Hiding Behind Sweet Gwendoline: 
The Invisible Male Submissive. An Introduction to James Williams’ . . . BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, by Patrick Califia

Truth Is Stranger than Non-Fiction: 
Editor’s Introduction, by William A. Henkin, Ph.D.

Stories by James Williams

A Pure Fool (first published in International Leatherman)   

Goddess (first published in Bitch Goddess, edited by Pat Califia and Drew Parkin {Greenery Press}; an earlier version of the story appeared in Attitude)

Daddy (first published in Doing It for Daddy, edited by Pat Califia {Alyson Publications}, and subsequently in Best American Erotica of 1995, edited by Susie Bright {Simon & Schuster})

Bridges (first published orally by radio station KALW-FM, San Francisco, California, on its program Final Draft)

Afternoon Delight (first published anonymously in My Biggest O, edited by Jack Hart {Alyson Publications})

Cages: A Three-Part Invention (each of the three sections – Cage #1, Cage #2, and Cage #3 – first published in the online magazine Mind Caviar)

Bear (first published in International Leatherman, and subsequently in Rough Stuff 2, edited by M. Christian and Simon Sheppard {Alyson Publications})

          The Magic Mirror 

Ponyboy (first published in Best Gay Erotica 2002, edited by Richard Labonté {Cleis Press}, and subsequently in Best American Erotica of 2003, edited by Susie Bright {Simon & Schuster})

Fire Island, 1974 (first published in the online magazine Mind Caviar; finalist, Silver Clitorides Award, best story of the month, May, 2002)

          Ritual Cycle:

          April Fool 

          Occult Blood (first published in Blue Food)  

          The Fisher Bride

          Sunset at Glass Beach 

          Mangoes 

          Your Simple Kiss 

          White Roses (first published in Blue Food) 

          Straight Boy (first published in Advocate Men) 

          Every Picture Tells a Story 

          I and Thou 

My Life as a Wife (first published serially in the online magazine Suspect Thoughts)

          I Bow

          Moon (first published in the online magazine Velvet Mafia) 

          Red Nails in the Sunset 

Civilization and Its Discontents: My Justine, Part I (first published in Spectator)

The Unconscionable Treachery of Fate: My Justine, Part II (first published in Spectator)

Plaisir D’Amour: My Justine, Part III (first published in Spectator) 

          Incubus (first published in Black Sheets) 

Jason’s Cock (first published in International Leatherman, subsequently in Best American Erotica of 2001, edited by Susie Bright, and subsequently in Best S/M Erotica: Extreme Stories of Extreme Sex, edited by M. Christian and Simon Sheppard)

Trust (first published in SM Visions, edited by Cecilia Tan {Circlet Press}, and subsequently in SM Futures, also edited by Cecilia Tan {Richard Kasek Books}

          Light (first published in Paramour)

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