| Velvet
Mafia picks itself out of the dust and grabs the torch
to become one of the last remaining queer literary magazines
in print or online. We're not letting the pathetic state of
gay publishing knock our peckers down, and we say Fuck
No to the silencing of a whole community as
small and indie presses vanish from the landscape. We refuse
to be mainstreamed or bottom-lined out of existence. We're
still here, dammit, and we're going to keep your minds full
and your hands dirty.
We've learned the online game, so we're switching formats
to bring you more content more frequently. Keep checking back
for new fiction, poetry, and interviews from the margins.
 05.15.08:
Check out the work of our favorite Sydney-based Canuck, Andy
Quan, from his second collection of poetry, Bowling
Pin Fire.
04.15.08: What starts off as a "what
if" joke turns into a rimming trend among members of
a football crew. Lick your chops and read "Arse
Licking for Beginners" by Drew Gummerson.
04.04.08: Dive head first into the lonely
night with Slavko, hitting the clubs to quiet his urges for
the company of male flesh. Read "Blossoms
in Autumn" by Gojmir Polajnar.
 Gregg
Shapiro sits down with Gerard Wozek to discuss his travel
erotica collection, Postcards
from Heartthrob Town. Get the inspirations behind
the stories, how music has shaped his fiction, and read about
upcoming projects. Read
the Interview...
 03.30.08:
In the 45 years since his first book, Stand Up,
Friend, with Me, won the Lamont Poetry Prize, Field has
produced a uniformly readable body of poetry. Of the new pieces
in After the Fall,
fully half qualify as political poems, culminating in the
lengthy title poem’s devastating examination of the
destruction of the World Trade Center.
Read Three Poems
from the collection, including "Sex Among The Savages"...
Then read a review
of the collection by Philip Clark, who gives
us insight to the politics, bohemian character, and sexuality
of Field's work.
Events, Press & Commentary:
 Men
of Mystery: Erotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense,
edited by Sean Meriwether and Greg Wharton, is a finalist
for the Lambda Literary Award for best LGTB Anthology. This
collaboration between the mafia doms fills your endless desires
with down and dirty rough-hewn men. Read
more...
The 6th Annual Saints & Sinners Literary Festival
Date: May 8th to May 11th, 2008
Place: The French Quarter, New Orleans, USA
Dorothy Allison, Mark Doty, Jewelle Gomez, Jim Grimsley, Aaron
Hamburger, Stephen McCauley, Val McDermid, Tim Miller, Michelle
Tea, and Elizabeth Whitney are already confirmed for next
year and we hope that you will join us in the French Quarter
for a weekend of literary revelry.
http://sasfest.org/
Velvet Mafia is looking for book reviews of queer/bent
literature and erotica. Contact the editor if you want to
have your book reviewed, or if you want to post a review.
[Click HERE for Current Reviews]
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