Sarah’s Reviews: Queer Wolf (Queer Legends) Edited by James EM Rasmussen

Their world lies between the shadows and the moonlight, between man and animal...and in the city under neon moons and through iron-treed streets, the queer wolves run. Bound within QUEER WOLF is an exciting collection of contemporary, urban and sensual werewolf tales; a gathering of queer wolves presented by exciting, new and established authors. "The debut anthology from James EM Rasmussen's QueeredFiction is an entertaining and varied collection, boasting such talents as Charlie Cochrane and Ginn Hale. Lovers of the lycan will find much to slaver over here: from the werewolf wanabee to the lovers-through-time, to waifs and strays. From the carnal to the violent to the passionate, this anthology will wag your tail, I guarantee it." Erastes -- author of Standish

From Goodreads

• Publisher: Queered Fiction, Gillitts, Durban


• Release Date: March 2009


• My Copy: Received From Author.


• Pages: 319


• Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy


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Queer Wolf (Queer Legends) Edited by James EM Rasmussen



Queer Wolf is an anthology of queer werewolf stories. The collection has a mix of contemporary, urban and sensual werewolf tales written by new and established writers. Personally before I've had mixed views on collections as I prefer to read a book but in saying that I have also read some really great short stories too. So I'm pretty much on the fence as to whether I like them or not as a style of book reading. There is a mix of mild sexual scenes to explicit amongst the stories.



The first story Wolf Strap by Naomi Clark is a mystery story and if this had been put into a book I'd have probably enjoyed it more, it seemed rushed and hard to follow as I got to the end. A real shame as it had started with such promise.



Laramie Dean's Moon Sing features the teenage angst of what it's like to being a werewolf and gay and there's the complication of falling for a male witch. This was one of my favourites as I really didn't want the story to end!



Wolf Lover by Michael Itig is a very romantic story of a gay werewolf who falls in love with a guy he meets at a bar! All seemed a bit too normal for me, maybe I'm too cynical but I like more of a chase!



Now Shy Hunter by Ginn Hale is one of my favourites, there are some comedic moments throughout. David has been dumped and to hide away he becomes a rescue dog! Oh I wish there were times I could hide away!



Anel Viz's The Stray and Cari Z's New Beginnings kind of passed me by without really hitting me with their stories. Both are readable but neither really hit me.



Where the Sled Dogs Run by Jerome Stueart was interesting but then started revealing all too much in the last few pages and it left me wanting more answers and quite confused at the end sadly.



I liked the start of Pavlov's Dog as I was very intrigued as to how this was going to pan out. Omega is a human who liases between the werewolves and the humans. Then the story shifts to two werewolves who want to start their own pack. As you can imagine I got confused...



I liked the idea of Charlie Cochrane's Wolves of the West with the werewolf packs being run like a English University department. Sadly too many characters and too much going on then makes the story about not very much. This would have worked better in more detail with length in a book.



Moondancer Drake's Family Matters is about a lesbian werewolf defending her mate. This goes to the other extreme than the previous book as was too short to get into.



Wrong Turn by Stephen Osborne is a story about a guy who meets a werewolf and we're supposed to believe it's love. It seemed more like a fling to me so I didn't really buy into the story.



Robert Saldarini's Leader of the Pack has an interesting story but again too much happens late and again at the end I have lots of questions!

Charles Long's War of the Wolves is very heavy on the drama but has an important message which sadly gets lost.



Flip City by Lucas Johnson is as the name suggests about a straight man realising he's gay. It's a good story but I wanted more from it in terms of feelings and I didn't feel attached to the characters.



RJ Bradshaw's Night Swimming is a good read, a romantic one at that. A moonlight skinny dip turns into romance amongst a city boy and a country boy. They both have different views and it all makes for a good, enjoyable read.



In The Seeonee Hills by Erica Hildebrand is an entertaining read about Claire who visits a werewolf run clinic to find out whether her lesbian lovers' bite on her neck has infected her. She then falls for Ginny and this turns into a war between her lover's pack and those from the Seeonee. I really liked this one.



A Wolf's Moon by Quinn Smythwood is a thinking story, just as you've worked out what's gone on - it ends! On a second read it became easier to follow though.



I enjoyed most of the stories but some didn't grab me at all. As I mentioned earlier this I've found to be a problem with anthology collections but I did as a book as a whole enjoy it. I'd probably not want to re-read them all but the ones I liked I probably would do.

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