The mammoth book of gay short stories / edited by Peter Burton.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-486).

Escape from the shadows, an introductory note / Peter Burton -- This is serious / James Robert Baker -- The voyeur / Peter Baker -- Minerva's ring / Diesel Balaam -- Caesar's Gallic Wars / Neil Bartlett -- The gang / Sebastian Beaumont -- Jonah / David Patrick Beavers -- River / Peter Burton -- Whatever happened to the girl next door? / Matthew Butler -- Young hunks on coke / Toni Davidson -- Purple prose in Soho / Paul de Havilland -- A day in the country / Gary Dunne -- Kissing in the wheat / Richard K. Edwards -- The destroyer / David Evans -- I come with her / James Friel -- Cookery / Patrick Gale -- Shadows / Damon Galgut -- A true romance / Stephen Gray -- Dear Julius / Rufus Gunn -- Snowfall / Joseph Hansen -- Chinese camp and rebuffs at the D'Jockey Pub, Penang /John Haylock -- Dirty stories / Tim Herbert -- Someone is crying in the Chateau De Berne / Andrew Holleran -- The steam parlour / Witi Ihimaera -- A visit to the general / Francis King -- Billy & Bud / Michael Leech -- Ginger Rogers's private collection / Robert Leek -- Butcher / Simon Lovat -- Improperly dressed / Joseph Mills -- The last piece of trade in America / John Mitzel -- Take it like a man / John Patrick -- The war over Jane Fonda / Robert Patrick -- A son's story / Tony Peake -- Hunter / Felice Picano -- Luv, G / Neil Powell -- The amateur / Simon Raven -- Embracing Verdi / Philip Ridley -- Sundown / Peter Robins -- Three friends / Jerry Rosco -- Hemo homo / Lawrence Schimel -- Prostitution / Aiden Shaw -- Nymph and shepherd / Colin Spencer -- The Greek ambassador / John Stapleton -- The man in the dark / Mansel Stimpson -- Outing / Peter Wells -- Thanks to Gary Southgate / Graeme Woolaston -- Just another night in Finsbury Park / Ian Young -- Skunk / John-Paul Zaccarini.