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ARES

This a previously unpublished fiction manuscript titled Ares, by William Black, also known by his pen name of William Ebon. This is a pdf taken from 400 pages of double spaced typing. The manuscript is about a homosexual coming of age in the Dust Bowl era - his life as a small boy until he attends college in a small southern town. It is about the discrimination faced by gays during this era and how this fictional hero rose above the discrimination through his own self respect. Based on what I personally know about William Black, as I am his niece, this fictional story reflects much of his real life experiences growing up and coming of age in the southwestern USA during the Great Depression. There are other books that were published under his pen name, William Ebon, including "Death of a Lover and Other Stories," Published by Arthur H.Stockwell Ltd, Devon UK (1975) ISBN 10: 0722308086 ISBN 13: 9780722308080 William Black was gay, born and raised in New Mexico in about the same time period as this fictional story. He passed away in Washington state, January 2011. A story my uncle told me about his real life, when he was a freshman in college in Austin, Texas at the University of Texa

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