At any given time, Chanté McCoy is reading a handful of novels, taking a continuing education class to dabble in her latest interest, or hiking the mountains of Utah with Elvis, her beloved Doberman Pinscher.
A book such as this spins not only words but also whole worlds: eighteen of them, representing the best lesbian-themed stories of the fantastic or futuristic published the prior year. The women to be met in these pages will find themselves tested not because of their sexual identity but rather the identity they have composed, constructed, and spun.