Let's hope that doesn't mean what we think it means...
(Cheyenne Jackson in Paper magazine's "Beautiful People" issue)

In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• Paper magazine has released their annual "Beautiful People" issue, and out Broadway wonderhunk Cheyenne Jackson is among those honored. Everyone cool with that? Yeah, I thought so.

• The Queerty boys chatted up gay author Scott Heim (Mysterious Skin), whose new novel, We Disappear, is a return to dark, quasi-autobiographical territory.

• Lifetime is going Project Runway crazy, with a makeover series called Project Pygmalion and another as-yet-unnamed series about the Runway models (America's Next Top Coathanger?) in the works for November.

• Decorating duo Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan (we profiled them back yonder) have gotten hitched in their native UK after 22 years of being together. Congrats, fellas! I guess our invite got lost somewhere in the Atlantic ... :(

• Gay Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Queer as Folk mastermind Russell T Davies laughed off being named the "most influential" gay person in the UK, and then called the designation "slightly demeaning". (He'd been hoping for "Best Dressed", maybe?)

And today's Briefs are brought to you by...

Gay writer Scott Heim's first novel, Mysterious Skin, established him as a powerful voice in queer literature in 1995, and the film adaptation (directed by New Queer Cinema vanguard Gregg Araki and starring AfterElton Hot 100 vet Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a stark, image-shattering performance) brought the author's moody meditation on small-town alienation to a broader audience.

Fittingly enough, Heim's upcoming novel, We Disappear, has been given a "trailer" of sorts to give curious readers a feel for what the book is all about.

The book is called a "psychological thriller about obsession, addiction, and loss." So ... you know, you might want to wait until after breakfast if you can't handle that kind of atmosphere on an empty stomach.

We Disappear hits shelves February 26th and is available for pre-order. Learn more about Heim at his website. If you haven't seen Mysterious Skin check out the trailer below (and NetFlix it!).