Heiresses of Russ 2011 : the year's best lesbian speculative fiction

Named one of the 2013 Over the Rainbow Project book list, sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table of the American Library Association!Welcome to a new annual anthology created in honor of the late Joanna Russ, American writer, academic, and feminist whose work shone brightly in the male-dominated field of speculative fiction of the latter part of the twentieth century.Heiresses of Russ offers readers in one volume the best lesbian-themed tales of the fantastical and otherworldly published during the prior year. Editors JoSelle Vanderhooft and Steve Berman read countless books, periodicals, and webzines to collect a range of talesfrom new voices as well as award-winning authorsthat celebrate the spirit of Russ's fiction: stories of sorceresses and spectral women, lost daughters and sisters of myth. The transformative power of the written word becomes magic and tests the boundaries of gender, identity, and a woman's dreams.Stories by Georgina Bruce,... Welcome to a new annual anthology created in honor of the late Joanna Russ, American writer, academic, and feminist whose work shone brightly in the male-dominated field of speculative fiction of the latter half of the twentieth century. Heiresses of Russ offers readers in one volume the best lesbian-themed tales of the fantastical, weird and otherworldly, published during the prior year. Editors JoSelle Vanderhooft (Sleeping Beauty, Indeed and Other Stories) and Steve Berman (the Wilde Stories series) read countless books, periodicals, and webzines to collect a range of talers--from new voices as well as award-winning authors--that celebrate the spirit of Russ's fiction: stories of sorceresses and spectral women, lost daughters and sisters of myth. The transformative power of the written word becomes magic and tests the boundaries of gender, identity and a woman's dreams. Ghost of a horse under a chandelier / Georgina Bruce Storyville 1910 / Jewelle Gomez Her heart would surely break in two / Michelle Abbé Black eyed Susan / Esther Garber, Tanith Lee Thimbleriggery and fledglings / Steve Berman The lady who picked red flowers / Rachel Swirsky The children of Cadmus / Ellen Kushner The guest / Zen Cho Rabbits / Csilla Kleinheincz The Egyptian cat / Catherine Lundoff World War III doesn't last long / Nora Olsen The effluent engine / N.K. Jemesin.