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Founded in 2011 as a specialty publisher focused on transgender narratives, Topside Press brings their first work to market with The Collection: Short fiction from the transgender vanguard edited by Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod.Like most collections, this one is hit-or-miss, with some absolutely outstanding entries, as well as a few stories I admittedly skimmed through to the end. On the 'miss' side of the spine are a few bland, boring, slice-of-life stories that unfortunately tended to revolve a...
Massive collection that pushed forward the field of trans lit. Quality of stories ranges, some are pretty incredible, but with this many in the book they can't all be. Still, very much worth the read.
I found this a difficult book to read as a trans woman. But it was difficult, to some extent, because it is good: it forced me to confront some of my own uncomfortable emotions and memories, even though I often try to bury them and hide them from myself.
Great collection by talented writers featuring fictional transgender characters in a variety of imaginative situations. There is even a Necronomicon.
There are some great stories in here. I liked Imogen Binnie's story about fandom and brooklyn and histories a lot, and Casey Plett's "other women" was great. And I loved Red Durkin's piece. I mean OF COURSE.. it features an eating contest and name checks my idol Sonya Thomas. In fact there are a lot of celebrities in The Collection. Maybe someone can develop a literary theory about that. There's also quite a bit of fantasy fiction and even though I never read fantasy books I kinda loved those st...
This anthology is across the board very well-written, and the subject matter is far overdue. In short, I loved this book. In full, check out my review at The Lesbrary.
DNF. People I respect and admire adored this book, and I probably went into it expecting too much. There's a LOT of drug references, and the very first story comes from a weird place that I can't connect to at all. I skimmed through others and they all kind of do. This might be a great book for others, but it just wasn't for me.
While the themes and issues dealt with are all really interesting, in terms of actual writing this collection is a bit of a mixed bag. Some of the stories are really great, but there were a few that I had to skip.
Twenty-eight emerging authors--each unique and surefooted in their narrative prowess--together make for an outstanding anthology. In particular, stories by Red Durkin, Carter Sickles, Casey Plett and Alice Doyle have remained on my mind since reading an early copy of THE COLLECTION. My biggest thanks and appreciation for editors Riley MacLead and Tom Leger. I can't wait to watch this book garner accolades it deserves.
I loved this book. Of course, there were some stories that moved me more than others, but I can tell you, there was no story in this collection that I disliked.Certain ones stood out to me more than others. Carter Sickels' "Saving" nearly brought me to tears. The protagonist's struggle to reconcile his new life with his old is one that many will relate to. Dean's journey back to his hometown forces him to try to figure out how he fits in to a familiar world that has become more unfamiliar post-t...
I love short story anthologies for a couple reasons. For one, the pacing of a short story is different from longer-form writing. It is satisfying in a different way from full novels. The other main reason is that it's like a literary sample platter. And then I can go find other stories by the authors featured.A number of the stories stood out to me: -The Café by R. Drew-Black Holes by RJ Edwards-The Queer Experiment by Donna Ostrowsky-Masks of a Superhero by Mikki Whitworth-Runaways by Calvin Gi...
