Cover by Jade

10,500 words (chapbook)
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READER ALERT / CAVEAT:

the sample readings offered here encompass about the first 10% of these works, and they're uncensored, unabridged. If you will be disturbed by candid descriptions of same-gender romance, or by realistic violence, please don't download! These samples are not intended for younger readers. By clicking to open these documents, you agree that you are of age in your local jurisdiction; you know what you are about to read; and the material will not disturb you ... 'nuff said.

Any "content warning" to readers?
Realistic violence, frank description of same-gender relationships, some coarse language.



PUBLISHING HISTORY

Two editions:

DreamCraft ChapBook, 2006.
DreamCraft eBook edition, 2006.

Just when you thought you had your life figured out and squared away...!

Brad and Frank have built a great life together in Los Angeles. Brad used to be on the pro bike racing circuit, and Frank came out to the West Coast to work in the California’s music industry. They met at a bike meeting, shortly before the crash that ended Brad's racing aspirations ... and Frank has some skeletons in the closet that are about to come rattling out and refusing to be stuffed back in. You are about to learn why, fifteen years ago, Frank Cassidy ran away from home ... and why he and Brad are seriously considering running away again, at least until they get their house back.

Here is a ‘first’ for Mel Keegan: a situation comedy rich with human detail and sparkling with very 'human humor.'

Pullquote:
Mel Keegan's name is a byword for thrilling gay adventure in the past, present and future — MILLIVRES on Aquamarine.




CRIMES OF PASSION
REVIEWED BY JEFF

For this one, I got the eBook ... actually, for the sake of curiosity. I never bought an eBook before, so didn't know what to expect of them. For those who're interested: an eBook appears to be virtually indentical to the paper version, with one exception. It doesn't involve paper!

One can see a network situaton comedy in CRIMES OF PASSION. Take two great gay guys and add the parents (or grandparents) of one of them, retired, eccentric, out-of-touch in the way they approach the world in general and a gay couple in particular. The predicament invites a gentle kind of humor that's funny because it's very close to the hearts of so many of us. I would defy anyone not to feel kinship here.

These are great characters, too. If I have one lonely criticism, it's that tremendous characters like Brad and Frank (fully backstoried, completely fleshed out, drawn in deliciously meticulous detail) only appear in something as brief as a ChapBook! Would it be too presumptuous to say, "Encore!"