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They’re opposites. In most situations they’d barely see the other as a life form. One’s a street kid with an amazing talent for business. The other’s a clairvoyant Swede with a take-no-prisoners PFLAG-activist mom. From the best-selling and award-winning author of the Heart Reader, and Vamp Camp, and Fangs over America, and Tarot for Christians, comes this tale of two young men who should never have met. A near tragedy “threw” them together even though neither wanted it. influential is the tender story of a romance that thrived despite the couple’s best efforts.
228 pages, Paperback
First published November 28, 2009
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About the author
Wynn Wagner
18 books26 followersWynn Wagner is the author of numerous books on several topics. You can find books on tarot, liturgy, science fiction, fantasy, and gay romance.
His fiction is usually funny and sometimes snarky. One of his books — Brent the Heart Reader — was the 2012 entry into the Gay Book Hall of Fame. Another fiction work is TIME FLIES, a coming out story in the science fiction genre.
Since 2010, Wagner has lived without a pancreas (Whipple procedure), which means his body no longer produces insulin or digestive enzymes. He says it makes nutrition a real science project. And because he had several books in the pipeline, readers got new releases throughout his 5-months in the hospital.
He and his husband are both retired. They live in Dallas, Texas (USA).
Dr. Wagner received a Th.D from St. Wolbodo Seminary and elsewhere a Masters of Liberal Arts and undergraduate degrees in English and Philosophy. “Ancient history,” he said. “The earth has cooled significantly since all that.”
He is a retired archbishop and former president of the World Conference of Old Catholic Churches and Coadjutor of the North American Old Catholic Church.
He has written numerous gay and spiritual books. The author Patricia Nell Warren calls him a “powerhouse in GLBT publishing.”
Before that, he was a programmer who helped write the tax software used by some of the world’s largest corporations. He also wrote Opus-CBCS, a computer bulletin board system that was wildly popular in the 1980s. Opus generated millions of dollars for HIV and AIDS, back when almost nobody was helping fund research or caring for those suffering from the disease. He also wrote a short piece called “HIV: Day One” for those who have just learned they have HIV. “Day One” is hosted by AEGiS, an HIV web service operated by a religious order in San Juan Capistrano, CA (USA).
Before programming and writing, Wynn worked in radio in Texas and New York. Before that, he was a pimply-faced teenager.
He was awarded a key to the city by the mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas. It was a key to the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a town Wynn has never visited. “No respect, I tell you,” he says.
Wynn is the son of Swedish immigrants who was adopted at birth. He sang as a boy soprano in the Texas Boys Choir and appeared on such television shows as Ed Sullivan and Perry Como. His singing took him to Carnegie Hall, to Europe, and to record dates like the last recording conducted by Igor Stravinsky.
Wynn Wagner is a member of The Authors Guild.
His fiction is usually funny and sometimes snarky. One of his books — Brent the Heart Reader — was the 2012 entry into the Gay Book Hall of Fame. Another fiction work is TIME FLIES, a coming out story in the science fiction genre.
Since 2010, Wagner has lived without a pancreas (Whipple procedure), which means his body no longer produces insulin or digestive enzymes. He says it makes nutrition a real science project. And because he had several books in the pipeline, readers got new releases throughout his 5-months in the hospital.
He and his husband are both retired. They live in Dallas, Texas (USA).
Dr. Wagner received a Th.D from St. Wolbodo Seminary and elsewhere a Masters of Liberal Arts and undergraduate degrees in English and Philosophy. “Ancient history,” he said. “The earth has cooled significantly since all that.”
He is a retired archbishop and former president of the World Conference of Old Catholic Churches and Coadjutor of the North American Old Catholic Church.
He has written numerous gay and spiritual books. The author Patricia Nell Warren calls him a “powerhouse in GLBT publishing.”
Before that, he was a programmer who helped write the tax software used by some of the world’s largest corporations. He also wrote Opus-CBCS, a computer bulletin board system that was wildly popular in the 1980s. Opus generated millions of dollars for HIV and AIDS, back when almost nobody was helping fund research or caring for those suffering from the disease. He also wrote a short piece called “HIV: Day One” for those who have just learned they have HIV. “Day One” is hosted by AEGiS, an HIV web service operated by a religious order in San Juan Capistrano, CA (USA).
Before programming and writing, Wynn worked in radio in Texas and New York. Before that, he was a pimply-faced teenager.
He was awarded a key to the city by the mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas. It was a key to the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a town Wynn has never visited. “No respect, I tell you,” he says.
Wynn is the son of Swedish immigrants who was adopted at birth. He sang as a boy soprano in the Texas Boys Choir and appeared on such television shows as Ed Sullivan and Perry Como. His singing took him to Carnegie Hall, to Europe, and to record dates like the last recording conducted by Igor Stravinsky.
Wynn Wagner is a member of The Authors Guild.
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