Treasure · Hiding

Think of this annual series, now in year two, as a starter kit for

readers of gay writing, fiction and otherwise, who might not otherwise

have access to the sources from which Berman culled 18 stories. Some

are erotic, some are literary, some are romantic, some dabble with

fantasy, some tackle coming out – a perennial of queer storytelling.

There aren’t any duds, but highlights include Sam J. Miller’s

on-target tale about racial insensitivity, “Haunting Your House”;

Trebor Healey’s elegiac account of a young man memorializing his

lover’s death; Christopher Schmidt’s trilogy of short-shorts observing

queer life, “Three Scenes”; Craig Laurance Gidney’s recasting of

French poet and libertine Arthur Rimbaud, “Strange Alphabets; and

David Levithan’s charming account of a teen’s babysitting adventure

and his encounter with “Starbucks Boy.” Anthologies promising the

“Best” are entirely subjective; for every story included there are

certainly three or four just as good that don’t make the cut. But

Berman – founder and publisher of Lethe Press – has a good eye for

queer prose, as this quality compilation attests.

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