Carlos Luis "Charlie" Vázquez (born May 14, 1971) is a self-identified queer American artist, writer, and musician of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent and a New York Foundation For The Arts and NEA Fellow for poetry.
He is also the editor of Fireking Press, where he has published a novel and a book of short stories.
His fiction, erotica and essays have appeared in a number of anthologies, magazines, and websites.
He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his partner, poet John Williams.