Posts tagged gay fiction

This short story written by Tom Albert first appeared in the 2015 OutStanding Short Story Competition and was highly commended.

SHE gleans from the thrilling gay paper that is sometimes in stock at Doonside newsagency that Newtown is the place to go. To look for …

This short story written by Caroline Taylor first appeared in the 2015 OutStanding Short Story Competition and won third prize.

In the December edition of the Star Observer, we featured the runner-up entry of the OutStanding LGBTQI Short Story Competition. Here it is online for the first time.

In the November edition of the Star Observer, we featured the winning entry of the OutStanding LGBTQI Short Story Competition. Here it is online: ‘A Jellyfish Dream’ by Adrik Kemp.

WE do what we’re told. We keep our heads down and our noses clean. We go to work and we come home at night on …

This story first appeared in the 2014 OutStanding Short Story Competition, and was given a highly commended award.

For many LGBTI people, reading fantasy novels is a form of escape. Its stories reject the norms of everyday life, but they rarely — if ever — feature gay characters. Ahead of her appearance at the Melbourne Writers Festival, Matthew Wade spoke to author CS Pacat and found out why LGBTI themes should be the norm for the genre.

Ahead of the Melbourne Writers Festival, which kicks off tomorrow, the Star Observer spoke to gay author SJ Watson to find out why he waited later in his career to write about gender and sexuality.