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Recent Posts: GAY FLASH FICTION
DJ Saved My Life – – by Mitchell Roberts
It was the car that first caught my eye—a older BMW SUV, silver, with flashy rims. “$6500 OBO” said the sign in the window. I had been thinking about an upgrade—with my kids grown and out of the house, it was time for dad to spend a little on luxury for himself, right? My midlife […]
Pennsylvania in Plain View – by Chuck Teixeira
By the mid-50s, the local affiliate of the National Broadcasting Corporation occupied the television in our living room. The NBC signal came from the roof of the Miners National Bank, which financed anthracite collieries. The Bank was miles away, in Wilkes-Barre, but we could see it from our house on Rose Hill, where most men, […]
LOVE SONG 1 – by Luis Martín Ulloa. Translated from Spanish by Michael Langdon
Two young men board the bus with guitars, and after asking for permission from the driver, position themselves on either side of the aisle in order to begin performing. One of them is more experienced, and he plays nimbly, all the while focusing his attention on the other young man, who struggles on several chords […]
Category Archives: fiction
Alone on the Ranch – by Tymothy L. Smith
Originally posted on GAY FLASH FICTION:
We sat here, on this, our porch, all those balmy evenings. Not talking, no need to really, no need to do nothin’. Anyhow, we were usually too tired to talk after such long hard…
Holiday
“Shit! Who is that?” I carefully put my beer down on the floor where the wet patch was. Who the hell would be knocking on my door, especially at three o’clock in the afternoon in Melbourne on the first Tuesday … Continue reading
The Queen City Players Present
This delightful short story comes from our promo issue, our very first Wilde Oats nearly five years ago. It’s by Matt Brooks, whose recently released novel Honeymoon Cottage is reviewed here. Each week we’ll upload another story or article from … Continue reading
The Squires
Every week, we’ll be uploading stories or articles from our archives. The Squires is a short story by Kit Moss, writing as Nan Hawthorne, and illustrated by Rowan Lewgalon. It was first published in issue 8 of August 2009. … Continue reading
Issue 14 is live
We have the final permissions, we’ve made the final HTML and textual adjustments, and so …. ta-da! …. our latest issue of our gay-shaded magazine is live. Enjoy! [The illustration is from one of the stories in this issue, Three-Quarter … Continue reading
Issue 14 ….
… is pretty much done. We’re just checking for all the usual mistakes plus waiting for final permissions from some authors. But it shouldn’t be more than a day or two from now …. I’ll let you know. Nick