Authors & Editor
David Bergman is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Gaiety Transfigured. He is the winner of the Lambda Literary Award for co-editing Men on Men 2000. His most recent book of poetry is Heroic Measures. With Joan Larkin, he edits the book series Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiography for The University of Wisconsin Press. "Honey" is his first published piece of fiction.
Skip Brushaber resides in Portland, Maine, where he as a case manager in a rehabilitation hospital. He holds a Master's in American Studies in Film/GLBT Studies. His writing is included in the Painted Leaf Press anthology Mama's Boy: Gay Men Write about Their Mothers. Skip's a Bear-lover from way back.
Trevor J. Callahan, Jr.'s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the magazines Men, Freshmen, Unzipped Monthly, Beau, In Touch For Men, Indulge, American Bear, and Cruisin', and the anthologies Slow Grind, Men for All Seasons, Twinkie Tales, and Cybersex. He currently resides in southern New England.
Dale Chase has been writing erotic fiction for several years and has been published in Men, Freshmen, In Touch, and Indulge, as well as Alyson's Friction 2, 3, 4, and 5 anthologies, plus their Twink anthology. One of his stories has been acquired by an independent filmmaker and will soon reach the big screen.
Bob Condron is the author of two published novels, Easy Money and the Bear-focused Sweating It Out. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Bar Stories and Slow Grind. His work as a writer/director for fringe and community theatre has been performed in the U.K. and U.S.A. with notable success. He works and lives with his Irish husbear, Tommy, in Germany.
Jess Davis is the pen name of a deviant beardyke who is frequently known to scandalize her contemporaries. Her work has appeared in The Second Coming and Hustler magazine, and she's the perpetrator of www.doesitquack.com. Davis (or whatever her name is) dedicates this to her beautiful, brilliant, and completely twisted wife.
Ben Ensyde is the pen name of a poet whose writing has appeared in over 60 periodicals, including Chelsea, Many Mountains Moving, and Barrow Street. He has also penned a humor manuscript titled Bitch Rants at the Crossroads of a New Millennium: A Pseudo-Hysterical HIS-Storical Memoir.
Lance Gap is the nom de plume of an Oregon poet, angler, and pornographer who was a hospice volunteer for four years.
Adam Gawron grew up in the Northeast but is a longtime resident of Texas, where he pursues a career in the arts. Although he has written professionally, this is his first published piece of fiction.
Doug Harrison's writing appears in Black Sheets and Body Play, and the anthologies Men Seeking Men, Still Doing It, Best Bisexual Erotica, and Best Gay Erotica 2001. Doug appears in S/M videos as Brad Chapman and is a San Francisco switch who can be reached at <puma@dnai.com>.
Bob Hay is an antique gay activist and paleo-bear, long-term secretary of Ozbears Australia, founder of Bears Down Under and BearsCanberra, honorary life member of Bears Perth, author of the "Down Under" chapter in Bear Book I; currently obsessed with gay sculpture, digital photography, and video chat.
Daniel M. Jaffe's short stories and essays have appeared in dozens of literary journals and anthologies. His novel, The Limits of Pleasure, was recently published by The Haworth Press under their Southern Tier Editions imprint. Find out more at http://danieljaffe.tripod.com.
Jojo, 38, has spent a quarter of his life in Europe, with time in Asian jungles and on West Coast beaches. Since childhood, he has been a musclebear fan due to undue influence from Steve Reeves in "Hercules". He can be seen extensively undraped in Edward Lucie-Smith's book Flesh and Stone.
Eric Karnowski makes his living developing materials for mathematics education. His short story "Traffic Signs" is expected in a forthcoming issue of Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly. A longtime admirer of bears, he lives in Boston with his thin but furry partner.
Jeffrey Lockett is the pen name of a journalist working mainly for daily newspapers and magazines in England, although his articles have been sold into publications all over the world. His speciality is interviewing celebrities about their love lives, marriages, and the contents of the fridges.
Gareth MacKenzie grew up in rural southern Maryland. He now resides in the mountains of southern Arizona. His erotic fiction has appeared in Bear, First Hand, American Bear, American Grizzly, and Bunkhouse. He is a bear lover, but considers himself more of a wolf.
Jim Mason lives with his partner of 20+ years in San Francisco, where he spends his time lying naked in the sun at Baker Beach and drinking beer with the Saturday afternoon crowd at the Lone Star Saloon. He also is a member of Bears of San Francisco. <masonjw@backdoor.com>
John McFarland lives in Seattle, Washington. His work has appeared everywhere from Cricket Magazine to The BadBoy Book of Erotic Poetry.
Born and raised in the backwoods of Oregon, Eric Mulder grew up chasing animals through the woods. Now living in the city, he's moved on to larger game.
By day, a rocket scientist; by night, a bear pornographer. Jay Neal has always been attracted to husky, hairy men; he's been writing about it since 1998. His stories have appeared in American Bear and American Grizzly magazines, and the anthologies Tales from the Bear Cult and Best Gay Erotica 2002. He lives with his partner in suburban Washington, DC.
R. E. Neu's writing has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles magazine, and The Los Angeles Times, as well as numerous fiction anthologies, including Alyson's The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Wilma Loves Betty. He was also a contributing writer for Spy magazine, back when it was funny.
Simon Sheppard is author of Hotter Than Hell and Other Stories and co-editor of Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power. His work has appeared in over fifty anthologies, including the Best American Erotica and Best Gay Erotica series. He lives, hairily but slimly, in San Francisco.
Fred Towers growls in the Midwest with his teddy bear, Mel. Even though he has a master's degree, he loves his hardworking, blue-collar man. In June, they celebrated four years together and are new to the leather scene. He loves to watch his teddy bear transform into Big Daddy.
Karl von Uhl's smut has appeared in Bear and Powerplay magazines, Best Gay Erotica 2000, Best Gay Erotica 2001, and Rough Stuff. For 3-1/2 years he wrote the column "Vox Clamavis" for Bear magazine. He is an occasional correspondent for The Life We Lead on cable access. He shaves. Ha ha, made you cringe.
Thom Wolf lives in the United Kingdom and is the author of Words Made Flesh, published by Idol. His work has appeared in In Touch, Indulge, Men, Freshmen, and Overload, and the anthologies Friction 3, Friction 5, and Twink. He likes yoga, music, vodka, and sex and is a rabid Kylie Minogue fan. A new novel and collection of short stories are now in progress. His e-mail address is: Thomwolf27@aol.com.
About the Editor
Ron Suresha has been involved with Bear communities since the late '80s, when he lived in San Francisco with one of the creators of Bear magazine, and created signs, graphics, and promotions for the Bear-bar Lone Star Saloon. Since leaving the San Francisco Bay area, he has been a member of the Chesapeake Bay Bears, New England Bears, Rhode Island Grizzlies, Motor City Bears, and Bears of San Francisco. He acted as a judge for the International Mr. Bear 2000 contest in San Francisco.
His interview column for American Bear magazine has featured discussions with comedian Bruce Vilanch, NH State Senator Sen. Rick Trombly, artist Tim Barela, "Survivor" Rich Hatch, and authors Eric Rofes, David Bergman, Mark Thompson, Richard Labonté, and Michael Bronski. He has also written for The Gay & Lesbian Review, White Crane Journal, Art & Understanding, Southern Voice, Lambda Book Report, Gay Community News, and Visionary, and the anthologies The Bear Book, Bear Book 2, My First Time 2, Quickies 2, and Bar Stories.
Ron's collection of Bear-themed interviews and discussions, Bears on Bears, is also published by Alyson Publications. Ron lives by the verdant Emerald Necklace, in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and has been called "Boston's most eligible Bear."
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