Johnny Townsend

When happily married Jake and Santino head to the bars on Seattle's Capitol Hill to pick up a third for the night, they don't realize they're about to hook up with a dead man.Only they can see and...

What's a gay Mormon missionary doing in Italy?He's trying to save his own soul as well as the souls of others, terrorized by homophobic doctrine into committing acts of cultural imperialism to prove...

Rural southern Mormons. Mormons with mental illness. Homeless Mormons. Ex-Mormons. Gay and trans Mormons. Mormon murderers. Mormon missionaries. Mormon missionaries who are murderers. There's...

Selected essays on the climate emergency from Dead Mankind Walking, Human Compassion for Beginners, Breaking the Promise of the Promised Land, Constructing Equity, and Am I My Planet's Keeper?Author:...

From over 500 short stories published over three decades, author Johnny Townsend presents several of his favorites.A gay couple steals from the rich to support their favorite charities.Two young...

Selected essays from Human Compassion for Beginners, Dead Mankind Walking, Mormon Bullies, Breaking the Promise of the Promised Land (1st edition), and Am I My Planet's Keeper?Author: Johnny...

We don't need "affordable" healthcare. We need universal healthcare. We don't need "access" to education. We need tuition-free college and vocational training. Let's erase the weasel words and get...

In these short stories by ex-Mormon author Johnny Townsend, parents hire men to pose as the Three Nephites to teach their children the Book of Mormon is true. A shy single woman meets the man of her...

Family members and religious leaders often invoke "love" as their justification for making the lives of LGBTQ folks difficult. But we've learned how to nurture one another. In these tales from the...

Gayrabian Nights is a twist on the well-known classic, 1001 Arabian Nights, in which Scheherazade, under the threat of death if she ceases to captivate King Shahryar's attention, enchants him through...

Mormons and ex-Mormons, gay and straight, faithful and faithless. In these stories by the author of Mormon Underwear, we see Latter-day Saint women organize a sex boycott to force their husbands to...

It's 1981, and two Mormon missionaries randomly assigned to work together as "companions" in Napoli find themselves in trouble. They're falling in love, but the Church forbids gay relationships. As...

On Gay Pride Day in 1973, an arsonist set the entrance to a French Quarter gay bar on fire. In the terrible inferno that followed, thirty-two people lost their lives, including a third of the local...

During the Apocalypse, a group of Mormon survivors in Hurricane, Utah gather in the home of the Relief Society president, telling stories to pass the time as they ration their food storage and await...

Since patchwork quilts are usually displayed in bedrooms where couples engage in sex, why are there so few quilt designs for folks who want a bit of sexual energy in these intimate spaces?The...

Second edition of the book named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012 and one of the top 25 best Indie books of 2012.Author: Johnny TownsendPublisher: Johnny TownsendPublication Date: Jun 27, 2023Number...

LGBTQ Mormons may not be a good fit for the LDS world, but there's plenty of room for them elsewhere. A budding feminist tries to make a political statement by giving birth to her "illegitimate" son...

In these stories of gay Mormons, we see a young LDS man stripping to his Mormon underwear in public. We watch as a virginal 70-year-old finally gives in to temptation. A gay couple steals from the...

Todd Tillotson is struggling to move on after his husband is killed in a hit and run attack a year earlier during a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle.In this novel set entirely on public...

Selected stories from Missionaries Make the Best Companions, The Moat around Zion, Behind the Bishop's Door, and Weeping, Wailing, and Gnashing of Teeth.Author: Johnny TownsendPublisher: Johnny...

A gay, partygoing New Yorker unconcerned about the future or the unsustainability of capitalism is hit by a truck and thrust into a straight man's body half a continent away. As Hunter tries to...

Mentre Craig e Toby tentano di mantenere in vita il loro vacillante matrimonio, la crisi climatica si insinua nella loro relazione come il terzo elemento di un m?nage ? trois.Craig vuole passare ad...

Are you biased? Am I?The short answer is yes. We all are.Having bias isn't a choice. We can't avoid it. We prefer members of our religion, our country, our political party, and speakers of our native...

A checklist of human rights must include basic housing, universal healthcare, equitable funding for public schools, and tuition-free college and vocational training.In addition to the fundamentals,...

Capitalism creates inequality as a primary function. It's an economic system dependent on the exploitation of workers and the environment and doomed to fail.Author: Johnny TownsendPublisher: Johnny...

"Gay Ex-Mormons Unite!" In these tales by a former Mormon missionary, a polygamist in 1855 Utah is ordered to take a fourth wife, when all he really wants is to be with another man. A Victorian...

Selected stories from The Moat around Zion, Behind the Bishop's Door, and Mormon Madness.Author: Johnny TownsendPublisher: Johnny TownsendPublication Date: Jun 02, 2023Number of Pages: 254...

When a homeless man is found murdered a few blocks from Morgan Beylerian's house in south Seattle, everyone seems to consider the body just so much additional trash to be cleared from the...

Jacob and Esau Cohen are the closest of brothers. In fact, they're lovers. A doctor tries to combine canine genes with those of Jews, to improve their chances of surviving a hostile world. A Talmudic...

Selected stories from Zombies for Jesus, Interview with a Mission President, and Weeping, Wailing, and Gnashing of Teeth.Author: Johnny TownsendPublisher: Johnny TownsendPublication Date: Jun 07,...