Lambda Awards Ceremony
Posted by Fay Jacobs | Filed under Featured, Fiction, News
It was a grand night in NYC at the Lambda Literary Awards May 27 A super-supportive audience of writers, publishers, editors, agents, readers and many other friends of LGBT writing cheered, applauded and occasionally felt moved to standing ovations. The awards came in 23 categories, selected by 87 judges, with a total of 462 nominated [...]
Tags: lambda literary awards, lammies, lesbian-fiction
Dragon Queen
Posted by Editor Alexandra Wolfe | Filed under Fiction
THE NIGHT HOURS WERE the hardest for Sister Catherine. She sat in a wooden chair near the front door, now locked and barred. It was only last month when the Prioress called her into the den and assigned her the task of the night watch. Sister Catherine knew this meant she was trusted. It meant [...]
Tags: historical, japan, nuns, romance, russian
The Octopus’ Lover
Posted by Editor Alexandra Wolfe | Filed under Fiction
THERE WAS AN OCTOPUS on Lily Mackie’s front porch when she arrived home from work, keys jingling in her hand and hair slipping from the sloppy bun it was pinned in ten hours earlier. The thing was dead, sprawled across the warm concrete in a small, shriveled slump of arms. Its head was flat, gluey, [...]
Tags: contemporary, magen toole, octupus, romance
Beyond The Closed Door
Posted by Editor Alexandra Wolfe | Filed under Fiction
KATY REACHED JOSEPHINE’S door and saw that the woman had pulled it shut again. She let out a little sigh and looked down the hall as different families of the manor’s residents began to leave. Children squealed as mothers attempted to make them behave. One little boy started running and accidentally knocked a row of [...]
Tags: aging, contemporary, memories, nursing
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