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Lecturer, writing instructor and early rabble-rouser for gay rights and freedom of the press,
Victor J. Banis has written for nearly a half century, and is the critically acclaimed author
("...the master's touch in storytelling..." Publishers Weekly) of more than
150 published books and numerous shorter works. In 2009, his novels Deadly Wrong; Deadly Dreams; and
Deadly Slumber were released by MLR Press. His stories are often included in anthologies, and most recently they have included:
Esprit De Corp; To Die For; and The
Golden Age of Gay Fiction (edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn).
Victor is a native of Ohio, and a long time Californian; he lives and writes now in
West Virginia's beautiful Blue Ridge.
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Some of Victor J. Banis's books are available in e-format.
Q & A
VJB: The odd thing is, I never considered myself a short story writer. Short stories are notoriously difficult and though I had done a few early on in my career,
the prospect of doing more intimidated me. It was just a few years ago that I was asked by a writer friend to do a short story for a very prestigious gay online zine
Blithe House Quarterly (now gone, alas), which she was then editing, and I thought, oh what the hell, and did The Emeral Mountain. But that
was so well received, that I began to write other short stories, and found that I enjoyed it and apparently had an affinity for it. I'm an impulsive, intuitive writer. Things come to me
and I write them down. That's mostly what happens with short stories. I haven't written any for a while. Will I again? Don't know. If they come to me, of course.
Thanks for your interest in my work. You can write me and check on my longer works - I'd be glad to send you one of my novels in e-format, if you'd like. And, of course, I have
several short things on Sniplits. As, let me say, do a number of very fine writers.
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What would it be worth, to hold a lost love once again in your arms?
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It might have gone unnoticed in a big city, a lonely woman's private pain, but not in a small town.
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Emerald palaces and yellow roads and red shoes...and then you grow up.
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A fog shrouded lake, a faithless husband...and a sister's love.
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Who was this little girl, this stranger? And what did they do with her Caroline?
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On a cold Christmas Eve, a homeless man learns to give.
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Can a dog know real love? If you doubt it, you didn't know The Girls.
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