Lesbian Pulp Fiction
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Through the darkness, you can see figures gathered in twos and threes – the glowing tip of a cigarette, a close-manicured hand draped over a shoulder, heads turning to study the new arrival. Someone moves toward you, snapping a lighter open. Step into the twilight world of lesbian pulps.In 1950, Fawcett founded their Gold Medal imprint, inaugurating the reign of lesbian pulp fiction. These were the books that small-town lesbians and prurient men bought by the millions – cheap, easy to find in drugstores, and immediately recognizable by their lurid covers: often a hard-looking brunette standing over a scantily-clad blonde or a man gazing in tormented lust at a lovely, unobtainable lesbian. For women leading straight lives, here was their confirmation that they were not alone and that darkly glamorous, “gay” places like Greenwich Village existed. In the over-heated prose typical of the genre, these books document the emergence of a lesbian subculture in postwar America. Some – especially those written by lesbians – offered sympathetic and realistic depictions of “life in the shadows,” while others (no less fun to read now) were smutty, sensational tales of innocent girls led astray. Grande dame of lesbian literature Katherine V. Forrest presents a rich survey of the best of the pulps, including work by Ann Bannon, Vin Packer, Marion Zimmer Bradley (writing as Miriam Gardner), Brigid Brophy, and many others.Contains: Tereska Torres: Women’s Barracks Vin Packer: Spring Fire Anne Herbert: Summer Camp Sloane Britain: These Curious Pleasures Joan Ellis: The Third Street Randy Salem: Chris Artemis Smith: The Third ex Valerie Taylor: The Girls in 3-B Valerie Taylor: Return to Lesbos Miriam Gardner: The Strange Women Dorcas Knight: The Flesh Is Willing Kay Martin: The Whispered Sex Fay Adams: Appointment in Paris Brigid Brophy: The ing of a Rainy Country March Hastings: Three Women Shirley Verel: The Dark Side of Venus Della Martin: Twilight Girl Paula Christian: Edge of Twilight Paula Christian: Another Kind of Love Ann Bannon: Beebo Brinker
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Katherine V. Forrest. Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Katherine V. Forrest
MILLS & BOON
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Contents
Introduction
Women’s Barracks. by Tereska Torres
Women’s Barracks
Spring Fire. by Vin Packer
Spring Fire
Summer Camp. by Anne Herbert
Summer Camp
These Curious Pleasures. by Sloane Britain
These Curious Pleasures
The Third Street. by Joan Ellis
The Third Street
Chris. by Randy Salem
Chris
The Third Sex. by Artemis Smith
The Third Sex
The Girls in 3-B. by Valerie Taylor
The Girls in 3-B
Return to Lesbos. by Valerie Taylor
Return to Lesbos
The Strange Women. by Miriam Gardner
The Strange Women
The Flesh Is Willing. by Dorcas Knight
The Flesh Is Willing
The Whispered Sex. by Kay Martin
The Whispered Sex
Appointment in Paris. by Fay Adams
Appointment in Paris
The King of a Rainy Country. by Brigid Brophy
The King of a Rainy Country
Three Women. by March Hastings
Three Women
The Dark Side of Venus. by Shirley Verel
The Dark Side of Venus
Twilight Girl. by Della Martin
Twilight Girl
Edge of Twilight. by Paula Christian
Edge of Twilight
Another Kind of Love. by Paula Christian
Another Kind of Love
Beebo Brinker. by Ann Bannon
Beebo Brinker
I Am a Woman. by Ann Bannon
I Am a Woman
Enough of Sorrow. by Jill Emerson
Enough of Sorrow
Bibliography
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