I am aware of these short stories of mine in anthologies. Many of my short stories also
appeared in magazines in the 1980s and 1990s. During the same period my non-fiction, mostly concerned with the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in the developing world,
appeared in many publications.
Room With No View
"I lie in his shadow as if under the angel of death; he stares at me like a scientist watching a drugged animal."
in Oranges and Lemons (ed Peter Robins & David Rees, Third House, 1987)
"one of the best short stories I have come across, a minor masterpiece" (Tenebris Light in Gay's The Word newsletter)
"an evocation of sex so sensual you can smell it" (Patrick Gale in Gay Times)
"a gushing piece . . . as if the last few years have never happened . . . A little responsibility please!" (Bryan Allan in Capital Gay)
This depiction of sexual obsession is
also included in my collection A Sense of Loss
I have not been able to track down reviews of my work in the following:
The Coming of Santa Claus
"At the far end of the bar, ignored by those around him and staring quietly into
his beer, stood a rotund figure in a red suit and drooping bobble cap. Despite his full, almost
artificial, white beard, he seemed much younger than Peter had imagined, yet there could be no
doubt that it was Santa Claus."
in The Freezer Counter (ed David Rees and Peter Robins, Third House, 1989)
This (very) light fantasy is
also included in my collection A Sense of Loss
Discothèque - Four Voices
"He would lie in my bed, our bed, and be made love to, he would overpower me
and make me his. We would fight and forgive, leave and live and love each
other. He is everything I desire, he is my desire and he is here before me, he is
here for me."
in Fabulous Tricks (ed David Rees, Peter Robins and Dave Royle, Third House, 1992)
This portrait of men in a nightclub is
also included in my collection A Sense of Loss
Smoke
"The smoke settles against the walls of Shona's lungs as gently as a
feather wafting onto snow, seeps into her bloodstream as sweetly as honey and drifts idly onwards
as a slow-moving stream on a summer's day. She is floating, at peace, detached from the world."
in Queer Haunts (ed G Abel-Watters, Paradise Press, 2003)
This nightmare vision of a smoker among friends won a minor award and appeared in at least one other, now forgotten,
anthology. Despite its inclusion in Queer Haunts the gay interest is minor.
Ten Million Years
"I have known and loved you for years, for centuries, for millenia. I have known and loved you since before knowledge and love, since before sight, before sound, before touch, before memory. I have known and loved you with every cell that has ever birthed and died in my body. I have known and loved you since you were me and
we were one."
in Borderline (ed Joseph Mills, Mainstream, 2001)
This impression of the universal and eternal gay man is
also included in my collection First and Fiftieth
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