by Lori L. Lake
Reese’s website is: www.BigBadButch.com.
Talaran a/k/a DL Pawlowski
Vendetta, police procedural/romance, Regal Crest Enterprises, 2001
Julia Watts
Wildwood Flowers, romance, (orig. Naiad Press), Bella Books, 1996
Phases of the Moon, romance, (orig. Naiad Press), Naiad Press, Bella Books, 1997
Piece of My Heart, romance, (orig. Naiad Press), Bella Books, 1998
Wedding Bell Blues, romance, (orig. Naiad Press), Bella Books, 1999
Mixed Blessings, fiction/drama, Jacobyte Books, 2001
Finding H.F., drama/romance, Alyson Press, 2001
Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairytale Lesbians, “La Belle Rose,” fantasy novella, Bella Books, 2004
Women's Studies, novel, Spinsters Ink, 2006
The Kind of Girl I Am, novel, Spinsters Ink, 2007
Women. Period., anthology co-edited with Parneshia Jones, Jo Ruby, & Elizabeth Slade, Spinsters Ink, 2008
Kindred Spirits, middle grade novel, Beanpole Books, 2008
Free Spirits, middle grade novel, Beanpole Books, 2009
Revived Spirits, middle grade novel, Beanpole Books, 2011
Julia’s website is: www.juliawattsbooks.com.
Kelly Zarembski
Visions of Sarah, romance, Writer’s Showcase Press, 2002
Embers in the Sky, romance, Writer’s Showcase Press, 2003
Love and Pork Chops, romance, iUniverse, 2004
PERMISSIONS &
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
“Preface” © 2011 Lori L. Lake, printed with permission of author.
“Introduction” © 2004 Lori L. Lake, printed with permission of author.
“A Mother Just Knows” © 2004 Meghan Brunner, printed with permission of author.
“Color Blind” © 2004 Jennifer Fulton, printed with permission of author.
“Damaged Goods” © 2004 Cate Swannell, printed with permission of author.
“Dangling Earrings” © 2004 Karin Kallmaker, printed with permission of author.
“Disconnected” © 2004 Therese Szymanski, printed with permission of author.
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or...The Day My Mother Broke the Silence” © 2004 Radclyffe, printed with permission of author.
“Girl Talk” © 2004 Julia Watts, printed with permission of author.
“Grandmother’s Cup” © 2004 Lois Cloarec Hart, printed with permission of author.
“Hiding in Plain Sight” © 2004 Carrie Carr, printed with permission of author.
“Jeanie” ©1998 Katherine V. Forrest from Mom: Candid Memoirs by Lesbians About the First Woman in Their Life (Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, California). Reprinted with permission of the author.
“June Hunter” © 2004 Kelly A. Zarembski, printed with permission of author.
“Long Way Home” © 2004 Gabrielle Goldsby, printed with permission of author.
“Lost Daughter” © 2004 J.M. Redmann, printed with permission of author.
“Mother Memoir: A Coming Out Story” © 2004 Ellen Hart, printed with permission of author.
“Ramblings of a Lesbian Daughter” © 2004 Talaran, printed with permission of author.
“That Way” © 2004 Susan X Meagher, printed with permission of author.
“The Awakening” © 1984 Lee Lynch from Old Dyke Tales (Naiad Press, Tallahassee, Florida). Reprinted with permission of the author.
“The Bright Side” © 2004 Lori L. Lake from Stepping Out: Short Stories (Regal Crest Enterprises, Port Arthur, Texas). Reprinted with permission of publisher and author.
“The Tuesday Before Thanksgiving” © 2004 Georgia Beers, printed with permission of author.
“Train Tracks” © 2004 Cameron Abbott, printed with permission of author.
“Winterreise” © 2004 Caro Clarke, printed with permission of author.
“World Without End” © 2004 Jean Stewart, printed with permission of author.
OTHER COLLECTIONS
YOU MAY ENJOY
Shimmer
and
Other Stories
By Lori L. Lake
With a Foreword by Ann Bannon
Ann Bannon, author of the ground-breaking Beebo Brinker novel
“In these artfully written stories, many of the characters who thought they had given up on happiness find it coming at them from the least likely corners of their world. Lake has a flawless ear for the witty twists of the English language and a fine grasp of popular culture. She fearlessly situates her characters in a range of places, times, and dilemmas that might daunt a less gifted and confident author. Readers can relax, knowing they will be carried along by a born story teller.”
Lee Lynch, author of Sweet Creek, Rafferty Street, and many other novels
“Lake has created distinctive and memorable characters in settings that will linger with readers long after the stories come to their satisfying and hopeful conclusions. Here are five compelling tales of outsiders: women ex-offenders, lesbians, cancer survivors alone with their altered bodies. All bump up against the harsh real world and find salvation in surprising ways, from the supernatural to a former nemesis turned guardian angel.”
Nann Dunne, novelist and Editor-in-Chief of JustAboutWrite.com
“In Shimmer and Other Stories, Lori L. Lake serves up a tempting array of treats as her outstanding characters experience the sweetness of true soulmates in Another Stage; handle the sourness of a reproachful town in Paige; admire the tartness of an old lady’s gumption in Take Me Out; savor the tastiness of unsuspected friends in Tsuki, Tsuki; and overthrow the bitterness of discrimination in Shimmer. Sample these delightful morsels. Lake has laid out a feast.
Victor Banis, author of Longhorns, Come This Way, and 140 other novels
“The best writers, like the best wines, just get better. Lori L. Lake has always been a master craftsperson, but she gets better every time she steps up to the plate.”
Curve Magazine
“Lori Lake’s new book includes five brilliant fictional tales that are varied in plot but connected by a common theme. They exemplify the grit and adversity of real life with topics ranging from sexual harassment to surviving breast cancer. The title story, “Shimmer,” is set during the 1969 Stonewall riots. Many lesbians were silent and invisible until Stonewall. There is a lot of heart packed into the pages of this book, but the collection sends us a clear message: We can choose the path our lives take.”
The Independent Gay Writer
“It is much more difficult to write a short story than a novel because the writer has limited time and space to expand upon the characters and story line. There is little time to develop the plot - it has to be there and be there quick. Lori Lake does an excellent job with this task.”
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Stepping Out
Short Stories
By Lori L. Lake
With a Foreword by Jean Stewart
Lambda Book Report
“Lake's strength in this collection is that she discovers the truth in the everyday. Instead of finding the moment that everything changes in a great big flash, she finds more subtle times and truths… Some writers write stories and have fun. In this collection, Lake fell in love with her characters. She cared for and nurtured them, making this not so much a collection of stories as an anthology of characters.”
The Independent Gay Writer
“[A]n insightful collection of short stories . . . bring[ing] forth interesting characters and situations you long to know more about. Lori Lake can easily have fourteen more novels to write and the reader is left hoping that is her intention… It is much more difficult to write a short story than a novel because the writer has limited time and space to expand upon the characters and story line. There is little time to develop the plot - it has to be there and be there quick. Lori Lake does an excellent job with this task. Each of the short stories is timeless and authentic in its portrayal of real people and their lives.”
Victor
Banis, author of Spine Intact, Some Creases and over 140 other novels
"Lori Lake's writing truly does defy categorization, and this splendid collection of 14 stories, some of them lesbian themed, some of them not, perfectly illustrates that point; but if there is a common theme that runs through them, it is that of pain and loss, and coming through it better, stronger, wiser. She looks unflinchingly at some little-discussed and very difficult subjects - domestic abuse in lesbian relationships, a parent's difficulty in accepting a lesbian daughter, a father's loss of his son - and does so with great compassion and profound insight. These stories from one of today's best authors will make you think - and make you care.”
Just About Write
“This was definitely not your standard collection of lesbian tales – these stories were written with an overall vision (not of the horny variety), as well as a certain gentleness, respect and love for the players in these stories. As I read, I was overcome with the passion Lake has for her characters – gay, straight, male, female, young, old… no matter the details, Lake catches those moments that most clearly tell her tale. Sometimes a good story will capture characters just when their lives are in flux. These tales will start in medias res – the middle of things – capturing the time of change.”
