So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction

So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction

349 pages
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Published: 19 Sep 2007
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ISBN: 9781560235903

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Haworth Press

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Queer culture meets fey folklore in the pages of So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction, an enchanting anthology of fantastical tales for lovers of Lord of the Rings and all things Tolkien. But these faery stories have a magical twist--every one has an LGBT theme The genre's top writers spin stories of coming out and growing old, of identity and loss, and of hardship, with a focus on youth and beauty, the love of the dance, wild passion and decadence, and the drama of vengeance and spurned love.Contents:A faun's tale / Tom Cardamone --A scent of roses / Catherine Lundoff --The wand's boy / Richard Bowes --A bird of ice / Craig Laurance Gidney --Charming, a tale of true love / Ruby deBrazier & Cassandra Clare --Three letters from the Queen of Elfland / Sarah Monette --The kings of oak and holly / Kenneth D. Woods --Detox / Elspeth Potter --From asphalt to emeralds and moonlight / Aynjel Kaye --The price of glamour / Steve Berman --The coat of stars / Holly Black --How the ocean loved Margie / Laurie J. Marks --Isis in darkness / Christopher Barzak --Touch / M. Kate Havas --Attracting opposites / Carl Vaughn Frick --The faerie cony-catcher / Delia Sherman --Exiles / Sean Meriwether --Laura left a rotten apple and came not to regret the cold of the Yukon / Lynne Jamneck --Mr. Seeley / Melissa Scott --Year of the fox / Eugie Foster --Ever so much more than twenty / Joshua Lewis --Mr. Grimm's fairy tale / Eric Andrews-Katz.