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Panhandler Tales

Short Stories

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Panhandler Tales

By: Wake Cruise
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 "Panhandler Tales" is a collection of five contemporary gay adventure short stories involving male panhandlers and men who are interested in them. The stories are set in Chicago neighborhoods, including Little Village, Pilsen, Lawndale, North Halsted, River North, and Chicago’s Loop. The lifelike characters include transient panhandling men as well as men who want to get to know them. In this 4th edition of “Panhandler Tales,” a story called "A Sunset to Sunrise Panhandler" has been added. The story is about Billy, who sees Santi selling bottled water along Cicero Avenue one afternoon. He is immediately attracted to the handsome man. In time, he discovers Santi also panhandles after dark, which Billy considers an opportune time to get to know him, and he does. In the recently added short story titled "Wheelchaired Panhandler," a handicapped panhandler and an admiring street cruiser, who are from very different worlds, meet. They develop a friendship and a potential gay romance. The wheelchaired street panhandler lives in a dangerous neighborhood in Chicago's Little Village with his brother, who is a gang leader, and his father. The cruiser is a waiter in Pilsen who lives alone in a nearby western suburb of Chicago. Many adventurous challenges are involved in their desired relationship. “Diego: The Handsome Panhandler” is a story about a growing friendship complicated by physical attraction when Diego, a homeless man transplanted from California, unknowingly captivates a young businessman who sees him panhandling on the street regularly when he drives to work in the city. "The Panhandler and the Cruiser" is a story that tells about a compulsive street cruiser who becomes obsessed with desire for a handsome Mexican named Pablo, who had recently taken to the streets after catching his wife cheating on him. Becoming a fixture in front of a taco diner where he begins panhandling regularly, the admiring cruiser's dedicated efforts to spend time privately with Pablo ignites salacious adventures. "The Liquor Store Panhandlers" is the story of two panhandlers who are found often in front of liquor stores on 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village. They are Crim, who is a Two-Six gangbanger wannabe, and Alejandro, who is a hardcore Two-Six gangster. Shark, a street cruiser for men, has picked up Crim often for quick dates. When Shark meets Alejandro, who is a younger, more attractive, and much more exciting and accommodating pickup, he loses interest in Crim. The story includes Crim's unscrupulous efforts to keep Shark away from Alejandro. All five of the short stories are realistic street life adventures about the street cruisers and their desires, and about the desired panhandling men and their varied reactions to being wanted by cruising men. Every story in “Panhandler Tales: Short Stories” is categorized as contemporary gay fiction adventures, with some including gay romance.
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