One person. Two, twelve, twenty, you can still feel alone in a crowded room if it’s a place you don’t want to be. People say, though, that that’s no way to do the holidays; you’re supposed to Make Merry, even when your heart’s not in it. You’re supposed to feel happy, no matter what – even when, as in “The Dogs of Venice” by Steven Rowley, the Christmas tinsel seems tarnished.
Acclaimed, Baltimore-based gay writer James Magruder’s new book, “No One is Looking at You” (Rattling Good Yarns Press, 2025), a collection of linked short stories, has everything we’ve come to expect from him, including rapier wit combined with the most extraordinary observations on the ever-evolving queer human condition.
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