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Jameson Currier Goodreads Author. As such literary movements as interstitial and slipstream gain momentum, more and more authors interweave their traditional stories with gay themes as coming out, homophobia, and self-as-other, with a bit of the strange and weird. Named after one of the founding fathers of gay speculative fiction, Wilde Stories is a new annual anthology that offers readers the best of such As such literary movements as interstitial and slipstream gain momentum, more and more authors interweave their traditional stories with gay themes as coming out, homophobia, and self-as-other, with a bit of the strange and weird.

Named after one of the founding fathers of gay speculative fiction, Wilde Stories is a new annual anthology that offers readers the best of such stories from the prior year. Editor Steve Berman, a finalist for both the Lambda Literary and Andre Norton Awards, has collected an engaging selection of the fantastical, the strange, and the scary from such notable authors as Victor J. Banis, Hal Duncan and Lee Thomas. Paperback , pages.

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Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year's Gay Speculative Fiction

Kind of dated already, though only 10 years old. A few good stories, some others not so much. Your mileage may vary. Aug 27, Kris rated it liked it Shelves: One of the things which particularly struck me whilst reading this anthology was that this genre lends itself very well to dealing with issues affecting the GLBT community. I suppose one might say that about any of the sub-genres of GLBT fiction, but it seems to me the fantastical imagery of speculative fiction allows authors to explore more metaphorically such subjects as sexuality, being in the closet, coming out, prejudice, loss and love.

The end result can be very thought provoking as I found with a number of the stories in this volume.

Regardless, there were a couple of stories that were absolute stand outs for me. Other than that, it was a wonderfully dark and sadomasochistic story about a suburban queer couple whose so-called perfect life is ripped to shreds under the torture of two gay kids, who could, in fact, well be the ghosts of their past.

This was an absolute riot of a read. I think because of that the nuances of some individual stories flew straight over my head. Overall, and to the credit of Steve Berman, Wilde Stories is a good quality volume of short stories, which both challenge and engage the reader. I would recommend it particularly to fans of speculative fiction. I think those of you who do have a love of this genre will be quite blown away by the boundaries several of the stories contained in this anthology push.

Nov 08, Matthew Bright rated it liked it. Wilde Stories is an annual collection of short stories, all speculative fiction with a queer bent pun unintended, but nice.

Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction

Interestingly, follows the same pattern of in terms of my response. First out of the box: It starts with The Woman in the Window by Jameson Cu Wilde Stories is an annual collection of short stories, all speculative fiction with a queer bent pun unintended, but nice.

A man takes drugs at a party and hallucinates some very odd things, wrapped up in a vague suggestion that the man is an immortal force of some form. Read the rest of the review at http: Oct 07, Kat rated it it was amazing Shelves: I bought this for the Hal Duncan story, and wasn't disappointed fans of the author's Vellum and Ink books will be pleased to know his short story in this anthology stars a piratical incarnation of the character Jack Flash.

Described as speculative fiction the stories in this book lean more toward the strange and the fantastical than the sci-fi. I enjoyed most of them and some of the weird moods and imagery has really stayed with me. Good value for the kindle, I'll be checking out the other ann I bought this for the Hal Duncan story, and wasn't disappointed fans of the author's Vellum and Ink books will be pleased to know his short story in this anthology stars a piratical incarnation of the character Jack Flash. Good value for the kindle, I'll be checking out the other annual Wilde Stories anthologies.

Sure, I didn't love every story but I'm still giving it 5 stars because it functions well as an anthology, introduced me to new authors and hangs together as a well-curated collection.

Jul 18, Erika rated it it was ok Shelves: If these were the best stories of the year it couldn't have been the best harvest they've had in a while. There was only one story I really like and it was the last one in the book. There were about other two I kind of liked but fell flat by the middle of the story.

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