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Finalists for the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards Announced

3/15/2017

The 29th Lambda Literary Award finalists have been announced and Lethe has great news: we earned six finalist nods and dominated the LGBTQ SF/F/Horror category once more. Below are all our finalists and links to the books:

LGBTQ Science-fiction/Fantasy/Horror
All Good Children by Dayna Ingram
The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A.C. Wise
Lily by Michael Thomas Ford

Gay Erotica
Skyscraper by Scott Alexander Hess

Gay Mystery
Homo Superiors by L.A. Fields

Gay Romance
Country by Jeff Mann

Congratulations to all our authors--they are all winners in our hearts!

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The Butcher's Boys

11/30/2016

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Lambda Literary Foundation reviewed Scott Alexander Hess's historical novel:

"Hess describes acts of violence and sexual acts with visceral acuity, never slipping into cliché or sentimentality as he maintains a sober and tense atmosphere. He keeps the reader in the moment, glued to the page, even when we want to look away. In the place of extensive self-reflection, each brother’s emotional life is centered around a dream, which permits lyrical imagery to emerge amid the hard-hitting prose."

Click here to read more of the review.

The Butcher's Sons

$18.00 $15.00

by Scott Alexander Hess

This darkly lyrical and violent family saga set in a butcher shop in New York circa 1930 tells the story about three Irish brothers, each struggling to find their role--to define their lives and express their dreams--amid the poverty of a broken home, alcoholic father, and the violent society of Hell's Kitchen. Dickie is guided by an almost animal desire to get what he wants and, as a fighter, is fearless in his pursuit of being respected by mobsters. Walt, the middle brother, romances a woman whose educated father sees the lad as gutter trash. Then there is frail Adlai, who finds himself on the most perilous path, an illicit affair with his oldest brother's best friend. The Butcher's Sons is an engaging read about desperate young men determined to do whatever they can to find something gilded amid the grime of old New York. A Kirkus Best Indie Book of 2015!

Hess has written for Genre Magazine and blogs for the Huffington Post. Hess lives in Manhattan with his boyfriend, shops at Barneys, and does not eat sugar.

Paperback, 256 pages

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Buy Someone a Holiday Gift, Get One for Yourself!

11/12/2016

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Author Michael Thomas Ford received the printed copies of the deluxe Lily edition - he has over 500 books to offer! I think it would be a marvelous idea to purchase a friend this acclaimed dark fantastical fairy tale about overcoming zealotry and prejudice about now. So we're having a special offer.

Purchase a copy of the hardback Lily direct from Lethe and use coupon code HOLIDAYS - we'll give you free shipping within the continental USA (sorry rest-of-the-world, but you can understand *cough election* why I'm recommending this for American readers).

But you don't only get free shipping. And an autographed bookplate. Lethe Press will send you a free spec fic book so your own stocking, dreidel, yuletide present is overflowing with gay goodness. This book will be from out wonderful backlist and we'll let you know which title (and, yes, if you want us to send the free book someplace, we can accommodate you).

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Finalists for the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards Announced

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