Randy Boyd – författare

PERFECT CATCH OR PURE EVIL?That's what Kordell Christie, a respected gay businessman, must figure out about the new man in his life — a childhood friend who reappears out of the blue.On the surface, Mario Cervantes seems like his old self. But his memory is a little hazy, his behavior increasingly strange, and his dark secrets linked to a bizarre and twisted world.Is Mario a dream lover or a date from hell?Kordell has seventy-two hours to figure it out.A gripping blend of suspense, mystery, psychological thrills, and speculative fiction, The Devil Inside explores trust, identity, sexuality, and the devastating consequences of secrets buried too deep.A Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

THREE BROTHERS. ONE BEDROOM. ONE GUN.LeRon arrives at the family home after a devastating doctor's visit. His mother is out. His two brothers are home. Before the afternoon is over, the bedroom they once shared will become a courtroom.BROTHERHOOD ON TRIAL.At gunpoint, LeRon demands answers for a lifetime of ridicule, rejection and silence.They called him a sissy. Now he's calling the shots.Old wounds become evidence. Childhood memories become testimony. And three Black brothers are forced to confront homosexuality, AIDS, masculinity, family—and one another."e;Hostage"e; appeared in the 1991 anthology Certain Voices (Alyson Books). It was Randy Boyd's first published work.In its review of the anthology, The Washington Blade made special note of his contribution:"e;Randy Boyd… definitely knows how to write well. From the opening, the reader is hooked… 'Hostage' is exciting and offers relevant criticism of the mainstream Black community's wish to ignore its gay members."e; — The Washington Blade, September 1991

One night to conceive a child. How hard could it be?Bradley and his lover Duke are ready to become fathers. Quasar and her lover Lily have agreed to help make it happen.Their plan is simple: Bradley and Quasar will conceive a child during one perfectly timed sexual encounter.But when the big night arrives, both couples get more than they bargained for as nerves, jealousy, hijinks, and political correctness get in the way.Two couples. One outrageous night. Welcome to Ovulation Night.Based on a version originally published in the 1998 Sister Vision Press anthology Ma-Ka Diasporic Juks: Contemporary Writing by Queers of African Descent.

They were promised tomorrow. Now they have to survive it.In the 1980s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, eleven terminally ill patients made an impossible choice: to be cryogenically frozen in the hope that science might one day save them.Decades later, they awaken in present-day America—disoriented, weakened, and very much alive—in a world that assumed they died long ago. The biotech firm that froze them believes the experiment ended in catastrophe. The doctors who led the project vanished. And the society they reenter bears little resemblance to the one they left behind.Hidden inside a facility on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the survivors struggle to make sense of the modern world while confronting the emotional wreckage of lives interrupted. They are men and women from different backgrounds, generations, and belief systems, bound together by a shared past shaped by stigma, secrecy, and loss. Some emerge stronger. Others fracture. Old wounds reopen. New alliances form.At the center of it all is Dr. Nathan Black, a young black gay physician-and the estranged son of the notorious family of black mad scientists behind the biotech firm.As Nathan clashes with the new head of the family empire-his formidable stepmother, Dr. Brenda Black-the stakes escalate far beyond the fate of the eleven survivors. What began as an act of medical desperation now threatens to expose decades of corruption, ambition, and moral compromise. The question is no longer whether the unfrozen few can adapt to the future, but whether the future is willing to make room for them at all.Blending speculative science fiction with mystery, dark humor, and sharp social observation, The Unfrozen Fewexplores survival in its many forms: surviving illness, surviving erasure, and surviving the consequences of choices made when there seemed to be no other options. It is a story about bodies and memory, about family legacies that refuse to die, and about what it means to wake up decades later and discover that history moved on without you.Bold, character-driven, and emotionally grounded, The Unfrozen Few launches an ambitious saga about identity, power, and the fragile line between salvation and exploitation. 2026 American Fiction Awards Finalist — LGBTQ+ FictionAn empathetic and layered meditation on illness and time.— Kirkus Reviews (Indie)"e;A bold and imaginative work of speculative fiction… a rich and layered narrative that is thought-provoking and deeply human, tackling heavy themes with empathy and depth. As emotionally impactful as it is entertaining."e;— Seattle Gay News/Stonewall News Northwest