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LGBTQ+ stories, poems and essays on star-crossed lovers, femmes fatale, AI and superhero love affairs, RuPaul's Drag Race, alien abduction films, queer Muslims, trans forebears, dead Hollywood heartthrobs, haunted houses, enchanted closets and more! All with some beautiful, thought-provoking, full color visual art and b&w graphic art too!Geek Out! II: Queer Pop Lit, Art & Ideas presents original work by the following writers and artists: GENRE FICTION (science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, romance) by Carole Ackelson, Alexis Ames, Melanie Bell, Cathy Bryant, Laramie Dean, Charlie Godwyne, Jude-Marie Green, Novae Caelum, Anne E. Johnson, Jess Simms, Louise Tondeur, Alice Pow and Raymond Luczak. CREATIVE NONFICTION (essays & articles) by Andres Caravantes, Lorna Phillips and Emad Aysha. EXPERIMENTAL POETRY by Mackenzie Bush, Clinton Inman, Ian Duncan, Violet Mitchell and Sean Patrick Mulroy. VISUAL ART by Kelsey Ford, Todd Swindell, Huda Tariq and Aiden Kvarnström.Geek Out! II: Queer Pop Lit, Art & Ideas is edited and introduced by Sage Kalmus, MFA faculty and cofounder of Qommunity Media LLC, parent of Qommunicate Publishing.Geek Out! II: Queer Pop Lit, Art & Ideas is the 2nd edition in an annual series of work discovered through an open call for submissions.

More true stories on the subject of family life as seen through queer lenses. Includes original short memoirs in prose and poetry form from parents and children, spouses and in-laws, cousins and chosen family.

LGBTQ+ erotic poems. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and other works by male, female, transgender & non-binary poets. Includes erotic terms and material. Subjects explored include romance, love, lust, masturbation, open relationships, BDSM & more. For readers 18+.

The queer lit is back & the third time's the charm! More LGBTQ+ fiction, nonfiction, poetry and scripts from over two-dozen writers, including two from India where homosexuality was only just legalized.

Editor’s NoteThe word, “geek” means different things to different people. Merriam-Webster defines it as: “An enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity.” MacMillan defines it as: “Someone who is boring.” Oxford defines it as: “An unfashionable and socially inept person” and “A knowledgable and obsessive enthusiast.”*“Queer” is even more nebulous a term, if that’s possible. Formerly signifying the mere difference of a person or group from the norm, it has evolved to apply to specific differences of sexuality and gender-identity. Despite this distinction, however, an enormous overlap obviously exists between the two terms. Many people who self-identify as queer also self-identify as geeks. For that matter, so too are many people labeled queer by others also perceived as geeks. The commonality, if it can be pared down to a single factor, is a lack of belonging. Being queer and being a geek are each belonging to a group distinguished by its failure to belong, or to fit the dominant paradigm. In their own realms, they—we—are each, alone, together, living in society’s margins.The Urban Dictionary defines “geek out” as: “The act of becoming emotionally and physically aroused by the sight or the thought of a technicality of a certain topic of major interest. It resembles an ‘orgasm of the mind’.“ For the writers and artists here, it may be science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, westerns, fanfic or experimental poetry. It may be opera, drag, synesthesia, urban planning or board games. For all of us involved in this book, it is also a play on words, suggesting queer geeks coming out as both. So what do you geek out about? This book and all subsequent volumes in this series are dedicated to all the wild and wonderful geeks, freaks, nerds, dweebs, outcasts and, yes, queers out there in the world. This means you.—Sage Kalmus, Editor

We are everywhere! That's the message of this LGBTQ collection of short memoirs on travel, immigration and multiculturalism from a queer perspective. Includes work from the U.S., U.K., Australia and India.