Free online samples of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT)-themed ebooks from the authors and publishers at Smashwords.
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Zone Defence | by Leigh Jarrett Jan. 17, 2012 | $3.79 | 22278 words | Sample 20% |
| Nathan Kent wasn't thrilled with the idea of completing his final year of university at a completely different institution from where he'd started, but the opportunity to join one of the top varsity field lacrosse teams had been too much of a temptation to pass up. But then he met his new roommate, Aaron Campbell, and he knew he was in trouble. | |||||
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Zombie Wonderland | by Piper Vaughn Dec. 06, 2011 | $3.99 | 15697 words | Sample 20% |
| All Emery wants for Christmas is someone to share it with, and he might be getting his wish in Ross, the customer he's been crushing on for months. But neither of them counted on zombies or being caught in the worst blizzard in 50 years. Even with a plan, surviving will take a miracle... | |||||
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Zombie Rain | by Zach Sweets April 17, 2012 | $3.99 | 29854 words | Sample 20% |
| Jake's world is torn apart when his son dies, killed by a little girl who has infected him with a strange disease. Soon, Jake's entire hometown is overtaken by the disease. The combination of tragedy and horror is almost more than Jake can take, but then he meets Rex, a man who has been struggling to find more survivors. | |||||
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Zombie Films on Valentine's Day | by Emily Gould Feb. 01, 2012 | $1.49 | 3814 words | Sample 20% |
| There’s nothing worse than spending Valentine’s Day without a date, or so Alec believes—and all his friends agree. Desperate not to spend the night alone, he tries asking everyone he knows to hang out with him, even going to so far as to ask a member of his awful band to hang out for the night. Anything, after all, must be better than spending Valentine’s Day alone. | |||||
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Zerendipity | by Kris Howard April 03, 2011 | Free! | 3374 words | Read a sample |
| Law school roommates Kai and Liza go to Liza's home town for the holidays. In Schenectady, Kai meets Liza's frosty mother and frostbitten father, and makes love to Liza as often as possible. After Christmas, Liza takes Kai to the city, and in a Times Square hotel explores her insatiable appetite for Kai. | |||||
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Zen and Tonic | by Kris Howard Jan. 16, 2011 | $6.99 | 68401 words | Sample 20% |
| Liza and Kai meet in law school and fall in love, break up after law school, and reconnect in the White House. The plot spans half a lifetime and includes Kai's first night with Liza, coping with family losses, bioterrorism an assassination attempt, and Kai's years as "the woman behind the woman." | |||||
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Zach's Secret | by Matthew W. Grant Feb. 13, 2011 | $3.99 | 37171 words | Sample 10% |
| Senior Zach Denham, editor of a small town high school newspaper, struggles to act like a "normal" guy by dating Meghan, his religious friend. Key, the newly arrived attractive jock, forces Zach to confront the truth about his sexual identity. Unsure of himself, Zach is reluctant to help start a support group for gay students. Friends will become enemies as the explosive issue divides the school. | |||||
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Young Lesbian Lust & Love | by JK Hui Jan. 08, 2012 | $0.99 | 4780 words | Sample 10% |
| Ally looks back on her formative years and her first two great loves and lusts for another woman. Exciting and honest dyke memoir at its best! | |||||
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You're so Unromantic 2 | by Roland Graeme Feb. 15, 2012 | $5.99 | 47480 words | Sample 20% |
| Austin has fallen in love with porn legend Nicholas Grandiforte, who is trying to ease himself, gradually and gracefully, out of the sex industry. | |||||
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You're so Unromantic 1 | by Roland Graeme Feb. 15, 2012 | $4.99 | 40762 words | Sample 20% |
| Nick Grandiforte finds that winding down his career as a porn actor isn’t so easy, after all. Moving to a small town has made Nick’s life less complicated. But he hadn’t counted on meeting Austin, a local boy who will do anything to win Nick as a lover... | |||||
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You Think We Don't | by J.M. Snyder Nov. 30, 2011 | $1.99 | 2467 words | Sample 20% |
| Two college basketball players on a team bound for the championships carry on an affair after hours. Neither talks about the time they spend in each other's arms. They kid themselves and pretend it's just sex. They think no one else knows. It isn't until a fellow teammate interferes that they're willing to admit how much they care for each other. | |||||
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You Don't Go Back | by Terry O'Reilly Aug. 01, 2011 | $2.99 | 6688 words | Sample 20% |
| What do you do when the past comes walking through your front door? That’s what Rick Jensen and Ed Doherty have to decide when Jerry Taylor, Ed’s former lover, long thought dead, comes knocking on their door the night of their sixth anniversary. | |||||
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Yes, Darling | by Kitten Magee March 31, 2012 | $2.99 | 11103 words | Sample 20% |
| Tom Baskerville, dandy and man-about-town, is in a spot of bother: his troublesome friend Freddy is refusing to biff off to America as planned, and he has a hangover and no valet. Salvation comes in the form of the supremely competent and oddly familiar James Darling, who slides into Tom's life as smooth as silk -- so that Tom soon finds himself yearning for something more... | |||||
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Yakuza Rondo - Kuma/Goro | by K.R. Columbus April 15, 2011 | $2.99 | 82033 words | Sample 25% |
| Enter the depths of Japan's Organized crime! Kuma is ready to go back home to Downtown Tokyo but being the son of the most powerful Yakuza lord is not easy. He is accepted into Kumagoro; one of the Yakuza clans of the dark zodiac. A fraternity of strong men born with the power of the bear to bring balance and order within the criminal world but secrets from his past are gaining ground on him. | |||||
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X de Sodoma - Una Canción para el Fin | by K.R. Columbus March 29, 2012 | $2.99 | 80751 words | Sample 15% |
| Jonna nació un Terminante. Desde el momento que nació su planeta reaccionó violentamente a él; sólo el toque de los rayos del sol sobre su piel casi destruye el mundo. Su destino fue sellado desde su nacimiento y fue exiliado del resto de la humanidad. Jonna nació un Terminante; conectado a su planeta y con el poder de juzgar y escoger el destino final de su mundo. | |||||
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Wrong Turn | by Taylor Law May 21, 2012 | Free! | 12441 words | Read a sample |
| A novella originally written for the Goodreads M/M Romance group's 'Don't Read in the Closet' event. Wrong Turn is a coming-out shifter story, with a twist. | |||||
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Worth the Wait | by Sara Winters Nov. 26, 2011 | $0.99 | 5353 words | Sample 30% |
| For ten years, Ethan Davis has been content to be nothing more than Marc Guerrero's friend. After one drunken night in college, he forced Marc to pretend nothing between them had changed. Marc has denied himself for far too long. When Ethan comes to visit him for the weekend, he refuses to make the mistake of letting Ethan ignore what's between them a second time. | |||||
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Worth the Wait | by J. Tomas Jan. 12, 2012 | $1.99 | 3991 words | Sample 20% |
| If everybody's doing it, shouldn't you? Sometimes the pressure to give in can be overwhelming. For a young high school football star, he can think of nothing else. Sex is foremost in his mind, not just because he wants to do it but because he isn't. Just because everyone else thinks it's time doesn't mean he has to give in. Or does it? | |||||
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Worst. Power. Ever. | by J.M. Snyder June 07, 2011 | $1.99 | 3233 words | Sample 20% |
| A Vic and Matt Story. Vic Braunson shares a very sexy secret with his lover, Matt diLorenzo -- something in Matt's semen gives Vic superhuman powers. While the powers fade over time, most of them come in handy. But every now and then, he draws a doozy ... | |||||
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World Enough and Time | by J.M. Snyder Aug. 15, 2009 | $2.99 | 9193 words | Sample 20% |
| The world is coming to an end. Allan is pretty sure that’s the only explanation for the rain of salt that’s been falling for days, killing people in the streets and bringing Armageddon on a bit sooner than everyone expected. Then he meets Ricky. NOTE: This story was originally published by Torquere Press in 2007 and appears in my collection, OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE. | |||||
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World Class Spread and Butts Up (Gay Stables #5 and #6) | by Dick Powers Dec. 14, 2011 | $2.99 | 5710 words | Sample 10% |
| In story one, Tom Stables has a photo shoot today, but it's not one where he's going to be wearing clothes. With a dick in hand and his photographer friend snapping away, will Tom be able to resist his greedy desires? In story two, Lucy, Tom's tranny friend, has something she wants to show Tom, but her jealous boyfriend jumps them midway. Can Lucy handle their double teaming action that follows? | |||||
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World Class Spread (Gay Stables #5) | by Dick Powers Dec. 14, 2011 | $2.99 | 2853 words | Sample 10% |
| Tom Stables has a photo shoot today, but it's not one where he's going to be wearing clothes. With a dick in hand and his hot photographer friend snapping away, will Tom be able to resist his greedy desires and get the job done without sexing up everyone on set? Read on and find out! | |||||
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Working Stiff | by S. L. Marks March 28, 2012 | Free! | 4763 words | Read a sample |
| Sometimes when your boss offers you a raise, he doesn't mean on your paycheck. Written for all the guys out there with hot bosses. | |||||
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Words Like Forever | by Tami Porter-Jones May 19, 2012 | $3.99 | 77696 words | Sample 20% |
| A woman with a rotten dating track record. A blind date with the perfect girl. An arsenal of emotional sabotaging techniques. What could go wrong? | |||||
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Wonder: a Novel | by Dan Boyle Jan. 26, 2011 | $4.99 | 87586 words | Sample 20% |
| Have a gay Caltech professor and his dying mother uncovered the secrets of the mind…and the universe? Tom Flaherty's mother is suffering from a strange form of dementia that causes her to journey back in time; her travels might be the evidence Tom needs as a Caltech physicist to develop a unified theory of space, time, and place—String Theory. | |||||
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Woman Justice | by Rosalyn Wraight May 10, 2012 | $9.99 | 61343 words | Sample 20% |
| Detective Laura McCallister Lesbian Mystery, Book 1 | |||||
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Wolfgirl | by Jason Halstead Feb. 25, 2012 | $2.99 | 52150 words | Sample 20% |
| An all expenses paid vacation to Dark Earth to see how wild the west really was seems too good to be true. The CEO of a biotech company’s family is attacked by natives and one of their number held for ransom. Lieutenant Katalina Wimple is the perfect woman for the case. She has the experience, skills, and friends with the right talents. She also has a kidnapped distant relative. | |||||
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Without A Testimony | by Jerod Killick Jan. 17, 2012 | $1.99 | 91016 words | Sample 1% |
| The novel "Without a Testimony", tells the story of struggling sexual and religious identities, and unsatisfied love. Jordan and Brad meet as first semester college roommates in a small isolated Idaho university. It's an exciting time of liberal explosion around the world, but slow to ignite among the entrenched conservative values of Idahoans. Tensions irrupt into tragedy in this bitter drama. | |||||
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Within the Silence | by C S McClellan March 01, 2012 | $1.99 | 16223 words | Sample 25% |
| “My master can do anything he wishes to his property; use me in any way that pleases him, even deprive me of life. But he cherishes me. Everything I am is of his making.†A master’s treatment of his pampered slave is challenged. A slave’s devotion is tested as the wheels of memory begin to turn. Long-hidden truths are revealed. Is it a gain or a loss? 16,000 word character study. Mature topics. | |||||
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With You Under Any Sun 1 | by Nix Winter June 30, 2011 | $0.99 | 52964 words | Sample 20% |
| This book is a collection of love stories, some passion, some out and out erotica. An exploration of self, the men in this book bare their souls, share their hearts and always find a way forward. | |||||
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With Thoughts of Jason | by Caleb Mertz July 05, 2011 | $2.99 | 56983 words | Sample 15% |
| It's hard enough for Jason to accept he's gay then to deal with the torments as well. Hiding it is something he prides, while remaining flirty when appropriate. Sex, drugs, love, and wicca swell into his life after he's kicked out onto the streets by his own mother. Sorting through the lies and false promises he begins to forge his path to success, a path he may never be able to complete. | |||||
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With This Ring | by J.M. Snyder Nov. 20, 2010 | $4.99 | 38750 words | Sample 20% |
| A Vic and Matt novel. When his ex tells all to a tabloid, Matt's secret is out -- now the world knows Vic gets super powers from Matt's semen. A scientist contacts them with a solution to counteract the powers, and the offer is tempting. But then Vic discovers the doc has an agenda of his own. Can Vic save Matt once his super strength or the telepathic bond they share is gone? | |||||
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Witch's Cat | by Loki Renard Dec. 17, 2011 | $3.99 | 18926 words | Sample 20% |
| Anita and Georgia are a normal couple if you don’t count the cane in the corner and the potions in the basement. Anita is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and fancies herself quite the powerful witch. She’d rule the world, if only her strict (and completely non magical) girlfriend Georgia would let her. | |||||
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Wish Fulfillment | by Graveyard Greg July 08, 2010 | $0.99 | 4022 words | Sample 50% |
| When Caleb finds a genie in his living room, he soon learns the do's and don'ts of wishes. | |||||
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Winter Thunder | by Sylvan Scott Sep. 24, 2011 | Free! | 5510 words | Read a sample |
| A holiday short story with an anthropomorphic twist. Nikos, a young, gay artist living in his New York brownstone, is greeting Christmas as he often does: drunk. But when someone knocks on his door it's more than "three ghosts". | |||||
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Winter Pink Skies | by Fabian Black Jan. 09, 2010 | $3.00 | 31977 words | Sample 20% |
| It's a fine July Saturday morning and Lee and Tony are at loggerheads. At breakfast time Tony, master jeweller as well as master of home and hearth, makes clear his stance on a particular topic, using a wooden hairbrush to underline it. Lee is not suited and feels he's been unfairly disciplined. | |||||
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Winter Love | by T.T. Kove March 21, 2012 | $3.99 | 24567 words | Sample 20% |
| While on Christmas vacation at a ski resort with his friends, Lasse expects only snowboarding and fun. What he doesn't expect is Marko, who draws Lasse in and stirs feelings he never expected, feelings that Lasse is nevertheless more than happy to go along with. Love is never easy though, and the fact that Marko is from another country is only one of the complications. | |||||
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Windrage | by Mel Keegan April 24, 2009 | $5.50 | 45864 words | Sample 10% |
| In this opus Keegan looks at nuclear winter, and how we survive after the impact of a big, rocky asteroid. It's 2025, 15 years after doomsday. Massive storms are still coming; they bring choking dust, temperatures of thirty below -- worse, they drive 'roadies' with them, and the nomads spell trouble for towns that have begun to rebuild -- like Windrage. Gay SF action and romance from the maestro. | |||||
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Windows | by J.M. Snyder July 18, 2010 | $3.99 | 17986 words | Sample 20% |
| Thom is down on love, having walked in on his lover with a friend and caught them doing the nasty. After he kicks said lover out, he writes off men for good. Then Bradley moves in next door and Thom can’t help but notice. Suddenly Thom finds himself in the position of voyeur and knows Bradley knows he’s watching. He doesn’t need another lover, but how long can he resist Bradley's advances? | |||||
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Will Turner's Luck | by Terry O'Reilly Aug. 13, 2010 | $2.99 | 14316 words | Sample 20% |
| Will Turner celebrates the end of a ten-year marriage by acting on his repressed longings and heading for a gay bar. Just his luck, the next morning he awakes in a strange room with a stranger, Robby, by his side. As Will unravels the mystery, he falls in love with Robby, despite many unanswered questions. Then the truth finally comes out, and Will is faced with a tough decision. | |||||
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Wildflower | by Prudence MacLeod June 28, 2011 | $2.99 | 75577 words | Sample 10% |
| Abby went to California with so many dreams, and like so many young girls before her, she got chewed up and discarded. Abby retreated to the far corner of the world to lick her wounds and grow strong once more. Could she ever learn to love again? Could she discover why the dark haired woman intrigued her so? | |||||
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Wilde Stories 2011: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction | by Steve Berman Aug. 10, 2011 | $8.99 | 96478 words | Sample 10% |
| Celebrate a decade of gay speculative fiction with Wilde Stories 2011! This expanded volume from Lethe Press brings stories of undead lovers, stranded astronauts, ghosts and phantom reflections, men lost in an inhospitable wilderness, and fiends who hide under handsome veneers, all written by award-winning authors and fresh voices in the field. | |||||
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Wilde Stories 2010: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction | by Steve Berman June 06, 2010 | $2.99 | 72299 words | Sample 20% |
| This 2010 edition of Wilde Stories offers the finest tales of fantastical and weird happenings befalling gay men from both acclaimed authors (award-winners Laird Barron, Elizabeth Hand, Tanith Lee, Richard Bowes, & Joel Lane) and fresh voices (Tom Cardamone &, Georgina Li) in the field. Here are stories of hungry wolves walking on two legs and ghosts of departed lovers hesitant to leave. | |||||
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Wilde Stories 2009: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction | by Steve Berman March 19, 2011 | $2.99 | 65593 words | Sample 20% |
| The 2009 edition of Wilde Stories, edited by Steve Berman, promises readers a range of imaginative gay-themed fiction culled from the prior year. These are tales that range from the horrorific (Lee Thomas' "I'm Your Violence") to the surreal (Sven Davisson's "Dim Star Descried") to the fantastical ("Firooz and His Brother" by Alex Jeffers). | |||||
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Wild Beauty (A Children of Shairobi Novel, Book 2) | by Lupa Garneau May 04, 2012 | $3.99 | 63650 words | Sample 30% |
| Deep in the heart of Redwood National Park, enshrouded by magic, live the Rune Fang, legendary shifters on the brink of extinction. | |||||
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Wicked Intentions | by Azalea Moone Jan. 26, 2012 | $1.99 | 21013 words | Sample 20% |
| Sequel to Dark Night Skies. It's been two months since Lucius found acceptance from Michael, and now he must ensure his human charge is safe under all costs. | |||||
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Wicked Game | by Alex Anderson April 22, 2012 | $4.99 | 170038 words | Sample 11% |
| What began as a game of sexual conquest soon spirals out of control for three young men celebrating their college graduation. Reno, Jonah, and Zach have nothing more on their minds than having a good time and winning the game. That changes when their targets turn out to be more than simple game pieces. As each player falls into the clutches of such a wicked game, it's anybody's guess who will win. | |||||
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Why Does It Always Happen To Me? | by Caroline Doyle March 24, 2012 | $0.99 | 2448 words | Sample 20% |
| A short story of a girl whose relationships always go wrong. | |||||
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White Wolf Christmas | by Mimi Riser Dec. 16, 2011 | $0.99 | 5632 words | Sample 14% |
| A simple rescue mission turns deadly when cross-dressing werewolf Sylver Starr and his cat-shifter mate Hunter Steele teleport to Alaska on Christmas Eve to save a polar bear family from poachers, and get stranded on the ice, with an arctic storm blowing in. Unless a miracle happens, they'll be popsicles soon. Then again, aren't miracles what Christmas is all about? | |||||
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White Bible #9: Assassin 'The Death Of Love' (Gay Erotica) | by Dick Powers April 08, 2012 | $2.99 | 5516 words | Sample 10% |
| Reality hurts, especially when your assistant turns out to be an assassin hellbent on violating you in every way possible. Unfortunately, Mickey has Abel by the reins this time and he's going to whip him hard all the way to the finish line. Served hard and hot for your pleasure. | |||||