Longing looks, one kiss and one dance are all Snyder and Joel have ever shared, but that's about to change. As Thanksgiving looms, Snyder is still brooding over a bad ex. He isn't looking forward to the holidays, but Joel is just the man to cheer him up. The fun, easygoing Joel wants more than to improve Snyder's mood though. They might be opposites, but Joel wants the smart, sexy Snyder for himself even if he is a little too serious. With the two of them stuck in a mountain cabin alone together, Joel could finally get his chance. If he can draw out the introverted Snyder, it might end up being a happy Thanksgiving just for two.

Pizza for Thanksgiving Roommates Mack and Enzo aren't expecting to spend Thanksgiving together. Then nothing goes as it should. Can they mend each other's hearts? A Midnight Thanksgiving A Thanksgiving with friends turns into a time alone for two frenemies. Will Alex and Vaughn admit how they truly feel for each other? Trapped for Thanksgiving Snowed in for Thanksgiving, Snyder and Joel make the best of it. Will keeping warm turn into something more for these two?

Alex and Vaughn have been frenemies for a while, but they never spent any time alone together. That all changes on Thanksgiving night. When they become concerned about a friend in crisis, Alex and Vaughn are thrown together as they go in search of him. The guys make an unlikely team. Alex thinks Vaughn is too uptight and would never be interested in a carefree guy like him. Vaughn thinks Alex is irresponsible, but being around him breaks down his resistance. The more time they spend together, the closer they get. By the end of the night, they can't keep their hands off each other. But will they admit how they really feel or will it all be over when their mission ends?

Mack and Enzo are roommates and nothing more. While sharing the same apartment, they live separate lives. Enzo is sweet but painfully shy. Mack is gruff and kind of intimidating. He's had a hard life and doesn't let his guard down easily. Now Mack is anticipating a lonely Thanksgiving dinner, but Enzo won't let that happen. When he hears that Mack is going to be all alone for Thanksgiving, he gets up the courage to make him an offer. But things don't go as planned in more ways than one. With the best of intentions, Enzo has woken up something in Mack that he might not be ready for. Can Mack stop hiding and holding back? When Enzo asks for too much from him, can he say yes anyway?

Cole is Alex's best friend and long time crush, and he just moved back to town with his baby girl. Alex is determined to give them both a great Thanksgiving, but can he set aside his feelings for Cole and just be friends with him? Cole is wondering the same thing. After all he left town because he couldn't watch Alex dating anyone else. But then he missed Alex too much, and now he's back and ready to reconnect with him. Will they finally come together, admit their feelings and have the best Thanksgiving ever?

Travis is the cautious type, not ready to give away his heart to anyone except his new baby boy, Andy. But he keeps running into Vance, his brash, young neighbor he can't seem to avoid, and Vance considers Travis a challenge he can't resist. They end up hanging out so much that spending the holidays together just seems inevitable. Can Vance overcome Travis's caution and win his heart?

Contemporary Gay Romances is the third collection of short fiction by legendary novelist and memoirist, Felice Picano (The Lure, Like People in History, Ambidextrous). It is also his most diverse in terms of the times, places, themes, characters and situations he writes about. Filled with the unexpected, the true, and the amazing, Contemporary Gay Romances moves with ease from gas-lit, upper class London, to a future, climate-altered Bay Area; from semi-rural Florida to Southern California beaches, to an extrasolar planet where people have surprising existences. His characters range from ordinary American suburban housewives to extraordinary children, from grieving young geologists and memory-haunted middle aged men, to British Midlands soccer stars and 22nd Century war heroes. Picano subtitled this collection of stylish, unique, and moving works "Tragic, Comic, Mystic & Horrific," and they are all that and more. The ten tales include prize winners as well as stories published here for the first time, and are as different from any standard "romances" as you can get, but they will linger in the mind and memory.