Novels, thrillers, and short fiction.
Eight books across three decades — a new speculative saga, four Lambda Literary Award finalist novels, and a run of essays and short stories.
Book One of the new saga
The Unfrozen Few, Book One: Welcome to the Future
Eleven AIDS patients from the 1980s, presumed dead after a cryogenic catastrophe. Long ago, the world left them behind — until they woke up, hidden away, in present-day America, struggling to make sense of the modern world and each other.
At the center is Dr. Nathan Black, a 30-year-old Black gay man and the estranged son of the notorious family behind the freeze — as he uncovers the truth about “the catastrophe,” he clashes with the new head of the family’s biotech empire, his stepmother Dr. Brenda Black, a villainess in heels with secrets and an agenda all her own.
Novels
An epic love story. An unexpected summer adventure. Two suspense thrillers. Four Lambda Literary Award finalists.
Walt Loves the Bearcat
Lambda Literary Award Finalist — Best RomanceA black, gay cheerleader and white quarterback navigate their relationship across alternate realities while confronting homophobia, HIV/AIDS, and race relations in America.
Bridge Across the Ocean
Lambda Literary Award Finalist — Best Small Press TitleAfter testing positive for HIV in 1988, a 26-year-old Black gay man escapes to Cancun, where an unexpected friendship with two white teenage brothers becomes the adventure of a lifetime.
The Devil Inside
Lambda Literary Award Finalist — Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/HorrorA respected Black gay businessman is forced to decide whether the man he’s falling for is innocent — or the most dangerous mistake of his life. Also a Gaylactic Spectrum Award nominee.
Uprising
Lambda Literary Award Finalist — Best Men’s Mystery & Small Press TitleAfter testing positive for HIV in the early 1990s, a closeted Black pop superstar recruits a world-famous athlete and a billionaire mogul to assassinate a powerful anti-gay U.S. Senator.
Also from Randy Boyd
Personal essays, blog highlights, and short stories — a different scale, the same voice.
The Essential Randy Boyd, Vol. 1
Essay Collection10 stories, essays, blog posts, and book excerpts by black, gay, HIV-positive author Randy Boyd.
Hostage
Short Story · 1991Three black brothers talk about homophobia, AIDS-phobia and rap music — at gunpoint.
Ovulation Night
Short StoryCan two gays and two lesbians make one baby? It all comes down to who will survive “the battle of the sex.”