Favorites incude "Territory," "Gravity," and the "When You Grow to Adultery."

Includes "Shy," based on a real sexual encounter with the famously shy Montgomery Clift.

Comic favorites: Eitan Alexander's "Beneath the Planet of the Compulsives" and the Christian McLaughlin alter-ego Trevor Renado's "Get a Lifestyle."

Dave's rants and raves and the very poignant, "The Very Last Seymour." Also recommended: the high strung Queer & Loathing.

Favorites: David Bergman's "Let the Living Creature Lie," Tim Miller's "How to Grow Fruit," Alexander Chee's "These Trees Were Once Women," and Stephen McCauley's "Let's Say."

Literary erotica, includes "Snow," "Alibis," and my favorite, "What You Learn."

The first and best of the series. Includes "Brian's Bedroom," "Thinking Off," and Preston's "Absolution."

The boyfriend as antagonist. Terrific stories by Greco, Shewey, Bentley, and Nugent.

The equally witty and talented David Rackoff.

Before he began writing novels, he was a great minimalist writer. Favorite: "Jump or Dive."

A hard to find collection. Favorites include title story and "Tipping Cows."

Everything here is lovely and poignant, particularly "The Gift of Hunger."

Superb collection set in Mexican-American neighborhood in California with several gay-themed stories. One of the best is "Tell Him About Brother John"