Wilde Stories, 2017 : : the Year's Best gay Speculative Fiction

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Call Number: Fiction / Wilde stories
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Wilde stories	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Tale of the costume maker / Steve Carr -- Das steingeschopf / G.V. Anderson -- Where's the rest of me? / Matthew Cheney -- Gentleman of chaos / Frost -- Bull of heaven / Sound a raven makes / Matthew Scaletta -- Angel, monster, man / Sam J. Miller -- Most Holy Ghost / Martin Pousson -- Ratcatcher / Amy Griswold -- Drowning line / Haralambi Markov -- My heart's own desire / Robert Levy -- Turing test / Eric Schaller -- Of all possible worlds / Eneasz Brodski -- Carnivores / Rich Larson -- It's the end of the world as we know it / A.C. Wise -- Death of Paul Bunyon / Charles Payseur.

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Gay Male Speculative Fiction submitted by Meginator on July 27, 2018, 10:05pm First things first: this anthology’s definition of “gay” is strictly in the cissexual male (and usually white) sense of the word; look elsewhere for queer characters of other orientations. The speculative elements run the gamut within science fiction and fantasy, with a large number of stories taking place in environments relatively adjacent to our accepted reality. Still, herein lie zombies, steampunk, and fantasy kingdoms, lending the collection a pleasant unpredictable variety. The standout is Sam J. Miller’s “Angel, Monster, Man”, a story about three men’s experiences during the AIDS epidemic, reflected through their conjured community hero. As a whole, the collection is quite strong and amplifies voices not often heard in more mainstream venues.