Tall, gangly and big-eared, Charles James Stewart, Jr., aka Charlie the Second, could be a poster boy for teenaged geeks. All of his efforts to fit in at school have failed, but what’s freaking him out most is that while his hormones are racing and his peers are pairing off, he remains alone with his fantasies.
But all of this changes when a new guy at school begins to liven things up on the soccer team—and in Charlie’s life. For the first time, Charlie will learn how it feels to be a star, at least off the field. But he’ll discover that even cool guys have problems as he embarks on a deliciously sexy, risk-filled journey from which there is no turning back...
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Dallas Voice review of The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second
J. S. Hall, writing in the Dallas Voice, says of The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second: "a raucous joie de vivre permeates the book... [and]...#Amazonfail
Well, besides having troubles logging into my email account through here, it seems that the online world has gotten very screwy indeed. Amazon.com...
Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award!
I learned yesterday that The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in the gay debut fiction category....
March 18 Reading: Story Week Festival of Writers
As part of the 2009 Story Week Festival of Writers, sponsored by the Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago, I will be a featured...
March 18 Panel Discussion: 2009 Story Week Festival of Writers
Each year, Columbia College Chicago's Story Week Festival of Writers brings some of the brightest literary luminaries to Chicago for a week of...Back To Top
