We’ve some truly wonderful reads to open the year with: Trebor Healey and Richard Hall join our authors. Richard Stevenson, John Morgan Wilson and Lauren Wright Douglas series sleuths return. And a new Stan Leventhal novel! Two New Authors for ReQueered Tales for 2023 Trebor HEALEY Recipient of The James Duggins Lambda Literary Award for …
After 18 months of go-slow due to COVID-19 and the impacts on publishing and retailing, we came roaring back in January 2022. More books, new authors, old friends. It was an incredible year for ReQueered Tales. A small enterprise, we rely on our authors, contributors, and readers … for everything. A big year-end THANK YOU to one …
Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Violet Quill LOS ANGELES—October 13, 2020—Widely celebrated, this literary mystery is a tour-de-force of villainous machinations, savage wit, sleight-of-hand, and an ending that surprises right up to the final line. (No peeking!) “Based on Picano’s involvement with the Violet Quill Club (which included Edmund White and Andrew Holleran), this …
Geoffry Chadwick Misadventure 3 A lively comedy of manners – bad manners – with just a hint of crime LOS ANGELES—July 28, 2020—Edward O. Phillips returns with the third installment in a sophisticated urban comedy of manners set in Montreal starring Geoffry Chadwick – “SUNDAY BEST”. “A highly polished gem of a novel on Montreal …
“Incandescent angels of love … an electric voyage” — The Advocate LOS ANGELES—July 14, 2020—Following the remarkable Italian-American family saga featured in The Family of Max Desir, Robert Ferro returns with his deeply moving novel – “THE BLUE STAR”. “Enthralling … euphoric imagination … we can never forget the bliss we are allowed to share.” …
Brilliant dystopian vision of persecution of those infected with AIDS LOS ANGELES—June 30, 2020—Jed A. Bryan debuts with a shocking dystopian tale – “A CRY IN THE DESERT.” A wonderful example of an author who found his voice in the 1980s as AIDS oppressed a generation of us and the world changed overnight. His first …
Debut novel in ongoing 25th Anniversary Edition Series LOS ANGELES—March 17, 2020—ReQueered Tales is honored to return Stan Leventhal’s remarkable debut novel “MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN SHERIDAN SQUARE” – a slice of New York life in the 1980s – to print. “Stan Leventhal instantly transported me back to 1980s Manhattan. I was there too. His brilliantly …
Classic 1982 Bibliography and new 2020 Supplement LOS ANGELES—February 25, 2020—ReQueered Tales offers award-winning gay and lesbian fiction in mystery, literary and sci-fi genres. And now … a classic 1982 bibliography AND an original 2020 supplement targeted at enthusiastic queer fiction readers and the academic research community alike. A Classic Bibliography Returns … In 1975, …
An Annotated Bibliography of Gay and Queer Males in Mystery, 1909-2018 LOS ANGELES—February 25, 2020—ReQueered Tales offers award-winning gay and lesbian fiction in mystery, literary and sci-fi genres. And now … an original bibliography targeted at enthusiastic queer fiction readers and the academic research community alike. There’s a rich history of scholars making lists of …
25th Anniversary Edition LOS ANGELES—January 28, 2020—ReQueered Tales is honored and humbled to release the 25th Anniversary Edition of Felice Picano’s Like People In History to old friends and a new generation of readers. “It’s the heroic and funny saga of the last three decades by someone who saw everything and forgot nothing.” – Edmund …