Larry Benjamin: 7 books

A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday AnthologyTHE CHRISTMAS PRESENTby LARRY BENJAMINAt Christmastime, a mother, unhappy her son is gay, turns to an Obeah practitioner to change him with surprising results.* * * * *ABOUT BOUGHS OF EVERGREENBoughs of Evergreen...

Damaged Angels is the first collection of short fiction by Larry Benjamin. The 13 stories in this collection give voice to the invisible, the damaged: the drug addicts and hustlers, the mentally ill, the confused, and the men who fall in love with them, all of them bravely trying to make a place for...

'Get your black ugly ass up outta that bed!'That's how his mother had woken him every morning. 'Get your black ugly ass up outta that bed!'Later, the adjectives multiplied. Tar baby. Faggot. Queer. Tar baby faggot queer. And still later, when he'd started...

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My parents, unable to change me, had instead, silenced me. When they'd stilled my hands, they'd taken my words, made me lower my voice to a whisper. Later, I remained silent in defense, refusing to acknowledge the hateful words: Brainiac. Sissy. Antiman. Faggot. Lincoln de Chabert's life is...

“When you boys fall in love, fall in love with his smile—because his smile will never age or change—and his eyes because in his eyes, you will always see the truth.” That advice launches two young men on the journey to adulthood.Told in 139 “vignettes,” each dedicated to a single...

“To be a Vampire is to know your pale skin and red lips offend others.”-Malcolm VIt’s the mid twenty-first century. Anti-Semitism, racism, sexism and homophobia have been consigned to the dustbin of history. The world is run by “the state,” and Christian zealots, whose chief governing...