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Someplace Generous

by Elaina Ellis
Amber Flame
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Generous Press is a new kind of romance imprint. Someplace Generous—a vibrantly diverse and inclusive anthology of romantic short stories—can be described in one word: yes.
Featuring stories by award-winning poets like Richard Siken, Rachel McKibbens, and Brionne Janae; acclaimed fiction writers like Temim Fruchter, Corinne Manning, and Max Delsohn; and popular thinkers like Jessica P. Pryde, Someplace Generous presents voices largely new to the genre of romance, each bringing a fresh take on what it means to tell a love story.
This first book from Generous Press, a new imprint committed to changing the face of romance genre-fiction, is a collection of twenty-two never-before-published stories about joy, passion, and generous consent.

In these pages, desire is centered and explored through queer, trans, Black, AAPI, Latinx, Jewish, disabled, and neurodivergent lenses, and the ages of authors and characters span generations.

The brilliant authors herein have spun lush, poetic tales featuring characters and perspectives historically excluded from romance narratives. Through a variety of styles, lengths, and subgenres—ranging from flash-fiction to short stories, speculative to satire to romcom—there is something here for every kind of reader.

Two Modern Orthodox Jewish women cross a magical threshold on the holiday of Shavuot. A Chinese American grandmother in a nursing home plays matchmaker, just in time for the Lunar New Year. A nonbinary sexworker with psychic abilities helps an older woman connect with her long-lost lover. Two disabled young adults find new levels of intimacy as they work to overcome shame. An enslaved couple jumps the broom and can see the future, which is freedom.

The lovers in Someplace Generous—whether they are sapphic vampires or undercover super-heroes, teenagers, or middle-aged mamas—choose each other, and along the way, they choose themselves, too.

Featuring twenty-two stories by twenty-two authors, Someplace Generous presents voices largely new to the genre of romance-fiction, each bringing a fresh take on what it means to tell a love story.

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  • Release date

    May 28, 2024

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781955905633

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      • ISBN: 9781955905633
      • File size: 6312 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 22, 2024
      Editor Ellis and poet Flame (Apocrifa) bring together 21 exquisite love stories that reflect the mission of Generous Press: “to publish lush, high-caliber romance fiction written by brilliant BIPOC, queer, and disabled authors.” Whether readers are in the mood for a goofy and fantastical romance between an assassin and her impossible-to-kill target (“Why Won’t You Die?” by Jessica P. Pryde) or a tender, sensual meet-cute between two middle-aged Orthodox Jewish women during Shavuot (“The All-Night Deluxe Tea Room” by Temim Fruchter), there’s something for any taste. Lengthy, luxurious stories, like Ayla Vejdani’s “Luna x Noura,” in which a recently divorced woman on the verge of giving up on online dating meets someone shockingly well suited, intermingle with brief, sexy entries, like Richard Siken’s “Stunt Man,” which comprises an imagery-rich moment of longing from the unnamed narrator. There are no duds in the bunch and each story will leave readers wishing they could remain submerged in that world a little longer. This is a triumph.

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