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Serials

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Circuit Stories

By Ken Cimino

 

Chapter One:

Blue Ball

 

Chapter Two:

Fireball

 

Chapter Three:

Black Party

 

Chapter Four:

White Party

 

Chapter Five:

Cherry Ball

 

Chapter Six:

San Francisco Pride

 

Chapter Seven:

Fire Island Pines

 

Chapter Eight:

Lazy Bear

 

Chapter Nine:

Labor Day

 

Chapter Ten:

HellBall

 

Chapter Eleven:

Promises

 

Chapter Twelve:

Exits

 

The Life and Daily Death of Sam Mackie
By Steven Hoadley

 

Episode 1:

Thoroughly Bad James

 

Episode Two:

Even Jesus Farted

 

Episode Three:

A Love Story

 

Episode Four:

Dave’s Dementia

 

Episode Five:

The Last Straw

 

The Supervisor's Tail
By Carol Jermain

 

Episode 1:

Voodoo Man

 

Episode 2:

The $600 Suit

 

Reviews

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a day in the life of p.

By kari edwards

 

As Time Goes By

By Camincha  

 

Charity after the Hurricane
By Jan Steckel

 

Choir Boy
By Charlie Anders

 

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and  Denim
By David Sedaris

 

My Lost and Found Life

By Melodie Bowsher

 

Manhandled: Gripping Tales of Gay Erotic Fiction

Edited By Austin Foxxe

 

More Like Wrestling

By Danyel Smith

 

Northern California Short Stories Monterey to Mendocino San Francisco to Truckee

By R. G. Larsen


Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity

Edited by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein-Sycamore

 

Pulling Taffy

By Matt Bernstein Sycamore

 

Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

By Michael Chorost

 

In the Seasons of My Eye
By Marty Matz

 

SoMa

By Kemble Scott

 

Sparkle

By Rob Rosen

 

Sperm Are From Men, Eggs Are From Women: The Real Reason Men And Women Are Different
By Joe Quirk

 

What It Means To Love You

By Stephen Elliott

 

SoMa Q & A With Kemble Scott 
By Kensington Books

 

Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist

 By Marisa Handler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features

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1968

By Mike Ingles

 

1973

By Martin Rutley

 

1992, bus stop, Larkin and Hayes

By Mark Phillips

 

280 Under/pass

By Jovon C. Johnson  

 

35th Avenue Ladybug

By Jan Steckel

 

86'ed Again

By Steven Hoadley

 

8th & Folsom

By Caroline Lackey

 

A Box of Dark

By Kris Saknussemm

 

A Brief Affair on Telegraph Hill

By Michael Jordan

  

A Chilly Night

By Eugene Taitelbaum

 

A Cold Space in May

By Carly Anne West

 

A Cure for Sciatica

By Louis Fried

 

A Deal with the Devil

By Rob Rosen

 

A hard rain a'fallin'

By Nancy McClure

 

A Heroin Wave, 1997

By John Smith

 

A Lesson I Learned in Yoga Class

By Madeline Rae

 

A little bit of salt

By Radhika Sharma

 

A Midnight Poem That Had to be Written Before Sleep Could Be Had

By Steven Hoadley

 

A Queer Fable

By Rob Rosen

 

A Reason to Move

By Steven Hoadley

   

a san fran psycho sunset

By KC Wilder

 

A Sensitive Man

By Daniel Finnegan

 

A Serious Buyer

By R.G. Larsen

 

A Short Leap

By Tom J. Mariani  

    

A Tale of Two Blogs

By Kemble Scott

  

A Trash Picker's Guide To Life

By Angela Havel 

 

A Weird Weeknight at Carmen’s

By Whimsical Doggo

 

Aaron on the Mountain Top

By Jan Steckel  

  

Abide

By Michael Tiemeyer

 

Above Sea

By Katie M. Stence

 

Absolution

By Peter Zottolo

 

Adventures in Internet Dating

By Claudia Graziano

 

After Open Reading of 3 Poems at Café Babar

By Debra Grace Khattab

 

Afternoon Tea

By Kemble Scott

 

Afterwards her sister called  

By Mark Phillips

 

Alameda

By David-Matthew Barnes

 

All true love

By Robert S. O'Brien

 

Almost Beautiful

By Stacy Nathaniel Jackson

 

American Dream Job

By Joe Romano

 

Analog

By Kemble Scott

 

Anywhere in the House -Based on a Real Craigslist Ad

By Kemble Scott

  

April in Dolores

By Kazue Watanabe

 

Armor

By Kim Askew

 

As Seen on TV
By Kemble Scott

 

At Night

By Camincha

 

At the Edge

By Robert S. O'Brien

 

Avengers

By Jeff Kingman

 

Away

By Caroline Lackey

 

B6? You Sunk My Battleship!

By Joshua Citrak

 

Baissez Moi

By Wayne H.W Wolfson

 

Barbra Streisand Can Shove Her Memories Up Her Ass

By Steven Hoadley

 

Bedtime

By Steven Hoadley

 

Beer and Chaos

By Joe Romano

 

Beer and Chaos II

By Joe Romano

 

Best Friend Clubs

By Lily Amirpour

 

better woman

By Téa June

 

Betty Paige Bangs

By Lily Amirpour

 

Beware Thou Dating Service

By Anna Mills

 

Bippo The Clown

By Rob Rosen

 

Bite Me

By R. G. Larsen

 

Black Eye

By Doug Mort

 

Blank Pages

By Camincha

 

Blind Johnny Ray

By Andrew Dugas  

  

Blue

By Andrea Rush

 

Blue Eyes

By Camincha

 

Blue Navy

By David-Matthew Barnes

 

Blue Sky Day

By Me

 

Booger

By Richard Jones

 

Book Camp - What Happened At The Squaw Valley Writers Workshop

By Dustin L. Wells

 

Booty Bump
By Ray Joze

 

Boy from Red Bluff

By Jere' M. Fishback

 

Boy Toys
By Susan Whitman

 

Born Sacrifice
By Wayne H.W Wolfson

 

Brand New Dress * Dream Now Breed

By PMPope

 

Breakin’ the law, breakin’ the law

By Joshua Citrak

 

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

By Scott James

 

Breathe, Breathe in the Air, Don’t Be Afraid to Care

By Joshua Citrak

 

Broken Compass

By Vinoad Senguttuvan

  

Broken Penis

By Kemble Scott

 

Bunny and Hoppy

By Rob Rosen

 

By The Way

By Justin Case

 

Café

By Téa June

 

California Coming

By Jerry V

 

California Dreamin'

By Corey Mesler

 

Can you eat 'em by the pack?

By Rochelle Ardesher

 

capitolize

By devin wayne davis

 

Carjacking

By Kemble Scott

 

Carmen McRae In The Rain
By Hammond Guthrie

 

Caught on Camera

By Kemble Scott

 

Ceiling Spiders

By R.G. Larsen

 

Celebrating the De Young Museum Opening

By Joanne Olivieri

 

Chas in Seventh Street 

By Simon Burnett

 

Chat Slam
By Kemble Scott

 

Chemo

By Camincha

 

China Doll

By Chellis Ying

 

Choices

By Stephen Scarpaci

 

City Lights Book Store

By Steve De France  

 

City of Strays
By Kemble Scott

 

Clothes Horse

By Kemble Scott

 

Cloudy Reflections

By Nancy McClure

 

Coast

By Katie M. Stence

 

Cock Fight

By Leonore Wilson

 

Coffee Drinkers Everywhere

By Indra D. Arriaga

 

Colette

By Rich Furman

 

Colorado, in June

By Mike Ingles

 

contretemps and calico
By Christopher Mulrooney

 

Corporate Solder

By Téa June

 

Costco High

By Rob Rosen

 

Cruising the Mission for hookers with the Buddha and Billy

By Hunter Austin

 

Cupcakes

By Larry Roszkowiak

 

Cyberpimp

By Audra Wolfmann

 

Daydreams

By Camincha

 

Deadly Pollen

By Stephen Oliver

 

Denny's

By Steven Hoadley

 

Dinner at Gary Danko’s

By Ray Rose

 

Dirty Flower Duet

By Wayne H.W Wolfson

 

Dirty Red Kiss

By Derek Nenkel

 

Dog at Home

By Tim Kinney

 

Don’t Cry for Me

By Jennifer Lawson - Zepeda

 

Dr. Kaplan, Suite One

By Kemble Scott

 

Dust

By Jeffrey Kingman

 

East Oakland

By Joan Annsfire

 

Eat at Joe’s

By Rob Rosen

 

Embarcadero

By Greta Boesel

 

End of the Line

By Joshua Citrak

 

Enlightenment

By Doug Mort

 

Enslaved in rust

By Sargam Garg

 

Entropy and All it Lays Waste – A Junkie’s Heartache

By J.B. Rush

 

Eternity is either a very long time or

a very short time

By David Livingston Fore

 

Ethyl