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  The Bright Afters

  Sadie McCarney

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  When a gay teenager is mercilessly stabbed in a high school bathroom in West Nowhere, Nova Scotia, the surrounding community is sent into a tailspin. While Colton fights for his life in a hospital room at West Nowhere General, everyone from a school janitor to the boy’s abusive stepfather overflows with emotion in the form of verse monologues, unburdening themselves of their feelings. 
  		 
  The Bright Afters is a poetic container for the pain endured by the town and surrounding area — and sometimes, their confessions. The voices we hear from include the sympathetic (a favorite teacher) and the arresting (the kid who stabbed Colton). As Colton recovers, his powder keg sister Christine and his escapist best friend, Annie, have the most to lose from the act that almost killed him — and the most to gain from coming to a new understanding about the senseless violence. 
  		 
  Told from a variety of perspectives, The Bright Afters seeks to interrogate collective and individual trauma, queer belonging, and the ways in which a place sculpts the people it produces. Its individual poems take their names from Broadway shows, containing all of the community’s fraught hope for a positive “big finish” to the story.

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  Makin' Copies

  J.M. Snyder

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  At the office Christmas party, Johnson had a bit too much to drink and thought it'd be a hoot to photocopy his butt using the office copier machine.
  It sounded like a cheap thrill at the time, but he forgot to snag the copies off the machine before he left. 
  So what does he tell Mr. Sanford the following day when those copies wind up on his boss's desk?

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  Enzo

  RJ Scott

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  He's hurt. Hunted. Barely holding on. But Enzo will kill to keep him safe. 
  Enzo has already found his place at Redcars—a garage turned sanctuary for men with dangerous pasts and loyal hearts. He's built a life of purpose, surrounded by a chosen family who knows exactly what it means to survive. 
  Then a bloodied, barefoot stranger collapses at their gate. 
  Terrified, half-starved, and hunted for the key to millions, Robbie has nowhere left to run. But Enzo sees him. Not just the bruises or the shadows of his past—but the man underneath, all sharp edges and shattered trust. And something in Enzo refuses to let go. 
  Redcars isn't just a place to hide. It's a promise. And when the past comes calling, Enzo will do whatever it takes to protect what's his. 
  Enzo is a gritty MM romantic suspense featuring high stakes, found family, and an ex-con willing to cross the line for love. Expect drama, danger, "I would die for you" devotion, and the kind of love that doesn't ask permission to stay. 
  Contains mature themes.

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  How The Skin Sheds

  Chad Lutzke

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  When Garrett Walkinshaw pays a visit to his sister, he finds her murdered— throat sliced and nipples missing, his albino niece left emotionally scarred on her bed. Determined on getting revenge, the two set out after the killer, following a bloody trail of skin-lacking bodies. After Garrett's best friend— a recently freed slave— joins the road-trip hunt, they're forced to teach Garret' s niece the dark world of survival and assassination in the gritty, wild west, where they're met with myriad of roadblocks in the form of evil lawmen, bizarro brothers, a swamp witch, and more. Hap & Leonard meets Leon: The Professional, chasing down Ed Gein.

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  Riding Red

  Charles Payseur

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  Big and Red are conmen and lovers a bit down on their luck when they learn of an easy mark, a rich old woman who lives alone in the woods. Hoping to ingratiate themselves by pretending Red is her long lost granddaughter (complete with red dress and basket of baked goods), they set out over the river and through the woods, even if Red is a bit hesitant about the cross-dressing.
  When they aren't the only ones trying to cash in, their plans have to change. Jack, a trickster himself, is already on the scene, and is very good at making both Big and Red rather hot and bothered. And when it turns out the little old woman is running a con of her own, all bets are off, and the fur -- and clothing -- will fly as everyone scrambles to survive.

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  Chicken Soup

  Mel Bossa

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  Though Jimmy's ill and isn't getting any better, he hopes to have a bit of fun during Pride weekend. When he meets Nolan, a young dancer in the parade, Jimmy takes a chance on making himself vulnerable for the first time in years.
  What Jimmy doesn't expect is how strong Nolan will make him feel with a simple gesture of support.
  Note: This short story was originally published in the charity collection, Love Is Proud.

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