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Masters come in many forms. Some don't even know they're masters.
Master/Other, gay fantasy and science fiction about prisoners, slaves, liegemen, and love.
This site also contains Leathermen, Plain Vanilla Straights, and Other Rebels, humor and satire about transgressive sexuality in the twenty-first century, and Unmasked, contemporary fiction about people who hide behind masks.
Leather is a world of rich pleasure palaces and endless sensual delights, where dreams can be pursued without limit, provided that a man has the strength to stand the test. . . . But in the rural town of Mayhill, population 32,000, leather life is a little different.
Loren's Lashes, a retro series about a Midwestern community of closeted leathermen.
Turn-of-the-Century Toughs: A cycle of historical fantasy novels about disreputable men on the margins of society, and the men and women who love them. Three of the series are set in prisons, the fourth in a house of prostitution. D/s and sadism are recurring topics in the cycle.
True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power. This gay magazine publishes and recommends true stories, fiction, art, photography, and videos. Includes many leather stories. (Off-site link.)
Leather
HistoryThe Leather Research Reference Shelf. Gateway for several of the sites on this page, with a search engine.
Topman: Online Writings by and about John Preston. A site devoted to the author of the gay leather classic Mr. Benson.
For more leather history, see the sites below on books and magazines.
Leather Books in Alternative
Formats. Books available in audio
format, large print, electronic text, and
braille.
Leather Fonds: Archives and Libraries with Collections Related to Leather Culture. Places to find leather books and magazines.
Leather TOCs: Tables of Contents for Leather Magazines. Includes summaries and related links.
Transcend: Leather Spirituality News and Links. Articles that are in favor of leather spirituality are linked at this site, as well as articles that are opposed to leather spirituality.
True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power. This gay magazine publishes and recommends true stories, fiction, art, photography, and videos. Includes many leather stories. (Off-site link.)
The Literature and History of Friendship, Romantic Friendship, Romance, and Sexuality. Includes GLBT resources.
Sites on the History and Literature of Western Hierarchical Relationships. Focusses on relationships between people of different status or rank. Relationships based on platonic feelings and relationships based on sexual attraction are both discussed at this site.
Mentoring Life (InsaneJournal) and Leather Seminars (InsaneJournal) | Mentoring Life (LiveJournal) and Leather Seminars (LiveJournal). Daily life blog entries about caring for a leatherboy.
Dusk Peterson has received the following honors:
Runner-up, 2006 Rauxa Prize for erotic fiction.
Nominee, Mid-Atlantic Regional category, Pantheon of Leather Awards,
2006.
Dusk Peterson's e-zine True Tales has received the following honors:
Four story and poetry finalists, Rauxa Prize for Erotic Writing 2006, of which two became runners-up.
Story winner, original fiction category, Titanium Whip Awards 2006.
Editor's Pick, GayDemon, 2007.
Nominee, Best Erotic E-zine category, Cybersocket Web Awards, 2008.
Dusk Peterson is a member of the following organization:
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