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• Coexistence

  Stories

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray, 1994-

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  Rep: Gay. This debut collection signifies the arrival of a new force in queer literature. Billy-Ray Belcourt has given us a collection of voices and stories representing all types but with a special talent for writing indigenous characters.

• Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet

  Ten Queer Stories

  Cui, Zi'en

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  Rep: Gay. Cui Zi”en is a guiding light of queer art in his native China. Translated into English for the first time, these 10 stories go behind the curtain and offer an insight into queer culture in post socialist China.

• Bugsy & Other Stories

  Frumkin, Rafael

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  Rep: Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary. Rafael Frumkin takes us for a genre hopping ride through six expertly written short stories. These stories explore queerness from many different perspectives, with a number of the stories featuring neurodivergent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• God's Children Are Little Broken Things

  Ifeakandu, Arinze

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  Rep: Gay. With all nine of these stories being set in contemporary Nigeria, Arinze Ifeakandu paints a portrait of the complexities of being young and queer and coming-of-age in modern Africa.

• Women I Know

  Gibson, Katerina

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  Rep: Lesbian. The characters in this debut collection of stories are wild and angry and hilarious in all the best ways. Katerina Gibson nails what it’s like to be young and queer in a society where young people are forced to live with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Her Body & Other Parties

  Machado, Carmen Maria

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  Rep: Queer. I remember first reading this collection and being completely blown away by how original it was. The stories take place on earth but have this otherworldly feel to them, almost like angry fairytales. Carmen Maria Machado is a powerhouse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Parallel Hells

  a Collection of Stories

  Craig, Leon

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  Rep: Lesbian. The stories in this collection expertly take the internal doubts all people have and amplify them through the lens of the horror genre. There are satanic choirs, ruined mansions, possessed golems, long dead Vikings. If you love horror…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rainbow Rainbow

  Stories

  Conklin, Lydia, 1983-

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  Rep: Lesbian, Transgender, Queer. Have you ever read a book, and you know you’re not meant to be laughing because horrific things are happening, but it’s maybe the funniest things you’ve read? Well, this is that book. Debut author Lydia Conklin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gordo

  Stories

  Cortez, Jaime

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  Rep: Gay. This is the first collection of stories from famed Queer activist and artist Jaime Cortez. These stories transport us to a migrant camp in California in the 1970s and describe the many hardships of being young and gay and foreign trying to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kink

  Stories

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  Rep: Queer. A scintillating collection of short stories that encapsulates a range of desires, fetishes, and love across the sexual spectrum. The stories within are not vanilla in flavour, so turn the pages with an open mind and see if anything…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queer Life, Queer Love

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  Rep: Queer. Queer Life, Queer Love is the result of an international competition to capture the best of Queer writing today. Made up of a mix-match of short stories, poetry, flash fiction and non-fiction pieces. There is so much to absorb here and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salt Slow

  Stories

  Armfield, Julia

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  Rep: Lesbian, Queer. Julia Armfield isn’t just one of the best new voices in queer fiction, they are one of the best new voices in contemporary fiction full stop. This debut collection stuck with me for months after I read it. The stories are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel

  Stories

  Jarboe, Julian K.

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  Rep: Queer. If you are looking for originality in a short story collection, you can’t go past Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel. Fantasy, body horror, cyberpunk are all featured heavily in this collection. Enjoy these are lived in stories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• F*ckface

  and Other Stories

  Hampton, Leah

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  Rep: Queer. As the title suggests this debut collection of short stories is unapologetically honest and not afraid to push the envelope. In the hills of Appalachia, explore the stories of the diverse population as each individual challenges the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love After the End

  An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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  Rep: Queer. This is perhaps the most unique book on this list. Love After the End is a speculative anthology of Indigenous Two-Spirit and queer futures. It explores love, resilience, and survival beyond colonialism through hopeful, post-apocalyptic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Failure

  Stories

  Whittall, Zoe, 1976-

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  Rep: Lesbian. Zoe Whittall balances absurdity and tender affection, reflecting upon the challenges of being feminine or queer. This collection dives into the humorous oddities of human behaviour, which Whittall explores in poetic prose. From a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sarahland

  Stories

  Cohen, Sam, 1982-

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  Rep: Lesbian, Gay, Transgender. Have you ever thought that every story needs a Sarah? Probably not, but this collection of stories makes Sarah the protagonist of every story. Each iteration of Sarah is uniquely Sarah-esque, to name just a few…Read moreRead more of this annotation