Long Cool One Books: 119 books

Colleen has lost him once. She doesn't want to let it happen again. A professional American racing driver in Europe on a shoestring budget, Dan Thornton is gifted behind the wheel. But when the former love of his life turns up, his feelings get complicated, and the Mille Miglia, a thousand mile race around Italy, demands full attention.

The Coffee Pot Mining Company is on the way to the California gold fields when a dying man's treasure map sidetracks them. Turns out prospecting for gold is a lot like work. With bits of colour in the pan, the mother-lode must be around there somewhere. A short story in the western tradition.

It’s a coming of age moment for Herman and his friend Flynn. It’s a hot night, and they’re two young guys cruising in a borrowed car. When they come across the beautiful Mickie, a picture of American loveliness, old enough to get beer and everything, certain issues must be confronted. A short story of gay fiction by Harold C. Jones.

Owen Foster is with the Special Air Service. He’s been missing for about five weeks and Mariyah Khoudry is trying to find out what happened to him. They’re legally married and she might be pregnant. Sergeant Major Bullen, stuck with the duty, will do his best to locate the lad, whether dead or alive. A short story of romance and adventure.

The first interstellar probe in human history has a mind of its own—or rather, four of them. A short science fiction story of the very near future.

War is hell, according to William Tecumseh Sherman. That was then. Now, war is a game played by established rules, by mutual agreement, by gentlemen, and only when all other means of problem resolution have failed. Suffering, real human misery, can be reduced or even eliminated when war is kept within...

It's complicated. A short story of the future of relationships.

Harry has made some kind of a score. Theft from a vehicle, locked or unlocked, it's all the same to him. Speedos take what they can get and are grateful enough just to make it through the day . The only question is what's in the nifty little box. Perhaps his old friend Mike will be able to open it. A short horror story.

Henry gets an odd response to his personal ad in the m4m section. It’s a blind man, who claims he isn’t even gay. It’s just that he’s so desperately lonely. He might be willing to consider it. After all, people in jails do it all the time. Henry’s a bit tired of the Craigslist crowd, with their peculiar feuds and jealousies.

Henry is in the grocery store when he sees a guy who really appeals to him. It’s not like anything he’s ever attempted before. Only later, at home alone, the terror hits. Sticking a note on the fellow’s windshield might not have been such a good idea. A short story of gay romance.

James has always wanted to spend a week alone in Algonquin Park. There is no true adventure without a little suffering, a little sacrifice, a little risk. It's a physical, spiritual and psychological challenge. Once he gets a few kilometres into the wilderness, anything can happen. A short story.

Leroy and Gordon, the African, a mysterious stranger with a checkered past, are falling in love. Lee has bought the perfect dress, shoes to go with it, and he just can’t wait to show Gordon. Gordon has a nice little surprise for Leroy—and a serious challenge for him as well. Their future is at stake.

Patrick Saunders loves Doctor Clifford. He’s always wanted to do it in a doctor’s office. Unfortunately, Clifford is married and has a busy life. They snatch what pleasure they can, when they can, and trust to the future that things will work out. A short story.

When Chad abducts Andre in the middle of the night and proposes marriage, Andre is caught on the horns of a dilemma. He loves Chad but still cannot accept himself, even after all these years