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Irregulars: Stories by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon, Ginn Hale and Astrid Amara [Paperback]

Josh Lanyon , Ginn Hale , Astrid Amara

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  • Paperback: 348 pages
  • Publisher: Blind Eye Books (Mar 14 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1935560166
  • ISBN-13: 978-1935560166
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.7 x 3 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 522 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #259,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

A distinct voice in gay fiction, multi-award-winning author JOSH LANYON has been writing gay mystery, adventure and romance for over a decade. In addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and novels, Josh is the author of the critically acclaimed Adrien English series, including The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews awards for GLBT Fiction. Josh is an Eppie Award winner and a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist

Ginn Hale has traveled through every state in Mexico but currently lives, with her lovely wife, in the in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. She spends the many rainy days tinkering with devices and words. Her first novel, Wicked Gentlemen, was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist and won the Spectrum Award for best novel.

Astrid Amara is the author of numerous gay romance titles, including Lambda Literary Award finalist, The Archer's Heart. Prior to settling in the Pacific Northwest she traveled the world, spending unnecessary amounts of time in Central Asia, the Middle East, and India before realizing she preferred cloudy mild climates. Now she spends her days as a civil servant, trying to save the world one bureaucratic form at a time. When not working she can usually be found riding her horse, walking her old dog, or feeding her goats. She looks just like everyone else in Bellingham, Washington.

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Never trust a goblin. Even a child knows that much. But there are times when you've got to take the chance, when the prize is worth the risk -- which is how Archer Green happened to be in a drafty warehouse on Quebec Street in Vancouver a few minutes before midnight, waiting with a goblin named Ezra for the Moth Man to turn up.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loving these stories even more the third time around! Mar 29 2012
By J. Sidelinger - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Blurb: NATO has a kind of X-Files team called Irregular Affairs Division in this anthology. The agents in these stories are keeping order in San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, and Mexico City - it is wild, wonderful, and fantastic journey into the realms created by four strong writers.

I am now on my third read through of this anthology, and it keeps getting better. Each of these writers is talented and strong on their own, but put the four together and magic becomes reality. I loved how each story complimented the other, but had strong characters and plots that stood on its own merit.

The first time I read "Cherries Worth Getting" I wasn't sure I would be able to continue because the imagery and the thought of consuming human flesh was so repugnant. However, reading it through the second and now third time, I appreciate Nicole Kimberling's strong narrative and subtle humor interwoven throughout her story. Who couldn't love a trans-goblin that plans an annual Christmas Cookie Jamboree for misfits?

Josh Lanyon's "Green Glass Beads" is a delightful story featuring a half human - half fairy protagonist and his nemesis - Commander Rake of NATO Irregular Affairs Division. The chemistry between Archer (our half Fae) and Rake is palpable as I have come to expect from Josh's stories - also the humor and turn of a phrase where you find yourself guffawing are delightful. The "You're not Canadian are you" line is pure gold as well as so many others throughout the story.

I hadn't read anything by Astrid Amara prior to Irregulars, but she captured my attention and imagination with the Aztaw world she created in "No Life but This." The imagery which drew partly on Aztec mythology was both enchanting and horrific -- the fantastically decorated sugar skulls from Mexico's Día de los Muertos came to mind often as I read Astrid's story. Deven, the protagonist, is a human that lived among the Aztaw is complex and multi-layered. He is believable as someone who hasn't quite assimilated to his own kind but is also an outsider to the Aztaw. I found myself anxiously reading and wondering if Deven would successfully defeat Night Axe.

Anchoring the end of the anthology is Ginn Hale's story "Things Unseen and Deadly" which lulls you into Half Dead Henry's dark loneliness and compassion. I loved the contrast between Henry, who seemed so weary, and Jason who was anxious to begin his life outside hospital confinement. The story takes place in my city of San Francisco...is truth stranger than fiction? It is possible that some interesting anomalies peculiar to The City are true? And maybe just maybe, it is possible that out of order Port-o-Lets are portals to travel into other realms or at least Oakland.

I'm giving this anthology five stars because I love all the stories and it keeps getting better with each read.

Strange Fortune; The Darkling Thrush; Turnskin; Hell Cop; Hell Cop 2; Wicked Gentlemen (Hells Below); The Shattered Gates (The Rifter); The Archer's Heart Book One
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful anthology Mar 29 2012
By Sylvia - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
What a clever, imaginative, funny and wonderful anthology. I loved every individual story and together it was the best anthology I've ever read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Please, sir, May I have some more? Mar 29 2012
By Merith - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I've spent many a late night this week reading each story. I just couldn't put them down! But, it's so worth it. Each story is unique and yet the four have come together to form a cohesive collection. Just love them all!

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