Release Day for Upon the Midnight Queer!
Holiday tales, retold queerly…
A silk hat turns snow into life and a chance at love for a man with little hope of either. Two men with a connection sparked in passing attempt to withstand everything the tumultuous Toronto of 1981 throws their way, with their only remaining hope being Christmas Eve itself. A much-maligned queen of the snow teaches a young boy how to use his magic to find others of his kind. And a reindeer shines a light of its own, and with the help of the daughter of Father Time, brings gifts—and hope—to all those usually left behind.
Holiday magic connects these tales and more—tales heard and seen and sung before, familiar and joyous, or tender and bittersweet—all to the last told upon the midnight queer.
Upon the Midnight Queer is the second short story collection from Lambda Literary Award finalist ’Nathan Burgoine, and includes the brand new Little Village Holiday Novella, “Folly.”
Cover art by the always brilliant Inkspiral Design.
And… exhale! Yep. Today is the day, the official release day of Upon the Midnight Queer (that link will take you to all the places that currently have it listed as available, and I’ll keep adjusting said links as links go live). I’m so very chuffed this one launched pretty much without a hitch, including the brilliantly performed audiobook version* read by Giancarlo Herrera and Hannah Schooner—I cannot tell you how freaking much I love this, so I’ll just say it once more: I freaking love the magic they did.
Upon the Midnight Queer isn’t just a collection of holiday tales with queer characters, it’s my latest stubborn refusal to allow the “where did all these queer people come from?” lie to take root. We’ve always been here. We’re always going to be here. Cope.
Er, I mean, “Merry Christmas!” (Or “Bah, humbug!”)
*(For those waiting on the audiobook from Audible, I wish I could say they’ve surprised me by being ahead of schedule, but… it’s still at step 1 of 4 for review. Have I mentioned it’s available through libro.fm?)
