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The Lesbian Short Stories section includes a range of mixed author anthologies and collections of single author short stories. Every possible genre is covered as well as many different cultures. The books in our short stories section show how truly diverse lesbian identity and culture is. We hope you enjoy browsing our short stories books!

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	All Books by Gina Covina and Laurel Galana - Editors of : The Lesbian Reader Paperback - 248 pages (December 1, 1975) Barn Owl Books; ISBN: 0960962603 "Lesbian Short Stories; Amazon Quarterly was the first national literary magazine with a lesbian perspective, begun back in 1972. The Lesbian Reader collects short stories, essays, and poetry from Amazon Quarterly's three-year lifespan. Quaint ancient history (or herstory) but still relevant." Click to buy this book in USA:
	All Books by Ivan E. Coyote - Author of : Close to Spider Man Paperback - 180 pages (October 1, 2000) Arsenal Pulp; ISBN: 1551520869 "Lesbian Short Stories; Remember the days of skinned knees, sliding across hardwood floors in socks, and playing with the kids next door? In the stories of Close to Spider Man, Ivan E. Coyote sets those memories of childhood innocence against both the harsh, desolate landscape of the Yukon and the expectations of society that girls will be--should be--girls. Her coming-of-age stories are told from the perspective of young girls and women--often ones who feel they should be boys--as they become painfully aware of their sexual identity." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Martha Clark Cummings - Author of : Mono Lake: Stories Paperback (June 1995) Rowbarge Press; ISBN: 096462012X "Lesbian Short Stories; This impressive debut by ASTRAEA Lesbian Writers Fund Award Winner, Martha Clark Cummings, draws us into the worlds of a variety of contemporary lesbians. A young heroin addict, trapped in a small town in the Eastern Sierra, works as a cleaning woman and longs for the local coffee shop waitress... A college professor deeply committed to another woman, with two children and a stable ten-year relationship, is terrified of being accused of sexual harassment by a young female student. In these stories filled with longing, danger, and possibilities, Cummings reveals the lives of lesbians with astonishing compassion and honesty. An original voice. A voice to fall in love with." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada:
	All Books by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton - Authors of : Hers 2 : Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers Paperback - 256 pages 2 edition (June 1997) Faber & Faber; ISBN: 0571199097 "Lesbian Short Stories; This anthology has a tremendous range. The first story, by Hannah Bleier, begins with a lesbian who gets an infection from a trick and ends with the same woman beating an obnoxious anti-gay neighbor. The prose is tough, lean, pointed. The second story, by Elizabeth Crowell, is about a long-term lesbian couple who discover that the gracious old lady who sits in front of them at the Boston Symphony is a lesbian. It's written with a wit and ease that is about as far as you can get from the first story. Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake, who have edited four other anthologies of queer fiction, have collected an impressive mix of new and established writers." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton - Authors of : Hers 3 : Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers Paperback - 256 pages 1 Ed edition (July 1999) Faber & Faber; ISBN: 0571199623 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "Lesbian Short Stories; Amidst an outbreak of great new anthologies, including its companion volume of gay short fiction, Hers 3 more than holds its own, from the nearly flawless opening story by Pat Schatz, in which a young woman rides the Tokyo subway in rush hour for the thrill of bodies pressed against her, pushed in tightly by the white-gloved conductor, to Ellen Hawley's painstakingly realistic account of the night her protagonist's niece was beaten by her boyfriend, to Carrelin Brook's dreamy but precise evocation of otherness in "The Butcher's Wife." A few well- known writers are included, such as Donna Allegra, Barbara Wilson, the art critic Catherine Lord, and Emma Donoghue (who edited 1999's Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories), but most are newer voices. Readers who haven't noticed the astonishing improvement in lesbian fiction in the past five years would do well to indulge themselves with this latest volume in the Hers series. - Regina Marler (Amazon.com)" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada:
	All Books by Cathie Dunsford, Susan Hawthorne and Susan Sayer - Editors of : Car Maintenance, Explosives, Love: and other Contemporary Lesbian Writings Paperback - 300 pages (March 1998) Spinifex Press; ISBN: 1875559620 "Lesbian Short Stories; American lesbians should all be looking further west and south, if this Australian anthology is any indication of the overall quality of lesbian writing Down Under. The title is drawn from a dramatic monologue by Donna Jackson in which a lesbian mechanic praises cars for their simplicity (compared with the greasy mess of relationships). One of the strengths of this collection is its comprehensiveness; without sacrificing a certain wildness that must have been one of the editorial requirements, it includes works from several genres, and from writers of all backgrounds and ages. The best story may be Susan Sayer's odd family history, "Xanthippe," a cross between the fiction of Angela Carter and Kathryn Davis, with its startling images (her father is described as being "as long-tongued as Granny, and she could lick her own eye") and rude, playful language. Even the less successful pieces here give the sense of being starting points for stronger work rather than dead ends. It's an unusually impressive collection, full of experiment and promise." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Rosamund Elwin - Author of : Tongues on Fire: Caribbean Lesbian Lives and Stories Paperback - 256 pages 1st edition (1998) Womens Pr; ISBN: 0889612269 "Lesbian Short Stories; Tongues on Fire is two books, one a collection of life stories, and the other, a collection of short fiction, written by Lesbian Caribbean authors." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Rosamund Elwin - Author of : Countering the Myths Paperback - 304 pages 1st edition (1997) Womens Pr; ISBN: 0889612196 "Lesbian Short Stories; A daring debut collection of fiction and poetry by lesbians about the men who share their lives. These women strip back the myths that lesbians have always been involved with women, that lesbians hate men, that lesbians do not consider sleeping with men, that lesbians only have women as significant forces in their lives. They write with honesty, caution, anger, sadness and love about brothers, lovers, fathers, grandfathers, sons, friends - even about parts of themselves. And they share tales of trust honored and abused, loves lost and loves found, sorrow and joy." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Jyl Lynn Felman - Author of : Hot Chicken Wings Paperback - 145 pages (March 1995) Aunt Lute Books; ISBN: 1879960214 "Lesbian Short Stories; Writing on Jewish Lesbian Experience - Eleven stories focus on the problems faced by Jewish lesbians." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Katherine V. Forrest and Barbara Grier - Editors of : The Erotic Naiad : Love Stories by Naiad Press Authors Paperback - 320 pages (November 1992) Naiad Pr; ISBN: 1562800264 "Lesbian Short Stories; Romantic Love Stories - If you are familiar with the writers published by Naiad, you will find many of them represented here with short stories. Many of them are tantalizing tidbits of what you get in their full length novels." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Jewelle Gomez - Author of : Don't Explain: Short Fiction Paperback - 160 pages (May 1998) Firebrand Books; ISBN: 156341094X "Lesbian Short Stories; Seven traditional short stories, a fantasy novella and a new story about the black lesbian vampire Gilda (introduced in Gomez's Lambda Award-winning novel The Gilda Stories) make up this sexy, eclectic collection. Often set in the Boston area, the more traditional stories feature women (usually of color, usually lesbian) brought together by friendship or desire." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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