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Tea and Crumpet [Kindle Edition]

Alex Beecroft , Stevie Woods , Josephine Myles , Zahra Owens , Serena Yates , Mara Ismine , Charlie Cochran , JL Merrow , Clare London , UK Meet Acquisitions Team
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Raise your rainbow umbrellas high and celebrate!

Enjoy this enchanting, entertaining and thought-provoking collection, a heartfelt expression of what it means to be queer in Britain, past and present. All these stories reflect the iconic sights and national character of the British Isles: a taste of our idiosyncrasies and eccentricities, but also an unashamed representation of the love, loyalty and laughter of our people.

Including a wide range of style and subject, this is the perfect way to sample different authors and to find both existing and new favourites. Follow the British way of life from historic villages to modern cities, from the countryside to the sea, through history and with a fantasy twist, in gardens, churches, campus and the familiar, much-loved local pub.

The stories cover universal themes of romance, desire, remembrance and reconciliation. The authors range from multi-published to up-and-coming, and they all share a passion for their characters, whether through great drama, erotic excitement, humour -- or a combination of all three!

Contributors include: Alex Beecroft, Jennie Caldwell, Stevie Carroll, Charlie Cochrane, Lucy Felthouse, Elin Gregory, Mara Ismine, Clare London, Anna Marie May, JL Merrow, Josephine Myles, Zahra Owens, Jay Rookwood, Chris Smith, Stevie Woods, Lisa Worrall, and Serena Yates. Edited by: UK MAT (UK Meet Acquisitions Team).

This anthology is a souvenir of the 2011 UK Meet, an occasion for GLBTQ supporters to get together in a relaxed setting to celebrate and chat about the fiction community they love. Funds from the sale of this anthology will go towards future UK Meets, to which all are welcome. Please visit the website for details, or contact UK MAT through the publisher.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 389 KB
  • Print Length: 218 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1611521467
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: JMS Books LLC (4 July 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005AKBXV0
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #198,583 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview 23 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
This book is just what you need if you want to know what talented M/M authors are out there. The opening story, Making Camp by Clare London, is just perfect to begin with. It is sweet and has an innocent subnote I really enjoyed. Most (not all!) stories in this book have a happy ending. Frozen Angel by Lisa Worrell is one of the opposite sort, or Silent Witness by Anna Marie May. Bittersweet is the word here, and the reader can look forward to them just as to the few F/F stories. Especially touching is Beside the Seaside by Lucy Felthouse. I could smell the salty air and feel the wind on my skin and at the end of it, I wanted to read more.
The two stories that impressed me most were Fantasy Man by Jay Rookwood and We'll always have Brighton #2 by Zahra Owens. The first, written by one of the few men in the genre, is ...different. The opening scene draws the reader right in, the description of the protagonists is spot on, and the plot screwed in a quite plausible way. Loved it from beginning to end!
Zahra's story, on the other hand, is different, too. The main character has cheated on his one true love, which is a surprising setting, at least in this anthology, where we find first times quite often. This one has a touch of finality that left me pondering about relationships for quite a while. Loved it just as well, and looking forward to read more of Zahra's writing.
So to sum up: get the book and read the stories!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely spread 23 Oct 2011
By Nan Hawthorne - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
I am usually monogamistic to historical fiction, preferably GLBT, and bought this anthology for the story by Charlie Cochrane, and I am so glad I did. All the stories are of love and are hot but they run the gamut from funny to spooky to joyous to desperately sad. They all deal with how people, men or women, find lovers in a world where you can't assume the other person will be into your gender no less you, and for many of these stories there are delightfully unexpected surprises. At the same time there is dignity, like the man whose neighbor assumes he will jump at the chance to have him not remembering that theyoung man has feelings and pride too. I wish there had been more lesbian stories, but in any case I have a whole bunch of authors now whose work I will want to pursue. These are erotic, yes, deliciously so, but they are also so full of heart and of soul. Great job all of you.
3.0 out of 5 stars hit and miss 12 Aug 2012
By amf0001 - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
It had some authors I really like in it, I mainly bought it for Alex Beecroft, who does create an amazing atmosphere in about 10 pages...

This short stories are really short, not novellas, shorter than that. Some were good but too many were average. It's good for rainy day reading, to dip in and out of. I find if I read too many of them in a row, they blur and loose impact.
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