Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War
by Jeff Mann
Price: $8.99 USD. 97550 words.
Published by Lethe Press on March 8, 2012. Fiction.
During the Civil War, two young soldiers on opposite sides find themselves drawn together. When these two find themselves admiring more than one another’s spirit and demeanor, when passions erupt between captor and captive, will this new romance survive the arduous trek to Purgatory Mountain?
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Jeff Mann
Biography
Jeff Mann’s poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in many publications, including Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Laurel Review and The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. He has published three award-winning poetry chapbooks, Bliss, Mountain Fireflies, and Flint Shards from Sussex; two full-length books of poetry, Bones Washed with Wine and On the Tongue; a collection of personal essays, Edge: Travels of an Appalachian Leather Bear; a book of poetry and memoir, Loving Mountains, Loving Men; and a short fiction volume, A History of Barbed Wire, which won a Lambda Literary Award. He teaches creative writing at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Where to find Jeff Mann online
Website: http://lethepressbooks.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Fog: A Novel of Desire and Reprisal
by Jeff Mann
Price: $4.99 USD. 56290 words. Published by Lethe Press on August 18, 2011. Fiction.
Outside an isolated cabin, winter fog caresses spruce trees. Inside, two men, lovers, have enacted a plan of revenge, kidnapping the handsome son of the man who wronged one of them. Al, the accomplice, has stalked Rob for weeks, and his infatuation for the young man has grown deeper than he ever anticipated. A tale of gay erotica and BDSM by a master of the genre.
Price: $4.99 USD. 56290 words. Published by Lethe Press on August 18, 2011. Fiction.
Outside an isolated cabin, winter fog caresses spruce trees. Inside, two men, lovers, have enacted a plan of revenge, kidnapping the handsome son of the man who wronged one of them. Al, the accomplice, has stalked Rob for weeks, and his infatuation for the young man has grown deeper than he ever anticipated. A tale of gay erotica and BDSM by a master of the genre.
A History of Barbed Wire
by Jeff Mann
Price: $5.99 USD. 89350 words. Published by Lethe Press on July 20, 2011. Fiction.
In intense, lyrical language, Jeff Mann’s short stories explore the sex and psychology of BDSM and of bear culture, and most are set in Mann's native Appalachia, an area often mythologized as a place where the wilderness within converges with the wilderness without. Winner of the 2006 Lambda Literary Award
Price: $5.99 USD. 89350 words. Published by Lethe Press on July 20, 2011. Fiction.
In intense, lyrical language, Jeff Mann’s short stories explore the sex and psychology of BDSM and of bear culture, and most are set in Mann's native Appalachia, an area often mythologized as a place where the wilderness within converges with the wilderness without. Winner of the 2006 Lambda Literary Award
Binding the God: Ursine Essays from the Mountain South
by Jeff Mann
Price: $5.99 USD. 79600 words. Published by Lethe Press on November 22, 2010. Nonfiction.
A much lauded essayist and poet, Jeff Mann writes of the passion and pain of being a Southern gentleman who happens to be invested in many worlds: the hungers of gay Bear culture; the propensities of leather and bondage; the frustrations of academia; and the perspectives of an Appalachian who has traveled the world. Binding the God is his second collection of essays.
Price: $5.99 USD. 79600 words. Published by Lethe Press on November 22, 2010. Nonfiction.
A much lauded essayist and poet, Jeff Mann writes of the passion and pain of being a Southern gentleman who happens to be invested in many worlds: the hungers of gay Bear culture; the propensities of leather and bondage; the frustrations of academia; and the perspectives of an Appalachian who has traveled the world. Binding the God is his second collection of essays.