Customer Reviews

Best American Gay Fiction #3

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"Whether exploring topics unique to the gay experience, reinventing a genre from a gay perspective, or observing straight life through queer eyes, the stories in the third volume of this acclaimed anthology series offer compelling evidence that gay writers are producing some of the finest new fiction in America today. Best American Gay Fiction 3 highlights both outstanding new work by well-known writers and exciting original stories by emerging talents."--© zebraz

While I typically like short fiction anthologies -- loved the Men on Men series for example -- I found this one mixed.

I found "Please Do Not Touch The Works Of Art" by Tom House to be strong as was Keith Banner's "Lily Of The Valley"

In the review below by michael, he mentions stories that weren't actually in the book, so he might have been reviewing an earlier edition. Picking up the earlier ones in the series first might be a better option. #3 was weak, though the strong stories were good enough to give this 3 stars and worthwhile to pick up cheaply. One can skim through the stories that don't catch one's interest