Sensual masseurs and seductive lawnboys. Italian sons and Trinidadian husbands. Pumped-up porn stars and diced-up drag queens. Elderly widowers who fall in love and create scandal. Generation Xers who envy the dying disco generation in Provincetown. Straight sons who comfort the partners of their gay fathers.

Twenty writers—well-known names and exciting new voices of uncommon skill and urgency—present powerful stories that turn in new directions with a tremendous diversity of style, subject matter, and cultural identity. From wry or romantic "boy-meets-boy" stories to profound reflections on love, death, and family, this extraordinary collection of today's best new gay fiction transcends any narrowly defined genre and showcases the literature of men loving men.
(from the publisher)

Contents:

• Introduction by David Bergman
• Blades by Bruce Benderson
• Trespass by David Ebershoff
• Massage by Jason K. Friedman
• Gioia E Dolor by Philip Gambone
• Elizabeth New Jersey by Philip Gefter
• Love in the Eyes of God by Paul Gervais
• Their Story by Thomas Glave
• Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley
• Lawnboy by Paul Lisicky
• Tricks of the Trade by William J. Mann
• Crack by Kevin Martin
• Graham Greene Is Dead by Achim Nowak
• The White Blackbird by James Purdy
• Waiting on Eurydice by J.E. Robinson
• Black and Blue by Sandip Roy
• House of Difference by Wayne Scott
• 9.2 by David Vernon
• Cartography by Karl Woelz
• Andrew and I by Norman Wong
• The Most Obvious Place by Richard C. Zimler