Anthologies

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Modern GLBTQI fiction of the Great War

Ten authors – in thirteen stories – explore the experiences of GLBTQI
people during World War I. In what ways were their lives the same as or different from those of other people?

An anthology featuring authors:

• Julie Bozza
• Barry Brennessel
• Charlie Cochrane
• Sam Evans
• Lou Faulkner
• Adam Fitzroy
• Wendy C. Fries
• Z. McAspurren
• Eleanor Musgrove
• Jay Lewis Taylor

65,000 words/TBC pages

Publication 1 May 2015

Please note: All proceeds will be donated to The Royal British Legion.

A Pride of Poppies is a quality anthology. There isn’t one story I didn’t enjoy. The editing is superb and the writing exceedingly good to sublime. I had only previously read Barry Brennessel and Charlie Cochrane and I could not believe the depth and breadth of storytelling in each individual story. Only a couple have more length, the rest are quite short, but the word count meant absolutely nothing, other than a few of these stories would make even better novellas/books. Each story above is listed in order, and even if you aren’t interested in all of them the money spent on this anthology will be worth it,  such is the quality. 5 Stars!   

 Barry Brennessel was the only author who wrote a story that was set outside  Europe. It’s very fitting because many people from French Indochina were conscripted to fight in Europe. The author has a way of capturing innocence juxtaposed against something darker, and Minh and Thao definitely fit that scenario. The whole anthology shows innocence lost in a (modern) war. In Anh Sang it’s not only the War, but the sentiments of the people about that war and the French subjugation of their land and its people. While I would have loved a longer story of these two characters, this region, I’ll take what I can get, it’s beautiful storytelling from a wonderful author.

–On Top Down Under Reviews