Deadly Dreams, by Victor J. Banis, is free in PDF form from MLR press (click the "free read" link near the top of the page, under the cover image) and his Deadly Nightshade is free from GLBT Bookshelf. The latter covers events that take place before the former, for those that like to read things in order.Deadly Dreams
A painful past. A mysterious stranger. Footsteps vanishing in the fog. All Stanley wants is just to hear Tom say, "I love you." All Tom wants is Stanley safe. And the stranger? Ah, there's the rub--what exactly is it that he wants?
Be careful what you wish for, fellows. You may get it. Dreams can be deadly.
Deadly Nightshade
Take one straight cop, one gay cop, and a beautiful drag queen they nickname The Deadly Nightshade, mix them all together and things are 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.
Mel Keegan's novella, Crimes of Passion, is also free from GLBT Bookshelf, as are a large number of other works on a second page. Most are short stories, with a few novellas, but there are also full novel length works scattered thru the listings, such as Eden Winters' The Telling.Crimes of Passion
Brad used to be on the pro bike racing circuit; 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 which are about to come rattling out and refusing to be stuffed back in! Delicious situation comedy.
The Telling
Time in Iraq cost Michael Ritter some of his hearing and a friend whose death he feels responsible for. He’d left Alabama hoping to escape a dull, small-town life, but now, four years later, he’s returning, lugging a duffle full of personal demons. Engineering student Jay Ortiz attends college in a place where his heritage and orientation aren't widely accepted. While adjusting to new surroundings he found a soldier’s picture. During lonely times he confided in the image of the somber young man, giving his heart away to a stranger. Now that stranger is coming home...
