Flash Mob
Flash Mob follows famed Broadway director and choreographer Jericho Taylor as he mounts a revival of 42nd Street and produces a series Flash Mobs. Taylor discovers and falls in love with fresh-from-the-Midwest triple threat, Billy Lake and places the young man at the center of his Flash Mobs, which become a viral sensation. The seemingly spontaneous Flash Mob dance events are designed to counter the public’s fear caused by a string of terrorist bombings in the New York City area. Aamil, a young terrorist, sees Taylor’s Flash Mobs as an opportunity to escape from forced servitude and into the American way of life, but his bosses have other plans.
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The Middle Man
WINNER: 2016 San Francisco Book Festival
Category: Gay Fiction
“Gentle And Wonderful…Mr. Kompes is a first-class writer.”
~Alan Arthur Katz, Amazon 5-Star Review of The Middle Man
Duke Donovan’s despot and dictator clients pay him handsomely for the information he provides through psychic and tarot card readings. When not helping others to overthrow the world, or walking his golden retriever, Duke picks up stray men off the New York City streets—artists, musicians, writers, and actors, usually—and nudges their careers forward while sharing his bed with them. His latest find, Broadway conductor, Sam Teak, begins mysteriously poisoning Duke’s butler, Malcolm. Duke has secrets, too, and there’s a ghost haunting him because of them.
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Tamburlaine
“Two Knockers Up!” ~Rusty Warren, comedienne
Chris Marlowe, a drag queen of a certain age, has kept the failing, New York City show bar, Tamburlaine, open because of a long-ago made promise. When a young man enters her life, Chris reconnects with the world and everything changes. The bar once again enjoys success, crowds flood to Tamburlaine for the gender-bending shows directed by The Great Jericho Taylor, and Chris’s impersonations of the famed comedienne, Rusty Warren are once again loved by audiences. So, why is someone trying to kill Christopher Marlowe—again and again?
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“Kompes writes in a confident, playful prose that perfectly captures Chris’ snarky worldview…. A colorful, surprising novel about an over-the-hill artist grappling with times gone by.” ~Kirkus Reviews
Obsequies
After the tragedy at Tamburlaine, and its long-time role of burying the queer community’s dead, it’s time for the bar to receive its own obsequies—funeral rites. Without knowing why, the cast and crew and staff and friends find themselves drawn to the burned-out husk of the ancient bar, consumed by their memories and sadness. Chris Marlowe, Jericho Taylor, Nancy Ann, Hank Miller, Billy Lake, Matilda, and the whole Broadway crew must discover new hope if they’re to survive and move on from their grief.
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