STAND BY YOUR MAN
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FULL TEXT REVIEWS
Montgomery West, Inches Vol 14, No. 10, June 2000 Victor Terry, Checkmate #30 February 2000 Larry Townsend Newsletter, November 1999 Richard Labonte, In Touch, Undated Thor Stockman, GMSA, Summer/Fall 1987 John F. Karr, Super MR., #2 2000
IN TOUCH, Undated HEADLINE: GAY READINGThere are no qualms about sex in Jack Fritscher's literate and liberally erotic short-story collection, Stand By Your Man (Leland Publications, soft-cover, $10) -- a collection that is many, many cuts above the average friction fiction in any of the gay glossy magazines, this one included. Fritscher writes with a blessed combination of erotic ingenuity and poetic intelligence, depicting the most wonderfully suggestive sex scenes in a delightfully wry, ironic, sweaty, urgent and dirty voice. The tales range from straightforward S/M to lyrical surfer-blond fantasy, from no-holds-barred sex to no-turning-back love. There's more range in this one book of 22 stories than in many anthologies with 22 different authors.
GMSA, Summer/Fall 1987 HEADLINE: HOT TYPEJack Fritscher fans will be glad to see his new collection, Stand By Your Man (and Other One-Handed, Two-Fisted Stories) just published and in the stores, containing more of his short pieces from Honcho, Inches, Drummer, and other magazines. Those who grew up with Drummerknow the many fetish pieces he wrote for its early issues, and some of his best, "Firebomber: Cigar Sarge" and "Horsemaster," are included here along with "Foreskin Fever" and "The Daddy Mystique," written for other magazines. Also included is the story he wrote for Drummer's 100th issues, "The Lords of Leather," a heavy-duty kidnap-and-molest piece (kids -- do not try this at home!). Also of interest are two previously unpublished works, "Daddy's Big Shave," which goes from a break-your-heart reminiscence of a father/son relationship to a voyeuristic auto-erotic shaving scene and back again, and "How Buddy Left Me," a tale of love and innocence lost in the streets of San Francisco and life wasted from the horror that was Vietnam. There may be fewer strictly S/M pieces than in his previous collection, but Fritscher's writing is so vivid, strong, and sensuous that you'll enjoy reading his stories even if you're not heavily into, say, uncircumcised blonde surfers. From the author's bio we learn that Fritscher holds a Ph.D. in American literature and taught creative writing for many years, which may account for the high literary quality of his erotica. Fritscher truly is our Pynchon of porn. ©Thor Stockman
INCHES Vol 14, No. 10, June 2000 Being Irish sucks. It's all about being poor, dirt-poor really—and being Roman Catholic to the point of being ashamed of even thinking about masturbating, let alone sucking cock. Although there is an underlying thread of artistic greatness that pops up every once in a while when talking generally about the Irish; James Joyce, the My-Left-Foot-guy, Oscar Wilde, I think. Even Frank McCourt, who wrote "Angela?' Ashes." He lived the worst life imaginable, poorer than poor and several of his brothers and sisters died very young, yet his book is downright amazing. ©Montgomery West
Checkmate #30 February 2000 Illustrated with photos by Fritscher; the cover photo is of a scrumptious young Donnie Russo. Originally published in Bear, Drummer, Honcho, Uncut, and other magazines, most of these 23 tales by and SM/raunch pioneer were first collected in book form in 1987. The stories include “Daddy’s Big Shave,” “Firebomber: Cigar Sarge,” “Foreskin Fever,” “The Horsemaster,” “The Lords of Leather,” “Uncut Prison Blues.” This is vintage Fritscher with a wide range of effects from lyricism to raunch to SM.
Larry Townsend Newsletter 23 literate, human, funny, diverse and sexy stories–all reader-tested in leading male mags. Subjects include foreskin, shaving, daddies and sons, cigars, fuckabilly butts, SM in prison and leather kidnapping. Illustrated with 14 photos. A very hot production. Features Donnie Russo on full color cover.
Super MR. No. 2, 2000 SO YOU WANT TO STOP LOOKING at pictures and acually read a book? We've got a new anthology of short fiction by Jack Fritscher that's right up your alley. It seems Fritscher's well never runs dry and I'm glad for it, since he knows his way around stinky, no-holds-barred leather sex better than most anybody else. There are 23 hot stories in this new book, called Stand by Your Man, and you can tell from the titles how you may be affected: "Cigar Sarge," "The Lords of Leather" and "Foreskin Prison Blues" are just a sampling of the territory Fritscher wallows in. The stories have been collected from long-gone mid '80s magazines, and illustrated with a handful of choice photographs that seem to have inspired this master's prose. Unlike the writers in those uncountable anthologies who try to be both erotic and literary, Fritscher's attitude of abandon seems to say, "Fuck the Art of writing!" And in the process, he comes up with an artful style of sexwrite uniquely his own. Fritscher is beyond worrying whether his smut is literature, as he makes your eyes suck the page dry. Pardon me while I eat aonther copy.
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