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Title

Speak my language, and other stories : an anthology of gay fiction / [edited by] Torsten Højer ; foreword by Stephen Fry.

Publication

London : Robinson, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Højer, Torsten
• Fry, Stephen, 1957-

Description

xx, 572 pages; 20 cm

Summary

In this exciting new collection of gay short stories, we hear from authors imagining, surmising, and revealing aspects of gay life from a multitude of perspectives, ages, eras, locations, cultures and political climates. Contributors range from those emerging into a life of writing to those who have enjoyed international mainstream success ... The premise for stories included in this anthology was very simple - other than the stipulation that a major component of the story be in some way concerned with gay life, there were no restrictions. The aim was to bring together fictional reflections of gay life from the minds of authors approaching 'gay' from very different angles. As a result, genres in this collection range from action to sci-fi, from thriller to fantasy.

Subject

• Gay people > Fiction
• Short stories, English
• Gay people
• Short stories, English

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Fiction.
• Short stories.
• Short stories

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Stephen Fry -- Introduction / Torsten Højer -- This is serious / James Robert Baker -- Dead air / Joshua Winning -- Shadows / Damon Galgut -- Men without men / Vestal McIntyre -- Nelly's teeth / Nigel Fairs -- Shoga / Diriye Osman -- Tonight's hope shattered-never and other poems / David Robilliard -- W.G. / Tim Ashley -- The gang / Sebastian Beaumont -- Imaginary boys / Paul Magrs -- Ghost, come back / Jerry Rosco -- A night with Mr Goldstein / Colin Spencer -- Best tasted cold / Felice Picano -- Eric in retirement / Robert Cochrane -- The halfway house / Cliff James -- What you left behind / Nick Alexander -- Déjeuner sur l'herbe / Matt Harris -- The man who noticed / Francis King -- Royale with cheese / Joseph Lidster -- Caesar's Gallic wars / Neil Bartlett -- How the story ends / Hugh Fleetwood -- The parasite that grew bigger than the animal / John R. Gordon -- First flush / Royston Ellis -- The letter / Scott Brown -- Brown manilla / Patrick Gale -- Handle with bear / Lawrence Schimel -- Wolverine cirque / Joseph Olshan -- Past caring / Rupert Smith -- Vasya (February, 1950) / David Llewellyn -- He's funny that way / Alfred Corn -- The bargain / Damian Barr -- The good butler / Tony Peake -- Sexploitation / Brent Meersman -- A dry past / Richard Zimler -- Speak my language / Jeffrey Round -- Flags of the Vlasov army / Ian Young -- Potholes in the Yellow Brick Road / Neal Drinnan -- Key West funeral / Michael Carroll -- The railings / Ronald Frame -- MovieLand / Drew Gummerson.

ISBN

• 9781472119971
• 1472119975
• 9781472119988 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 934012759
• SCSB-12005751

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library