false 4759828 2 <DIV>In <I>Best Gay Romance 2009,</I> editor Richard Labonté has assembled the foremost of contemporary short stories on the subject. Jack Fritscher's “The Calamus Emotion: Love Among the Ruins” tenderly tracks a romance in letters set against the dramatic backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. S. J. Frost's “Semper Fi” finds a despondent young Marine looking for love in a Chicago bar after the death of the beloved Saudi Arabian translator who saved his life in Iraq. In Neil Plakcy's “The Baker,” more than yeast rises when an overworked French baker meets a customer searching for the perfect pain au chocolat. Emphasizing emotions over erotics, these vivid tales of love sought, lost, and found show that however romance happens, however long it lasts — one night or a lifetime — love between men is a wondrous thing.</DIV> 4824623 1 1 2009 Best Gay Romance 2009 (Best Gay Romance) total:4|5:2|4:1|3:1|2:0|1:0| 4 17 10 3 3 1 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 13:16:24 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:26:31 -0700 2009 http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/Be...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 24 06:07:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:04:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 30 12:01:57 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 12:01:57 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:03:17 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 00:03:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 09:37:38 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 09:37:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 11:38:53 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 11:38:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 20:14:01 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 20:14:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 10:00:31 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 10:00:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 13:38:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 13:38:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 02 12:36:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:08:04 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4759828