All in the Seasoning

by Katherine V. Forrest (Editor)

Celebrate the holidays lesbian style! Celebrate solstice with a firefighter on the job in New York City, Thanksgiving with a lesbian border patrol agent, Hanukah at a lesbian bar, and Christmas with a lesbian couple in South Africa.
Here are the stories that celebrate our own traditions, stories about our love and our families and our connections, our own holiday stories. Indulge yourself and those you love with this sinfully rich assortment of holiday-themed tales by authors tried and true—Lee Lynch, Katherine V. Forrest, Val McDermid—and by the new writers you’ll be glad you found.

Genres: Anthologies, LGBT, Fiction, Lesbian Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

Katherine V. Forrest is a Canadian-born American writer, best known for her novels about lesbian police detective Kate Delafield. Her books have won and been finalists for Lambda Literary Award twelve times, as well as other awards. She has been referred to by some "a founding mother of lesbian fiction writing."

Reviews

[Elaine Burnes · Rating 2 out of 5]

These are pretty so-so stories on the theme of the holidays. There are some big names in here, like Lee Lynch (with perhaps the best ones.), Jane Rule, and Val McDermid. I only finished it last night and can’t think of one story that stuck with me. One was completely unreadable. Even the cover bugged me. It wasn’t so noticeable when looking at the small picture online, but reaching for the book night after night I grew more bothered by the photo of two women kissing. One is staring at the camera. I found that disturbing. Look at the woman kissing you, not me! Plus, her right eye is so turned that all you see is white, making it look blind. Creepy.

[Mel Flowers · Rating 2 out of 5]

The books wasn't all bad. There were some stories in here that I would give 5 stars to, and there were others that I would give 0 stars to. There were so many different genres of stories that it didn't seem like they all fit together into a compilation. Also, the title and description are a little misleading for most stories in this book. They mention that it is a certain holiday or infer that it is. but the story really doesn't have anything to do with most of the storyline. There were a couple stories in here that I will read again and really enjoyed and there were some stories in here that made me think that my dog could be a writer too.

[Bywater Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here are the stories that celebrate our own traditions. Our diversity and strength. Stories about our love and our families and our connections. Our own holiday stories.

Indulge yourself and those you love with this sinfully rich assortment of holiday-themed tales by authors tried and true - Jane Rule, Katherine V. Forrest, Val McDermid, Lee Lynch - and by the new writers you'll be glad you found.

[TJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

So far, not so good. Had high hopes for this book but its a waste of money. The last few stories were actually good. So the book redeemed itself a bit