Wilde Stories 2016: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, LGBT, Gay
| Author: | Steve Berman | ISBN: | 9781370734108 |
| Publisher: | Lethe Press | Publication: | July 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Steve Berman |
| ISBN: | 9781370734108 |
| Publisher: | Lethe Press |
| Publication: | July 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Reality and memory; imagination and oblivion. Somewhere between these signposts can be found the events in the 15 stories of Wilde Stories 2016: a future world has forbidden the songs of dancefloor divas but on one night the show returns as a cautionary exhibition; high school outcasts create a fictional scapegoat and then his body is found; and let us not forget that colonial Mars needs Oscar Wilde, but then, who doesn't?
"Many troubled characters in these stories face self-hatred, homophobic parents, and defeatism, but they rise above with inspiring determination to love whomever they choose; each story excels as speculative fiction as well." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
Reality and memory; imagination and oblivion. Somewhere between these signposts can be found the events in the 15 stories of Wilde Stories 2016: a future world has forbidden the songs of dancefloor divas but on one night the show returns as a cautionary exhibition; high school outcasts create a fictional scapegoat and then his body is found; and let us not forget that colonial Mars needs Oscar Wilde, but then, who doesn't?
"Many troubled characters in these stories face self-hatred, homophobic parents, and defeatism, but they rise above with inspiring determination to love whomever they choose; each story excels as speculative fiction as well." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
