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		<title>Review: Black Wade by Franze &amp; Andärle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Dreaded pirate Black Wade has a cruel mind and an explosive sexuality. His mercilessness is legendary, but it wavers when he encounters the young and warm-hearted English officer Jack Wilkins. these two absolutely different men are prisoners to their fate. overwhelmed by their passion they unite in a fight for freedom and love.
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		<title>Review: Pirates of the Narrow Seas by M. Kei</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2010/02/15/review-pirates-of-the-narrow-seas-by-m-kei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beecroft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Peter Thorton of the 18th century British navy must struggle to come out gay while surviving storms at sea, ship to ship battles, duels, kidnapping, and more in his quest for true love and honor.

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		<title>Review: The Ghost Road by Pat Barker</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2010/02/07/review-the-ghost-road-by-pat-barker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care &#38;ndash; particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=2103&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Heartache Cafe by J.S. Cook</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2010/01/30/2063/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[J.S. Cook debuts haunted American expatriate Jack Stoyles, whose numb exile in an unexpected Atlantic outpost is suddenly brightened by a stranger who kisses him &#8212; and then dies. Betrayal, graft, a lost girl, and too many deaths. With good reason Jack called his place Heartache Cafe.
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		<title>Review: Calico by Dorien Grey</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2010/01/21/review-calico-by-dorien-grey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beecroft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Calico&#8221; is something of a breakthrough novel in that it spans a bridge which is only now opening for two-way traffic. The author describes &#8220;Calico&#8221; as a &#8220;western/romance/adventure/mystery with a twist&#8221;&#8230;the twist being that its cowboy hero/protagonist just happens to be gay. 
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		<title>Review: Sticks and Stones by Jamie Craig</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2010/01/17/review-sticks-and-stones-by-jamie-craig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Complementing each other on the dance floor isn&#8217;t enough to form a relationship. Is it? It&#8217;s 1953, and Hollywood is booming with extravagant musicals. Coming off a string of hits with MGM, Paul Dunham couldn&#8217;t be hotter. Hoping to capitalize on Paul&#8217;s popularity, the studio announces its attention to pair him with the latest actor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=2021&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Because You Despise Me by J S Cook</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2010/01/10/review-because-you-despise-me-by-j-s-cook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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When Feldwebel Horst Stussel is murdered in Jake&#8217;s Plenty&#8217;s brothel, local police chief Captain Nicholas Renard suspects Jake&#8217;s involvement in the crime &#8211; but with an Allied invasion of North Africa mere days away, Jake and Renard must combine their wits, their cunning and their courage to defeat the Nazis for once and for all.
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		<title>Review: Hidden Conflict (various)</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/12/29/1825/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Hidden Conflict presents four novellas that tell the experiences of gay military men, their families and          		friends, during times of conflict and war. Each story presents a unique voice at a distinct time in history.
Review by Vashtan
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		<title>Review: Common Sons: Common threads in the life by Ronald L. Donaghe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Set in a small town in the middle of nowhere in the mid-1960s, Common Sons not only anticipates the coming gay revolution, but delineates its fields of battle in churches, schools and society, pitting fathers against sons, straight teens against gay teens, and self-hatred against self-respect.
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		<title>Review: Islands by Samatha Kane</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/11/18/review-islands-by-samatha-kane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lieutenant Commander Gabriel Conlan, United States Navy Seabees, knows he’s not in Kansas anymore when he steps off the launch at the small island of Ile Dorée and sees gorgeous Frenchman René Dubois waiting for him on the dock. The year is 1943, the place is the Pacific and the world is at war. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=1505&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Coming Home by Victor J Banis</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/11/02/review-coming-home-by-victor-j-banis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victor J Banis “Coming Home”, published by MLR Press in 2009, available either as a stand-alone ebook or in the print anthology “Esprit de Corps”, also MLR Press.
The swinging sixties, the Sunset Strip a smorgasbord of horny Marines, looking for a little action before heading off to Nam. A queen&#8217;s delight, and it&#8217;s all too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=1320&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Lola Dances by Victor J Banis</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/10/27/review-lola-dances-by-victor-j-banis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic and often bawdy, Lola Dances ranges from the 1850 slums of the Bowery to the mining camps of California and Montana, to the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Little Terry Murphy, pretty and effeminate, dreams of becoming a dancer. Raped by a drunken profligate and threatened with prison, Terry flees the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=1263&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Highwayman by Ali Katz</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/10/11/review-highwayman-by-ali-katz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janos Vesh is a man fighting his past and the stranglehold it has on his present and future. He acts out against the blackness that threatens to consume him by taking revenge as a highway robber on local landowners, similar to those who tormented his youth. Nothing but the comfort of his lover, Stefan, can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=1045&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Hoofers by Kiernan Kelly</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/09/22/review-hoofers-by-kiernan-kelly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Hoofers, by Kiernan Kelly, Dan Allen of Dancing Dan and his Magical Feet has just joined a new vaudeville troupe. He&#8217;s hoping for a good spot in the line-up, but he doesn&#8217;t hold out much hope for it when he discovers that the famous Foster Elliot not only is working the same troupe as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=964&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Film Review: Bent by Martin Sherman</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/08/07/film-review-bent-by-martin-sherman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The powerful and moving film adaptation of Martin Sherman’s award-winning stage play.  For almost 20 years, Bent has stunned theatre audiences around the world. Now adapted for the big screen by the author himself, this inspiring tale of love over oppression has even greater power and poignancy. Set amidst the decadence of pre-war fascist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=886&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Folded Leaf by William Maxwell</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/06/01/review-the-folded-leaf-by-william-maxwell/</link>
		<comments>http://speakitsname.com/2009/06/01/review-the-folded-leaf-by-william-maxwell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Set in 1920s Chicago, The Folded Leaf follows two very different boys who find themselves forming an unlikely friendship. Lymie is thin, clever and terrible at sport. Spud is athletic and quick to fight and blithely accepts Lymie&#8217;s passionate devotion to him. The bond between them is obsessively close, until they leave home for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=844&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Black Butterfly by Mark Gatiss</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/05/27/review-black-butterfly-by-mark-gatiss/</link>
		<comments>http://speakitsname.com/2009/05/27/review-black-butterfly-by-mark-gatiss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Queen Elizabeth newly established on her throne, the now elderly secret agent is reaching the end of his scandalous career. Despite his fast-approaching retirement, queer events leave Box unable to resist investigating one last case&#8230;Why have pillars of the Establishment started dying in bizarrely reckless accidents? Who are the deadly pay-masters of enigmatic assassin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=798&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Those Who Cherish by Jamie Craig</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/05/25/review-those-who-cherish-by-jamie-craig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 12:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exiled to an abandoned presidio in southwestern Texas, Father Alonzo Vargas is accustomed to being utterly alone except for his white donkey, Angelica. He is also fully acquainted with the corrupt and rotten sheriff, John Cullen, the man responsible for his semi-permanent exile. When he finds a victim of the sheriff hanging upside down from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=768&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Regeneration by Pat Barker</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/05/15/757/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, where army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers’ job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=757&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Transgressions by Erastes</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2009/05/05/review-transgressions-by-erastes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hayden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1642, England: David Caverlys strict father has brought home the quiet, puritanical Jonathan Graie to help his dreamer of a son work the family forge. With war brewing in Parliament, the demand for metal work increases as armies are raised.
The fair David is drawn to his fathers new apprentice. And though his father treats them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&blog=1542532&post=741&subd=speakitsname&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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