Shop top categories that ship internationally
Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.
Added to

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

The Black Emerald Paperback – October 24, 2017

by Jeanne W Thornton (Author)
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
See all formats and editions
Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. A high schooler finds her drawings corrupted by a haunted stone she inherits from a suicidal underground cartoonist. A video game addict discovers a vast, hidden dimension to colonize in the walls of his girlfriend's apartment. A philosophy student seeks anonymous Craigslist sex with the ubiquitous devil that stalks her. In this short fiction collection from Jeanne Thornton, author of The Dream of Doctor Bantam (a Lambda Literary Award finalist), reality and relationships blur, creating a queer pulp experience with a literary sensibility, a hallucinatory journey into despair... and, possibly, toward hope.

"The gorgeousness of Thornton's writings help sustain the worlds she creates... That's the kind of seductiveness these stories have. In reading them, you become strange and dreamy in the same way they are."—Torrey Peters

"Jeanne has this way of writing self-consciousness inside these perfect, self-contained worlds with signifiers that make them seem like they are the world we live in but if that world were... I don't even know exactly. Mystifying and uncomfortable and bulging with complicated, contradictory feeling just below the surface of everything."—Imogen Binnie
Previous slide of product details
  1. Print length
    176 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Instar Books
  4. Publication date
    October 24, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1682199088
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1682199084
  8. See all details
Next slide of product details
Books%20with%20Buzz
Books with Buzz
Discover the latest buzz-worthy books, from mysteries and romance to humor and nonfiction. Explore more

Similar items that may deliver to you quickly

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Previous set of slides
  2. A Little Death
    Donna Barr
     
    Paperback
    -17%$24.94
    List: $29.95
    Get it Jan 3 - 7
    $6.99 shipping
  4. In Utero
    Chris Gooch
     
    Paperback
    -28%$17.90
    List: $24.99
    $6.99 shipping
    Only 13 left in stock (more on the way).
  6. The Was of Love
    Tier'a SweettsWrites Berry
    Paperback
    $15.00
    Get it Jan 3 - 7
    $6.99 shipping
Next set of slides

Customer reviews

5 out of 5 stars
2 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Top reviews from the United States

  • GrindrGrrl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Voice in Transgender Literature
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018
    Darkly humorous and intoxicating, Jeanne crafts these dizzying passages that leave you breathless and wanting to desperately reread passages so as to capture the magic of how she's done it.

    I knew this book and I would get along quite well when I read the phrase, "She talked like a surfer, one whose mind had been so blown out by the waves that she could only whisper like beach sand moving over itself."
    2 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report