Who says romance is dead? In these sexy, satisfying stories, boy gets boy—and keeps him—despite pesky ex-lovers, cops in pursuit, or lumps of Kryptonite. S. J. Frost’s “No More Mirages” is a tale of romantic destiny set in a dojo near Chicago, an oasis of bamboo, white mats, and stone sculptures, where an actor finds himself drawn to a charismatic sensei. Dale Chase’s “The Early Show” describes the tantalizing flirtation of two writers who share an eccentric habit of showing up early to Sunday matinees to enjoy the promising half-dark of the theater. In Dan Stone’s “Louis and Clark,” a mysterious, bespectacled reporter arrives with cape flapping to court a handsome stranger. And in Rob Rosen’s wonderfully funny “Nudie Blues,” a romance writer discovers a hole in his backyard fence and the hunky new neighbor behind it. Openly erotic, smart, and gorgeously written, the stories of Best Gay Romance deliver hope and happy endings.
