SAN FRANCISCO - Bears in nature are notorious for their appetites, and the men of Bears: Gay Erotic Stories are equally voracious, devouring every beefy hunk in sight. The uninhibited symbols of blue-collar butchness put all their larger-than-life attributes - hairy flesh, big bellies, massive arms and that other party-size accoutrement - to work in these close encounters of the furry kind.
The "teddy bears' picnic" becomes an S/M potluck play party in "Mr. Bear's Birthday Bash." In "Bear-Assed," a West Hollywood boytoy meets a Russian River daddy bear who teaches him the pleasures of bear love and serves him porridge. Bears takes readers deep inside the world of the manliest of men (and their cub counterparts) as they romp and rage from woodland orgies to urban lust-fests.
Editor Richard Labonté helped found A Different Light Bookstore, with locations in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He has edited the Best Gay Erotica series since 1996; reviews 100 books a year for Q Syndicate, which distributes his fortnightly column "Book Marks"; writes the gay men's edition of the newsletter Books to Watch Out For; and writes book reviews for Publishers Weekly.
Bears: Gay Erotic Stories was published by Cleis Press Inc.
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
