot Daddies« speak with the confidence that only sexual maturity imparts.

Barbara Cardy (ed.): The Mammoth Book of Gorgeous Guys

USA 2011, 480 pp. with numerous color photographs, brochure, € 16.59
More than 400 erotic photographs of men by the world's leading photographers: stunning male nudes and erotic portraits represent the work of nearly 50 artists, a substantial number of them women (Tom Bianchi, Christopher Makos, Harriet Leibowitz, Henning von Berg, Jan Saudek among others). Each photographer's work reveals unique and innovative ways of capturing the beauty of the male body and bringing fresh eroticism to its form. This is a collection that goes well beyond typical body-builder, calendar-boy images with photographs ranging from striking details of male anatomy to intriguing portraits. Introduced by Tom Bianchi, these are photographs which extend our concept of what is beautiful.

Shane Allison (ed.): Frat Boys

USA 2011, 219 pp., brochure, € 13.59
Cleis - Gay Erotic Stories
Paddlings, partying, hazing, wrestling at the frat house - these gorgeous undergrads know how to have fun, especially with one another. The stories in this book go right to the head of the class with page-turning, arousing action featuring hunky college boys getting it on. A pledge is put to the test in front of fellow classmates by a professor with dubious motives in Gavin Atlas's »The Laius League«. Hot action of every kind in the name of higher education ensues in Z. Ferguson's »Date Night at the Delta Tau Delta«. There's plenty of risk-taking romance between a b-baller and a frat boy in newcomer C.C. Williams's »The Pickup Game«. A student with a jockstrap-sniffing fetish goes wild in Jeff Funk's »Frat House Midnight Snack«. There's also stories by other top erotica writers like Jeff Mann, or Neil Plakcy.

Neil Plakcy (ed.): The Handsome Prince

USA 2011, 212 pp., brochure, € 13.95
Cleis - Gay Erotic Romance
This is a bawdy collection of bedtime stories brimming with classic fairy tale characters, reimagined and recast for any man who has dreamt of the day his prince will come. There are white stallions and castles and princes, of course, but also cowboys and auto mechanics and senators. In »The Master«, a walk in the woods leads to an erotic encounter with a mysterious stranger. Hailing a cab results in a wild ride with the »Chauffeur Prince«. Sometimes, the prince is the one who needs rescuing, as in »Creosote Flats and the Big Spread«. The one thing all of these stories have in common, along with the original fairy tales, is a happy ending. Whether it's happily ever after or happy for now, when these guys find their princes, hot steamy sex ensues.

Phil Adamson: Aufstieg eines Strichers

D 2012, 158 S., Pb, € 13.31
Bruno Gmünder - Loverboys 124
Tom und Simeon sind ein junges Paar - frisch verliebt und womöglich zusammen für alle Ewigkeit. Aber Toms Job passt so gar nicht in die Idylle: er arbeitet als Stricher und ist darin ziemlich erfolgreich, denn er steckt sein ganzes Herzblut in die Sache, wenn er mit einem Kunden zusammen ist. Simeon passt das irgendwie gar nicht. Und so kommt es zu einer echten Belastungsprobe für die junge Liebe. Doch dann begegnet Simeon einem Kerl, der es ihm so richtig besorgt. Danach ist Simeon richtig hin- und hergerissen zwischen Tom und dem Neuen. Aber muss das wirklich gleich das Aus für die Beziehung zwischen Simeon und Tom bedeuten? Doch das ist ein Erotikroman aus der Loverboys-Reihe - und daher ist für höchst erotische Versöhnung gesorgt.

Roberto Chiovitti (F): Disclosed Desires

D 2012, 96 S., Farbe, geb., € 25.65
Bruno Gmünder
SM und Fetische stehen im Zentrum von Roberto Chiovittis Männerfotografie. Ihn interessiert die Verbindung von Lust und Schmerz, von Dominanz und Unterwerfung, von Bondage und Souveränität, von Leder und Ketten, von Harnischen und nackter Haut. Nicht gerade zimperlich geht er dabei mit seinen kerligen, manchmal auch derben Models um. Sie werden in diese spielerischen Fantasien hineingezwungen. Im Vordergrund seiner Fotografie stehen intelligente Inszenierung der Bilder und Herausforderung des Betrachters durch diese ungewöhnlichen Fotos. Dabei liegt Chiovitti mit seiner Orientierung an den verschiedenen Spielarten des SM und an sexuellen Fetischen durchaus im Trend. In dieser trendigen Fotografie entwickelt er aber eine ausgesprochen eigenwillige Bildsprache.

Shane Allison (ed.): Brief Encounters

69 Hot Gay Shorts. USA 2011, 354 pp., brochure, € 14.49
Cleis
According to the editor, »the best sex is sex that happens in an instant, when we least expect it«. In »Brief Encounters«, Allison has curated a deliciously dirty set of tales that are thrilling, intriguing and always surprising. Among the scenarios in »Brief Encounters«: two strangers act out their own scene when the theater lights go out in Logan Zachary's »Back Row«. A student's quest for an A includes seducing his studly professor in Rob Rosen's »Hot for Teacher«. Gay erotica veteran M. Christian wastes no time in getting to the good parts in the raw and raunchy blow-by-blow tale »Safe Sex«. This big, bold book of gay quickies is guaranteed to satisfy on every level - even if the stories are short in length - they sure are long on pleasure.

Shane Allison (ed.): Afternoon Pleasures

USA 2011, 211 pp., brochure, € 13.59
Cleis - Erotica for Gay Couples
Shane Allison presents bedtime reading for gay couples. Filled with romance, passion and lust, »Afternoon Pleasures« offers irresistible homoerotic fun while celebrating the coming together of souls as well as bodies. Two traveling husbears meet a willing twink in Jeff Mann's »One Afternoon in the Bible Belt«. A sneaky environmentalist gets sandwiched between hedonistic mountain men in Bob Vickery's »Loggers«. Two partners share a leisurely Sunday morning with scintillating surprises in Hank Edwards's »Breakfast in Bed«. And Bob Rosen's »Skyrockets in Flight« is particularly delicious with naughty bits in every line. These are just a few of the tawdry stories of male on male sex that grace the pages of this anthology. So lie back with the one you love or the one you lust after and enjoy. Clothing is optional.