Best Gay Romance 2009

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“Kindred Souls” © 2007 by Vic Bach, reprinted with the author’s permission from Best Date Ever, edited by Lawrence Schimel (Alyson Books). “Sail Away” © 2008 by Tom Cardamone. “Liebestod: Love/Death Final Aria with Imaginary Music” © 2007 by Robert M. Dewey, reprinted with the author’s permission from Blithe House Quarterly, Winter 2007. “The Calamus Emotion: Love Among the Ruins” © 2008 by Jack Fritscher. “What We Leave Behind” © 2008 by Shanna Germain, reprinted with the author’s permission from Animal Attraction, edited by Vincent Diamond (Torquere Press). “As Sweet by Any Other Name” © 2008 by Mark G. Harris. “One” © 2008 by T. Hitman. “The Pools of Paradise” © 2008 by David Holly, first appeared online in Tommyhawk’s Fantasy World. “Briefly, Forever” © 2008 by Lee Houck. “The Terror of Knowing What This World Is About” © 2008 by Thomas Kearnes. “Chiaroscuro” © 2008 by Jay Mandal. “The Baker” © 2008 by Neil Plakcy. “Finders Keepers” © 2008 by Rob Rosen. “Coming Back to Me” © 2008 by Simon Sheppard. “Afflicted” © 2008 by J. M. Snyder. “Adult” © 2008 by Natty Soltesz. “Starting Over” © 2008 by Sam Sommer. “The Forest of Suicides” © 2008 by Andrew Warburton.