Be Gay, Do Crime
Alissa Nutting author Francesca Ekwuyasi author Aurora Mattia author Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya author Anna Dorn author Emily R Austin author Molly Llewellyn editor Kristel Buckley editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dzanc Books
Publishing:5th Jun '25
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 5th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A follow-up to their runaway success Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women, editors Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley return with Be Gay, Do Crime, a celebration of queer chaos from an all-queer author lineup featuring Myriam Gurba, Emily Austin, Alissa Nutting, and Francesca Ekwuyasi
A trans woman makes increasingly frequent hoax calls to a business where she's had a negative experience, watching the consequences with perverse joy. A group of aging queers turns to bank robbery to stop the sale of their bungalow complex to a development company. As the president prepares to give a speech, two women lurk among the journalists, ready to shoot him. And an aspiring author takes to stealing items from strangers’ homes in a kind of cosmic redistribution each time one of her relationships fail.
In sixteen brilliant, wild-eyed stories, Be Gay, Do Crime delivers a celebration and reckoning of why queer people turn to crime–unintentionally, as a means of survival, as protest, as rescue, or to right injustices big and small.
"I longed to be friends with every character in these hilarious, charming, honest stories. Whenever I thought I had a story figured out, it suddenly opened into a moment of queer beauty. Crime has never been so sexy and gay."
—Marie-Helene Bertino, author of BEAUTYLAND
“Funny, sharp,surprising, and bizarrely relatable, readers can’t go wrong with this entertaining and moving collection. Gayis good, and bad gays are even better.
—Marissa Higgins, author of A GOOD HAPPY GIRL
“The newest addition to the dyke aching genre, this is a desperately needed unhinged collection for the gays and theys.”
—Chloé Caldwell, author of WOMEN
“Chaotic, sexy, and binge-worthy as hell, Be Gay, Do Crimeis an EVENT.”
—Ruth Madievsky, author of ALL NIGHT PHARMACY
"A collection that is truly firing on all cylinders. The stories are propulsive, compelling, and incredibly enthralling. Immensely enjoyable. I couldn't put it down!"
—Kristen Arnett, NYT bestselling author of MOSTLY DEAD THINGS
"This irrepressible, riotous, and very gay collection of stories from some of our best emerging writers charms and entertains, leaving the reader veering in a getaway car between laugh-out-loud and gasp-out-loud."
—Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT
"Audacious, outrageous, alternately tender-hearted and razor-sharp- a celebration of the edgy intersection of resilience and revolution. With fearless exuberance, the authors of these stories lean hard into all that is messy and magical about queer existence, honoring the joy of defiance and the legacy of communities who must defy both social norms and the long arm of the law to survive. Fans of Dorothy Allison, Joey Comeau, and Amber Dawn will find many treasures in this dazzling collection."
—Kai Cheng Thom, author of FIERCE FEMMES & NOTORIOUS LIARS: A DANGEROUS TRANS GIRL'S CONFABULOUS MEMOIR
ISBN: 9781938603310
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
203 pages