All the Young Queers

A tender collection of queer coming of age stories.

The debut collection of short fiction from the author of Polari Prize longlisted novella One Last Song. Nine stories, nine characters – one for each youthful year. Spanning metrosexual metropolises and unknown universes, from the end-of-the-twentieth-century to the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it, these tender tales explore issues from climate-crisis to chemsex with wit and inventiveness.

Following on from One Last Song—Evans’ debut novella about queer elders—his debut short story collection journeys the other end of the rainbow spectrum, and will be published in February 2025 to mark LGBTQ+ History Month. In nine stories spanning from the end of the twentieth century to the end of the world as we know it, he explores our youthful years through a character of each of the ages between sixteen and twenty-four—ages oft tick-boxed together. Set in shiny cities, stuffy universities and other alternative universes, they explore issues from class to climate-crisis and chemsex with tenderness, humour and inventiveness.