Writing as Greg Herren

Novels

Chanse MacLeod Mystery Series

1. Murder in the Rue Dauphine (2002) (Finalist, 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery)
   Gay private eye Chanse MacLeod is hired by a bodybuilder from his gym to find out who is blackmailing the bodybuilder’s closeted lover. When the bodybuilder turns up dead in what appears to be a hate crime, it’s up to Chanse to get to the bottom of the murder before the simmering tensions in New Orleans boil over.

2. Bourbon Street Blues (2003)

-- Finalist 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery)
During Madi Gras, a personal trainer/exotic dancer (Scotty) discovers one of his best clients has been murdered and he's being shadowed by an FBI agent.

3. Jackson Square Jazz (2004) -- Finalist 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery)
   Scotty finds himself involved in a search for a missing world class figure skater--who he just happened to sleep with right before his disappearance.

4. Murder in the Rue St. Ann (2004)
   When sexy gay private eye Chanse MacLeod investigates the financial shenanigans of club promoter Mark Williams, he discovers that not only does Williams have ties to the New Orleans judiciary, he also has ties to Chanse's lover, Paul-a connection that reveals secrets about Paul's past that Chanse had never guessed and now wishes he didn't know. When Paul disappears, it seems his past has caught up with him in a terrifying way.

5. Mardi Gras Mambo (2006) -- Finalist 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery)
   It's Carnival time in New Orleans, and in pre-Katrina fashion, Scotty Bradley is looking forward to relaxing with his friends, Frank and Colin, and partying it up right. Nothing ever seems to work out the way Scotty wants it to, however. Not only is it cold and rainy, ruining his elaborate costume plans, but Frank, a former FBI agent, has "issues" with the party plans - which include a delivery from Scotty's dealer, Misha. After a night of partying, they come home to find the cops waiting for them. Misha has apparently been murdered. It turns out he was in trouble with a lot of people, including the Russian mob.
   
   Suddenly, Scotty is missing not just one but two boyfriends. He must fight his way through a hot human frenzy of sequins, music, dancing, and the sweat of thousands of revelers in a desperate race to save the men he sometimes loves and keep this Mardi Gras from being the last day any of them ever see.

6. Murder in the Rue Chartres (2007) -- Winner 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery)
   In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chanse MacLeod returns to a different, shattered New Orleans in an attempt to rebuild his own life and face his own future. When he discovers that his last client before the storm was murdered the very night she hired him to find her long-missing father, he is drawn into a web of intrigue and evil that surrounds the Verlaine family.

7. Murder in the Rue Ursulines (2008)
   Chanse MacLeod is hired by a Hollywood "golden couple" to find out who is sending them threatening emails. When the main suspect turns up dead, Chanse must wade through his client's murky and sometimes manufactured pasts to get to the truth.

8. Murder in the Garden District (October 1, 2009 release)
   When the scion of one of the leading political dynasties in Louisiana is murdered, Chanse is hired to prove that the murderer was someone from outside the family—despite the fact that everyone in the family had a reason for wanting him to dead. As Chanse digs into the family’s sinister past and present, his own life is on the line in the race to catch a killer.

Writing as Todd Gregory

Anthologies

• Rough Trade (2009)
  Includes works by Amie M. Evans, Bill Brent, Brent Maxwell, Greg Wharton, Jeffrey Marks, John Nail, K. D. "Kate" Santinau, Karen Thomas, Kelly McQuain, Lance Zarimba, Neil S. Plakcy, Steve Soucy, Tim Bergling, Victoria A. Brownworth, and Wade Brown.

• His Underwear: An Erotic Anthology (2006)
  Steamy tales of gay men's fascination with boxers, briefs, and bikinis! An InsightOut book club selection! His Underwear: An Erotic Anthology takes a provocative look at the underwear fetish that is prevalent among gay men. This sexy collection offers erotic takes on the sexual attraction of underwear--and the men who wear it--when underwear plays the starring role in everything from pro wrestling fantasies to lonesome nights in the bunkhouse to a high school reunion. Boxers, briefs, and bikinis inspire steamy encounters in locker rooms, laundry rooms ... even department store changing rooms, in no-holds-barred action that includes jocks, cowboys, and altar boys!
  
  His Underwear: An Erotic Anthology brings together several of the hottest authors working in gay fiction, including Aaron Travis (Slaves of the Empire); Greg Herren (A Midnight Clear, Shadows of the Night); Jeff Mann (Edge); Max Pierce (The Master of Seacliffe) Steve Berman (Vintage); Tim Bergling (Sissyphobia, Reeling in the Years, Chasing Adonis); Trebor Healey (Through It Came Bright Colors).

• Blood Lust: Erotic Vampire Tales (2005), M. Christian and Todd Gregory, eds.
  Some vampires have more on their mind than blood. This collection presents an array of stories that celebrate the sexy, forbidden side of the children of the night!

Novels

• Every Frat Boy Wants It (2007)
  At eighteen, Jeff Morgan is the quintessential all-American boy--blond, blue-eyed, and a star jock at his small Kansas high school. Enrolling at California State University-Polk, Jeff plans to become a writer. He also hopes that the macho nature of fraternity life will help him get over his lifelong attraction to other men. The reality couldn't be more different...

Novellas

• Midnight Hunger (2009) by Chase Masters, Todd Gregory, and Sean Wolfe
  See "Blood on the Moon" by Greg Herren.
  Closeted Cord Logan comes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras to explore his sexuality, only to discover there are other ‘sin’s afoot in the gay bars on Bourbon Street.

See also:

• Fool For Love: New Gay Fiction (2009), R.D. Cochrane and Timothy J. Lambert, eds.
  In an age of hookups and cybersex, who has time for a little romance? For all those who think love’s gone the way of the 8-track tape comes a collection of new gay fiction designed to reignite their belief in love and romance. Follow the travails of a dog walker enchanted with his new client, a restaurant owner who catches the eye of his most loyal customer, a blind date fix-up, and other seekers of the lost flame as they stumble upon romance and a possible chance at love.
  
  Showcasing new work from some of today’s best-known gay writers the stories in Fool for Love are a funny, sweet, and sometimes wrenching reminder of the joy romance brings to the human heart.  Includes: Andrew Holleran, Brandon M. Long, David Puterbaugh, Felice Picano, Greg Herren, Joel Derfner, Jeffrey Ricker, John H. Roush, Josh Helmin, Mark G. Harris, 'Nathan Burgoine, Paul Lisicky, Rob Byrnes, Rob Williams, Sean Anniston, and Trebor Healey.

• Love, Bourbon Street: A Celebration of Gay New Orleans (2006), Edited with Paul J. Willis -- Winner 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies

• Upon a Midnight Clear: Queer Christmas Tales (2004)

• Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual (2004) -- Finalist, 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Science/Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

• Midnight Thirsts (2004) with Michael Thomas Ford, Sean Wolfe, and Timothy Ridge

• Fratsex: Stories of Gay Sex in College Fraternities (2004)

• M2M: New Literary Fiction (2003) by Karl Woelz

• Rebel Yell 2: More Stories of Contemporary Southern Gay Men (2002) by Jay Quinn

• Full Body Contact: Sexy, Sweaty Men of Sport (2002)
  Collection of stories.