 
Catching On
Early encounters with gay identity
Catching On is about that moment of personal awareness when your gay identity becomes very clear. All new writing from eleven authors: Keith Howes, Geoff Ostling, Jeremy Fisher, Robert Tait, Jim Anderson, Campion Decent, Tim Herbert, Michael Hurley, Gavin Harris, Kendall Lovett, and Robert French. Editor Ian MacNeill.
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pdf file <2MB, 50 pages, released July 2010
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I need some
Very popular, our fastest downloader ever
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the showers... this new collection of fiction explores desire - from Oz-drag to the generation gap; in monologue and satire, every story a great read. Featuring Barry Lowe, James May, Ian MacNeill, John Rule, Shaun O'Dowd, Jarred Connors, Peter Mitchell, and Noang Hguyen.
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pdf file >2MB, 60 pages, released Dec 2009
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2010 New Mardi Gras Short Story Competition
All the winners and highly commended entries.
This competition was part of the 2010 Sydney Mardi Gras festival. Theme: 750 words on 'Making History'. Winners include A Ralph, Jonathan Neal, and Siobhan Colman. Highly commended entries from Christian Baines, Emma Ashmere and Adrien Abbott.
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pdf file <1 MB, mixed g&l content, released Feb 2010
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2009 Feast Writing Competition
All the winners and highly commended entries
This competition was part of the 2009 Adelaide Feast festival. Winners include Mij Tanith, Anna Solding, and Amelia Penery. Highly commended entries from Tarion Keelan, Peter Mitchell and Megan Hammond.
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pdf file <1 MB, mixed g&l content, released Nov 2009
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Stinga
David della Sabbia
North Queensland - beautiful one day, murderous the next
A body is discovered in a remote North Queensland farmhouse and Detective Steven 'Stinga' Miles is ordered bush to investigate - what appears to be suicide could be murder. As Stinga uncovers a sinister web of crime and corruption, he isn't expecting to be diverted by the possibility of romance.
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pdf file >6MB, [Warning!] 410 pages, released Sept 2009
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I am a camera
A broad collection
I am a camera, a line from Isherwood's Berlin stories of the '30s, is the starting point for this diverse collection of contemporary Australian gay writing. Each story here, whether blog or memoir, is a unique portrait of a particular time and place. All new work from Peter Cross, Ian MacNeill, John Bartlett, James May, Ash Rehn, Ward Lee, Colin Burrough, Jarred Connors, Wayne Summers, Shannon Boh.
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pdf file <2MB, released Feb 2009
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Man Overboard
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A new collection of stories that continues the gay-ebooks tradition of fresh, powerful writing and exciting reading. Our first issue for 2008 includes new work from Ian MacNeill, Jarred Connors, Barry Lowe, James May, Trevor Ball and Nicholas Kokinidis.
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pdf file <1.2MB, released Nov 2008
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Justified and Ancient
A retrospective celebrating 30 years of Mardi Gras.
Thirty years ago, hundreds of Sydney gays, lesbians and friends continued a festive street march in defiance of police instructions. Many were thumped, 53 were arrested for being part of the first Sydney Gay Mardi Gras. This retrospective is a sample of local gay male lit from that time. Features writing by William Yang, Dave Sargent, Barry Lowe, Ian MacNeill, Gary Dunne and more.
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pdf file <2.4MB, released Feb 2008
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Queer Hearts
Our biggest collection so far.
Hot on the stiletto heels of My boyfriend's back and the 2006 Boy's Summer Collection, gay-ebooks.com.au presents a new anthology of Australian gay male fiction.
Featuring: Nicholas Kokinidis, Peter Mitchell, Barry Lowe, Phil Scott, Shaun O'Dowd, Mal Path, Tim Miles, John Bartlett, James May, Trevor Ball, Ian MacNeill, Jarred Connors.
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pdf file <3MB, released December 2007
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My Boyfriend's Back
The best in Australian gay fiction.
Sweet and gritty, sublime and sexy, this collection includes work from established and new writers - ten new stories, highlighting the best in contemporary Australian gay fiction today. Writers featured: Brendan John Lindsay, Phil Scott, RJ Reynolds, John Bartlett, Ian MacNeill, Daniel Shaw, David Carlino, Tim Miles, Jarred Connors and Alistair Sutton.
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pdf file <1.5MB, released July 2007
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2006 Boys Summer Collection
A hot download of Australian gay fiction.
There hadn't been a new Oz gay anthology since the nineties, and the 2006 Boys' Summer Collection breaks the drought.
Featuring new stories from some of Australia's best known gay authors - John Roberts, Ian MacNeill and Gary Dunne, as well as some hot literary virgins, on screen for the first time, it's a great snap-shot of contemporary Australian queerlit.
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pdf file <2MB, released December 2006
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Portraits for the Blind
A new novella from Ian MacNeill.
Three Aussie kids on a beach in the eighties; it may be paradise but they're not happy. And soon they have to grow up and leave home. A story about what no-one wants to see.
Ian MacNeill, with his sharp unique style, has been a contributor to the Australian gay lit scene for a long time. See also Ian's author page
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New Mardi Gras
2011 Short Story Competition
Early information
Theme: tba
750 words prose
Close date tba [early Jan 2011]
Entry form required, we'll have it here as soon as it's available
Feast Festival
2010 Writing Competition
Theme: Square
1500 words prose or
20 lines poetry
$300 First prize
Entry form required
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