Indecent Exposures: Short Fiction

"An intelligent, gentle and honest, unmasked look at the inner working of pubescent male psychosexuality often in conflict with traditional concepts of God, sin, and truth." "I don't know all the words that can be used in praising this book, but some are like courage, endurance, compassion...they are all stories of love in one form or another, and food for thought." --A Reader, Avenel, New Jersey "(Bahr has) a strong sense of spirituality that has not abandoned the centrality of sex in many areas of our lives. His stories are about far more than sex, of course. He has an excellent eye for details and a good ear for dialogue. And the sense of human passion is enormous. He instills it on every page without calling attention to it, which is the essence of art. There wasn't a single story in the collection that bogged down for me. In fact, I looked forward eagerly each evening to reading them." --John Killinger, Ph.D., Th.D., Samford University "These stories are the work of a gifted writer. Robert Bahr's characters are real people, neither cardboard figures nor two-dimensional. In some instances, as with the main character in the story from which the book derives its title, they're frighteningly real. We believe them because we know them. They are our friends, families, lovers, even enemies. They experience and describe our own emotions, our flaws. They have important things to say... (The stories in this book) provide excellent reading and are moving portrayals of everyday people trying to find love and a measure of peace, not too much to hope for in any lifetime. --G.Crawford, Iris "As Bahr sees it, love--any kind of love is better than loneliness." --In Touch "Bahr has a keen eye for detail, as in this breathless description of a hunky student: 'He was wonderful to watch. His mouth had the firm smugness of a millionaire driving a Rolls Royce, but his eyes were lin a child's. The sleeves of his plaid shirt rolled up and his hands gripping the wheel , the hair on his forearms was like curly brown thread in the sunlight." --Black Sheets "It is a well-written and important--perhaps even monumental--work, but it's often ugly and disturbing.I couldn't really classify it as gay, but one of its major themes is the myriad and mysterious ways men worship each other. The only category I could find for Indecent Exposures is: these stories are male. They are about being a man... "This book is too glaring, too raw, to intense to read in one sitting or even in one month. And it is frequently too beautiful. Some of the emotions in Indecent Exposures are so exquisite that they are painful to experience. I'm sure I'll read this book again. Not so much because I want to, but because I have to." Order from your local bookstore or directly from: FACTOR PRESS P.O. Box 222 Salisbury, MD 21803 factorpress@earthlink.net Mastercard and Visa only $12.95 plus $3.00 s&h --$15.95.Bahr, Robert is the author of 'Indecent Exposures: Short Fiction', published 1993 under ISBN 9780962653124 and ISBN 0962653128.