Baby Self Hate

Baby Self Hate is a sultry but funny story of sex and infatuation. Cam is angry but funny, purposeful but confused, and humorous but unexpectedly profound. Although sexy and sought after, Cam sees life darkly and takes solace in fishing. His relationship with a boy he meets in therapy is a wild, unpredictable ride. Hartwell provides the book the immediacy, honesty, passion, and tension that his readers have come to expect. Watersgreen House is an independent international book publisher with editorial staff in the UK and USA. One of our aims at Watersgreen House is to showcase same-sex affection in works by important gay and bisexual authors in ways which were not possible at the time the books were originally published. We also publish nonfiction, including textbooks, as well as contemporary fiction that is literary, unusual, and provocative.

Luke Hartwell is the award-winning author of the acclaimed Atom Heart John Beloved, Nathan's Story, Love Underneath, and his masterpiece, Jeremy Bardon, as well as the short story collection Aside from Desire. Many of his stories involve the gay boy attracted to straight boy dynamic, with the question often being is that boy really straight? Hartwell is known for his character development, dialogue, profundity, deep insight, and his ability to mine the young male heart with all its brash but engagingly sensitive contradictions.