Gay American Fiction
From the Golden Age of Gay Magazines 1975-1999
Heritage Collection
Stories of Homosurreal Love, Sex, Power, and Magical Thinking
by Jack Fritscher
Gay American Fiction is one of the most expansive archives of LGBTQ literary culture ever assembled by a single author. Drawn from the Golden Age of Gay Magazines spanning 1975 to 1999, this heritage collection by Jack Fritscher, PhD brings together more than eighty works of short fiction, poetry, articles, and plays — each a vivid witness to gay American life, desire, and identity across two defining decades. From the streets of New York and the Castro to military barracks, college campuses, and the leather bars of Folsom Street, Fritscher’s “homosurreal” storytelling captures a world of love, sex, power, and magical thinking with the immediacy of an eyewitness and the craft of a literary master. Whether you’re a scholar of LGBTQ history, a fan of gay erotica, or a reader discovering Fritscher’s work for the first time, this collection is an essential document of gay American literature.
