His Seed: An Arboretum of Erotica Occupations feels invisible in a family

feels invisible in a family of local celebrities

But when the unscrupulous baron who owns the Fox moves to close it

But when his birthday celebration brings Artie and his friends to his favorite bar

Harry Shaw and Katrina Hazzard-Donald Award for Outstanding Work in African-American Popular Culture Studies

examines why

His Seed: An Arboretum of Erotica Occupations feels invisible in a familyVerdant virgins and lush lotharios await readers in this anthology of strange yet sensual stories about men and vegetation. Fantastical fronds cannot resist caressing warm flesh. Sylvan creatures of myth protecting the forest; botanical laboratory experiments run amok; a veteran of the Mexican American war finds himself entranced by an aesthete's poisonous garden; and an alien paying our planet a visit to sample the greenery. These fourteen stories