A dynamic composite of rising stars, The Collection represents the depth and range of tomorrow’s finest writers chronicling transgender narratives. 28 authors from North America converge in a single volume to showcase the future of trans literature and the next great movements in queer art. I met a girl named Bat who met Jeffrey Palmer / Imogen Binnie — Saving / Carter Sickels — To the new world / Ryka Aoki — The cafe / R. Drew — Black Holes / RJ Edwards — Other women / Casey Plett — Greenhorn / K. Tait Jarboe — Tammy Faye / A. Raymond Johnson — The queer experiment / Donna Ostrowsky — Tomboy of the western world / Terence Diamond — A Roman incident / Red Durkin — An exquisite vulnerability / Cyd Nova — Masks of a superhero / Mikki Whitworth — Stones stand still / Madison Lynn McEvilly — Two girls / Alice Doyle — Runaways / Calvin Gimpelvich — To do list for morning / Stephen Ira — Winning the tiger / Katherine Scott Nelson — A short history of my genders / MJ Kaufman — Ramona’s demons / Susan Jane Bigelow — Dean & Teddy / Elliot DeLine — Malediction and pee play / Sherilyn Connelly — War with waking up / Noel Arthur Heimpel — Cursed / Everett Maroon — Birthrights / M. Robin Cook — Ride home under a thuderstorm / Oliver Pickle — Entries / Riley Calais Harris — Power out / Adam Halwitz
The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard
By Riley MacLeod and Tom Léger, 2013