Second Thoughts

More Queer and Weird Stories

By: Steve Berman

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Paperback | 15 August 2008

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208 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 1.22

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In these tales of regret and awe, the scent of loneliness entices ravenous children to start eating away at a caretaker's historic house, a nursery rhyme tempts a young lover to cheat on his boyfriend, a student discovers his hunky roommate's boxers are flirting with him, and a meek accountant finds himself abandoning the mundane life he knew to chase after monsters in Japan. Thirteen tales, thirteen boys and men who find themselves having second thoughts about their live, their loves, their world.

Industry Reviews

"Each of the stories that make up this book is accompanied by such an Author's Note in which Berman discusses the background and purpose of the piece. The tone is informal and the device effective, giving the reader a greater insight to the writer while enhancing the impact of the tale. Though Berman's style varies greatly throughout the 200 plus pages of this selection of stories, it is consistent in its quick pace, punchy dialogue and confident originality. No two stories are the same, but are linked in their fine marriage of reality and surrealism. This collection is excellent for readers of the lesser-found gay supernatural fiction, or anyone appreciative of twisted tales in their many forms." - Chroma

"The stories are without exception well-wrought, fluent gems that reveal Berman's gift for taking absolutely unremarkable situations, little fragments of everyday life, or sometimes bits of popular apocrypha, and twisting them off their path into bizarre and surprising places." - Rambles.net

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