Tainted Glass

About the Book

A Catholic Bishop Ivan is shot dead at a gambling casino. His devoted parish don’t know (or dare to know) he was a leather top man in his 20s, 40 years earlier. Against the backdrop of a murder mystery (who killed the bishop?) is a love story between two leather protégés of the old Master Ivan. It follows their reunion 40 years later. Actually a love triangle, it includes Dove of Dawn (Deedee) a Native American woman with psychic powers, married to the main character, Hubert O’Holleran, for ten years. She is key to solving the mystery. No one else has drawn a closer parallel between the motorcycle leather scene and the black robes of the Catholic clergy. Nor has anyone asked such questions as: What is it like to be gay in the after-life? Are there here on earth moral or religious imperatives? Limits to sexual violence? This dark, ultimately inspirational mystery culminates in the marriage of the two leather men turned lovers against the backdrop of California’s Proposition Eight.

About the Author

I’m the author of several books some with gay themes. “Nut Grass,” (a mostly straight novel along the lines of “Grapes of Wrath” and “As I Lay Dying), “Voices from the Tomb” (existential horror stories) and “Cathedral Crimes.” The last title explores the leather, S&M scene of l960s San Diego. I live in Morongo Valley near Palm Springs, California. Also an artist, I make rust-iron sculptures and acrylic-on-canvas paintings. A jazz pianist as well, I perform at public events, nightclubs, house parties and church services. I intend for “Tainted Glass” to form the groundwork and introduction to the publication of my forthcoming philosophic treatise-manifesto, “The High Priesthood of Being Gay.”