Victor J. Banis

That Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, says: «And away we go! Back to that little room. No, not that one–the one just on the other side of that place they call the dining area. The kitchen, of course. Now, I'm sure you know your way around the other rooms, especially the one with the queen-sized you-know-what, but as I'm prone to mention from time to time, one of the ways to a man's heart is through his stomach, which means you'll have to spend some time in the kitchen...

The place is gaudy yet drab, lively yet death-like, dispassionate mother hen to a brood of dithered chicks. Discover its bizarre existence from the inside, through the muddled collective mind of the outcast in-group, a gay throng of third-sex bewildered ones who frantically seek a why–but must always settle for The Why Not! Borgo Press is pleased to represent a true classic of gay literature, now available again for the first time in four decades. Includes an introduction by the author,...

Kenny walked into the old farm house as if he'd never been away, as if nothing he'd done had ever shattered their reputations. But was this the real Kenny, the man who had disappeared into the night five years earlier? He certainly wasn't behaving like it. There was something sinister about him, too vague to put into actual words. Even his romantic interest in Ingrid, the co-heir to the family estate, was unlike the man–he'd never shown a real interest in a woman before. ...

Steve thought to cut in on the source of blackmail money that Dingo Stark was paying the boys who wanted to COLOR HIM GAY but his hatred took him too far. As his screams drift through the still air, it's up to the debonair secret agent, Jackie Holmes, that Man from C.A.M.P., to arrive in time to save the day!

In Victor J. Banis's hilarious gender-bender send-up of the mutant superhero genre, hetero Peter Warren's ambition is to design women's dresses, and his most secret desire is to wear them. His cop wife, Teri, also secretly longs to see her hubby «dressed up,» but hasn't yet found the right way to tell him. And when Peter drinks the «wrong stuff,» he turns into the eight-foot-tall monster called Drag Thing. Add to the pot a pair of lesbian scientists working on a formula to...

The Tijuana Bible Reader and its sequel have attained legendary status among collectors of gay literature. Edited anonymously by Victor J. Banis, these two books included pieces by Banis himself and his friends, all published by Greenleaf Classics in 1969 without any bylines. The original volumes are now nearly impossible to find. The Borgo Press is proud to present the first new editions of these seminal works of homoerotica in almost forty years!

Roger needed Lenny, or thought he did, but he did not need Zak or Marty, or the way Lenny acted under their influence. And he definitely did not need to have them move in with him. But Roger's needs and wants were no longer on Lenny's mind. He had another agenda: taking Roger for all he was worth. And he didn't particularly care what he had to do to get his hands on the family jewels! A classic novel of gay life.

When Laura comes to California to marry her highschool sweetheart–and live in a beautiful home at the beach in Sandy Knolls–she knows it'll be a dream wedding and a dream life. But unknownst to her, her fiancé has suffered more injuries in his recent auto accident than he had first stated–and no longer has the capacity to make love to her. She continues with the ceremony out of pity, but their relationship begins to deteriorate almost immediately. What's a poor girl to do? To satisfy...

Jackie Holmes, That Man from C.A.M.P., lays it on the line (with the help of chronicler Victor J. Banis)…to provide those seeking male gay partners and relationships with some basic advice on human psychology, sexuality, and social interaction. Jackie teaches the art of cruising while his dear friends swish through the nearby pages. Under the C.A.M.P. agent's ever-scrutinizing eyes, the belles and the aunties become instantly recognizable, and the Love Nest is seen for what it really is. We...

In this collection of shorter pieces, Victor J. Banis demonstrates once again the astonishing breadth of his talent, covering virtually every facet of the human experience with astonishing brevity and clarity. Here are pathos and heartache, love and horror, irony – and humor, especially humor, dry and wry and roll-on-the-floor-clutching-your-sides funny. It would be a hard man indeed who could read the adventures of his Underground Diner – which take up much of the last half of the book and...