Peter Tuesday Hughes[1] was an American science fiction and mystery author. He was an early exponent of the "gay gothic" subgenre.[2] Though published primarily by Greenleaf Classics, a firm known for insisting that its authors include graphic sex in their works, his novels "[depict] gay relationships with a depth surprising for the markets he published for."[3] However, some of his contemporaries objected to the pessimism Hughes occasionally expressed.[4]
Peter Tuesday Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Died | c. 2005 |
| Occupation | Travel agent |
| Genre | Science fiction, mystery |
| Notable works | Bruce Doe series |
He was the creator of fictional detective Bruce Doe, who featured in six mystery novels that are now considered to "have an unexpected resonance in a post-9/11 world."[2] In 2013, the Bruce Doe novels were named one of the ten best gay mystery series by the Lambda Literary Review.[5]
A San Francisco travel agent,[6] Hughes briefly partnered with fellow authors Dirk Vanden, Phil Andros, Richard Amory, Larry Townsend, and Douglas Dean in an attempt to found the first all-gay publishing company, which was to be called The Renaissance Group. The group was unable to secure funding for the attempt and several of its members ceased publishing shortly thereafter.[7]
He died around 2005.
- The Other Party (1968), political novel
- Come With Me (1969)
- Gay Nights at Maldelangue (1969), gothic romance
- Groping (1969), action thriller
- Seventeen-69 (1970), political thriller
- The Good Boy (1970), mystery
- A Walk in the Park (1971), sexual escapade
- Graffiti (1971), short stories
- Remake (1971), science fiction
- Strangers Can See You in My Face (1971), crime novel
- The Third Secret (1971), gothic crime novel
- The Mirror Chronicles (1971)
- Alien (1972), science fiction
- I Am Dying, Egypt (1972)
- Something in the Blood (1972), mythological mystery
- Spin the Boy Down (1972)
- Tangier 6-6969 (1972), political thriller
- The Big Blow (1972)
- A Boy in the Night (1973)
- Stud Hung (1973)
- Macho Man (1975)
- The Bright Young Men (1976), Bruce Doe #1
- Three Got Away (1976), Bruce Doe #2
- The Wisteria Club (1976), historical romance
- Garden of Cruel Delights (1977)
- Master of Monfortin (1977), gothic romance
- The Amir's Harem (1977)
- The Daemon (1977), supernatural thriller
- The Eyes of the Basilisk (1977), Bruce Doe #3
- The Executioner (1977), Bruce Doe #4
- The Monte Carlo Caper (1977), Bruce Doe #5
- The Phallic Worshipers (1977), mystery
- Hard to Shoot (1978), Bruce Doe #6
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Social Security Death Index lists Peter T. Hughes, who died in San Luis Obispo, CA.
- ^ a b Gunn, Drewey Wayne (2012). The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 12, 14. ISBN 9780810885882. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ^ "Authors: Hughes, Peter Tuesday". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. October 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ^ Amory, Richard (1972). "A Bitter Man's Travels, International and Internal". Vector. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ^ "Celebrating Great Gay Mysteries". Lambda Literary Review. January 7, 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ^ Gunn, Drewey Wayne, and Jaime Harker, eds., 1960s Gay Pulp Fiction: The Misplaced Heritage (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013), 316.
- ^ Gunn, Drewey Wayne (August 10, 2011). "Dirk Vanden: Pioneer Of Gay Literature". Lambda Literary Review. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ^ See Tom Norman, American Gay Erotic Paperbacks: A Bibliography (Burbank, CA, 1994), 61