Check out this very nice review of
Filthy (now reprinted by the great Renaissance/Sizzler as
Filthy Boys):
From Amazon (review by DonovanBrown):
Erotica That Reads Like Literature
I
have enjoyed M. Christian’s work for a long time. His solo collection
Dirty Words and his two multiple-author anthologies co-edited with Simon
Sheppard, Rough Stuff and Roughed Up, are among my favorite volumes of
erotica.
Which brings me to Filthy: Outrageous Gay
Erotica, a new collection of gay erotic stories by M. Christian. To say
this is a great book is an understatement. It runs the gamut of
emotions, from anger to sadness to ecstasy to envy.
Here are capsule reviews of some of my favorite stories from Filthy…
“The
Greener Grasses” in one short story captures the entire paradox of
trying to reconcile a leatherfetish lifestyle into the humdrum world of
9-to-5 jobs and dishes to be washed more than volumes of scholarly
non-fiction ever has.
“Flyboy” is a wistful tale of a
man who has two lovers, one flesh and blood and one as big as all
outdoors. Guess which one gets him in the end. You might be surprised.
“Love”
reads as a tender valentine to all the gay men, imaginary or otherwise,
who have inspired the author over the years to create his amazing tales
of erotica.
“Suddenly, Last Thursday” is a haunting, harrowing riff on Tennessee Williams’s play Suddenly, Last Summer.
And “Friday Night at the Calvary Hotel” is an amazing tale that gets my vote for one of the top ten best short stories ever.
Filthy transcends its genre of erotica and enters the realm of literature.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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