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Strong, united families are rarely portrayed in speculative fiction. They’re often dysfunctional, combative, self-destructive, or miserable, when they’re portrayed at all. This is especially true for non-nuclear and adoptive families, single parent families and families with no children, which are easy targets for invalidation.
And QUILTBAG families are almost never portray ...more
And QUILTBAG families are almost never portray ...more
Paperback, 165 pages
Published
January 17th 2014
by Crossed Genres Publication
(first published January 16th 2014)
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Dec 15, 2015
Shira Glassman
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
Mangoverse fans, anyone who likes queer SFF, ppl looking for queer parents in fiction
Shelves:
qwoc,
trans,
men-with-men,
femslash,
cis-hetero,
poly,
sff-speculative,
nonbinary,
dragons,
ff-sff
The fact that I'm not constantly bombarded by enthusiastic recommendations for this book, when it has so much in common with my novels in celebrating the strong bonds of queer families in a SFF setting, just proves the truth of what I've been saying lately about the fragmentation of the indie publishing world -- even within queer SFF! Because damn, Fierce Family is gorgeous. This book is a TREAT. If you like my books specifically because of the "queer family fluff" aspect, you should go and pick
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FIERCE FAMILY more than lives up to the back-cover advertising. Most of these stories are exhilarating, and most of them do present families standing strong in the face of external threats rather than internal tensions. One of two of the stories (in particular I'm thinking of Sarah Pinkser's "Monsters, Beneath the Bed and Otherwise" and Jay Wilburn's "Bachelor") have a bit more intra-family tension than the others, but for the most part the anthology delivers on its promised theme.
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Credit where credit is due: this anthology does exactly what it says on the tin. Every story incorporates a close-knit LGBT family, and all except one involve speculative fiction elements.
Unfortunately, while I enjoyed the theme, the writing in a number of the stories felt amateurish. Perhaps a better editor would have helped.
Highlights for me:
Effie Seiberg's "Dinkley's Ice Cream," which was more litfic than specfic but had good atmosphere and turn of phrase.
Layla Lawlor's "Stormrider," which in ...more
Unfortunately, while I enjoyed the theme, the writing in a number of the stories felt amateurish. Perhaps a better editor would have helped.
Highlights for me:
Effie Seiberg's "Dinkley's Ice Cream," which was more litfic than specfic but had good atmosphere and turn of phrase.
Layla Lawlor's "Stormrider," which in ...more

Jan 21, 2014
B.R. Sanders
rated it
really liked it
· (Review from the author)
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Fierce Family is anthology compiled and published by Crossed Genres. The fifteen stories collected here are thematically joined by a focus on queer families as represented in speculative fiction. As someone living and growing a queer family who deeply loves speculative fiction, there was a good chance that I would like at least some of the stories here. That said, I’m also notoriously picky when it comes to short fiction anthologies, and especially multi-author short fiction anthologies. I am th
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I'm not a big short stories but I found this book to be really interesting. The series of stories are all about families of various kinds shapes sizes backgrounds etc. and each author brings the families to life in just a few pages. The really enjoyable aspect is that the genre for each story is not the same. There's sci-fi fantasy urban fiction and many other types of the genres in this book.
Everyone can find some story that they will like.
Everyone can find some story that they will like.
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