Heiresses of Russ 2011

<p>Welcome to a new annual anthology created in honor of the late Joanna Russ American writer academic and feminist whose work shone brightly in the male-dominated field of speculative fiction of the latter half of the twentieth century.<em> Heiresses of Russ</em> offers readers in one volume the best lesbian-themed tales of the fantastical weird and otherworldly published during the prior year. Editors JoSelle Vanderhooft (<em>Sleeping Beauty Indeed and Other Stories</em>) and Steve Berman (the <em>Wilde Stories</em> series) read countless books periodicals and webzines to collect a range of talers--from new voices as well as award-winning authors--that celebrate the spirit of Russ's fiction: stories of sorceresses and spectral women lost daughters and sisters of myth. The transformative power of the written word becomes magic and tests the boundaries of gender identity and a woman's dreams.</p>