Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
--William Burroughs

What's new for Sean Meriwether?

October, 2009: The Silent Hustler is here...
Best known for editing the edgy gay fiction of Velvet Mafia Sean Meriwether has been quietly building up his own body of work. The Silent Hustler collects his short fiction published over the last decade. Meriwether's fiction spans in range from the literary “Things I Can’t Tell My Father,” to the revolutionary in “Burn the Rich,” to the downright raunchy “Sneaker Queen.” Slip into bed with The Silent Hustler. You won’t feel guilty in the morning.
Update: The Silent Hustler has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award and the Edmund White award for Debut Fiction with the Publishing Triangle.
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Read "Into the Mouth (Becoming the Fly)"
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May, 2007: Hot Cops: Gay Erotic Stories edited by Shane Allison (Cleis Press)
What is it about cops that so excites gay men? Could it be the buzz cut and chiseled jaw, those bulging thighs under tight blue serge, the cool mirrored glasses that reflect unbridled lust in the eyes (and other body parts) of their beholders? Maybe it’s the promise of punishment at the end of a nightstick. Perhaps it’s the sheer pleasure of transgression — of getting down and dirty with a man who’s supposed to enforce the law but seems more interested in the perp than in his crime. Hot Cops: Gay Erotic Stories explores the hotter, wilder side of these masculine icons.
Read an excerpt: "Raise Your Expectations"

July, 2007: Sex in the West Village, NYC - Photography by Jack Slomovits
The photography of Jack Slomovits grabs our attention with its realism. He works with natural looking men in real situations to create classically erotic images. His photography focuses on the interaction between himself and the model, giving his work an immediacy that allows us to share his experience. - Excerpt from the foreward by Sean Meriwether
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Upcoming Publications:

• "The Silent Hustler" will appear in College Boys (Cleis Press, 2009)
• "Sticks and Stones", and essay about the young adult novel by Lynn Hall, will appear in Lost Library: Gay FIction Rediscovered (2010)
• "www.menschangingroom.com" will reappear in His Underwear (Lethe Press, 2010)
• "Circus Maximus" will appear in Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top (Lethe Press, 2010)
• "So Long Anita Bryant and Thanks for Everything!" will appear in Best Gay Stories 2010 (Lethe Press, 2010)