Erastes
Erastes is a penname of a female author who lives in Norfolk, UK. "He" 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. Erastes' goal is to drag gay romance into the mainstream.
On the Web
Novels
Available at: Amazon USA Amazon Canada Amazon UK Amazon Japan Amazon Germany Barnes & Noble
- Transgressions A homoerotic saga set in the turbulent years of the English Civil War to be published by Running Press in April 2009. Available on Amazon and in bookshops
- Mere Mortals Set in the Norfolk Broads, England, Mere Mortals is a gothic mystery. To be published by Lethe Press in Spring 2011
Novellas
- Tributary Published by Noble Romance Publishing as part of the Last Gasp anthology
- Hard & Fast - Published by Cheyenne Press in print and Bristlecone Press in ebook, as part of the Speak Its Name Trilogy with fellow authors Lee Rowan and Charlie Cochrane.
- Frost Fair - Published by Cheyenne Press in print and Bristlecone Press (Gay Regency)
- Chiaroscuro A novella based in 19th Century Florence about an artist who becomes obsessed with his sitter - Published in Night Movesby Aspen Mountain Press. Also available on Amazon.
Short Stories
- Drug Colours 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”
- Ribinks - published in The Drabbler Magazine
- The Bird - published in "Fast Balls" by Alyson Books
- 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 a member of 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.
