Bear Bones Books proudly presents its thirteenth title, Waking Up Bear, and Other Stories, a sexy, fun, often touching collection of Bear-themed short fiction by Jay Neal, with twenty captivating stories from such periodicals as American Bear and several Lambda Literary Award-winning anthologies, plus three previously unpublished stories.Readers can turn a page and discover a man who discovers his lovers has turned into an actual bay overnight and the only way for life to return to domestic tranquility is through seeking a hirsute spritualist; the Gothic, erotic fantasy about a man visiting a lonely lighthouse with an infamous supernatural legacy; and even the confession of a man who yearns to be a filthy pig in bed (or the floor or a stall) but is frustrated by his timid demeanor. These stories will make you chuckle even as they arose you. Bring this book to bed and you'll fall asleep still hard.