The Silent Hustler

Best known for editing the edgy gay fiction of the Velvet Mafia website, Sean Meriwether has quietly been writing short fiction and building up a body of his own 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 ("Burn the Rich") to the downright raunchy ("Sneaker Queen"). Slip into bed with The Silent Hustler. You won’t feel guilty in the morning.

Reviews:

• "Read one at a time, over a course of years, Meriwether’s stories have impressed with their finely honed sentences and detailed observances. Now, revisited in aggregate, these tales echo against one another with resonance and depth, the strained tension and desire for genuine connection between lonely boys, between fathers and sons, between men unable to articulate their love is present on every page." -- Jim Gladstone, Passport Magazine
• "When you read one of Meriwether's works as a stand-alone, you always come away satisfied, perhaps a little (and sometimes a lot) aroused, and definitely emotionally affected, though on the latter you might never quite be able to put your finger on the emotions you are feeling or how Meriwether pulled them out of you." -- Paul G. Bens, Jr.
• "I will say again that these are not nice stories, in fact the many of them are downright nasty, but they are compelling, and beautiful, and sad, and upbeat, and funny, and disgusting, and horrifying, and breathtaking, and very, very well written." -- Jessewave
• "The anthology parallels its own growth and offers clever and witty ideas among the mixture of themes. From one story to the next you never know where you’re going or what new fantasy will occur or who’s view will you see – the predator or the victim." --Kassa, Three Dollar Bill Reviews
• "Meriwether’s prose is sexy and sumptuous, and he never over-reaches himself. As wild as the plot is, he makes it work – alternating sheer lyricism with stark raunch until the lines are so blurred your head swims and you love reeling about in the spaces between." -- Jerry Wheeler, Out In Print
• "This collection of short stories challenges the way you read, what you expect from gay fiction, and what turns you on." -- Christian Cintron, Edge