Erastes (author)


Erastes is the pen name of a female author from the United Kingdom, known for writing gay-themed historical and romantic fiction.
Erastes initially began writing gay fiction after initially having started writing slash fiction set in the Harry Potter universe. She was also a director of the Erotic Authors Association, and the association flourished until 2010, when she handed the EAA over to new management.
Her best-known works include Frost Fair, a bestselling novella published by Cheyenne Publishing in 2009, and Transgressions, a novel that was released in 2009 by Running Press in their M/M Historical Romance line and was a shortlisted nominee for a 2010 Lambda Literary Award in the gay romance category.

Novels

Standish. A homoerotic Regency romance Transgressions
  • ''Mere Mortals''

Novellas

Hard & Fast, anthology: Speak Its Name, published by Cheyenne Publishing, 2009, Frost Fair, published by Cheyenne Publishing, 2009, Tributary, anthology: The Last Gasp, published by Noble Romance Publishing, 2010, Muffled Drum, published by Carina Press 2011, ASIN: B005078OKG

Short stories

  • "Whatever the Risk", anthology: Queered Dimensions, Queered Fiction
  • "The Blue Train", anthology: Riding the Rails
  • "Drug Colours", anthology: Best Gay Short Stories
  • "Show Don't Tell", MEN Magazine, March 2008
  • "Fire & Ice", anthology: J is for Jealousy
  • "Lifeline", anthology: Cruise Lines
  • "Drug Color", anthology: Where the Boys Are
  • "Ribinks", Drabbler Magazine
  • "The Bird", anthology: Fast Balls
  • "Matelotage", anthology: Treasure Trail
  • "Lucky", anthology: Love in a Lock Up
  • "In the Dark", anthology: Ultimate Gay Erotica 2007
  • "My Best Customer", anthology: Travelrotica
  • "Ten Kisses", anthology Connections
  • "Bright Souls", anthology: Ultimate Gay Erotica 2005
  • "Sin of the Tongue", anthology: Blasphemy
  • "I Will", anthology With This Ring I Thee Bed,
WWW erastes.com