John Stewart Wynne
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Thriller, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Other Poetry, Horror, Commercial Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Suspense
I am primarily a writer of Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+ (but not always), tending to explore darker themes and outsider characters. My novel THE RED SHOES was nominated as Best Novel at the Lambda Literary Awards. It was originally published by Magnus Books but now Tree Line Books has brought out new eBook and paperback editions. My short story collection THE OTHER WORLD was originally published by City Lights and is now available as an eBook and paperback from Tree Line Books. A new collection of stories CONSEQUENCES OF ATTRACTION has just been published by Tree Line Books in eBook and paperback. Tree Line Books is also bringing out my short stories individually in its Tree Line Story Books Series. Titles include LOUISE DON'T GO, THE NEEDLES HIGHWAY, A NIGHT IN THE PAMPAS, BLONDS, AFTERNOON, NARCISSIST and THE SIGHTING. My forthcoming novels this year will have a noir tinge. My poetry has been published in The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, etc. I am also a twice Grammy-nominated audiobook producer and the author of Simon & Schuster's THE LISTENER'S GUIDE TO AUDIO BOOKS.
John Stewart Wynne's books
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Lambda Literary Award nominee for Best Gay Fiction How far would you go to feel alive? "Set in contemporary New York City, this is a beautiful dark queer re-envisioning of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Wynne immediately engages the reader with finely detailed descriptions, nuanced characters, and an air of mystery that makes this 400+ page novel read like a novella..." (Jamie Jones, Lambda Literary Review) After John Laith loses his beloved partner Frank, he believes he's lost the will to live life fully -- until he rescues a handsome young dancer from a brutal assault. By way of thanks, the dancer gives Laith a pair of glittering red shoes which lead him down a dangerous path in a vividly brought to life Manhattan. On his new journey he must survive obsessive relationships with unpredictable and chillingly unforgettable characters: • Silvio -- a macho city cop • Crewe --...
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Desire draws them together. What follows is never simple. A brand-new collection of five gay-themed stories by John Stewart Wynne (Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of the novel THE RED SHOES) about how desire re-shapes us. Ranging in locations from East Hampton to the Scottish Highlands to Provincetown and Tahiti, the stories vary in tone—tragic, ironic, mystical—but share an emotional core and a commonality: that getting close changes everything. A KILLING IN EAST HAMPTON —A story of class, resentment, and suspicion in a young, wealthy, gay married couple’s new neighborhood—where a friendship across generations ends in betrayal. NARCISSIST—A professor falls under the spell of a beautiful teen who, like the mythical Narcissus, only offers back his own reflection. WE'RE GOING PLACES—A retired soap star whisks away his young fiancé to Tahiti, but ambition, aging, and the need for visibility follow them around the world. LOUISE, DON'T GO—Two older women meet in...
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+
In a time of fear, even a kiss can feel like a decision. Los Angeles, 1984. Almost thirty, Dan is searching for something steadier than the drifting life he's been living. In the shadow of a growing health crisis, he's begun to question his next move. At Larry Edmunds Cinema Bookshop, Dan meets Barry, a young assistant cameraman with bright ideas and a romantic streak. They spend the afternoon together in Griffith Park, talking, filming, sharing a picnic in the sunlit quiet above the city. But as the light begins to fade, so does the certainty of the moment. John Stewart Wynne was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction for his novel THE RED SHOES. As an audio book producer, he was also nominated for a Grammy Award. His writing has been praised by, among others, National Book Award winner Paul Monette, American Academy and Institute...
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
From the author of the Lambda Literary Award-nominated novel THE RED SHOES "One of the best books of the decade." (The James White Review) "A book to handle with asbestos gloves but well worth the walk through fire." (Paul Monette, National Book Award winner) "This is an incredibly powerful book." (Rebecca Brown, Lambda Literary Award winner) Peopled with sociopaths, circus performers, a cross-dressing teenage boy, a sex worker and her pimp, and God-fearing families, the stories in THE OTHER WORLD are dark, disturbing, yet hauntingly beautiful, and have a hallucinatory edge, making the everyday seem like another world . . . THE OTHER WORLD In this dark satire, a Christian right family is so concerned about sheltering their teenage son from homosexuality that they're oblivious to the fact he's the neighborhood rapist. NAMELESS THING In this Texas circus, three into two don't go. A triangle involving a dwarf, a friendly...
Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
It's difficult to ignore a skeleton driving a pickup truck. It's even tougher to outrun him... But that's only the beginning of screenwriter Jed Ackenberry's troubles as he heads back to L.A. after a visit to his childhood home in Needles, California. Someone -- or something -- doesn't want him to get home...But why not? Nothing makes sense. Just a typical day along the Needles Highway, cloudless, hot, purple mountains in the distance. Same as it always was...But as the day slips into night, Jed is finally forced to confront an event so terrifying it makes him fear not only for his safety -- but his sanity. In the tradition of the horror tales of Ramsey Campbell, the brooding, paranoid stories of Cornell Woolrich, and told in the classic style of Shirley Jackson, John Stewart Wynne takes you into the heart of one man's journey. Wynne is the author of...
Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 12-15, 16-18, 18+
“Tell me about your trip to the pampas, Uncle Joaquin,” Lillian pleaded. “And don’t leave out a single detail.” “I’ll tell you. But first I’m going to describe the thing I saw out there in the pampas, even if it frightens you.” Joaquin had convinced four former comrades from the upper echelons of the Argentine Air Force, with whom he had served during the Falklands War, to spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s on a hunting trip to the pampas grasslands. What they found there was beyond belief... In the enduring tradition of classic British and American ghost and horror stories, A NIGHT IN THE PAMPAS continues John Stewart Wynne’s exploration of the uncanny with this macabre tale, as he did with reincarnation in his story LOUISE, DON'T GO and a a living skeleton in THE NEEDLES HIGHWAY. Wynne is known for his unsettling, highly acclaimed story collections...
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+
The classic gay story of teenage boys in love is finally available in ebook format! "I strongly urge anyone with an interest in gay fiction to read John Stewart Wynne's story THE SIGHTING. There is nothing else quite like it, for no other writer has experimented with gay experience in the context of our adolescence in straight America in such a direct, sensual and imaginative manner." (Gordon Montador/Body Politic) When THE SIGHTING was first published as a limited edition chapbook a number of years ago, it quickly became a much-sought-after item in literary and gay bookshops in the U.S. and Canada, bolstered by rave reviews like the one above in Body Politic and blurbs from the likes of Hubert Selby Jr., James Purdy, and Rita Mae Brown. Ian Young also chose it as one of the seminal works of gay literature in his THE MALE HOMOSEXUAL IN LITERATURE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY....
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+
Can loner Hank find true love with young runaway Erik in the hedonistic gay resort of Provincetown? The novels and stories of John Stewart Wynne, Lambda Literary Award nominee for Best Gay Fiction (THE RED SHOES), have been praised for their audacious originality and chiseled, precise prose. As Details magazine put it, "In pages that tremble with beauty, Wynne gracefully reveals the darker side of human possibilities." BLONDS is a deceptively simple love story between Hank, a shy, socially awkward carpenter living in Provincetown, and Erik, a nineteen-year-old runaway. Hank feels he has finally found true love, but all is not what it seems. Dark threads of suspicion, jealousy, and betrayal unexpectedly weave their way into the relationship, as the story builds to a devastating, unthinkably horrific conclusion.
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 18+
One spring evening, Tim Grey became restless... A lonely professor living on a rural Indiana farm...a good-looking young man on a motorcycle... An unexpected obsession...dark, dangerous, sensual...and spiraling out of control... A haunting, evocative reimagining of the myth of Narcissus... John Stewart Wynne was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction for his novel THE RED SHOES. As an audio book producer, he was also nominated for a Grammy Award. His writing has been praised by, among others, National Book Award winner Paul Monette, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award recipient Hubert Selby, Jr., and Lambda Literary Award winner Rebecca Brown.
Genres: LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Two women—strangers—book the same hotel in the Scottish Highlands. But are they really strangers, and if not, why not? A different time—1953—the year of the first color TV, the first VW Beetle, and Queen Elizabeth's coronation. A different place—Braemar, Scotland, near Balmoral Castle. An ancient hotel surrounded by mountains, sheep, and March winds. A different love—Two retired American elementary schoolteachers—shy Alice and gung-ho Louise—are enjoying their lifelong dreams of a Scottish vacation. Glad for each other’s company, they go exploring together, share similar memories, and when Louise reveals a taboo secret, an unspoken bond is formed… Alice prays it won’t end...but then an eerie mist comes down from the mountains... In the tradition of the classic British ghost story, John Stewart Wynne creates a poignant tale of a new friendship interrupted by an unexpected, otherworldly turn of events.