A cannibalistic serial killer targeting gay men is on the loose. Devin, who has become increasingly erratic in the last two months, just split up with Gary, his lover of three years. Vanni, a habitué of the gay clubs, makes extra spending money on his knees in the club johns. Is one of these men the killer? Or will one of them instead become the killer’s next target? Detective Hollis Robbins is in charge of the case. He intends to stop the killer, if he can. When the killer strikes again the four men’s lives intertwine as the search for the murderer intensifies. Will the attraction that two of them begin to feel for each other survive the hunt? Do they have the strength to continue on after tragedy strikes and teaches them that love can be bittersweet?

The Beast Within

He sighed and headed back to his car, determined to remember the good and forget the worst. To that end he drove into the city and treated himself to a good lunch. Then because he had nothing better to do, he went back to his apartment, went online, and set to work on his next project, a new website design for a company based out of LA. As he looked at the two handsome men the owners wanted featured as their spokesmen he shook his head. There but for lousy genes and even worse eyes go I,he thought in vague amusement as he got down to the business at hand. 28


“Now you know I love you both, platonically of course,” Vanni said as he looked at his friends across the booth’s table, “but no.”


“So you’re not willing to share our bed,” Devin replied with a laugh. “Just teasing, Vanni,” he told him seconds later when Vanni growled “As if”. “But back to the question at hand, why not come with us?”


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