Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Violet Quill LOS ANGELES—October 13, 2020—Widely celebrated, this literary mystery is a tour-de-force of villainous machinations, savage wit, sleight-of-hand, and an ending that surprises right up to the final line. (No peeking!) “Based on Picano’s involvement with the Violet Quill Club (which included Edmund White and Andrew Holleran), this is an absorbing Henry James-style comedy of manners about how even when some writers find their way out of the closet, others still get left behind.” — The Mail on Sunday Bright, ambitious, and handsome, Ross Ohrensted ..read more

Benjamin Justice Returns! 25th Anniversary Revised Edition LOS ANGELES—John Morgan Wilson’s celebrated Benjamin Justice series, whose debut novel “SIMPLE JUSTICE” won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel, returns in a revised edition marking its 25th Anniversary. “Politically pungent, exactly observed, and conceding little comfort, Wilson is heir to the shockingly unsentimental vision of Patricia Highsmith.” Michael Bronski, Out Magazine  It’s 1994, an election year when violent crime is rampant, voters want action, and politicians smell blood. When a Latino teenager confesses to the murder o ..read more

Geoffry Chadwick Misadventure 3 A lively comedy of manners – bad manners – with just a hint of crime LOS ANGELES—July 28, 2020—Edward O. Phillips returns with the third installment in a sophisticated urban comedy of manners set in Montreal starring Geoffry Chadwick – “SUNDAY BEST”. “A highly polished gem of a novel on Montreal mores and manners … delightful reading on a wintry Sunday afternoon” — Ian Mayer, Toronto Star  Geoffry Chadwick is back and this time the reluctant hero and social observer is going to a wedding – or maybe not. Geoffry’s niece, Jennifer, is about to marry Douglas, son ..read more

One of the most ground-breaking of our authors is Nikki Baker: an African-American lesbian who created the first series African-American Lesbian amateur PI. The feminist press Naiad Press was publishing an impressively vast array of titles under the leadership of Barbara Grier and Donna McBride as early as 1973(!). But it wasn’t until Nikki Baker submitted her first manuscript that a black lesbian main character in a mystery series was published in 1991. Nikki Baker is a pseudonym and, to this day, Ms Baker prefers to remain out of the limelight. (Our arrangement even precludes using photograp ..read more

January 31 is release day for Trebor Healey’s Ferro-Grumley award-winning novel, THROUGH IT CAME BRIGHT COLORS. Reissued today in a handsome new print edition and e-book. Trebor Healey is recipient of The James Duggins Lambda Literary Award for Mid-Career Novelists. He also received the Violet Quill award for his first novel, Through It Came Bright Colors, and the Publishing Triangle’s Ferro-Grumley Award in Fiction for both A Horse Named Sorrow and Through It Came Bright Colors. “Trebor Healey delivers coming out as apocalypse – tender, destructive, punk. He tore down a wo ..read more

January 17 is release day for the next two adventures in Richard Stevenson’s acclaimed series. Shock to the System and Chain of Fools where first released in the mid-1990s. Now back in print in handsome new editions. Richard Stevenson is the pseudonym of Richard Lipez, author of 17 books, including the Don Strachey private eye series. A former editorial writer at The Berkshire Eagle, Lipez reviewed mysteries and thrillers for The Washington Post. His reporting, reviews, and fiction appeared in Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Harper’s, and many other ..read more

After 18 months of go-slow due to COVID-19 and the impacts on publishing and retailing, we came roaring back in January 2022. More books, new authors, old friends. It was an incredible year for ReQueered Tales. A small enterprise, we rely on our authors, contributors, and readers … for everything. A big year-end THANK YOU to one and all. So how SPECIAL was the year? Let us count the ways … … twenty-seven unique new titles, thirty new print books, seven new authors … … please help us spread the word. 2 ReQueered Tales Original Publications Felice Picano: A BARD ON HERCULAR: Ci ..read more

Stan Kraychik takes a “vacation” to Key West LOS ANGELES—September 29, 2020—After four adventures in and around Boston, Stan Kraychick is ready for a vacation. But in “TIME TO CHECK OUT” he encounters a lot more than R&R. Grant Michaels’ 5th novel in the series releases today. “Kraychik tracks his suspect to a hurricane-tossed tourist boat and finally sorts out the details of a breezy whodunit.” — Publishers Weekly  It’s October in Key West, as quiet as the tropical island will ever be. Or so thinks Boston salon star Stan “The Widow” Kraychik, who has recently lost his lover. Stan is grie ..read more

A Virginia Kelly Mystery, Book 2 Virginia Kelly heads to Provincetown for a holiday with an unexpected bonus LOS ANGELES—August 18, 2020—Nikki Baker, author of In the Game, is the first Black voice in lesbian mystery fiction. Following a strong debut, Virginia Kelly is back and headed to Provincetown. “It is a refreshing change to see real-life lesbians with real-life terrors and real-life anger on the pages of a novel …” — Washington Blade  By night – the bars, the music, the sexual energy. By day – the beaches, the bay … basking in the sun and the scent of suntan lotion. And everywhere the ..read more