Contra/Diction
Subtitle: New Queer Male Fiction
By: edited by Brett Josef Grubisic.
Contributors: Grubisic, Brett Josef.
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Gay men -- Fiction; Gay men's writings, Canadian; Gay men's writings, American; Short stories, Canadian -- Male authors; Short stories, American -- Male authors
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Contradiction
Description: Contra/Diction is a collection of stories - full of rage, wonder, and bereavement - that represent the plurality of gay identity confirming, as suggested in the Introduction, that not all gay men "drive to Ikea, go to the gym and buy new ties for their management-level positions before taking in the latest stage hit.".

In these stories, the nightmare and paradise of sexuality, love, and community are viewed from different perspectives, along with issues of race, class, violence, politics, and homophobia: dark fantasies about hustlers and one-night stands, cautionary tales about murderers and dreamers.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The relative bargain / George Ilsley; title: Hurt me, mi amor / Francisco Ibañez-Carrasco; title: jean marc did i evr tell yu / Bill Bissett; title: Archaeology / D. Travers Scott; title: Torque / Stephen Beachy; title: Part of the oral tradition / David Dakar; title: Brucie bashes back / Wes Hartley; title: Immigration / Andy Quan; title: Death by bricolage / Aldo Alvarez; title: A matter of four pages / John McFarland; title: A rare moment of clarity / Craig Takeuchi; title: one of your own / Ae Christopher; title: The war over Jane Fonda / Robert Patrick; title: A letter to my friend Maeve I'll never send / William J. Mann; title: Officer's son / Michael Bendzela; title: Breathe the air / Richard Schimpf; title: Papers / Jim Provenzano; title: The man in Milwaukee / Rick R. Reed; title: Astray / Tom Musbach; title: Bea / Michael V. Smith; title: Nomads / Blaine Marchand; title: The truth about love / Patrick Roscoe; title: Jay wanted to see angels / Michael Gregg Michaud; title: Letter to a wound / Reginald Shepherd; title: Parker's tractors / Michael Ritter; title: Keeping track / Charles Derry; title: Secular confessions / Tamas Dobozy; title: Bus stop / Townsand Price-Spratlen; title: Blood brothers / Duane Williams; title: Dominatrix / Patrick Evans; title: Bath, towel / R.M Vaughan; title: The boy who had breasts / Jeff Richardson.