Best Gay Erotica 2004 (Best Gay Erotica Series)

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Summary: Another excellent, varied collection
Review: Every year I look forward to this gay erotic series, and this year it's earlier. As there is every year, there are some favorite writers like Andy Quan (about loving muscles) and Ian Philips (about glory holes) and Jay Neal (about farting -- hey, everything is erotic to the right person, right?!). And there is one story I read already by local writer Michael Smith (he wrore Cumberland, about growing up in small town Ontario), who published it in his own 'zine about cruising. But there are some new great writers here too, Harry Thomas about being obsessed by a porn star, and Dayton Estes written from the view of a habitual convict and a sad story about hustlers in love by Alana Voth. These stories aren't as hard as some of the stuff in the gayboy mags, but the editor seems to find judges every year (this year it's Kirk read, whose memour How I Learned to Snap isn't really erotic, but it's really funny) with a good range of taste. There are some stories to read more than once to get off with, and some to enjoy because the writing is both sexy and literary. A great series that makes me look for other work by most of the writers.