Erastes

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Erastes is a penname of a female author who lives in Norfolk, She started to write gay historical fiction because she 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

Novels

  • Standish - Standish A homoerotic Regency romance. Published on 15th November 2006

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

  • 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.
  • Right Hand Man - to be published in “Superqueeroes”
  • Ribinks - published in The Drabbler Magazine
  • His Story Teller - runner up in Torquere Press' "Do it yourself" competition
  • Sin of the Tongue published in the Blasphemy anthology by Torquere Press
  • Lifeline published in the Chance Encounters anthology by Torquere Press

Memberships

Erastes is the Director of the Erotic Authors Association and a member of the Historical Novel Society She's the owner of Speak Its Name - the only resource on the web dedicated to gay historical fiction

Other Information

Erastes is represented by James Schiavone of the Schiavone Literary Agency