How do you feel about writing a short story for me? I'm about to edit a story anthology for Obverse Books and I'm going to invite a select number of gay men to write stories based in a genre -- any genre they like -- and maybe more than one at a time.
I love the idea of writers working in different genres and using the rules for each one... but I do have this theory that when gay men write detectives, space opera, paranormal romance or whatever... there's a bit of subversion and bending of the rules going on. I'm after mash-ups and literary crossovers... a bit of Camp Cosy Crime and some satirical thrillers; sexy confessional tales and some time travel; magical realism and outrageous mythic fantasy.
How do you feel about writing a short story for me? I'm about to edit a story anthology for Obverse Books and I'm going to invite a select number of gay men to write stories based in a genre -- any genre they like -- and maybe more than one at a time.
I love the idea of writers working in different genres and using the rules for each one... but I do have this theory that when gay men write detectives, space opera, paranormal romance or whatever... there's a bit of subversion and bending of the rules going on. I'm after mash-ups and literary crossovers... a bit of Camp Cosy Crime and some satirical thrillers; sexy confessional tales and some time travel; magical realism and outrageous mythic fantasy.