Best Gay Erotica 2002

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“what i want to do” © 2001 by pansy bradshaw. “ “Pink Flamingos, Part Three-Way” © 2001 by Scott Brassart, originally appeared in Starf*cker, edited by Shar Rednour; Alyson Books. “CAGE” © 2000 by Bill Brent, originally appeared in Rough Stuff, edited by M. Christian & Simon Sheppard, Alyson Books. “Summer, Eighteen” © 2001 by Alexander Chee. “I’m a Top” © 2001 by Otto Coca. “The Porn King and I” © 2001 by Greg Herren. “Natoma Street” by J. T. LeRoy, originally appeared in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, © 2001 by Bloomsbury USA. “What a Muse Looks Like” © 2001 by Shaun Levin, originally appeared on-line in Mind Caviar; February 2001. “Unlimited Pass” © 2001 by Douglas A. Martin. “Frantic Romantic” © 2001 by Alistair McCartney. “Kiss the Concrete” © 2000 by Sean Meriwether, originally appeared on-line in Suspect Thoughts, issue 3, spring 2001. “I Can See for Miles” © 2001 by Marshall Moore. “A Bedtime Story” © 2000 by Jay Neal, originally appeared in American Bear magazine, Dec. 2000/Jan. 2001. “Losing It” © 2001 by John Orcutt. “Harder” © 2000 by Ian Philips, originally appeared on-line in Suspect Thoughts, issue 2, fall 2000, and is reprinted in slightly different form from See Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically Bent, Attagirl Press. “Positive” © 2001 by Andy Quan. “Tiger Rag” © 2000 by J. D. Ryan, originally appeared in Skin Flicks #2, edited by David MacMillan, Companion Press. “Saint Valentine Was a Martyr, You Know” © 2001 by Simon Sheppard. “Cocky” © 2001 by Mel Smith. “Chip off the Old Block” © 2001 by Michael Stamp. “The Tide” © 2001 by Matt Bernstein Sycamore. “Remembering Dalton” © 2001 by Karl von Uhl. “Ponyboy” © 2001 by James Williams.