Steven and Conrad have a weird relationship, one Steven can't figure out no matter how many times he looks at it. After weeks of hot sex and sweaty grappling Steven finds himself taking a romantic stroll on the beach with a woman, and the confusion he feels about his life overwhelms him.

Appears in the author's collection, Holding the Riens and Other Stories.



Vincent Diamond is the pseudonym for a former Central Florida writer whose short story collection, Rough Cut, was released by Lethe Press. "An erotic wordsmith," says noted editor Richard Labonte says in the foreword to the book. "...Erotic fiction that possesses story-telling heft."



Diamond's stories have appeared in Best Gay Erotica 2009, Gay City Health Volume 2, Coming Together: Under Fire, Country Boys, Truckers, Best Gay Romance 2007, Hot Cops, Love in a Lock-Up, Best Gay Love Stories 2005 and 2006, Feathers, Chance Encounters, Under Arrest, and Play Ball, and online at Fishnet, Clean Sheets, and Ruthie's Club. Diamond works as an editor for a variety of publishers and takes on select private clients for writing coaching. Time away from the keyboard is spent in the dressage ring trying to pick up the correct diagonal at the trot.



For more information, visit vincentdiamond.com.