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Victor J Banis Books

Angel Land

  ANGEL LAND by Victor J. Banis Late in the 21st Century - ravaged by the deadly Sept virus, the one time United States has disintegrated into the Fundamental Christian Territories, where Catholics, Baptists and Jews are registered as heretics, and gays are herded into walled ghettos: the Zones of Perversion. Harvey Milk Walton, a runner, finds his way to the ghetto in Angel Land, oldest of the territories, where a legend says that his long ago martyred namesake will return one day to lead his people to freedom - but even to speak of freedom, of leaving the FTC, is punishable by death.

The Astral: Till the Day I Die

THE ASTRAL: TILL THE DAY I DIE by V. J. Banis  Shot while trying to prevent the kidnapping of her daughter, Catherine Desmond has a "tunnel-of-light" experience. "There is something only you can do," the spirits tell her, and she is returned intact to her former life - or is she? When she recovers, Catherine finds herself gifted, or cursed, with astral projection and to her dismay finds herself linked psychically with her daughter's murderer. But he too can project himself and he begins stalking her as well, setting in motion an ethereal cat-and-mouse game with life - and death - hanging in the balance!

Avalon

  AVALON by V. J. Banis It's 1945 on Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, "The coast of Hollywood." Yachts and fishing boats bob in water clearer than crystal, sunbathers bask on the white sand beaches, and from the legendary Avalon Ballroom, the music of Freddy Martin's Orchestra fills the air. Three beautiful young women prepare to embark upon their life's journeys. Gerri will be an actress, everyone is sure of that; and Maria a big band singer; and Maggie, the most beautiful of them all, will "wed," not just marry, but triumphantly, resplendently wed - the perfect wife to the perfect man, leading the perfect life. Avalon follows their fortunes over four decades, their friendships enduring through triumph and heartbreak, as they learn about life, and themselves, and what love really is - and isn't. Sometimes wishes really do come true.

Charms, Spells, and Curses for the Millions

CHARMS, SPELLS, AND CURSES FOR THE MILLIONS, edited by V. J. Banis  A how-to-do-it of black and white magic, and a how-it-is-done record, showing the magic at work of other times, people, places. Within these pages you'll find special sections on methods of healing, matters of love, the divining arts, how to deal with demons and more. Here are charms that will chill your bones, answer your most intimate questions, and draw you deeper into the lore of magic than you've ever been before.

Chilling Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

  CHILLING TALES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL, an anthology of gay flash fiction from P.D. Publishing, edited by Patty G. Henderson and featuring stories from, among others, Victor J. Banis, Rick R. Reed, & Hayden Thorne.  Horror flash fiction – micro short stories 1,000 words or less. Also known as “short shorts”, flash fiction has taken off in popularity. Gay/Lesbian literature has been quick to pick up on it with an online flash fiction web site.  Stories by Victor J. Banis: The Ruby; A as in Panic: Never Say Die: Strip Search; Whacks Job

Color Him Gay

  COLOR HIM GAY by Victor J. Banis  The Further Adventures of That Man From C.A.M.P.  Steve thought to cut in on the source of blackmail money that Dingo Stark was paying the boys who wanted to color him gay, but his hatred took him too far. As his screams drift through the still air, it's up to debonair secret agent Jackie Holmes, that Man from C.A.M.P. to arrive in time to save the day!

Come this Way

  COME THIS WAY by Victor J. Banis   A unique collection spanning nearly a half century of a prodigious literary outpouring, unique as well in the breadth and variety of the material presented, ranging from the mysticism of The Emerald Mountain (a metaphysical gay mystery, which may be an entirely new genre) to the pathos of The Girls: from the Gothic horror of In Passing to the whimsy of An Apple a Day; from the humor of The Story of God as History's First Trannie to a chilling glimpse of a future world ruled by religious hypocrisy in Jesus Days, an excerpt from the novel Angel Land. Gay and lesbian love, young and old love, innocent and ribald love and love won, lost and sought for it  vain. "It doesn't matter what the question is, Alex, the answer is always love."

Coming Home

   COMING HOME by Victor J. Banis

The swinging sixties, the Sunset Strip a smorgasbord of horny Marines, looking for a little action before heading off to Nam. A queen's delight, and it's all too easy for a guy to fall in love with these brave, young warriors. But some of those shipping out won't be coming home, and not all of the wounded wear uniforms.

The Deadly Mysteries

DEADLY DREAMS by Victor J. Banis  Partners in peril. Stanley thinks he's being stalked- but by whom, and why? Tom is determined to protect Stanley - but from what? Or is it really Tom who's being stalked? There are clues, to be sure, but they're like trying to gather bits of mist, like chasing ghosts: words of love, left unsaid; a long ago injustice; a vanished child; a man embittered. Memories, yes, but which of them are rea? Or is it all only dreams? Deadly Dreams?

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE by Victor J. Banis  Take one straight cop, one gay cop, and a beautiful drag queen they nickname The Deadly Nightshade, mix them all together and things qre quickly sizzling. SFPD homicide detectives Tom Danzel and Stanley Korsky tour the city within the city - the underground world of the cross dresser and the gay clubs, hot in pursuit of a sexy serial killer who starts out blowing her johns and ends up blowing them away.

DEADLY SLUMBER by Victor J. Banis   "The House of the Dead." A pseudo Italian palazzo at the edge of the Castro, Bartholomew's Mortuary had been a bordello at one time in its checkered past, its rooms filled with bodies in lust. Now it is filled with bodies at slumber. But not all the bodies at Bartholomew's are dead, and not all the dead are sleeping peacefully. Called in to investigate, Stanley and Tom follow a torurous path that leads to depravity and death. Coffins, coffins everywhere - and one of them has Stanley's name on it. Deadly Slumber indeed.

  DEADLY WRONG by Victor J. Banis  San Francisco Homicide Inspector Stanley Korski is on administrative leave when an old chum calls. Her brother has been arrested on a manslaughter charge. Could Stanley come to Bear Mountain and investigate. A perfect vacation, expenses paid, with no reminders of his unrequited love for fellow detective Tom Danzel. And, what danger could there be? This wasn't even a murder, just a tragic accident. Wrong, Stanley. Deadly Wrong.

Drag Thing

  DRAG THING by Victor J. Banis  The Strange Case of Jackle and Hyde. Hetero Peter Warren's ambition is to design women's dresses and his most secret desire is to wear them. His cop wife, Teri, also secretly longs to see her hubby "dressed up," but hasn't yet found the right way to tell him. And when Peter drinks the "wrong stuff," he turns into the eight foot tall Drag Thing. Add to the pot a pair of lesbian scientists working on a secret formula, a trio of hapless Homeland agents planning to purloin the formula, inept gangbangers who call themselves The Moes and kidnap pets for ransom, a nefarious villain who becomes The Owl, a horny Great Dane with lavender toenails, a monster cat who turns into Franken-pussy, drag queen Lorelei Lee, and a naughty trick or two, and the result is a genuine treat for the reader. Gentlemen, start your broomsticks...

The Gay Dogs

  THE GAY DOGS by Victor J. Banis  The Further Adventures of That Man From C.A.M.P. Jackie Holmes is at it again, this time surrounding himself with the most outrageous crime-fighting team ever assembled. Queens, hustlers and strippers help out, with many coffee breaks scattered along the way to pursue their favorite sports. Will the purloined pooches bite the dust? It's C.A.M.P. versus B.U.T.C.H. as Jackie Holmes and his furry friends race to a bone-gnawing climax!

The Gay Haunt

  THE GAY HAUNT by Victor J. Banis  A Naked Ghost? "Most outstanding of the gay novels read this month," said California Scene. An amusing and entertaining story told in the first person by Paul, an ex-Gay trying desperately to go straight. In fact, he's a couple of weeks away from marrying the boss's daughter when the story opens...and Paul's former lover, Lorin, suddenly appears - in the buff. This might seem trouble enough - but Lorin has been dead for the past five years! Borgo Press is pleased to re-present a true classic of gay literature, now available again for the first time in four decades.

Goodbye, My Lover

  GOODBYE, MY LOVER by Victor J. Banis  Twenty-year-old Dennis Eastman has a choice to make: either entre the U.S. Naval Academy or find some other course in life. He decides to spend his final month of freedom in Los Angeles with his old mentor and lover, Lincoln Gardner, hoping to find some answers. But Linc fails to meet him at the airport and when Dennis enters his friend's apartment in Beverly Hills, he's promptly confronted by the police: Gardner has been brutally murdered! Dennis must now search for vindication through the sleazy underground bars and gay nightclubs of Southern California, while a vile killer begins looking for young, new prey!

The Greek Boy

  THE GREEK BOY by Victor J. Banis  1955 - Spiro Dimopolous, an eighteen year old Adonis fresh off the boat from Greece, comes to live with distant family in Kentucky, where he falls immediately head over heels in love with the hard hearted and inflexible master of the plantation, Branston Rawley.

Hard Working Men

  HARD WORKING MEN, an anthology featuring selections by Victor J. Banis, J.P. Bowie, Jardonn Smith and William Maltese.

No ties. No button-down shirts. Jeans and t-shirts. Sweat and dirt. These are combinations that can bring a man to his knees, or can it? In this collection, join four of our authors as they explore the blue collar world. William Maltese's Tow-Blow, Victor J. Banis' If Love Were All, The Thomas Coleman Full Nelson by Jardonn Smith and One Brick at a Time by J.P. Bowie bring us to where denim, sweat and lust are everywhere.

Kenny's Back

  KENNY'S BACK by Victor J. Banis  Kenny walked into the old farm house as if he'd never been away, as if nothing he'd done had ever shattered their reputations. But was this the real Kenny, the man who had disappeared into the night five years earlier? He certainly wasn't behaving like it. Mar had to find out for sure - and he had to know if this was the same man he'd love all those years ago!

Life and Other Passing Moments

  LIFE AND OTHER PASSING MOMENTS by Victor J. Banis   In this collection of shorter pieces, Victor J. Banis demonstrates once again the astonishing breadth of his talent, covering virtually every facet of the human experience with astonishing brevity and clarity. Here are pathos and heartache, love and horror, irony, and humor, especially humor, dry and wry and roll-on-the-floor-clutching-your-sides funny. It would be a hard man indeed who could read the adventures of his Underground Diner without guffawing aloud.

Lola Dances

  LOLA DANCES by Victor J. Banis  Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic and often bawdy, Lola Dances ranges from the 1850 slums of the Bowery to the mining camps of California and Montana, to the Barbary Cost of San Francisco. Little Terry Murphy, pretty and effeminate, dreams of becoming a dancer. Raped by a drunken profligate and threatened with prison, Terry flees the Bowery and finds himself in the rugged settlement of Alder Gulch, where he stands out like a sore thumb among the camp's macho inhabitants - until the day he puts on a dress and dances for the unsuspecting miners as beautiful Lola Valdez...

Longhorns

  LONGHORNS, a cowboy novel by Victor J. Banis  The Double H cowboys are a tough bunch and none of them are gay - exactly - but they have been out there on the prairier for several weeks herding cattle, and new thoughts have begun to enter their minds.

The Man from C.A.M.P.

  The Man From C.A.M.P.  by Victor J. Banis  3 classics from the Golden Age of Paperbacks. Resourceful as James bond, flamboyant as Austin Powers, and gay as a Christmas goose, there's never been a secret agent quite like Jackie Holmes, The Man from C.A.M.P.

The Pot Thickens

  THE POT THICKENS, edited by Victor J. Banis  A literary cookbook with contributions from a "Who's Who" of writers - including Ken Beemer, Anthony Bidulka, Nowell Bricoe, Joeseph De Marco, Ralph Higgins, Lori Lark, Rick Reed, Rob Reginald, Duston P. Roebere, Robert G. Schill, Ruth Sims and Caro Soles, among others - editor Banis packs this cookbook with writer-friendly favorite foods, interspersed with entertaining anecdotes from the contributors. A delightful literary snack-fet!

Slow Dance

  SLOW DANCE by V. J. Banis  Janice McKenzie is persuaded by her terminally ill husband to take one day a week off from her bedside vigil in Marin County and spend it in San Francisco. On her very first day she finds herself literally falling into the arms of a younger man, Brian Loomis and a friendship begins to grow between them that in time develops into romance. But Robert Tyler,  homosexual and a serial killer of rich older women, is in love with Brian, and soon determines that Janice must die.

Spine Intact, Some Creases

  SPINE INTACT, SOME CREASES by Victor J. Banis  Remembrances of a Paperback Writer! A legendary name from the Golden Age of paperbacks, Victor J. Banis spins a witty and exuberant tale of A Thousand and One Knights, flitting blithely from tale to tail, in one era and out the other. Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up - alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and impassioned, and always entertaining - of the remarkable life and work of a writer hailed by top gay pulp historian Michael Bronski as "one of my heroes."  Robert Reginald

Tales from C.A.M.P. - Jackie's Back!

  TALES FROM C.A.M.P. - Jackie's Back! by Victor J. Banis  This second presentation of the adventures of legendary Jackie Holmes, star of the first gay mystery series dating back to the 1960s, will be welcomed by readers of all  varieties, including cultural and literary historians. Tales From C.A.M.P. - Jackie's Back! carries the spirit that led to Stonewall and is part of the foundation of contemporary gay writing.  Drewey Wayne Gunn, author of The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film

As such literary movements as interstitial and slipstream gain momentum, more and more authors interweave their traditional stories with gay themes as coming out, homophobia, and self-as-other, with a bit of the strange and weird. Named after one of the founding fathers of gay speculative fiction, Wilde Stories is a new annual anthology that offers readers the best of such stories from the prior year. Editor Steve Berman, a finalist for both the Lambda Literary and Andre Norton Awards, has collected an engaging selection of the fantastical, the strange, and the scary from such notable authors as Victor J. Banis, Hal Duncan and Lee Thomas.

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