Short Story Titles
Note: a catalogue with more information (publisher/date, number of tapes and reader) is available from FAB.
Author, title, synopsis, catalogue number:
Allende, Isabel
The stories of Eva Luna
Vibrant and colourful. 23 magical tales, of anger that turns to laughter and revenge that turns to love.
039
Aspen
Aspen’s Poems and Stories
This collection of published and unpublished works brings you lesbian living at its most tender, funny, painful, loving and strange. Includes everyday lesbian issues such as falling in love, break-ups, friendship, politics, childhood, disability, sex, mental health and recovery. Aspen’s warm and accessible writing also includes alternative folk tales, science fiction and experimental writing written by a lesbian who loves being a lesbian. Read by the author.
166
Bradshaw, Jan & Hemming, Mary (eds)
Girls Next Door: Lesbian Feminist Stories
Witty, touching, funny, sad stories; some by accomplished writers and others by new writers, all reflecting the warmth and comfort of feelings of women for each other.
007
Conlon, F; da Silva, R; Wilson, B (eds),
The Things That Divide Us
Sixteen stories of women in situations from our own lives. Powerful, haunting and funny, these are stories to savour and to use.
240
Donogue, Emma,( ed)
The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories
An international array of the best-known lesbian authors and new talents, some stories have been specially commissioned for this work, from such writers as Dorothy Allison, Patricia Dunker, Tanith Lee, Jennifer Levin, Anna Livia, Ingrid Macdonald, Sara Maitland, Shani Mootoo, Elizabeth Taylor, Shay Youngblood, and many others.
117
Forbes, Caroline
The Needle on Full
Lesbian feminist stories, including several sci fi stories.
175
Forrest, Catherine V
Dreams and Swords
This collection of Forrest’s short stories showcases her at her best, displaying the scope of her imagination and the range of her voice. From the erotic speculation of O Captain, My Captain to the incisive investigation of homicide detective Kate Delafield; from moral dilemma to chilling horror; from peril to passion, Forrest takes the reader across the vivid landscape of her remarkable mind.
269268
Jen, Green (Ed.)
Reader, I murdered him
Anthology of original crime stories, a showcase of 16 excellent mysteries from newcomers and experts. The collection to give ‘little old ladies’ a bad name. Brilliance and humour.
150
Kay, Jackie
Why Don’t You Stop Talking?
Short stories: Ordinary lives are transformed by secrets or trauma in a disturbingly familiar world where love and sex, death and family life cast long shadows. In these stories, women’s role as mothers, daughters and lovers are magically, comically or poignantly examined.
218
Lynch, Lee
Old Dyke Tales
A collection of very different stories about older lesbians in America: warm, funny, touching, always interesting and very entertaining. Excellent characters, plot and dialogue.
152
Miller, Isabel
The Dooryard full of Flowers and other short pieces
Lesbian Fiction: short stories and poems, including extracts of the incomplete sequel to ‘Patience and Sarah’.
119
Newman, Leslea
A Letter to Harvey Milk
Lesbian Short Stories: Nine warm-hearted, good-humoured stories alive with the sounds of many women’s voices, about being lesbian and Jewish in the USA. This anthology includes tales of childhood, family ties and lesbian relationships.
213
Rule, Jane (Tee Corinne, Illustrator)
Outlander
Short stories and essays. In which Jane Rule evokes a startling variety of lesbian lives with sure-handed artistry.
143
Russ, Joanna
Extra(ordinary) People
Linked short stories. A medieval abbess defends her community against Viking invasion; a time-traveller disguises himself as a male god on an errand of mercy; evolves a Gothic romance between two women.
046
Tulchinsky, Karen X.
In Her Nature
Desire, love, hot sex, cool sex, relationships, grieving, surviving, thriving as a Jewish dyke – it’s all here in this rich and warm debut collection of short stories. Delivered in clean, caring prose, In Her Nature serves up a delicious slice of life born and lived lesbian.
147
Winterson, Jeanette
The World and Other Places
This challenging collection is a kaleidoscope of people and places, with some just a tad out of the reach of reality and others just within the boundaries of dreams. Yet all somehow manage to tug at the soul.
231
Zahava, Irene (Ed.)
Lesbian love stories vol 2
26 authors write about lesbian life and loves, in stories that explore passion, first dates, seduction, long-term relationships, crushes, loyalties, break-ups, reconciliations, celebrations – and much more.
141
