Alexander Inglis

New York-bred Kevin O'Conover, white, gay and twenty-something, thought two weeks in San Francisco would make a fine holiday ... until he woke up in the dark, tied up on a concrete floor, and with a splitting headache. He finds Thad Heath, ex-Vietnam vet, black and straight, tied to a metal pole beside him. What are they doing held captive in crime boss Jack Corrigan's basement? Corrigan's maid Leona Ramirez helps them to escape in a van about to set out to distribute cocaine at a strip mall drop-off. Two thugs, vicious Sam and not-too-bright Kurt, are driving and, when the boys escape in the mall parking lot, there ensues a chase into the woods and hills where Kevin and Thad fall into the rescuing arms of Weslya, an off-the-grid reclusive child-of-the-60s pot-toking hippie ...In this madcap, verging on surreal, adventure, Stan Leventhal spares no stereotype of comic treatment, while always employing a velvet, soft hand: you know goodness rules, even when Sam is on the loose. As in caper-style fast-paced stories, unlikely coincidences twist the action, sometimes like a whiplash: the reader has no choice but to chuckle and succumb. And following a plethora of other characters - a cocaine addled preacher's wife, an acolyte who bleeds literally for Jesus, an investigative journalist wearing brown polyester suits two sizes too big, two dykes as fire marshals and Paula Bluefeather who ... well, it's a faerie-tale, after all, and the fun is how it all works out.His second novel, Faultlines was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. It returns to print for the first time as part of ReQueered Tales' complete edition of Stan Leventhal's fiction. A foreword by Alexander Inglis is included."Faultlines is a page-turner ... Stan Leventhal has still many a twist up his sleeves and excels in what one calls 'spinning a perfectly good yarn.'" - Rainbow Book Reviews"Stan was a literary activist who always gave to, built and endorsed literature and writers. On this Sunday morning, all these years later, I can still see Stan in his apartment window on Christopher Street, next door to the Stonewall Inn, overlooking Sheridan Square as he typed away." - Michele Karlsberg"Stan Leventhal was wonderful company: warm, honest, curious, engaging, and human. His writing] is the next best thing to hanging out with him." - Christopher Bram

The Los Angeles Times says "Richard Hall's prose displays a rare polish, and his accounts of ordinary and exceptional lives unfold in graceful cadences." Fidelities is a stunning collection of stories that explores the varieties of gay experience - love stories, both passionate and compassionate; tales of suspense; narratives on the theme of AIDS; even a ghost story. Among the most adept and technically accomplished writers of his generation, Hall's third and last collection of short stories is an eloquent work of immense power.The author of the novels The Butterscotch Prince and Family Fictions, Hall's short stories give a sense of having been distilled and polished over time till they glow with depth and wisdom. "Diamonds Are Forever" highlights a gay man and his married sister who are incapable of seeing the shared traits that make it so difficult for them to accept each other; the story's carefully paced wrangling over an heirloom is masterful. "Avery Milbanke Day" features a 70-year-old writer - his seven novels about "the literature of hesitation" long neglected - decides to stay with his old dying lover and nurse him through a final crisis instead of attending a public celebration of his novels and himself. In "Country People" the author presents a gentle, eerie metaphor for the search for a sense of history, reflecting on previous generations of gay men and lesbians.Hall's final publication before his own death at age 66 from AIDS-related causes, this 30th year anniversary edition celebrates his art at its peak. This new edition includes a foreword by Alexander Inglis." A] rich, poignant collection ... The ruminations in Fidelities are remarkably palpable, utterly believable. Enlivened by precise flourishes of description, they touch directly on the reader's empathy button, and hold." - San Francisco Chronicle"Many of these stories are light in tone and charming in manner, but the relentless presence of AIDS and its consequences animates them ... Hall excels at depicting how to go on." - Washington Post Book World "Hall's stories evoke comparison with Henry James or Maupassant, Hemingway and Fitzgerald ... A luminous collection ... Hall has found in gay life stories to amuse, entertain, and move." - Lambda Book Report"Hall writes ... in a measured, often moving voice that explores the difficulties of grief and commitment." - Kirkus Reviews"Hall shows again and again his fidelity to the gay male community at large. These stories are the work of an acknowledged master at the top of his form." - Bay Area Reporter"Beautifully controlled ... arresting ... insightful ... pungent ... diverse ... and] keenly observed." - Publishers Weekly

The Los Angeles Times says "Richard Hall's prose displays a rare polish, and his accounts of ordinary and exceptional lives unfold in graceful cadences." Fidelities is a stunning collection of stories that explores the varieties of gay experience - love stories, both passionate and compassionate; tales of suspense; narratives on the theme of AIDS; even a ghost story. Among the most adept and technically accomplished writers of his generation, Hall's third and last collection of short stories is an eloquent work of immense power.The author of the novels The Butterscotch Prince and Family Fictions, Hall's short stories give a sense of having been distilled and polished over time till they glow with depth and wisdom. "Diamonds Are Forever" highlights a gay man and his married sister who are incapable of seeing the shared traits that make it so difficult for them to accept each other; the story's carefully paced wrangling over an heirloom is masterful. "Avery Milbanke Day" features a 70-year-old writer - his seven novels about "the literature of hesitation" long neglected - decides to stay with his old dying lover and nurse him through a final crisis instead of attending a public celebration of his novels and himself. In "Country People" the author presents a gentle, eerie metaphor for the search for a sense of history, reflecting on previous generations of gay men and lesbians.Hall's final publication before his own death at age 66 from AIDS-related causes, this 30th year anniversary edition celebrates his art at its peak. This new edition includes a foreword by Alexander Inglis." A] rich, poignant collection ... The ruminations in Fidelities are remarkably palpable, utterly believable. Enlivened by precise flourishes of description, they touch directly on the reader's empathy button, and hold." - San Francisco Chronicle"Many of these stories are light in tone and charming in manner, but the relentless presence of AIDS and its consequences animates them ... Hall excels at depicting how to go on." - Washington Post Book World"Hall's stories evoke comparison with Henry James or Maupassant, Hemingway and Fitzgerald ... A luminous collection ... Hall has found in gay life stories to amuse, entertain, and move." - Lambda Book Report"Hall writes ... in a measured, often moving voice that explores the difficulties of grief and commitment." - Kirkus Reviews"Hall shows again and again his fidelity to the gay male community at large. These stories are the work of an acknowledged master at the top of his form." - Bay Area Reporter"Beautifully controlled ... arresting ... insightful ... pungent ... diverse ... and] keenly observed." - Publishers Weekly

A Geoffry Chadwick Misadventure, Book 1 - Lawyer Geoffry Chadwick is 50, Canadian, single, gay and, after a brief struggle with a hustler who tries to shake him down, a murderer. Herein lies the device for this macabre, funny, first novel. Although Geoffry must dispose of the body - which he does by dropping off sections of it around town at night - the trauma of the murder affords him the opportunity to reminisce and ruminate: on the recent termination of his affair with a history teacher; on the not-so-recent deaths of his wife and daughter; on the alcoholism of his mother; on growing old; on being gay. The visit of a nephew and the New Year's festivities only serve to intensify his thoughts. Although Chadwick is abrasively disdainful early on, he is fascinating when he loosens up. Phillips keeps the reader hopping with throwaway quotations from Donne and scatological references and puns. First published in 1981, and a Books in Canada First Novel nominee, this new edition contains a foreword by Alexander Inglis."Edward Phillips has produced something unique in literary history - a comic thriller about gays, set in Westmount. I read it with mounting appreciation and laughter. A highly promising debut." - Robert Fulford"A witty, wonderfully poised, poignant, self-pitiless book." - Montreal Gazette"A masterful and original novel." - The Globe and Mail"The feelings run deep and it speaks sensibly, amusingly, and passionately." - Marian Engel