My Name Is Rand, originally published in 2004 by Suspect Thoughts Press, has been universally recognized as a modern classic of erotic literature. The Library of Homosexual Congress, the Rebel Satori Press imprint curated by Tom Cardamone and Sven Davisson, is proud to introduce this book to new generations of readers while preserving gay heritage.
"Courtois is a superb writer who has a strong narrative intuition that drives this story to destinations you wouldn't normally think of." -Jerry Wheeler, author of Mercedes General, from the Introduction
"[A]s far as I know this is the first full-bore novel to detail the power of being tightly bound and tickled to the point of orgasmic madness. Courtois's prose is dark, nightmarish, unrelenting, and-for some-even unsettling, in its depiction of coercive sex, forced bondage, and near-torture as a pathway to pleasure. More. No more. Yes, more." -Richard Labonté, Books to Watch Out For
"A tragicomic tour de force." -Patrick Califia, author of Macho Sluts
"I can't remember when I've been so disturbed and turned on at the same time. If a writer has ever more successfully put Eros and Thanatos in the sixty-nine position than Wayne Courtois, I want to know who it is." -Marshall Moore, author of The Concrete Sky
Wayne Courtois was born in Portland, Maine, and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri with his husband. His other works include the award-winning memoir A Report from Winter and the novels A Pardoner's Tale and In the Time of Solution 9. His short fiction has appeared in journals including The Greensboro Review and Harrington Gay Men's Literary Quarterly; and in anthologies such as Of the Flesh, Love Under Foot, Best Gay Erotica (2005 and 2008), Out of Control, Country Boys, and College Boys. His nonfiction work has appeared in I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage; Walking Higher: Gay Men Write about the Deaths of Their Mothers, Alexander Renault, ed.; and The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered, Tom Cardamone, ed. Poetry has appeared in journals: Chelsea Station Magazine, Assaracus, and I-70 Review. Anthologies: Hibernation: Poems by Bear Bards; Gimme Your Lunch Money: Heartland Poets Speak Out Against Bullies; The Shining Years. His first poetry collection, The Old Ambassador and Other Poems, was published in March 2023.
The Library of Homosexual Congress Mission Statement: The Library of Homosexual Congress, an imprint of Rebel Satori Press, preserves and promotes classic and provocative works of gay literature and nonfiction, with focuses on the AIDS crisis, the nascent gay rights movement as well as irreverent works of sexual culture and groundbreaking titles that deserve renewed attention.
