“A Date with Dracula, a Trick with Tarzan” first appeared in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“A Kiss” first appeared in Gulf Stream Magazine, edited by Lynne Barrett (Issue No. 1, Fall 1989), pp. 11-21. It was also included in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Alibis” first appeared online in Blithe House Quarterly (www.blithe.com), edited by Aldo Alvarez (Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1999). It also appeared in the anthology Skin & Ink, edited by Jim Gladstone (Alyson, 2005), pp. 159-169. It was also included in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Amsterdam” first appeared in Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly, edited by Thomas L. Long (Vol. 4, No. 4, Fall 2003), pp. 5-63.

“And My Heart Goes On” first appeared in Rebel Yell 2, edited by Jay Quinn (Southern Tier, 2002), pp. 99-110.

“Between The Lines” first appeared in Backspace, Kimberly J. Smith (Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1993-94), pp. 12-13. It was also published in NEBO: A Literary Journal, edited by Michael S. Booty (Vol. 14, No. 1, Fall 1995), pp. 26-27. It was also published in Apocalypse 2, edited by Heather J. Hearn and Mimi Davis (Northeastern Illinois University, Fall 1996), pp. 9-10.

“Boy Friends” first appeared online in Wit’s End Literary Cyberzine, edited by (www.geocities.com/~witsendic), edited by Richard A. Vanaman (Summer 1997).

“Buddies” first appeared in the anthology Sex Buddies, edited by Paul J. Willis (Alyson, 2003), pp. 51-65. It also appeared in the author’s collection, Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Chinatown” first appeared in the anthology Quickies 3, edited by James C. Johnstone (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2003), pp. 51-53.

“Christmas, 1979” first appeared in Genre, edited by Kevin Koffler (Issue No. 15, December 1993/January 1994), pp. 79-84. It was also published in American Jones Building & Maintenance, edited by Von G. Binuia (Missing Spoke Press, Issue 4, Winter 1998-99), pp. 87-94. It was also translated into German and published in the anthology Schneetreiben (Snow Stories), edited by Lawrence Schimel (Bruno Gmunder, 2000), pp. 92-102. It was also published in the anthology Stocking Stuffers, edited by David Laurents (Circlet Press, 2002), pp. 131-144. It was also published online in Asanteuk (www.asanteuk.com) (December 2002). This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Christmas, 1987” first appeared in LGNY, edited by Beth Stroud (December 31, 1995), pp. 12-17. This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Civil Disobedience” first appeared in Christopher Street, edited by Neenyah Ostrom (Vol. 14, No. 10, Issue 166, November 11, 1991), pp. 43-46. It also appeared in the author’s collection Dancing on the Moon: Short Stories About AIDS, published in hardcover by Viking in 1993 and in paperback by Penguin in 1994.

“Dancing on the Moon” first appeared in the author’s collection Dancing on the Moon: Short Stories About AIDS, published in hardcover by Viking in 1993 and in paperback by Penguin in 1994.

“Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex” first appeared in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Desperado” first appeared as “Up from the Ashes” in the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, edited by Michael Martin Mills (Sunday, September 25, 1994), p. 6. It was also published under the title “Desperado” in Sunday magazine, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, edited by Anne Gordon (February 26, 1995), p. 6.

“Dishes” first appeared in The Oval, edited by Henry Eckert (Spring 1996), pp. 49-53. It was also published in Apocalypse 3, edited by Heather J. Hearn and Mimi Davis (Northeastern Illinois University, Spring 1997), pp. 16-20. It was also published in Art & Understanding, edited by David Waggoner (October 1997), pp. 50-51. It was also published in GayPlace (www.gayplace.com), edited by Matt Ford (Winter 1999).

“Do I Know You?” first appeared in the anthology I Do/I Don’t, edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips (Suspect Thoughts, 2004), pp. 98-100.

“Drownings” first appeared in 580 Split, edited by Danielle Unis (Issue 4, Spring 2002), pp. 12-18. It was republished on www.nyfa.org as “What You Save.”

“Electricity” first appeared online in Wit’s End Literary Cyberzine (www.geocities.com/~witsendic), edited by Richard A. Vanaman (Summer 1997).

“Elvis is Alive and Working on Eighth Avenue” first appeared in the anthology Best Gay Erotica 1999, edited by Richard Labonté and selected by Felice Picano (Cleis, 1998), pp. 75-84. It was also included in the author’s collection, Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Escapes” first appeared in The Minnesota Review, edited by Jeffrey Williams (ns 43/44, Winter, 1995), pp. 47-61. This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Everybody is Always Somebody Else” first appeared online in Velvet Mafia (www.velvetmafia.com), edited by Sean Meriwether (Issue 19, May 2006).

“Expatriates” first appeared in the author’s collection, Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex, published in paperback by Green Candy Press in 2004.

“Faith” first appeared in three installments in Art and Understanding, edited by David Waggoner (May 1996, June 1996, and July 1996), pp. 9-14 (May), pp. 12-17 (June), and pp. 12-17 (July). This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Favors” first appeared in Backspace, edited by Kimberley J. Smith (Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter, 1994-95), pp. 16-20. This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Fearless” first appeared in the anthology Men on Men 5, edited by David Bergman (Plume, 1994), pp. 103-121. An excerpt of this story was also included in the anthology Man of My Dreams, edited by Christopher Navratil (Chronicle, 1996) pp. 141-144. It was also included in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“First Shave” first appeared in the anthology Best Gay Erotica 1996, edited by Michael Ford and selected by Scott Heim (Cleis, 1996), pp. 21-25. It was also published in the anthology Rough and Ready, edited by David Laurents (Zipper 2000), pp. 29-34. It was also published in the anthology Best of the Best Gay Erotica, edited by Richard Labonté (Cleis, 2000), pp. 19-25. It was also included in the author’s collection, Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Flash Gordon at the Exclusive Dating Service for Men,” was recorded by the author on September 25, 1998 in New York City for the Web site Marilyn’s Room (www.marilynsroom.com), edited by Marilyn Jaye Lewis. It was also included in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“For the Record” first appeared in Masquerade Journal, edited by Marti Hohmann (Vol. 7, No. 4, July-August 1998), pp. 12-13. It was also published in the anthology Feeling Frisky, edited by David Laurents (Prowler, 1999), pp. 61-66.

“Ghosts” first appeared in the author’s collection Dancing on the Moon: Short Stories About AIDS, published in hardcover by Viking in 1993 and in paperback by Penguin in 1994.

“Grown-ups” first appeared in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Guides” first appeared online in Blithe House Quarterly (www.blithe.com), edited by Aldo Alvarez (Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 1997). It was also published in the anthology Best American Gay Fiction 3, edited by Brian Bouldrey (Little, Brown, 1998), pp. 115-128. An earlier and shorter version was published in Synaesthetic 3, edited by Alex Cigale (Fall 1995), p. 20. This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Health” first appeared in Art & Understanding, edited by David Waggoner (Jan. 1999), pp. 30-33, 62-63.

“Heat” first appeared in the anthology Our Mothers, Our Selves: Writers and Poets Celebrating Motherhood, edited by Karen J. Donnelly and J.B. Bernstein (Bergin & Garvey, 1996), pp. 174-176.

“If In Summer” first appeared in Blueboy, edited by Jay Venise (Vol. 11, No. 2, June 1987), pp. 14-19, 82-83. It was the author’s first published short story.

“Impromptu” first appeared in the author’s collection, Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex, published in paperback by Green Candy Press in 2004.

“Islands” first appeared in Iris, edited by Dennis Adams and G. Crawford (Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter, 1994) pp. 29-39. This story became part of the author’s novel Where the Rainbow Ends, published in hardcover by Overlook in 1998 and paperback in 2000.

“Jade” first appeared in the author’s collection Dancing on the Moon: Short Stories About AIDS, published in hardcover by Viking in 1993 and in paperback by Penguin in 1994.

“Knives” first appeared in Art & Understanding, edited by David Waggoner (September/October, 1995), pp. 14-16. It was also performed as a monologue at the Empire Theater, Houston, Monologue Marathon, October 1, 1995.

“Lessons” first appeared in the anthology Men Seeking Men, edited by Michael Lassell (Painted Leaf Press, 1998), pp. 60-71. It was also published in the anthology Overload, edited by David Laurents (Zipper, 2000), pp. 24-35. It was also included in the author’s collection Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex (Green Candy Press, 2004).

“Montebello View” first appeared in the author’s collection Dancing on the Moon: Short Stories About AIDS, published in hardcover by Viking in 1993 and in paperback by Penguin in 1994.

“Old Things” first appeared as “Keepers” in The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, edited by Michael Martin Mills (Sunday, September 26, 1993) p. 6. It also served as the author’s introduction to the paperback version of Dancing on the Moon: Short Stories About AIDS, Penguin, 1994.

“On the Way Home” first appeared in Buffalo Spree, edited by Johanna Hall Van De Mark (Vol. 28, No. 2, Summer 1994), pp. 41. It was also published as “A Secret Life” in the Sunday magazine, Cleveland Plain Dealer, edited by Anne Gordon (April 9, 1995), p. 15.

"One of the Guys" first appeared in the anthology Where the Boys Are, edited by Richard Labonté (Cleis, 2007), pp. 34-48.