The fifties were different for us queers. There weren't no Pride parades or DVDs or internet. Back then, if you wanted man-on-man stuff, you had to know where to look for it. Back then, a young man who caught your eye had to be mighty careful about letting things go further. All kinds of risks in those days, on the racetrack and off.

Appears in the author's collection, Holding the Reins 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.