Shane Michaels's Blog

I first mentioned this novel back in 2015 -- and it has been a passion project for the last ten years.  I am currently in the final stages of proofreading and technical editing just prior to publication. I think you'll like Kushtaka, a dark and steamy gothic romance set during the Klondike Goldrush. The protagonist, Levi Johnson, is caught in the middle of a "love triangle" between a handsome young miner named Seth Lundgren and the vengeful ghost of his dead lover, Robert Dabney. Coming soon to a bookseller near you!

 

Today marks the release of The Milkman, a new novel about a sexy gay milkman who struggles to find love during the lavender scare of the 1950s.  

Unfortunately, you cannot find this particular cover on Amazon as it is too racy to be featured there.  Amazon curates its book covers carefully. Authors that want to keep their accounts are careful not to trigger any of its unwritten rules -- which are thought to include a prohibition on implied nudity and even the image of someone making a face as if having an orgasm. Nonetheless, I thought my readers would enjoy the book cover that should have been.

Do you want to see the cover that was actually released?  The Milkman is now available on Amazon.com for download and for Kindle Unlimited.  I will likely release the novel to the other publishing platforms later this summer after my 90-day contract for participation in Kindle Unlimited expires. 

Enjoy!

Happy Holidays to my readers. May your days be filled with joy in the New Year.  Look for a new novel in 2023, The Milkman. 

I just released a new novella  - something a bit different.  Transalaska tells the story of an aging transgendered woman who meets a hot stud in rural Alaska. I had originally intended this the novella to be more of a mainstream romance - but it got a bit out of control when Miss Maggie's secret past was revealed - and when she...   Well, I can't give all the story away, can I?  The story is more of a romance than it is erotica - but I think readers will still enjoy it.

Available only on Amazon for Kindle.

I just released a new novella  - something a bit different.  Transalaska tells the story of an aging transgendered woman who meets a hot stud in rural Alaska. I had originally intended this the novella to be more of a mainstream romance - but it got a bit out of control when Miss Maggie's secret past was revealed - and when she...   Well, I can't give all the story away, can I?  The story is more of a romance than it is erotica - but I think readers will still enjoy it.

Available only on Amazon for Kindle.  This book is also available as a Kindle Unlimited borrow.

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[image error] Wyatt Scott and Beau Summers are back in new erotic short called Saddle Up. Can they help a storekeeper named Casey to free his lover of murder charges before he hangs?

The Sword has an interesting article on director Jerry Douglas - one of the few porn directors to actually focus on story-line and characterization above all.  He started on Broadway and moved on from there. Think we can get him to film "Cigars in the Parlor" as an homage to "Gone with the Wind"?

Every wonder what's it is like to get fucked in the back of a stagecoach?  Sam Walker finds out when he meets Wyatt Scott in 1877 Arizona.  Even though Wyatt robs the coach the coach a few minutes later, Sam still wants to see him again.  Days later, Wyatt returns - with his lover - and invites Sam to join the group of thieves that call themselves the Bull Posse. To their surprise, Sam helps them to pull off their greatest - and easiest - heist yet.

Now Available for Kindle.

If there is enough interest in this story, I may make this one into a series - to be determined!

One of my favorite websites for glimpses of gay men past - both hardcore and g-rated.
http://vintagegaymen.tumblr.com/