TY - SER KW - homosexuality KW - high schools KW - homophobia KW - soccer AU - Joseph Brockton AB - A novelized prequel to the provocative TV series Queer As Folk. Brian Kinney and Michael Novotny, friends at the fictitious Susquehanna High School in Pittsburgh, take a blood oath to attend the prom stag—but together. The plot accelerates when the two discover Babylon, a new gay club opening downtown. C1 - 1989 C3 - Allegheny County; Ohio River; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Oakland; Squirrel Hill; Carnegie Mellon University C4 - LGBT; Romance CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - A novelized prequel to the provocative TV series Queer As Folk. Brian Kinney and Michael Novotny, friends at the fictitious Susquehanna High School in Pittsburgh, take a blood oath to attend the prom stag—but together. The plot accelerates when the two discover Babylon, a new gay club opening downtown. PB - Pocket Books PP - New York PY - 2003 RN - Joseph Brockton is a novelist. EP - 260 p. TI - Every Nine Seconds: A Queer As Folk Novel ER -