Hashtag Queer: LGBTQ+ Creative Anthology, Volume 1

by Sage Kalmus (Editor)

Hashtag Queer is a collection of short work in all literary genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, scripts) written by and/or about LGBTQ+ people and lives. It includes short stories, flash fiction, poems, essays, memoirs, plays, screenplays, and monologues by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, genderqueer, gender fluid, agender, non-binary, and straight. Many of the pieces are about different aspects of queerness and being queer, while others are about other aspects of life experienced through a queer lens.

Hashtag Queer: LGBTQ+ Creative Anthology, Vol. 1 includes previously unpublished and reprinted work by the following writers:

* FICTION (short stories, flash fiction) by Joe Baumann, DC Diamondopolous, Bill Gaythwaite, Calvin Gimpelevich, Sam Heyman, Thomas Kearnes, Adam McOmber, Emma Munro, Richard Natale, and Paige Zubel

* CREATIVE NONFICTION (essays, memoirs) by Carolyn Agee, Laura Gullveig, Miah Jeffra, Darlene O?Dell, Carla Sameth, and Eva M. Schlesinger

* POETRY by Judith Barrington, Gabriella M. Belfiglio, L.C., Zac Cahill, Laury A. Egan, oakley flanagan, Mud Howard, Maddie Godfrey, Colin James, Kristin Laurel, Sacha Mankins, Jean Mikhail, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Lylanne Musselman, Kenneth Pobo, Kimberly Ann Priest, T. Stores, Serene Vannoy, and Emenual Wolff

* SCRIPTS (plays, screenplays, monologues) by Richard Ballon, Alex Clarke, Thomas Klocke, Philip Middleton Williams, and Evan Tsitsias

Hashtag Queer was edited and is introduced by Sage Kalmus, MFA writing teacher and cofounder of Qommunity LLC, parent of Qommunity: The Queer Social Network & its publishing & production imprint Qommunicate Media.

Hashtag Queer: LGBTQ+ Creative Anthology, Vol. 1 is the premiere edition of an annual publication of work found through an open call for submissions.

Genres: Poetry

238 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2017

About the author

Sage Kalmus holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Lesley University and a B.S. in Film & Broadcasting from Boston University. His short stories have appeared in Whisperings Magazine, Carnival Magazine, and Rose Red Review.

Reviews

[S. Jeyran Main · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hashtag Queer LGBTQ is a collection of fictional stories, poetry, non- fiction essays, memoirs, scripts, and screenplays. The book is a way of expression for the struggles the Queer literature has suffered. The unsuccessful attempts of failing to publish, to write, to be heard, and to be known.

The work is the third volume of what’s to be a representation of the LGBTQ community. The short stories were all written from various writers; poems were about love, first dates, and even about Batman.

Personally, I didn’t see why being part of the LGBTQ community had to separate you from being a writer. An author is someone that has the ability and skill to write down what they think by telling a story, citing a poem and drawing a script. I don’t believe that one’s sexuality has anything to do with that or should even be a factor for any kind of limitations.

I appreciated Sage’s work for what it was and her attempt to producing this collection. The literature is organized and paced together in a well-managed way. It has something for everyone, and I recommend it to people who like to read short stories, fiction, poems, and scripts.