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Tomb of the Fathers Eleanor Arnason
In Tomb of the Fathers, a short novel by Eleanor Arnason, Arnason’s recurring character Lydia Duluth joins a motley crew of intergalactic travelers to explore the long-lost homeworld of the Atch, who have a mysterious… More
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The Moment of Change (edited by ) Rose Lemberg
An anthology of feminist speculative poetry edited by Rose Lemberg. The contributors include many fine poets, among them Ursula K. Le Guin, Delia Sherman, Theodora Goss, Amal El-Mohtar, Vandana Singh, Nisi Shawl,… More
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We, Robots Sue Lang
A tale set in the not-so-distant future when robots with AI serve nearly every human household, We, Robots is the story of Avey, a robot who undergoes a forced transition from emotionless domestic servant to conflicted… More
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Three Observations and a Dialogue Sylvia Kelso
After WisCon 20, Sylvia Kelso engaged Lois McMaster Bujold in a rich, snappy correspondence about Bujold’s Vorkosigan novels. That correspondence became “Letterspace: In the Chinks Between Published Fiction and… More
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The Princess and the Outlaw: Tales from the Torrid Past Jean Roberta
The women awaiting you in these pages might be fierce Amazons in ancient Greece, maidens and princesses of the medieval era, ingenues like Alice awaiting new and more sensual adventures beyond the rabbit hole, or outlaws… More
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Spirit Gwyneth Jones
Spirit, a space opera set in Gwyneth Jones’s Aleutian universe, re-visions Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo and further explores the workings and consequences of the series’ Buonarotti Transit.… More
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Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories Rebecca Ore
In these stories Rebecca Ore explores the question of what it means to be alien: the unknown equation, the mysterious that can never be taken for granted, never be seen as “ordinary.” She confronts us with… More
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The XY Conspiracy Lori Selke
Why Are There No Women in Black?
Jyn, an Asian-American lesbian, makes her living stripping in clubs in San Francisco. But stripping is only her day job. Her true vocation is UFO hunting. One night, working at her day job,… More
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Big Mama Stories Eleanor Arnason
Short Fiction: The quirky, nearly omnipotent members of the colorful tribe of Big Mamas and Big Poppas rove the Universe, able to leap vast expanses of time and space in a single bound. Little can harm a Mama or Poppa, except… More
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The Traveling Tide Rosaleen Love
An original collection of seven short stories. Rosaleen Love’s stories fairly dance and sing their way along the page, whether the scene is music itself, as in the tale she tells of driving her cousin Bridie, an… More
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Feminist Voices Batya Susan Weinbaum (editor)
After every five years, we at Femspec coordinate a “Best of…” contest in each of the genres represented in the journal: fiction, poetry, book reviews, essays, criticism, and art. This collection presents the top winners… More
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Love’s Body, Dancing in Time L. Timmel Duchamp
Love’s Body, Dancing in Time offers five love stories by critically acclaimed author L. Timmel Duchamp. Carnal and queer, intricate and involved, they range from the heart-breaking Sturgeon Award finalist “Dance… More
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The Red Rose Rages (Bleeding) L. Timmel Duchamp
[Eve] turned her attention to the monitor displaying Minnivitch’s cell. Never had it been so clear what Minnivitch was up to. The bare minimalist space of the cell screamed stage, and some strange, dramaturgical… More
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Spring In Geneva Sylvia Kelso
Mary Shelley, a young banker’s son, and William, an excessively tall man with a “lividly hued visage, watery eyes, and blackened lips within a straggling beard,” pit their wits and derring-do against… More
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New Amazonia Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett
“Corrupt, Degraded, Rotten to the core is British Civilisation, and yet we find women who ought to know better, actually pretending that they are perfectly contented with the existing order of things,” declares the… More
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The WisCon Chronicles: Vol 8 Rebecca J. Holden
The poems, stories, blogs, essays, and speeches within these pages explore the generations and feminism(s) of WisCon. Various “waves” of feminism are discussed, alluded to, and chronicled, through… More