QueerphoriaDylin Hardcastle Seth Insua Elle Nash James Cahill Chloe Michelle Howarth William Rayfet Hunter Joshua Jones Joelle Taylor Gerardo Sámano Córdova Santanu BhattacharyaLabel: Verve BooksDescription: The inaugural collection in the new VERVE Voices series Queerphoria is a joyful and defiant queer-authored anthology proudly supporting Switchboard the national LGBTQIA+ support line. Four housemates welcome the reader into their home for a birthday party. An elderly widow visits her first queer bar beneath the flat she shared with her husband. A couple invite a shipwrecked sailor into their isolated lighthouse on the stormy night of their thirtieth anniversary. A single woman embarks on a romantic relationship with a sex robot. A married couple secretly prepare for their baby's arrival in a world where procreation is controlled by the Establishment. Through prose poetry essays illustrations and more thirty-one writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate subvert expand and reimagine what joy can look like even in uncertain times.
