Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction

Twenty years ago lesbian fiction thrived in a number of independently produced, alternative literary journals. Many of those journals have since folded, leaving fewer places for short fiction to appear. Susan Fox Rogers's Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction has remedied this situation to a large degree. Short stories from established writers such as Ruthann Robson and Anna Livia and newcomers Wickie Stamps and Rebecca Lavine range from first love to murderous rage, from deconstructed fairy tale to postmodern speculative fiction. While all of the stories emerge from a lesbian experience, they are as varied as the individuals who wrote them.