New in December: James Han Mattson, Annie Harper, Claire McNab & Katherine V. Forrest

Author: Edit Team

December 7, 2017

Bring in the holidays with these new reads!

Editor Annie Harper has pulled together a holiday-themed romance anthology, If the Fates Allow (Interlude Press), that would make a perfect stocking stuffer.

From the publisher:

During the holidays, anything is possible a second chance, a promised future, an unexpected romance, a rekindled love, or a healed heart. Authors Killian B. Brewer, Pene Henson, Erin Finnegan, Lilah Suzanne, and Lynn Charles share their stories about the magic of the season.

Looking for more holiday gifts? Consider this new collection, entitled Queer Christmas in Cowtown (GENRES were made to be broken).

From the publisher:

A baker’s dozen of queer Christmas stories for the twelve days of Christmas. An exercise in writing—storytelling—story finishing—and story sharing. The writers were asked to write “true” and “queer.” (Also, short. Because, shiny things!) Their interpretations of these instructions are as marvellously unique—and queer—and true—as they are. So… Read. Enjoy. And… join us? Tell your own truth, your own story. And share it. Stories—queer, true, shared—are how we’re going to change the world. Truth.

For the literary fiction lover on your shopping list, check out James Han Mattson’s suspenseful, character-driven debut novel, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves (Little A):

In raw, poignant alternating first-person narratives, interspersed with e-mails, gay chat-room exchanges, and other fragments of a youth laid bare in the age of social media, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves unravels the mystery of a life in all its glory: despair and regret, humor and wonder, courage and connection.

Mystery fans won’t want to miss Lethal Care (Bella Books), the thrilling end of the Chief Inspector Carol Ashton series, for which Claire McNab has teamed up with Katherine V. Forrest:

Two celebrated writers combine to offer the electrifying conclusion to a legendary mystery series…

Detective Inspector Carol Ashton’s promotion to Chief Inspector has immediately ensnared her in two assignments that hold no warning they will forever change her life.

(If you’re new to the series and would like to start at the beginning, the first installment is Lessons in Murder.)

As always, if we missed an author or book, or if you have a book coming out next month, please email us.

Fiction

The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves: A Novel by James Han Mattson, Little A
Resilience: Surviving in the Face of Everything edited by Amy Heart, Heartspark Press
Turkey by Frankie Meredith, Oberon Books Ltd

Nonfiction

China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-Dresser by Michael Bristow, Sandstone Press
How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities by Japonica Brown-Saracino, University Of Chicago Press
Queer Christmas In Cowtown edited by M. Jane Colette, GENRES were made to be broken
Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home by Sheila R. Morris, University of South Carolina Press
Swords in the Hands of Children: Reflections of an American Revolutionary by Jonathan Lerner, OR Books
The Ugandan Morality Crusade: The Brutal Campaign Against Homosexuality and Pornography Under Yoweri Museveni by Deborah Kintu, McFarland

LGBT Studies

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton, Univ Of Minnesota Press
Just One of the Boys: Female-to-Male Cross-Dressing on the American Variety Stage by Gillian M Rodger, University of Illinois Press
National Politics and Sexuality in Transregional Perspective: The Homophobic Argument by Achim Rohde,‎ Christina von Braun, &‎ Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, Routledge
Nonbinary Gender Identities: History, Culture, Resources by Charlie McNabb, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Normality: A Critical Genealogy by Peter Cryle & Elizabeth Stephens, University Of Chicago Press
The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men’s Communities by Damien W. Riggs, Lexington Books
Queer and Trans Perspectives on Teaching LGBT-themed Texts in Schools by Mollie V. Blackburn,‎ Caroline T. Clark, &‎ Wayne J. Martino, Routledge
Queer Muslims in Europe: Sexuality, Religion and Migration in Belgium by Wim Peumans, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television: Screening the Closet by Melanie Kohnen, Routledge
Retroactivism in the Lesbian Archives: Composing Pasts and Futures by Jean Bessette, Southern Illinois University Press
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi by Dan Healey, Bloomsbury Academic
Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility by Reina Gossett,‎ Eric A. Stanley, &‎ Johanna Burton, The MIT Press

Young Adult and Children’s Literature

The Boy With the Rainbow Heart by William Mason, Mascot Books
Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson, Oftomes Publishing
Sea of Strangers by Erica Cameron, Entangled: Teen

Romance

A More Perfect Union by Carsen Taite, Bold Strokes Books
Captain’s Choice by VK Powell, Bold Strokes Books
Dreams Unspoken by RJ Layer, Bella Books
Falling into Her by Erin Zak, Bold Strokes Books
Gathered Up by Annabeth Albert, Lyrical Shine
Heartsick by Tracey Richardson, Bella Books
If the Fates Allow edited by Annie Harper, Interlude Press
Junkyard Heart by Garrett Leigh, Riptide Publishing
Lucy’s Chance by Jackie D, Bold Strokes Books
New Hand by L. A. Witt, Riptide Publishing
Operation Green Card by G B Gordon, Riptide Publishing
Outside the Lines by Anna Zabo, Riptide Publishing
Postcards from the Canyon by Lisa Gitlin, Bywater Books
Right Here, Right Now by Georgia Beers, Bold Strokes Books
Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace, Bold Strokes Books

Illustrated/Art Books

First Year Out: A Transition Story by Sabrina Symington, Singing Dragon
For You!: Modern Day Love Letters by John Arsenault, Daylight Books
Kim & Kim Volume 2: Love Is A Battlefield by Magdalene Visaggio, Black Mask Comics
Misfit City Vol. 1 by Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith &‎ Kurt Lustgarten, BOOM! Box
Out: LGBTQ Poland by Nabrdalik, The New Press

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

Arrival by Gun Brooke, Bold Strokes Books
Songs to Earth and Sky: Stories of the Seasons by Storm Constantine, Immanion Press/Magalithica Books
Time Will Tell by M. Ullrich, Bold Strokes Books
Winterglass by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Apex Book Company