Deeper Into the Velvet
The Black Velvet Room reclaims its roots—fully dedicated to raw, unfiltered homoerotic fiction under Gavin E. Black
The Black Velvet Room has always drawn its power from the shadows between obsession and desire—where longing cuts deep, chemistry turns dangerous, and every story pulls you under just a little further.
That’s why I’m refocusing the publication and taking it back to its roots. From now on, The Black Velvet Room will be dedicated entirely to homoerotic fiction under the name Gavin E. Black.
This means the Leigh Jarrett and JT Fader MM+ romance stories will be phased out of the publication. Those stories aren’t going anywhere—they’ll remain available as ebooks for anyone who wants them—but the Substack itself is becoming a more singular, immersive space.
I want The Black Velvet Room to be pure: raw, homoerotic fiction, thick with emotional tension, moral ambiguity, and the kind of beautifully reckless men who ruin you in the best possible ways.
This shift feels right. It’s sharper, darker, and far more potent. The stories waiting behind the velvet curtain are only getting more intense, more explicit, and more unapologetically raunchy.
If that’s the kind of heat you crave… you’re exactly where you belong.
Find Leigh Jarrett’s MM+ Contemporary Romance stories on ebook
Find JT Fader’s MM+ Fantasy and Paranormal Romance stories on ebook