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The New Lesbian Pulp

by Sarah Fonseca

Classic pulp tropes, queered for a new collection

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Classic pulp tropes, queered for a new collection

The New Lesbian Pulp brings together revived work by Lorraine Hansberry and Alice Dunbar Nelson with new stories by Sarah Schulman, Grace Byron, Shamim Sharif, and other writers. Its stories revisit the subversive tradition of 1950s lesbian pulp, combining queer desire and connection with revenge, romantic peril, crime, and supernatural danger. The collection’s scenarios range from vigilante justice and a fraught reunion that turns criminal to witches seeking human sacrifice, giving the volume a deliberately melodramatic frame. Edited by Sarah Fonseca and Octavia Saenz, it places historical works alongside contemporary takes on familiar pulp conventions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in lesbian pulp fiction and its contemporary reinventions.
  • For readers seeking a multi-author collection spanning classic and new LGBTQ+ stories.
  • For readers drawn to fiction involving romantic peril, revenge, crime, or supernatural elements.

Themes

Lesbian pulp fictionQueer desire and connectionRevenge and justiceMelodrama and dangerReworking literary conventions

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Book overview

A collection of reinvented queer pulp fiction by writers like Sarah Schulman and Lorraine Hansberry that's so edgy it draws blood.

Lesbian pulp fiction thrived in the oppressive 1950s, telling subversive stories of lonely sapphic women who find connection, passion, and revenge. In The New Lesbian Pulp, editors Sarah Fonseca and Octavia Saenz revive the genre for today, layering nuance into classic tropes while dialing up the melodrama, romantic peril, and collateral damage.

In these pages--which pair revived classics from Lorraine Hansberry and Alice Dunbar Nelson with new stories from Sarah Schulman, Grace Byron, Shamim Sharif, and more--vigilante lesbians gather roadkill for revenge, a woman and her former high school bully hook up and commit murder, Brooklyn witches cruise kink parties for human sacrifice, and a sinister kidnapping goes horribly wrong (or horribly right).

Here, gathered just for you, are some of today's best lesbian pulp stories. Don't be afraid. Pick them up.

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