Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction - Softcover

Scott, Melissa; McCoy, Chanté; Wealleans, Lexy; Jeffers, Alex; Stirling, Penny; Stutts, Robert E.; Barrett, Redfern Jon; Green, Sacchi; Yanez, Alberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590212932 ISBN 13: 9781590212936

Publisher: Lethe Press, 2014

Synopsis

A book such as this spins not only words but also whole worlds: eighteen of them, representing the best lesbian-themed stories of the fantastic or futuristic published the prior year: An artisan who tests the skills and wares of her friends in the hope of finding the ideal housing for an idealized love. A shape-shifting sidekick ensures that the heroine, who might not even be aware of her, saves the day. The device on a young girl's wrist that counts down the years until she will meet her soul mate poses the ultimate challenge of delayed gratification. A daydreamer wonders how she will face the coming Stone Moon and its gathering when her culture demands fertility yet her heart belongs to her best friend, who is not only female but of a higher caste. The women to be met in these pages will find themselves tested not because of their sexual identity but rather the identity they have composed, constructed, and spun.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Berman has published over a hundred articles, essays, and short fiction works. He has been a finalist for the Andre Norton Award, Lambda Literary Award, Golden Crown Literary Award, and Shirley Jackson Awards. He has edited more anthologies of queer speculative fiction than any other individual, alive or dead. He resides in southern New Jersey, where he runs Lethe Press, a small press that publishes books offering queer and weird adventures for readers of every gender and sexual identity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lethe Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1590212932
• ISBN 13: 9781590212936
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Berman Steve