Acquired Tastes XLIII: Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 166 - Gay Novel, Part 2 of 2

Acquired Tastes XLIII: 

Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 166

Gay Novel, Part 2 of 2

This is a Greenleaf Classics imprint - which surprised me, because not only is is part of the classic era (1959 to 1975) - but they are NOT listed on the go-to site regarding the history of this publisher; a strange oversight on the part of the creators of that site, for it's rather comprehensive and well-done. I'm going to assume its accidental.

Needless to say, very little is known about the imprint which published 20 titles in 1973 and operated out of a building at 3511 Camino Del Rio South in San Diego, CA. 

In that short period of time, they did go through three distinct cover designs... actually reverting to the second one for a couple of covers, before going back to the third concept.

These books are attributed to authors... many using pseudonyms - which are familiar names in the history of the genre. They are also apparently quite rare, as I don't recall seeing them coming up for auction on eBay in the past three years (and I check on a daily basis.)

We're going to finish up with this imprint today - ten titles, for which I found eight covers.

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 Bronco’s Boy

Author: Lew Hollings

 1973 

GN-407

This is the third change-up in cover designs. Note the distinctive framing device which surrounds the illustration.

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 The Boy Eater

Author: Patrick Doyle

 1973 

GN-408

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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 Cockshy

Author: Aaron Thomas

 1973 

GN-409

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Bugger Boy

Author: Frederick Raborg

 1973 

GN-410

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G.I. Jock

Author: Chad Stuart

 1973 

GN-411

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Boy Peddler

Author: Patrick Doyle

 The 1973 

GN-412

They revert to the second cover design scheme...

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 Badass Boys

Author: Frederick Raborg

 1973 

GN-413

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 Bitch Boy

Author: Aaron Thomas

 1973 

GN-414

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 Butch Stud

Author: Lew Hollings

 1973 

GN-415

...only to revert back to the third design scheme.

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Bummer Boy

Author: Julian Mark

 1973 

GN-416

  

Julian Mark is none other than best-selling mystery writer Vincent Lardo. Writing gay pulp fiction is how he got started in the business. He has a total of six gay pulp novels under his belt, before moving on to mysteries and then taking over the Archy McNally series, after author Lawrence Sanders' death. He returned to this genre in 2013 with The Jock Strap Murders.

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And that's all we have for Greenleaf Classics' Gay Novel imprint.

Next week: more vintage gay pulp fiction covers from a classic imprint.

Until then... thanks for reading!

Boys - Charli XCX