The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories ed. Margaret Reynolds (Penguin, August 24, 1994, 0-14-016706-4, £7.99, 430pp, tp, an, cover: [photo] by Jan Saudek)
Thirty two pieces; four are directly sf or fantasy (Wittig, Livia, Califia, Atwood), but many more of the contributors have written genre work.
- 1 · Martha’s Lady · Sarah Jewett · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1897
- 20 · Prince Charming · Renée Vivien; translated by Karla Jay & Yvonne M. Klein · ss (r)
translated from the French (1904).
- 24 · Leves Amores · Katherine Mansfield · ss 1907
- 26 · Wise Sappho · H. D. · ar 1918
- 35 · Miss Furr and Miss Skeene · Gertrude Stein · ss Vanity Fair (US) July 1923
- 41 · Ladies Almanack · Djuna Barnes · ex 1928
- 70 · Room of One’s Own, Chapter 5 · Virginia Woolf · ex 1928
- 84 · Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself · Radclyffe Hall · ss 1934
- 104 · Nuits Blanches · Colette; translated by Herma Briffault · ss 1934
- 108 · Olivia, Chapter 8 · Dorothy Strachey · ex 1949
- 117 · The Blank Page · Isak Dinesen · ss Last Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1957
- 123 · Cities of the Interior · Anaïs Nin · ex 1959
- 134 · I Am a Woman · Ann Bannon · ex 1959
- 161 · Les Guérillères · Monique Wittig; translated by David Le Vay · ex Peter Owen Ltd., 1971
translated from the French (1969).
- 183 · These Our Mothers · Nicole Brossard; translated by Barbara Godard · ss 1977
- 204 · Blind Girls · Jayne Anne Phillips · vi Sweethearts by Jayne Anne Phillips, Truck Press, 1976
- 205 · Accidents · Jayne Anne Phillips · vi 1976
- 206 · Swimming · Jayne Anne Phillips · vi 1976
- 207 · Esther’s Story · Joan Nestle · ss 1987
- 213 · How to Engage in Courting Rituals 1950s Butch-style in the Bar · Merril Mushroom · ss 1982
- 219 · Bread · Rebecca Brown · ss 1984
- 240 · 5½ Charlotte Mews · Anna Livia · ss from Incidents Involving Warmth, 1986
- 263 · Lullaby for My Dyke and Her Cat · Sara Maitland · ss The Book of Spells by Sara Maitland, Michael Joseph, 1987
- 273 · Don’t Explain · Jewelle Gomez · ss 1987
- 284 · A Lesbian Appetite · Dorothy Allison · ss 1988
- 302 · The Vampire · Pat Califia · ss Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction by Pat Califia, Alyson, 1988
- 324 · The Secret of Sorrerby Rise · Frances Gapper · nv 1991
- 357 · Serial Monogamy · Alison Bechdel · ct 1992
- 368 · City of Boys · Beth Nugent · ss North American Review 1984
- 384 · Cold-Blooded · Margaret Atwood · ss from Good Bones, 1992
- 387 · Words for Things · Emma Donoghue · ss 1993
- 399 · The Language of the Body · Kathy Acker · ss 1993
- 412 · The Poetics of Sex · Jeanette Winterson · ss 1993
- 423 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · ms
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