Brute

Stories of Dark Desire, Masculinity & Rough Trade edited by Steve Berman What happens when we go looking for trouble? Delights or dismay? Many horror stories and films begin with this premise, as do plenty of hook-ups. When you can’t sleep and begin browsing Grindr or Scruff, why not invite the guy without a face pic who has been taunting you to come over? Dancing at the club? The fierce-looking man gesturing with a shake of his head to the back alley door seems promising. How about picking up a hitchhiker late at night on a lonely road? The allure of trouble is not only the forbidden fruit at the finale but the pleasure of abandoning good judgment for this win. And one of the more enticing pursuits for us sodomites is rough trade, those men, young and old, who could answer one wrong move on your part with violence. The stories in Brute are a collection of some things old, some things new, some things scary, and some things to leave you black and blue. Featuring: "Rituals" by Joel Lane "The Window Inside" by Drew Pisarra "Dark, Firm, & Dry" by Rien Gray "In the Mouth" by Edward M. Cohen "Swallow" by Robin Robinson "Stormed and Taken in Prague" by Steve Berman "I'll Make a Man of You Yet" by Elton Skelter "Dick Pig" by Ian Muneshwar "Common Whipping" by Naben Ruthnum "The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" by L.C. von Hessen "Askesis" by Lawrie Jackson "Desire and the Black Masseur" by Tennessee Williams "Cost Fan Tutte" by Doug Weaver "Against the Grain" by L.A. Fields "Suitecase Sam" by Tom Cardamone "Needle" by Peter Dubé "Last Night at Manscape" by Nick Mamatas "Dance, Macabre" by Phoenix Alexander "A Devilment" by James Bennett