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Catherine Lundoff

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in Brooklyn, NYC, The United States

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Gay & Lesbian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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Samuel R. Delany, Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, A.S. Byatt, Melissa Sc ...more

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Catherine Lundoff’s stories have appeared in over 80 publications including Callisto: A Queer Fiction Journal, The Cainite Conspiracies, Ghosts in Gaslight, Monsters in Steam, So Fey: Queer Faery Stories, The Mammoth Book of Professor Moriarty Adventures, Tales of the Unanticipated, Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures, Farrago’s Wainscot and Best Lesbian Erotica. She is the author of Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories and Silver Moon: A Wolves of Wolf's Point Novel (new updated edition) and the editor of Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) , all from Queen of Swords Press.

She was also the author of two award-winning collections of lesbian erotica: Crave: Tales of Lust, Love and Longing (Lethe Press, 2007) and Night's Kis ...more

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	Silver Moon 3.56 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Moon 4.14 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories 3.71 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scourge of the Seas of Time 3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Scares: Lesbian Ghost Stories by Catherine Lundoff (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa Scott (Goodreads Author), Dayle A. Dermatis (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night's Kiss: Lesbian Erotica 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace and Other Stories 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unfinished Business: Tales of the Dark Fantastic 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crave: Tales of Lust, Love, and Longing 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silver Moon 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Best Fantasy Tales Featuring Women Over 40!

I’ve got a new book recommendation list up at Shepherd, the new book recommendation site, to celebrate the audiobook release of my Wolves of Wolf’s Point series! Check out my recommendations for “Best Fantasy Tales About Women Over 40” - https://shepherd.com/best-books/fanta...

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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
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message 21: by Stephanie

Jun 03, 2020 10:56PM

I read somewhere today that you curated the Pride Month StoryBundle. How cool is that?! Congratulations!

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message 20: by S.B.

Jan 11, 2012 02:50PM

Smiles and waves back. :)

Thanks for the friend request, hon!

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message 19: by Catherine

Jun 21, 2011 07:09AM

Hi Melita,
Thanks for the request. Nice to 'meet' you too!
Catherine

Melita wrote: "Thank you Catherine for ur friendship here on Gr ;-)

http://www.bfspublishing.com/Scholars...

Give it a try !!!

Happy writing ..."

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message 18: by Catherine

Dec 13, 2009 09:56AM

Excellent! :-) I'm plugging away at the interview questions as we speak.

Sloan wrote: "Hi Catherine,

Thanks so much for the invite. Yep, I'm the same Sloan from the Rainbow chapter. Good to see you here on Goodreads."

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message 17: by Sloan

Dec 12, 2009 06:13PM

Hi Catherine,

Thanks so much for the invite. Yep, I'm the same Sloan from the Rainbow chapter. Good to see you here on Goodreads.

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message 16: by Catherine

Dec 30, 2008 03:55PM

Thank you!!! You just made my day. :-D
Have a great New Year!
Catherine

Reb. wrote: "Thank you for the add, i have really enjoyed reading your stories!!! Keep up the great work. "

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message 15: by Dag

Sep 16, 2008 08:47AM

Hi Catherine,

thanks for accepting my friend request for your comment - actually I signed up here only yesterday, so I don't even have a profile yet ;)

BTW I stayed for a few days in Brooklyn this summer, with friends of mine living there :))))

Warm regards from Vienna, Austria
Dag

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message 14: by Michele

Sep 14, 2008 05:26PM

You are very welocme
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Looking for pt/ft help nationwide
Come shop with me

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message 13: by Catherine

Sep 04, 2008 12:49PM

Jennifer Blackmore interviews me about my work and my Jane Austen fixation at Circlet Press' website (the interview is worksafe but I suspect some of the ads on the site may not be, just FYI) - http://www.circlet.com/?p=107.

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message 12: by maria

May 29, 2008 12:51AM

Hey there,Catherine
Nice to meet u too.
Maria XXX

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message 11: by Kate

May 06, 2008 04:09PM

Hey Catherine... thanks for the add. I hope to meet you in Phoenix at the GCLS Conference..

Take care!

Kate

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message 10: by Diane

May 06, 2008 03:53PM

Hi Catherine!

Thanks for asking! It's always great to find another GLBT writer :)

Perhaps I'll see you at an event and we can say hello in real life.

Best of luck with your writing!

Take care,
Di

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message 9: by Catherine

Apr 02, 2008 10:10AM

New story out! My story "Three Views of the Maiden in Peril" is included in the new issue of Farrago's Wainscot, along with stories by Nancy Moore, Deena Fisher and others. "Three Views" is a series of vignettes about the roles that female characters often play in genre movies and books. You can read it (free!) at http://www.farragoswainscot.com/curre...

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message 8: by shahab

Mar 07, 2008 11:59AM

tanx 4 add too me

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message 7: by f.

Mar 06, 2008 03:55PM

Thank you for add me as your friends.
its my honor to be in your friends list.
best regards
f.moghaddam

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message 6: by Theri

Feb 29, 2008 11:12PM

Oh yes, the cat's name is Misty. She's a bunch of laughs to have around.

Cool about Luthiel's Song. Hope you like it as much as I did.

Ah, you're a writer! That seems like a very naughty book you've got there. Hmm. Maybe I'll take a peek.

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message 5: by Daniel (last edited Feb 28, 2008 10:47AM)

Feb 28, 2008 10:46AM

Catherine, I've added your books Crave: Tales of Lust, Love and Longing and Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories to my to-read list.

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message 4: by Catherine

Feb 28, 2008 07:51AM

Thanks Graeme and Robert! :-)

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message 3: by Graeme

Feb 28, 2008 03:21AM

Hi Catherine, Nice to meet you. Hope you enjoy the science fiction convention. Thanks for adding me.

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message 2: by Robert

Feb 26, 2008 09:30AM

Always wonderful to meet a fellow author! Best of luck to you with your book. Looks interesting!

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message 1: by Catherine (last edited Feb 26, 2008 10:29AM)

Feb 23, 2008 02:23PM

Welcome! Nice to see you here too. :-)

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