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Revision as of 18:32, 17 March 2008
Erastes started to write homoerotic historical fiction because he couldn't find any other than the very few that were on the market, such as Gaywyck by Vincent Virga and the novels of Mary Renault.
On the Web
Books
Available at:
- Chiaroscuro A novella based in 19th Century Florence about an artist who becomes obsessed with his sitter - Published in Night Movesby Aspen Mountain Press
- Transgressions A homoerotic saga set in the turbulent years of the English Civil War - seeking a publisher
- Junction X Work in progress!
Short Stories
- Drug Colours to be published in Lethe Press' "Best Gay Short Stories"
- Show Don't Tell - published in March 2008's MEN Magazine.
- Fire & Ice - published in "J is for Jealousy" by Cleis
- Lifeline - published in "Cruise Lines" by Alyson
- Drug Colors - published in "Where the Boys Are" by Cleis Press
- Right Hand Man - to be published in “Superqueeroes” by Haworth Press
- Ribinks - published in The Drabbler Magazine
- The Bird - published in "Fast Balls" by Alyson Books
- Whatever The Risk - to be published in "Distant Horizons" by Haworth Print
- Ribinks - to be published by The Drabbler
- Matelotage - published in "Treasure Trail" by Alyson Books
- Lucky - published in "Love in a Lock up" by Starbooks
- In the Dark - published in "Ultimate Gay Erotica 2007" by Alyson Books
- My Best Customer - published in "Travelrotica" by Alyson Books
- Ten Kisses - published in "Connections" by Iris Print
- His Story Teller - runner up in Torquere Press' "Do it yourself" competition
- Bright Souls re-published by Alyson Books in Ultimate Gay Erotica 2005
- Sin of the Tongue published in the Blasphemy anthology by Torquere Press
- Lifeline published in the Chance Encounters anthology by Torquere Press
- Bright Souls published in the Monsters anthology by Torquere Press
Memberships
Erastes is the Director of the Erotic Authors Association and the Historical Novel Society He's the moderator of Speak Its Name - the only resource on the web dedicated to gay historical fiction
Other Information
Erastes/Eromenos
In the pederastic tradition of Classical Athens, the eromenos (Greek ἐρόμενος, pl. "eromenoi") was an adolescent boy who was in a love relationship with an adult man, known as the erastes (ἐραστής). The relationship was typically of a pedagogical nature and while it was also typically affectionate and passionate it was not necessarily sexual.
