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Call to Arms: Modern LGBTQ+ fiction of the Second World War Paperback – October 28, 2017
- Print length264 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 28, 2017
- Dimensions6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101908312599
- ISBN-13978-1908312594
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- Publisher : Manifold Press (October 28, 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 264 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1908312599
- ISBN-13 : 978-1908312594
- Item Weight : 12.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
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About the authors
Because Charlie Cochrane couldn't be trusted to do anything grown up, she writes cosy mysteries. These include the Edwardian era Cambridge Fellows series, the contemporary Lindenshaw Mysteries and her 1950s Alasdair and Toby series where two actors play Holmes and Watson both onscreen and off. Multi-published, she has titles with Carina, Riptide, Lume, and Williams and Whiting.
Charlie is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Mystery People and International Thriller Writers Inc, and has regularly appeared at literary festivals, reader conventions and author conferences.
JL Merrow is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again.
She writes (mostly) contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy, and several of her books have been EPIC Awards finalists, including Muscling Through, Relief Valve (the Plumber’s Mate Mysteries) and To Love a Traitor.
JL Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International Thriller Writers, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.
Find JL Merrow online at: https://jlmerrow.com/, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow
Ordinary people are extraordinary. We can all aspire to decency, generosity, respect, honesty – and the power of love (all kinds of love!) can help us grow into our best selves.
I write stories about ‘ordinary’ people finding their answers in themselves and each other. I write about friends and lovers, and the families we create for ourselves. I explore the depth and the meaning, the fun and the possibilities, in ‘everyday’ experiences and relationships. I believe that embodying these things is how we can live our lives more fully.
Creative works help us each find our own clarity and our own joy. Readers bring their hearts and souls to reading, just as authors bring their hearts and souls to writing – and together we make a whole.
And that’s me! Julie Bozza. Quirky. Queer. Sincere.
When MA Fitzroy started writing M/M (or 'slash') fiction, it was common for writers to adopt a pen name of the opposite gender. Thus she chose ‘Adam Fitzroy’, which helped protect her from people who’d targeted her in the past, but was always careful to make no claims that the person behind that pseudonym was actually male.
In these more enlightened times, however, the real MA Fitzroy can at last stand up and be counted - as she always has to her closest friends!
Imaginist and purveyor of tall tales MA Fitzroy is a UK resident who has been successfully spinning male/male romances either part-time or full-time since the 1980s, and has a particular interest in examining the conflicting demands of love and duty.
Elin Gregory lives in South Wales and works in a museum in a castle built on the edge of a Roman fort! She reckons that's a pretty cool job. It certainly provides more than enough inspiration for her writing. "The button from a military jacket found in an orchard, a 16th century Venetian coin found between the cobbles of a Welsh street, a carnelian from a Roman signet ring - one can't handle them without wondering who lost them, how much they regretted it and what kind of disaster was sparked off by the loss."
Elin always has new works on the go and she is currently finishing a novel set in 6th century AD England and contemplating one about the British Secret Service between the two World Wars. Any excuse to buy more books!
If you would like to keep up with Elin's news you can follow her blog here - http://elingregory.wordpress.com - and see her website here - http://elingregory.com
Megan Reddaway has been entertained by fictional characters acting out their stories in her head for as long as she can remember. She began writing them down as soon as she could.
Since she grew up, she’s worked as a secretary, driver, waitress, and flower-seller, among other things, but she always has a story bubbling away at the same time. She lives in England.
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2017This is another strong, poignant, well researched and edited anthology from Manifold Press, this time set amidst and around WWII. It follows on the back of their equally good WWI anthology, A Pride of Poppies. Most of these authors are familiar to me but a couple I hadn't read previously - it's always nice to find quality new writers.
So I am specific, because we do lean towards our fair share of gay romance on our blog, Call to Arms: Modern LGBTQ+ Fiction of the Second World War is queer fiction, not MM. A couple of characters return for a sequel here but I only know that because I just happened to remember them, it was nice to see they're still happy, the rest were all new characters. There are some standout stories but across the board each short is strong and they span several countries, years, and letters within the rainbow alphabet. I would have loved more length with most of these stories but only because they're so good. I was more than happy with most of these as they stood, although I wouldn't complain if some found their way into longer novellas or novels.
I really do love a good short story. If you can tell me a heartfelt tale in a limited word count I am in total awe, and that mission was well and truly accomplished here. I also want to give mention to Heloise Mezen for meticulously compiling the anthology. I can't recommend Call to Arms highly enough. 5 Stars!
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