Boys of Summer TOC

Walt Whitman referred to a "Mad, naked, Summer Night!" In the pages of Boys of Summer, acclaimed editor Steve Berman's latest anthology, talented authors and fresh voices reveal the allure and excitement of the season for gay teens. June always promises romance. July entices with its raw heat, and August offers a languid fire that will burn out before autumn's approach. These are stories of young love and adventure, when the sky's ceiling is a bright blue marvel, when another boy's laughter at the beach can distract from dull summer jobs.

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Swamp Thing" by Ann Zeddies
"Get Brenda Foxworthy" by Shawn Syms
"Cave Canem" by Dia Pannes
"Breakwater in the Summer Dark" by L. Lark
"Brass" by Marguerite Croft & Christopher Reynaga
"Summer's Last Stand" by Aimee Payne
"Most Likely" by Steve Berman
"Leap" by 'Nathan Burgoine
"Bark if You Like Boys" by Sam Cameron
"Wheat, Barley, Lettuce, Fennel, Salt for Sorrow, Blood for Joy" by Alex Jeffers

A mix of authors who I have never worked with (Syms, Lark, Croft & Reynaga), first sales (Lark and Payne), and returnees from Speaking Out (Cameron, Jeffers, Pannes, and Zeddies). A bit more romance-oriented than I originally intended, but I think that may actually be a selling point in the end.

Releases in May.