Works by
Timothy J. Lambert
(Writer)

• Three Fortunes in One Cookie (2005) with Becky Cochrane
  Phillip Powell needs a stroke of good luck. He ditched college and fled his Mississippi Gulf Coast hometown to make a name for himself as a painter in New York. Now, five years later, empty canvases clutter the Hell's Kitchen apartment he can no longer afford, and his latest lukewarm boyfriend dumps him for a poser named Stefan. Then a very special fortune cookie tells him: Everything is about to change.

• The Deal (2004) with Becky Cochrane
  New Year's Eve, 1999. Millennium celebrations light up the sky from Sydney to Seattle. But in the Houston living room of Aaron Fisher, the fireworks have fizzled! A gathering with his closest friends has devolved into a depressing deconstruction of the sad state of all of their love lives. Fed up with the moaning, Aaron comes up with The Deal: They all have until next New Year's Eve to find true love or stop whining about it. The ensuing 12 months will answer many questions: Will Patrick, Aaron's straight roommate, who has no sympathy for anyone's relationship problems, be able to ride the waves as his girlfriend, Vivian, decides whether she is Betty Crocker or Betty Friedan? Having embraced her lesbianism (and turned her back on her trust fund,) will Miranda stop vampirically sucking the life out of every romance she encounters? Will Alexander stop dabbling with men's hearts the way he dabbles in music and his parents' bank account? And what about Aaron? How is he going to keep his end of the deal when the truth is, he's happy with a life of bar buddies, gym buddies, and bed buddies even if his ex, Heath, keeps popping up to remind him that he's almost 30 and has never known real love! It's a year of surprises for all of them, as they take on unfaithful husbands, vindictive rumormongers, well-intentioned stalkers, pixie drummers who write bad poetry, and marauding palmetto bugs. But most of all, they will discover much about themselves through the surprising, touching, and hilarious revelations produced by a year of exploring the nature of love.

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.

• Best Gay Love Stories 2005 (2005)
  Short story "The End of the Show"

Writing as Timothy James Beck (with Becky Cochrane, Jim Carter, and Timothy Forry)

• It Had to Be You (2001)

• He's the One (2003)

• I'm Your Man (2004)

• Someone Like You (2006) -- Finalist, 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Romance (Gay Male)

• When You Don't See Me (September 2007 release)
  Life has a way of finding you -- even when you're invisible.

See also Timothy James Beck.