ly ▁and ▁Vel vet ▁M af ia . ▁His ▁second ▁book ▁of ▁short ▁fiction , ▁Des ire , ▁L ust , ▁Pass ion , ▁Sex ▁( 2 0 0 4 ), ▁collected ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁stories . ▁ ▁Cur rier ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁literary ▁critic ▁and ▁journalist . ▁He ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁as ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁gay ▁Manh attan ▁week ly ▁newspaper , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Bla de , ▁where ▁he ▁reported ▁the ▁behind - the - sc enes ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁the ▁Stone wall ▁Inn ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁ 9 / 1 1 , ▁Cur rier ▁wrote ▁A ▁G ather ing ▁Storm , ▁a ▁novel ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁be ating ▁of ▁Matthew ▁She p ard . ▁He ▁published ▁it ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Cur rier ▁reported ▁on ▁news ▁items ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁the ▁L GB T Q ▁publishing ▁community , ▁first ▁in ▁a ▁column ▁for ▁the ▁print ▁journal ▁L ambda ▁Book ▁Review , ▁then ▁in ▁Que er Type , ▁his ▁month ly ▁Internet ▁blog . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Cur rier ▁collected ▁three ▁dec ades ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁fiction ▁about ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁A ID S ▁on ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁gay ▁men ▁in ▁Still ▁Dan cing : ▁New ▁and ▁Selected ▁St ories , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Let he