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Best Indie LGBTQ Stories of 2017

FICTION

SHE'S MY DAD

by Iolanthe Woulff

A rich web of complex questions, rendered beautifully in this tale of a transgender professor. Full review >

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FICTION

THE DAHLIA FIELD

by Henry Alley

A fine collection that explores and celebrates the ebb and flow of gay life. Full review >

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FICTION

EARTH AS IT IS

by Jan Maher

A quietly luminous tale of folksy gender-bending that’s entertaining and authentic. Full review >

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FICTION

AT DANCETERIA AND OTHER STORIES

by Philip Dean Walker

A fine collection of tales about people dancing frenetically on the edge of doom. Full review >

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