SOLD!

When Michael over at Shadowfire Press (www.shadowfirepress.com) said he had one slot left open for a Halloween story, I jumped at the chance to try mixing erotica and horror ... somehow. I've always loved horror films, since childhood, and when I started the story I had no idea it would turn out to be not only sexually overheated ... but ultimately also a romance about what happens when you are able to free your heart and mind at last.

"A Wet Dream on Elm Street" starts off with ex-high school football jock Tony - an Italian stallion of twenty-eight, married since just after high school to former cheerleader Tracy, his high school sweetheart. Tracy's out of town, visiting a friend in Seattle, and it's a few days before Halloween ... but Tony's going light on the celebrating, content with passing out candy and having his best buddy since the fourth grade - Scott - come over for a beer and pizza party, complete with a stack of Scott's bootlegged horror DVDs ... in particular any featuring Tony's favorite villain, Freddy Krueger (note the photos; you don't see FREDDY ho-ing around like those other knife-wielding bitches!).

Tony, already bored with the wife away, borrows some horror films Scott early - but when he puts one of the plain, unmarked bootlegs in and discovers his best friend of nearly twenty years has an entirely different kind of film collection in his apartment, it's all Tony can do to hide his anger ... his pain ... his feelings of betrayal ... and some very other, definable feelings he'd rather not admit he has.

Shadowfire Press has taken the story, for which I am thrilled (Tony and company ended up meaning a LOT to me; a tale much closer to the heart than I'd ever imagined), with a release date of October 16th. Please check back here for more info, or how to order. It was a challenge, my first Halloween tale, but I never try to stray from challenges with my writing, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Kris

ALEJANDRO CHABAN: Baby-Daddy #223

Seriously, with photos like these do you need ME to tell you why?

E. LYNN HARRIS: 1955-2009

One of my biggest inspirations as a writer of gay fiction - erotica or otherwise - was E. Lynn Harris ... so it was with real sadness and heartache that I read, this morning, of his passing away at the age of 54.

While I sometimes wasn't the biggest fan of his writing style, Harris - to me - was a natural storyteller, creating characters and storylines that, as his novels went on, I only got more and more involved with. He brought to light the way bisexuality and homosexuality is dealt with - or, more to the point, NOT dealt with - by men in the black community ... but his novels, at their core, dealt with characters that ranged from the heartfelt and humane to the downright dramatic, also dealing with (in many cases) real-life situations that people cope with in their lives every day.

He was often harshly criticized for his writing abilities, something that stung him very much as an artist - but whatever you thought of his work, there's no doubt that Harris was also a wonderful human being, often giving back to his fans and always taking the time to encourage anyone from novice writers to African-American men on the down-low who sought his advice and encouragement. In other words, no matter who you talk to who knew or met the man, they would tell you E. Lynn Harris, at heart, was a gentle, kind and loving human being who made the time for everyone.

I never had the privilege of meeting him, but we did swap a couple of emails about a year back - something I'll always be grateful for, along with all the thanks I owe him for the years of inspiring me to write ... and to write about themes and issues that others might find "offensive" or controversial. It's really sad to learn he's gone, at the young age of 54 especially - but if a good heart is what sends you to heaven, E. Lynn's doing okay.

Kris

PORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN cover art/release date!

November 2 is the release date for my second story with eXcessica Publishing. "Porn-Again Christian" is a short-short featuring a sexual storyline that is a bit kinkier than I normally use; two cute college students - one Caucasian, one East Asian - blackmail a hunky straight Hispanic teacher into a scorching three-way when they learn something "naughty" about his past. It's pretty hot stuff, I think, and definitely speaks for my racier, more sexually-agressive side, for sure ...

Best yet, as a short-short it's all yours for the "indecent" price of just $.99! You can read an excerpt, designed to tease and tantalize, at www.excessica.com/index.php/books/porn-again-christian-by-kris-klein/, where you can also order the title. The cover art, shown here, gives you an idea of the "uncooperative" sex forthcoming in the story ... but let's face it, coercing a straight (even married) guy into gay sex is the fantasy of many a gay male, period; can I help it if, sometimes, I stray from the romantic ending to depict some good hardcore hi-jinks?

Either way, I hope you will enjoy it when released (and will post a reminder, here, when it gets closer to the date); as it's coming out in November, it seems like the perfect antidote for when those warmer fall nights turn a bit chilly, the on-set of winter in the air ...

Kris

MARIO LOPEZ: Baby-Daddy #4

Juicy is about the best word to describe one of the few men I'd crawl through barbed wire - covered in salt - to get to. Since a one-shot guest role when he was a kid on "The Golden Girls" and his breakout role as Slater in "Saved by the Bell," Lopez has managed to work fairly steadily for close to twenty years in film, television, and even on Broadway - causing swooning females and many a wet dream for your average gay men nearly the entire time (especially after his critically-acclaimed performance as Greg Louganis in a TV biopic).

Kudos to whatever deal he's struck with the devil, 'cause Mario only gets hotter and hotter and hotter as he gets older. Precious producers, directors and photographers have, over the years, found any and every excuse to get Mario as naked as possible - God bless them - but even though Mario says he's done with removing the shirt on-camera (a dark day in history, when he declared that) ... there's still that face that anyone in their right mind would sell their soul to wake up to every morning.

Rumors of his bisexuality (at 35, while he's dated women, he's never been married) have been around nearly as long as he has - and with Mario's dimples, virtually-pretty face, flawless physique, ass you could eat off (or out) of, and childlike (almost too "gentle") voice, it's a fantasy worth exploring. The bonus is that he also seems to be one hell of a nice guy; everyone who speaks about Mario has nothing but great things to say about him, and in every interview or chat show he comes off as confident, charming, humble - the perfect man.

So much perfection on one guy should be illegal - but what a way to break the law. Mario, I'd be the beast to your beauty, any day ('cause after all, who WOULDN'T look like a beast, standing next to this??).

Kris

SOLD! (x2)

Sorry to be late in posting this, with the release dates already listed in an earlier post and all, but it's been kind of hectic; the writing bug is biting huge, and ya gotta take advantage of it while it's red-hot.

The kindness of Selena and eXcessica Publishing (www.excessica.com) has been extended again, with two more stories accepted by the epublishing house. Both are a bit different for me - one via title, the other subject matter - but nonetheless, they're also stories I really enjoyed writing (maybe a little too much, in the case of the first one) ... and I hope you'll enjoy them, when released, as well:

"The Brothers Dim" begins with Mark, a 33-year-old with a chip on his shoulder. Mark's tired of online dating and dealing with gay men and their drama - so to get laid, he comes up with a devious plan, via a posting on online giant Craigslist, that he hopes will score him some really hot straight/married men to bed. The ad gets a ton of replies instantaneously - two of the first, and the best, coming via a cute, blue-collar 21-year-old skateboarder type named Kyle ... and the shaggy-haired 19-year-old Chuck who has the face of an angel. Mark thinks he's been smart, setting the guys up with enough room between each other so they don't cross paths - but when Kyle's late and Chuck rings Mark's doorbell minutes later, the best Mark can shoot for is a sexually bionic threesome ... little knowing that, quite by accident, he's gotten a pair of brothers to come over his house - neither guy knowing the other's going to be there.

"Everybody Fucks Raymond" sees temp worker Aaron Adams at a dream assignment; he's working for a huge accounting firm in Phoenix that openly seeks out and hires GLBT employees. Soon Aaron learns it's a double-edge sword, however, when he hears some of the bitchier queens at the company gossiping long and hard about the "office slut" (and one of the firm's head accountants), the hunky, model-handsome Raymond Aguilar. Sure the rumors are just that, Aaron works up the nerve to approach Raymond, wanting him to know what's being spread about him ... and finds himself not only smitten with the gorgeous, studly accountant - but also volunteering to show Raymond a new meaning to the phrase "office relations."

Both aren't available until February - "The Brothers Dim" releases February 1 2010, and "Everybody Fucks Raymond" on February 15 2010 - but if you get one or both, I hope you'll find them worth the wait. "Dim" may have a few shocks in store for some of you ... but hopefully ones that'll make you tingle down to your toes.

Kris

SOLD!

Michael at Shadowfire (www.shadowfirepress.com) is a great guy - and fast becoming a friend. I recently sent him another story, wondering if it might suit his tastes for publication (this one leaned more toward the romantic, as well as the sexual) ... and am glad to say I just received word that he's taking my office-set tale or tail.

"Indian Giver" begins with a familiar theme - a guy who hates his job. Well, Gary - 28-year-old data entry specialist, medical transcriptionist, and office drone - doesn't so much hate his job ... he's just bored to tears with the constant drudge of data entry. When his boss (a great guy whom Gary respects a lot) asks him to work overtime on a Friday, to label and sort boxes in the records room in preparation of the office's move next week, Gary doesn't have the heart to say no. Fortunately, the boss has been able to secure some help for Gary, so the project won't take all night - in the form of 23-year-old paid intern Rajiv Patel, a breathtaking specimen of all that's beautiful in the East Asian Indian male. Can Gary keep his mind on his work? Are those furtive glances Raji is shifting his way, as well?

Check back here for updates on cover art, a release date, etc. - to find out!

Kris

Release Dates (Tentative)!

Just got word on the tentative release dates of my titles coming up on www.excessica.com. Please remember to check the site - or check back here - as each date gets closer. And by all means, don't forget to order (or pre-order) your copy, when available!

EAST MEETS WEST - September 28
PORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN - November 2
A CHRISTMAS CAROLER - December 14
FROM BOYS TO MEN - January 11, 2010
THE BROTHERS DIM - February 1, 2010
EVERYBODY FUCKS RAYMOND - February 15, 2010

We thank you for your support! =0P

Kris

SOLD!

Always up for trying new things (testimonials on file), I recently tried a story of mine - a personal favorite, actually - with an online publishing house, www.shadowfirepress.com - that I'd never submitted to before. Happily, I got word last week that they took the story, and one of my favorite tales of tail has a new home. Sadly, it won't be out until May 2010, but here's a just enough of a preview to wet your whistle, and I hope you'll read it when released:

"English as a Sexual Language" opens with 30-year-old horndog Johnny - a good-looking, athletic blond in Phoenix with a ravenous sexual appetite when it comes to Hispanic or Latin males ... especially Mexican men. Awakened one morning to the sounds of lawn mowers and edgers, Johnny discovers the monthly group of Mexican landscapers working on his lawn - only this time with a fresh-faced, hard-bodied 22-year-old new recruit, straight boy Arturo. Offering the young hombre a glass of water on the hot day, Johnny learns Arturo doesn't speak English. Having taught English as a Second Language back in the day, when he lived in Chicago, Johnny hatches a plan to give the hot little (Arturo's only 5'4" tall) mexicano private lessons for free - lessons Johnny's hoping will include not only English, but a little French and Greek, too. Their first lesson, indeed, gets hot and heavy ... but not entirely as planned, when Johnny finds his emotions getting as revved as his crotch for the baby-faced Mexican with the body of a porn star.

I hope you'll like it when you read it, and my thanks to Shadowfire Press for taking this one; "Arturo" (as well as most of this tale) happened in real life, almost verbatim as it happens in the story - so this one in particular meant a lot to me.

Kris

CHENIER HUNDAL: Baby-Daddy #116

MAN, have I been in love with this dude since I first saw him on those annoying Pro-Active commercials (and/or informercials)! Zits or not, only a strong doze of uber-insanity would make me every throw this guy out of bed; when he talks about getting rid of his acne on that commercial, and says "That's a good feeling" - my heart beats in triple-time.

The Canadian-born hunk of hotness is a bona fide actor (also an artist), with a few credits under his belt that include Dr. Dolittle 3, Partition, Murder Unveiled, and an episode of "The Dead Zone." All I know is, I'd watch the guy in anything, from the moment I saw him smile on the commercial because his acne had cleared up ...

Pure story material for me, for sure - but oooooh, to have the real thing to wake up to ...

Kris

SOLD! (x2)

Two more titles seem to have landed with a great reception at the doors of www.excessica.com. Will post publication dates and links as I know them, meanwhile here's a sneak preview:

"From Boys to Men" centers on 20-year-old blonde Michael - who has had five "boyfriends" in two years, guys his own age who simply can't hold up to their promises to commit. At lunch with his friend Benji one day, at a new Mexican restaurant in central Phoenix called Manuelo's, Michael rolls his eyes as Benji tries to flirt with their hot, young Latino server - the owner's son - until Michael himself spots the owner ... a tall, handsome, and stacked-to-the-rafters bodybuilding daddy that sends both his heart and crotch into orbit.

It isn't a very merry Christmas for 32-year-old ex-athlete Kevin in "A Christmas Caroler" - last year at this time some drama ended the relationship with his ex (a relationship he thought was "the one"), and Kevin's feeling the pain as Christmas Eve brings memories of fonder times. But when a sexy, cute-as-hell blonde caroler singing a naughty rendition of "Jingle Bells" - an angel-faced babe a dozen years Kevin's junior - slips and falls in the snow, Kevin (fearing a lawsuit) carries the kid into his house ... and ends up with the best Christmas present of his life.

Keep checking back here for cover art and more information - thanks!

Kris