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A different story of sorts, and not all that pleasant. I’m from Holyoke, Massachusetts. My family was very macho. “My Life Started to Get Better.”
Hi, my name’s Gary Lane. One of the memories I have, which definitely turned my life around, was when I went to a local party. I grew up in the Clear Lake, Friendswood area in my early childhood in the eighties and nineties.
I knew that I was gay. It started with Fred's Story, and soon, more readers wanted to tell their stories.
So, now after several have been told, and more are being worked on, I've put together this area to have them all together.
Some are short, some longer, but all are straight from the person who's story it tells.
I didn&#... Todd Gloria’s Coming Out Journey Gives Hope to Others
Hi, my name is Todd Gloria, and I was born and raised in San Diego. I don’t remember exactly when, but I think it was either late high school or maybe right after. I remember one time being pulled aside by this lady. Not only do many incredible LGBTQ+ stories remain as-yet untold, but when you think about it, there are hardly any of them in the mainstream when compared to straight, cis narratives — which is why it’s such good news that this trend doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
Read the best new LGBTQ+ stories right here
If you’re searching for brand-new LGBTQ+ and queer fiction (especially of the short variety) you’ll be pleased with what you find here.
Short Stories
“Campus” by Aaron H. Aceves (them.)
“Say My Name” by Dahlia Adler, from At Midnight (Book Riot)
“Birds Surrendered and Rehomed” by Kristen Arnett (Oprah Mag)
“Honey and Cold Stars” by AR Capetta (Everyday Chimeras)
“My Next Move” by Alexander Chee (The Good Men Project)
“13 Crimes Against Love, Or, The Crow’s Confession” by Alexander Chee (Lodestar Quarterly)
“The Shape of My Name” by Nino Cipri (Tor.com)
“Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by C.L.
Clark (Uncanny)
“The Cage” by A.M. Dellamonica (Tor.com)
“The Tiger is a Metaphor” by Alison Evans (Slink Chunk Press)
“Pineapple” by Sara Farizan (Foreshadow)
“Epistolary” by Sacha Lamb (Foreshadow)
“Paradise” by Nina LaCour (Foreshadow)
“We Could Be Heroes” by Malinda Lo (Autostraddle)
“Let All the Children Boogie” by Sam J.
Miller (Tor.com)
“Unknown Number” by Blue (Azure) Neustifter (Facebook)
“Poland Itinerary, Class 3B” by Leeor Ohayon (Jewish Book Council)
“They Called Us” by Natalie Parker (The Hanging Gardens)
“The Spinner, the Shepherd, and the Leading Man” by Kris Ripper (Author’s Website)
“Even if All Fall Away, I Will Not” by Brandon Taylor (them.)
“The Last Eagle” by Natalia Theodoridou (Clarkesworld)
“Poems Written While” by Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny)
“Ribbons” by Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny)
“Chokechain” by AJ White (Medium, later published in Transcendent 4)
Essays
“Queering Barbie” by Kristen Arnett (Buzzfeed)
“The Queer Erotics of Handholding in Literature” by Kristen Arnett (Electric Lit)
“Your Dog Doesn’t Care if You’re a Lesbian” by Kristen Arnett (Medium)
“What Makes a Story Queer?” by Sarah Gailey (B&N Readers, originally written for B&N SFF Blog)
“After I Divorced My Wife, ‘The Real Housewives’ Saved Me” by Molly Priddy (Vice)
“Being Gay vs Being Southern: a false choice” by Brandon Taylor (Lit Hub)
“The Light My Queer Heart Sees in Wounded, Broken Men” by Brandon Taylor (them.)
“On Being Queer and Happily Single — Except When I’m Not“ by Brandon Taylor (them.)
Novellas and Novelettes
“Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live” by Sacha Lamb (The Book Smugglers)
Stop and Stareby Katie Rose (f/nb romance)
“Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.L.
Szpara (Uncanny)
Novels
The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen (ace m/nb historical fantasy)
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