In an age of consolidation and
corporatization, Lethe Press remains an independent publisher in the
old style: we curate our booklist and put out books we love. For more books of gay/lesbian interest,
please click here. Be sure to look at the "Occult & Supernatural" below--some very interesting
titles that you won't likely find elsewhere.
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace."
-- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Greek myths held Oceanus to be a massive river surrounding the land. A
Titan, son of sky and earth, he was depicted as a handsome, muscular man
whose torso ended in a scaled tale. As the Olympians emerged, Oceanus
retreated, his domain restricted to strange and dangerous shores, the
realm of sailors' misfortunes and worries.
So, too, are the eleven tales within the pages of The Touch of the Sea:
fantastical, at times eerie, with sightings of mermen, water spirits,
and sea beasts (even the fabled "living island," the aspidochelone) as
well as a smattering of pirates. What makes these stories memorable is
that they define the masculinity of the sea, the taste of brine on
another man's lips.
Become mates with such award-winning authors as Joel Lane and Jeff Mann
-- seasoned storytellers 'Nathan Burgoine, Chaz Brenchley, and Alex
Jeffers -- and a wide array of coxswains: Brandon Cracraft, Jonathan
Harper, John Howard, Vincent Kovar, Matthew A. Merendo, Damon Shaw --
under the helm of editor Steve Berman.
Beyond Binary:
Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction
Brit Mandelo, editor
“…will inspire writers, delight and satisfy readers who are already
familiar with fluid gender identities, and leave newly enlightened
readers determined to make the world more welcoming.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Speculative fiction is the literature of questions, of challenges and
imagination, and what better to question than the ways in which gender
and sexuality have been rigidly defined, partitioned off, put in little
boxes? These seventeen stories explore the ways in which identity can go
beyond binary—from space colonies to small college towns, from angels
to androids, and from a magical past to other worlds entirely, the
authors in this collection have brought to life wonderful tales starring
people who proudly define (and redefine) their own genders,
sexualities, identities, and so much else in between.
Extraordinary stories by Keyan Bowes, Kelley Eskridge, Tobi Hill-Meyer,
Nalo Hopkinson, Claire Humphrey, Sarah Kanning, Keffy R. M. Kehrli,
Ellen Kushner, Richard Larson, Terra LeMay, Liu Wen Zhuang, Sandra
McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Delia Sherman, Katherine Sparrow, Sonya
Taaffe, Catherynne M. Valente
“Set in an alternative Middle Ages…this novel…offers intriguing looks at
guild interrelationships, the uses of hand-cranked printing presses and
medieval attitudes toward magic. It also offers considerable delight to
those who enjoy intellectual puzzles of the fantastic kind.”
—Publishers Weekly
Nicolas Rathe is a pointsman, a dedicated watchman in the great city of
Astreiant. During the annual trade fair, with a city filled with
travelers and merchants, someone is stealing children. The populace is
getting angry and frightened and convinced that a foreigner must be to
blame. Rathe calls on the aid of both an out-of-work soldier, the
handsome Philip Eslingen, and the necromancer Istre b’Estorr. The art of
astrology is a very real power in the kingdom and plays as much a role
in politics as greed and intrigue. Rathe finds himself struggling to
find the children before a major astrological event brings about
catastrophe. The first in a series of fantasy novels filled with
adventure, intrigue and gay romance.
Wilde Stories 2011 The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
edited by Steve Berman
2012 Over the Rainbow selection by the American Library Assoc
Celebrate a decade of gay speculative fiction with Wilde
Stories 2011! This expanded volume from Lethe Press brings stories of
undead lovers, stranded astronauts, ghosts and phantom reflections, men
lost in an inhospitable wilderness, and fiends who hide under handsome
veneers, all written by award-winning authors (Laird Barron, Richard
Bowes and Joel Lane) and fresh voices in the field (Nick Poniatowski and
Jeffrey Ricker) No other anthology provides readers the widest variety
of gay men men facing the weird, the fantastic, and the horrific.
Wilde Stories 2010 The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
edited by Steve Berman
A newcomer to San Francisco falls in love too fast despite the warnings
of a cadre of ghosts haunting his uncle; a businessman comes to regret
his ennui when faced with the machinations of an outsider artist; on a
train traveling through a dangerous Russian winter, a passenger
encounters a wolf on two legs; a mining colony where love has become
dangerous but no less passionate; a young man, mourning the loss of his
ballet career, may yet get his chance to fly—these are some of the
stories in this anthology, stories chosen from magazines, anthologies,
literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best
gay male speculative fiction of the past year.
Inside these pages are both
authors acclaimed (award-winners Laird Barron, Elizabeth Hand, Tanith
Lee and Joel Lane) and fresh voices (Tom Cardamone, Georgina Li)
offering the best tales of fantastical and weird happenings befalling
gay men.
Wilde
Stories 2009:
The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction
Edited by Steve Berman
The latest edition of Wilde Stories, once more edited by Steve Berman,
promises readers a range of imaginative gay-themed fiction culled from
the prior year. These are tales that range from the horrorific (Lee
Thomas' "I'm Your Violence") to the surreal (Sven Davisson's "Dim Star
Descried") to the fantastical ("Firooz and His Brother" by Alex
Jeffers). Many of the authors included have won awards for their
fiction, and their stories seek to press new boundaries of loneliness,
loss and love between men and monsters (and those men who happen to be
monsters).
Wilde
Stories 2008 The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction edited by Steve Berman
Wilde Stories is a new
annual anthology that offers readers the best of the prior year's
speculative fiction with gay characters and themes. Editor Steve
Berman, who has been a finalist for both the Lambda Literary and Andre
Norton Award, has collected an engaging selection of the fantastical,
the strange, the scary from such notable authors as Victor J. Banis,
Jameson Currier, Hal Duncan and Lee Thomas.
GREAT
review with interesting comments by Amos Lassen at eurekapride.com
Green
Man Review gave a great review with descriptions of several of the
stories.
Moontusk: Orchid of Awakening
Book 2 of The Moontusk Chronicles
by Bruce P. Grether
With this second book of The Moontusk Chronicles, the epic journey of
the two young men, Dare and Hosis continues. The mysterious Lady Dee
acts as their sponsor as they travel south along the mighty Nasapan
River. Various misadventures along the way complicate the three-way
relationship. One startling development is the return of Dare's
companion, the chameleon cat Maumet, who'd mysteriously disappeared in the first book.
As the passion between the young
men heats up, the three reach the southern delta and sail to Dreamwake
Island in the South Seas. The lady soon informs her young lovers that
an army of women from the East has overthrown the patriarchal Kemnoan
Empire that ruled the world. She leaves them on the island together and
departs for the mainland. Hosis cannot prevent Dare from seeking out
the fabled Dream Orchid. The flower is said to either enlighten or kill
with its potent fragrance...
Moontusk: Rendezvous in a Ruined City
Book 1 of The Moontusk Chronicles
by Bruce P. Grether
In this intriguing and frankly erotic tale set in an intricately
developed alternate world, the moon has rings, mammoths survive in the
far north, and a patriarchal empire rules over provincial kingdoms
where the Goddess is still revered. Legend tells that long ago the Gods
sailed here from the East, but now this is a world of humans. Or is it?
At the heart of the Kemnoan Empire, in the imperial capital Ulan,
handsome Prince Dare is the heir to the throne. But this restless young
man flees from his duty on a journey of self-discovery with his
chameleon cat, Maumet, as his only companion. Telling himself that he’s
seeking enlightenment, Dare sets off on foot for the mountainous
kingdom of Loonapoore, where sacred mammoths are revered. The
Loonapoori term for enlightenment means “tusk of the moon.” As much as
spiritual enlightenment, the young man really seeks the truth of the
feelings and passions in his maturing body.
Meanwhile, a young Loonapoori noble named Hosis flees from his own
family destiny riding on the back of a stolen mammoth cow. From
separate directions, the two young men are pulled inexorably toward
what will be to both a startling rendezvous and the beginning of an
epic adventure together. Accompanied by the mysterious Lady Dee, they
will journey to the South Seas to seek the fabled Dream Orchid, said to
bestow either enlightenment or death.
Along the way Dare encounters both the threat—and the promise—of alluring erotic fulfillment.
5-Star Review on amazon.com: Really good read - can't wait for Book Two,
It's everything you could want in a novel -
absorbing and hard to put down - leaving you hoping the author will
hurry up with the sequel. There's a lot of imagination at work here in
creating another world, but that doesn't get in the way of getting to
know the principal characters and coming to care about them, knowing
and hoping that they will get to their rendezvous in good shape. The
plot moves right along with plenty of adventure and some erotic
happenings that make the characters vibrant and sexy. And how many
books have a mammoth with a heart of gold?
Another 5-star on amazon.com:
So five stars for this book; not because Mr. Grether rivals
Proust, but because it's a wonderful story thoughtfully written with
elegant prose by a talented author. The intimate scenes reflect the
passions and emotions of young men coming into their own. The challenges
the young men face are well-developed and formidable. The future they
face seems adventurous and wonderful. If you like reading novels in a
series, this is a good place to start. Click here to read more…
The Ice fell upon the world nearly a hundred years ago, and if
civilization didn’t rightly collapse, it surely staggered and fell ill
a while. In the small town of Moline, Virginia, folks struggle to
survive, relying on hybrid seed sent by the faraway Dept. of
Reintroduction and Agriculture and their own faith in God and hard
work. But when a mated pair of dragons starts hunting the countryside,
stealing sheep, and attacking children, the townsfolk quickly learn
that they don’t have the weapons or the skills to fight off such
predators.
David Anderson is a farmer’s son who has explored the world through
books. When he meets the new healer in town, Callan Landers, he doesn’t
quite know what to make of the strange warmth stealing over him. It’s
not until he surprises Callan with another man—and both men are
promptly arrested for sodomy—that David finally realizes the truth
about his own feelings.
When David and Callan stumble over a secret in a nearby abandoned town,
their personal problems fade before government politics and corruption
that threaten lives. It seems the dragons aren’t the worst dangers
facing Moline.
The
world after the Ice remains a dangerous place. Callum and David have
survived the dragons but rebuilding lives is no easy task. When the
army comes to their town to enforce an evacuation, Callum is supicious
about their claims of tainted groundwater and radiation. David feels he
must join his family in defending the town, even if rebellion means
deadly force is needed. Tragedy strikes when the Brethren, a crazed
religious order, seeks to control the new world through not only
preaching intolerance but forced conversion and torture as well. Can
the love between these young men withstand not only distance but
betrayal?
Magic and myth mingle in dark and dazzling ways in Craig Laurance
Gidney's debut collection. A tourist meets an African sea god... A 12th
century Japanese monk attracts the attention of a mischievous
shapeshifter... The Earl King lives in a briar patch on an antebellum
plantation... Spirits of the past haunt a young boy on a Southern
coastal island.... Gidney turns the familiar strange and the strange
familiar in this landmark debut.
"...transcendence, brilliance, and mastery, all of
which this collection evinces in abundance." -- from a great review at
thefix-online. Click here to
read the whole review
"The best of the stories in this thoughtful debut collection make full
use of African and African-American characters, such as when young
slave Israel Jones meets a man he's convinced is the guitar-wielding
Devil..." --from a good review
in Publisher's Weekly
Lethe Press staffer, Craig Laurance Gidney, has a story in Expanded Horizons, "Conjuring Shadows." It's a wonderful and evocative story-within-a-story. (Click on the title to read the story)
John Stevens of SFSignal wrote about "Conjuring Shadows"
Craig Gidney’s offering in
Expanded Horizons, “Conjuring Shadows,” was beautiful and eye-opening.
The shift in forms from poetry to reportage to fiction, the nesting of
ideas and images that is created, are smoothly synergistic and
wonderfully written, and while they make a point, it is one that you
must uncover. For me, it delivered a challenge to think about the
constraints we put on pleasure and the ways in which identity can be
marked and embraced simultaneously. It is a story that compels
meditation not just on the meaning of the story and the fantastical tale
at its center, but on the way we look at art and sexuality and beauty
and power, and the entanglements that can arise between them.
One desperate night, a rent boy hot enough to scorch the motel sheets, meets a man doomed to burn for love.
Christian Ryder is a lonely man because of his strange abilities;
pyromancy, a curse that causes the temperature to dangerously rise
whenever Christian grows excited. He has accidentally hurt lovers in
the past and has sworn off personal attachments. Tanner O'Bannon is
broke and desperate. The recent loss of his father has thrown Tanner
into a tailspin of debt he can't afford to pay. Working as a rent boy
allows him to pay the mortgage and his college tuition, but it's
burning away his soul in the process. Through the machinations of an
escort agency these men are thrown together. Smoldering embers of
desire fan the flames of love, but will it be enough to make Christian
overcome his fear of love, or to save Tanner from the fire?
by Tanith Lee, writing as Judas Garber & Esther Garber
2012 Over the Rainbow selection by the American Library Assoc
Disturbed By Her Song
collects the work of Esther Garber and her half-brother Judas Garbah,
the mysterious family of writers that Tanith Lee has been channeling
for the past few years. Possibly autobiographical, frequently erotic
and darkly surreal, their fiction takes place in a variety of eras and
places, from Egypt in the 1940s, to England in the grip of the
Pre-Raphaelites, to gaslit Paris and to the shadowy landscapes carved
by the mind and memory. The themes of youth and age stream through
these tales of homosexual love and desire. These stories recall, at
times, the work of Lawrence Durrell, Colette, and Angela Carter.
For as long as there’s been such a thing as sex, alternate sexual
identities have been a fact of life. So why have we been so nearly
invisible in recorded history and historical fiction? Now editor Connie
Wilkins, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, has assembled fourteen
stories that span the centuries—from ancient times to the Renaissance
to the modern era—and explore alternate versions of our past. Their
queer protagonists, who bend history in ways dramatic enough to change
the world and subtle enough to touch hearts and minds, rescue our past
from invisibility, and affirm our place and importance throughout all
of history, past, present, and future.
Stories by:
Rita Oakes, Steven Adamson, Sandra Barret, Dale Chase, Steve
Berman, M P Ericson, Barry Lowe, Erin Mackay,
Catherine Lundoff, Simon Sheppard, Lisabet Sarai, Emily Salter,
Connie Wilkins, C.A. Gardner
The
stories that delighted us as boys, now told with a sensual edge for us as men!
The
Glass Coffin. The Elves. Fitcher’s Bird. Old fairy tales that might provoke a
wistful grin at their magical storytelling. Author William Holden has breathed
new life into such stories in A Twist of
Grimm—his retellings strike true, like Eros’s arrow: below the belt. Herein
are such tales as Wicked Little Tongues—a shoemaker discovers new lust brought
on by a pair of diminutive trolls—and The Flaccid Cock that Sang—sibling
rivalry, a magic sword, and, of course, a lifeless prick that needs rescuing.
Randy princes, well-hung knights, and fairies in every sense of the word await
you.
When strange powers emerge in a group of gay teens in the
town of Nuffim, their lives are forever changed. Troy is a closeted jock who
starts to sense other people's emotions. His geeky brother, Gibbie, develops
super strength. Flamboyant Chad unleashes his inner animal, while his gal pal
Mandy turns invisible. "I can totally use my power to psych out my
competition," says Troy. "My night vision will make cruising guys
super easy," exclaims Chad. "I am so going to eavesdrop on people's
conversations," exclaims Mandy. "Uh, I was thinking we'd make the
world a better place," offers Gibbie. They get the chance when their
schoolmates Devon and Liza use their own unique abilities to remake the
student body in a darker image.
From the 5-Star Rainbow Review by J.M. Snyder:
"I won’t give away the ending, but I’ll tell you this book kept me up
late reading because I simply had to know what happened. It’s been a
long time since a book has had me so hooked from the very first page, I
literally couldn’t put it down." Read the whole review
In the far future, human culture has developed five distinctive
genders due to the effects of a drug easing sickness
from faster-than-light travel. But on the planet Hara, where
society is increasingly instability, caught
between hard-liner traditions and the realities of life, only male
and female genders are legal, and the
"odd-bodied" population are forced to pass as one or the
other. Warreven Stiller, a lawyer and an intersexed person, is an
advocate for those who have violated Haran taboos. When Hara
regains contact with the Concorde worlds, Warreven finds a larger role
in breaking the long-standing role society has forced on "him,"
but the search for personal identity becomes a battleground of
political intrigue and cultural clash.
Winner of a Lambda Literary Award for Gay/Lesbian Science Fiction, Shadow Man remains one of the more
important modern, speculative novels ever published in the field
of gender- and sexual identity.
Fairy tales have long intrigued readers. They’re the first stories we
remember, and they resonate within us as adults.
In Sleeping Beauty, Indeed, editor JoSelle Vanderhooft
offers us a new take on an ancient theme: fairy tales from a lesbian
perspective. From Cinderella to Sleeping Beauty, from original myths by
talented authors to classics retold with a deft hand, these tales are
by turn erotic and sensuous, loving and wicked. Take a bite of the
magic apple and make this anthology your bedtime story tonight.
Colm McKenna has led a guarded life. Gifted with a wintry soul and a
photographer’s eye, he can stop time as easily as he freezes water, or
call down cold north winds. He thinks he is alone and unique in
the world. Then, seemingly by accident, he meets writer Aidan
Gallagher, his opposite, a young man who quickens Colm’s heart as
magically as heats the air.
In this lighthearted, gay romantic fantasy, can two male witches whose
passion reincarnates century after century, find a way to express their
love for each other again? Can this enchanting pair finally
succeed after so many lifetimes?
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review for The Rest of Our Lives
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but with a bit of a tang, refreshing in your mouth and it melts on your
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The legends of Fairyland tell that one should never taste the food or
sip the drink, or else risk being caught there forever. But the
tempting morsels in So Fey are irresistible! Lambda Award-nominated
editor Steve Berman brings together acclaimed fantasy writers with some
of the brightest names in speculative and LGBT fiction to create tales
that are moving and magical. These stories of romance and grief,
adolescence and identity, struggle and hope will enchant readers who
long for a fantastic escape—and a wonderful twist! One sample of this
bewitching treat is sure to trap you in its pages!
From the pains of loss in Holly Black’s “The Coat of Stars” to dealing
with issues of identity in Richard Bowes’s “The Wand’s Boy” to Melissa
Scott’s look at the dangers of love in “Mister Seeley,” So Fey: Queer
Fairy Fiction takes you into worlds that are at once amazing and
familiar. With tales that tear and tug at the heart but never cease to
enchant, this exciting and unique collection will long last in the
minds of readers.
In author Steve Berman's second collection of stories and essays, he
once more leads readers through the dark paths of his imagination:
stories of the scent of loneliness entices children to start eating
away at a caretaker's historic house; a young lover is tempted by a
nursery rhyme; and Victorian-era burglars need to be wiley as well as
quick to survive together. Berman follows each tale with an author note
that dares to question what is fact and what might be fiction, while
laying bare his own life and dreams.
Steve Berman has been a finalist for many awards, including the Andre
Norton (his yougn adult novel Vintage), the Gaylactic Spectrum, the
Golden Crown Literary, and the Lambda Literary Awards. He resides in
southern New Jersey.
Trysts A Triskaidecollection Of
Queer
And Weird Stories By Steve Berman
Steve Berman has assembled his most compelling stories
of
trysts
that range from the eerie to the horrifying to the wondrous. Cut and
paste a voodoo doll made of magazine clippings: watch as a ouija board
spells out your deepest secret...mourn the loss of your boyfriend while
awaiting his ghost... listen to the ancient whisperings of a threadbare
flapper dress...gamble for more than money on a Southern
riverboat...renounce your citizenship to walk through a restricted
area, rife with magic. Experience passion and loss, all within the
pages of
this triskaide collection - thirteen stories where the supernatural is
as likely to doom as to save those that are drawn to its power. Trysts
offers readers dark and quirky tales from a distinctive new voice in
gay fiction.
In a small town, a lonely teen walking along a highway one autumn
evening meets the boy of his dreams, a boy who happens to have died
decades ago and haunts the road. Awkward crushes, both bitter and
sweet, lead him to face not only the ghost but youthful dreams and
childish fears. With its cast of offbeat friends, antiques and Ouija
boards, Vintage offers readers a memorable blend of dark humor, chills
and love that is not your typical teen romance.
A reader posted a review at smashwords.com, saying: "…once you start reading you can't stop. This is one of the best YA
novels I've ever read. Buy two copies, because you'll want to loan it to
your friends.
Spicy Slipstream Stories Edited by Jay Lake and Nick
Mamatas
Spicy stories that defy genre! Alluring tales that
will astound readers!
Slipstream stories are
that weird combination of eloquent fancy and conventional literary
form. Intended to make the reader feel out of sorts within the confines
of their imagination, such fiction became the darling of small press
venues. And so, maybe, found its way into the hands of a few
readers. But add a dash of the risque and the result is Spicy
Slipstream Stories. Here the adventure and bosoms of the old pulps are
blended with the stylistic innovations and reader affect of that
non-genre genre, slipstream. Embrace the way a sweat, the bruises, the
upper thighs of these stories collected by editors Jay Lake and Nick
Mamatas.
The story of an ordinary man, who is so
disgusted with the state of the world, so depressed at what he sees as
a universal absence of hope for humankind, that he sees no way out
except the most desperate of measures. But then things that are not at
all ordinary start happening to him, as a stranger shows him, one small
mysterious step at a time, that he has another choice. This novella in
the form of a parable, leads the reader on an amazing journey from
despair to joy.
The winner of a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's
Science
Fiction
and bestselling novel, Secret Matter
returns to print in a revised
edition for the 21st century. With an afterword by gay theologian,
social commentator Mark Jordan.
Kevin Anderson is moving along through his life,
finishing up
college, and getting ready to leave New York for an internship
rebuilding San Francisco after an immense earthquake. Then the Visitors
arrive; a race of human-like aliens touch down in several cities around
the globe, including SF, and nothing will ever be the same. When
Kevin's company is given a contract to build a facility for the
Visitors, he forms a friendship with 'Bel, one of their number.
But is
'Bel so alien after all? They seem so human, but they possess some odd
characteristics and seem to be hiding something. What secrets do they
carry, and where, exactly, are they from?
This edition includes a Bonus of Toby Johnson's whimsical, but profound, story "Adam & Steve."
A
wonderful review by Arthur Breur on rainbow-reviews. Here an excerpt:
"...the book resolves in a very enjoyable and satisfying way, and the
author's many-layered revelations about the Visitors is both intriguing
and pleasantly startling. (I shouted out loud at the most critical
revelation, and was very relieved when the author powerfully backed it
up with science and reason.)
Recommended!" read the whole review
Cthulhu Fhtagn,
Baby!
and Other Cosmic Insolence By Will Ludwigsen
Oscar Wilde wrote that "the real
tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us
by their entire lack of style." Not satisfied with that, Will Ludwigsen
chooses instead to add humor and flair to the horrors that surround us.
Why settle for the lesser of evils in your newspaper when you can read
an entire book of stories about zombie-exploiting, plesiosaur-chopping,
alien-dissecting, robotically-enhanced, lunatics instead? This premiere
collection by Will Ludwigsen brings together thirteen of his best
horror, mystery, and science fiction stories from magazines such as
Weird Tales, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and Cemetery Dance,
plus three originals. Though the work of a single deranged author,
these varied tales share a flippant disdain for common decency,
courtesy, and sense. Witty and irreverent, they remind us that we have
more hope than we think--if only because we have wit and irreverence.
Japanese Dreams takes the reader to the islands of fire and smoke -
where shape-shifters, demons and lovers all populate a landscape
blossoming with story. Imaginative contributions by such well-known
writers of fantasy as Steve Berman, Eugie Foster, Jay Lake, Yoon Ha
Lee, Robert Jordan Levy, Lisa Mantchev, Richard Parks, Ekaterina Sedia,
Erzebet YellowBoy, and more, all offer us a glimpse of a silken sleeve
or the red fur of the fox as she slips between the rushes, daring us to
follow.
Let Tom Cardamone lead you into his wicked universe of changelings and
mysterious creatures, where a boy transforms into lightning and
illuminates his emerging sexuality. Where a man accidentally receives a
package meant for his neighbor, a situation complicated by the fact
that he lives next door to a Sphinx. A nurse finds herself working in a
retirement home for vampires, while in the future a man questions his
decision to live life as a manatee. Featuring tales of quiet suburban
anomie, to superhero tropes, to intense erotic horror, Pumpkin Teeth spans the range from
Palahniuk insanity to almost Bradburyesque tenderness. Warning,
once you are bitten by Pumpkin Teeth,
it will not let you go.
Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades
offers readers seventeen original lesbian ghost stories that stories
that range from eerie tales of lost love to the darker side of romantic
commitments, relationships that linger longer than the grave.
Queer
Hauntings:
True Tales of Gay and Lesbian Ghosts
Complied By Ken Summers
Queer Hauntings: True Tales of Gay and Lesbian Ghosts is a
collection of eerie locales worldwide with a queer
bent, combining historical fact and unearthly encounters from
across the United States, as well as around the globe. From
haunted bars in New Orleans to a haunted theater in London, this guide
encompasses the other side of the supernatural. The stories range from
the serious, from brutal murders in rural Georgia, to the
light-hearted, including the male spirit who enjoys unzipping men's
trousers at a British pub. Ghosts of legendary celebrities intermingle
with ordinary individuals.
Along with these queer spirits are many businesses, either gay-owned or
catering to a gay/lesbian clientele, experiencing hauntings. Clubs and
bars hide more than shy young lovers in their darkened corners.
Countless bed and breakfasts have otherworldly guests staying the
night. Behind the shadows and doors of societal homophobia hide
find pink phantoms and lavender apparitions in cities and towns spread
across the globe.
"Utterly, absolutely fascinating reading; a must-have for paranormal
enthusiasts and lovers of ghostly lore, regardless of sexual
orientation," says Erin
Schmidt in a review on Rainbow Reviews
A collection of grisly and gruesome legends from the colonial era of
Mexico City. Doomed lovers, insane misers, the Inquisition, all found
in the pages of this forgotten book. Six gruesome panels by Walter
Appleton Clark accompany the stories. At the end of the book is a
section that provides some insight into the truth and history behind
these legends.
Lethe Press Paperback,
ISBN 1590210980
South
Mountain Magic: TALES OF OLD MARYLAND
A title in the America Obscura
series!
The story behind this book begins in 1876, when, the author, a widow
from Washington society, purchased the old South Mountain Inn in
Maryland and transformed it into a private summer residence. Madeleine
Dahlgren fell in love with South Mountain House and the fascinating
local legends and lore of the surrounding townsfolk. This book is the
first title in the new series, America Obscura, which offers readers
some of the more interesting supernatural legends of the States.
Lethe Press Paperback,
ISBN 1590210034
Stranger
Than Fiction: Welsh Ghosts and Folklore
A title in the Classics of
Preternatural History series!
The canwyll corph or corpse-candle once warned of imminent death in the
Welsh countryside. But such spirits were not alone. Stranger Than
Fiction, first published in 1911, explores the folklore and
superstitions of Wales. Inside these pages are accounts of ghosts and
hauntings, as well as the local fey folk and witches. This book remains
a treasured resource on Celtic beliefs. Stranger Than Fiction is part
of The Classics of Preternatural History series, which explores areas
of the occult, pseudoscience, and the supernatural that have had a
lasting impact upon the history and psyche of civilization.
Lethe Press Paperback,
248 pages
ISBN 1590210964
Irish
Witchcraft & Demonology
A title in the Classics of
Preternatural History series!
Irish Witchcraft and Demonology is St. John Seymour's classic study of
Ireland's infernal history. In it he traces and describes the most
famous witches and witchcraft of Ireland: from Dame Alice Kyteler in
the Middle Ages to a trial for witchcraft in a 1911 murder court.
Seymour analyzes the accounts of the accused men and women, their
familiars, and associated demons and devils. This book will be a
welcome read to lovers of occult history.
Lethe Press Paperback,
ISBN 1590210085
Vampires
& Vampirism
A title in the Classics of
Preternatural History series!
Fiends that rise from their graves to prey upon the living have long
haunted man. The most notorious of these creatures is the vampire, but
the image of the suave, blood-drinking fiend held by contemporary
culture is vastly different from the early legends of vampirism found
throughout the globe.
Vampires and Vampirism
is part of the canon of works on the folklore of vampires. Inside these
pages are many accounts of the presence of nocturnal creatures with an
unnatural hunger. Readers will discover that tales of vampires are
whispered not only in the sleepy villages of eastern and central Europe
but also in the Middle East, the Asian sub-continent, and the isles of
Great Britain.
Lethe Press Paperback
ISBN 1590210026
The
Supernatural in
Modern English Fiction By Dorothy Scarborough
The supernatural is a traditional element in literature. Since the epic
of Beowulf, there has been a continuing presence of the unearthly and
weird in poetry, drama, and fiction. The Supernatural in Modern English
Fiction, first published in 1917 during a period of renewed social and
literary interest in the occult and spiritualism, offers readers an
overview of some of the greatest known, as well as some forgotten yet
eerily important, works of English literature.
Lethe Press
Paperback,
340 pages
ISBN 1590210018
The
Book of Ceremonial
Magic By Arthur Edward Waite
The Book of Ceremonial
Magic,
written by the distinguished occult scholar Arthur Edward Waite, offers
readers an analytical and critical account of the major magical rituals
known in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. With
chapters on the preparation of rituals, the hierarchy of spirits and
demons, and the art of conjuration, this book is a necessary component
of any occultist's bookshelf.
Lethe Press Paperback
372 pages
ISBN 1590210123
Western Scottish Folklore and Superstitions By James Napier
Even at the turn of the 19th century, Scots kept alive a rich trove of
superstitions and beliefs, from cradle to grave. In the pages of this
classic volume of lore, readers can discover a wealth of crafted
charms, folk-medicine, fortune-telling, second sight as well as the
eerie threats of witchcraft that worried local men and women around
Glasgow.
James Napier (1810-1884) was a Scottish author and antiquarian. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
