Peter Tuesday Hughes

Peter Tuesday Hughes (1940?-2005?)[1] was an American science fiction and mystery author. He was an early exponent of the "gay gothic" subgenre.[2] Though published primarily by Greenleaf Classics, a firm known for insisting that its authors include graphic sex in their works, his novels "[depict] gay relationships with a depth surprising for the markets he published for."[3] However, some of his contemporaries objected to the pessimism Hughes occasionally expressed.[4]

He was the creator of fictional detective Bruce Doe, who featured in six mystery novels that are now considered to "have an unexpected resonance in a post-9/11 world."[2] In 2013, the Bruce Doe novels were named one of the ten best gay mystery series by the Lambda Literary Review.[5]

A San Francisco travel agent,[6] Hughes briefly partnered with fellow authors Dirk Vanden, Phil Andros, Richard Amory, Larry Townsend, and Douglas Dean in an attempt to found the first all-gay publishing company, which was to be called The Renaissance Group. The group was unable to secure funding for the attempt and several of its members ceased publishing shortly thereafter.[7]

Bibliography[8]

  • The Other Party (1968), political novel
  • Come With Me (1969)
  • Gay Nights at Maldelangue (1969), gothic romance
  • Groping (1969), action thriller
  • Seventeen-69 (1970), political thriller
  • The Good Boy (1970), mystery
  • A Walk in the Park (1971), sexual escapade
  • Graffiti (1971), short stories
  • Remake (1971), science fiction
  • Strangers Can See You in My Face (1971), crime novel
  • The Third Secret (1971), gothic crime novel
  • The Mirror Chronicles (1971)
  • Alien (1972), science fiction
  • I Am Dying, Egypt (1972)
  • Something in the Blood (1972), mythological mystery
  • Spin the Boy Down (1972)
  • Tangier 6-6969 (1972), political thriller
  • The Big Blow (1972)
  • A Boy in the Night (1973)
  • Stud Hung (1973)
  • Macho Man (1975)
  • The Bright Young Men (1976), Bruce Doe #1
  • Three Got Away (1976), Bruce Doe #2
  • The Wisteria Club (1976), historical romance
  • Garden of Cruel Delights (1977)
  • Master of Monfortin (1977), gothic romance
  • The Amir's Harem (1977)
  • The Daemon (1977), supernatural thriller
  • The Eyes of the Basilisk (1977), Bruce Doe #3
  • The Executioner (1977), Bruce Doe #4
  • The Monte Carlo Caper (1977), Bruce Doe #5
  • The Phallic Worshipers (1977), mystery
  • Hard to Shoot (1978), Bruce Doe #6
  • Elf Tales (2012)

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Social Security Death Index lists Peter T. Hughes, who died in San Luis Obispo, CA.
  2. 1 2 Gunn, Drewey Wayne (2012). "The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography". Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 12, 14. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Authors: Hughes, Peter Tuesday". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. October 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  4. ↑ Amory, Richard (1972). "A Bitter Man's Travels, International and Internal". Vector. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating Great Gay Mysteries". Lambda Literary Review. January 7, 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  6. ↑ Gunn, Drewey Wayne, and Jaime Harker, eds., 1960s Gay Pulp Fiction: The Misplaced Heritage (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013), 316.
  7. ↑ Gunn, Drewey Wayne (August 10, 2011). "Dirk Vanden: Pioneer Of Gay Literature". Lambda Literary Review. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  8. ↑ See Tom Norman, American Gay Erotic Paperbacks: A Bibliography (Burbank, CA, 1994), 61
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