The Iridescents
Stories
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Texas Review Press
Publishing:1st Nov '25
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 1st November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Steeped in a fabulist version of the American South, The Iridescents highlights how the LGBTQ community transforms everyday acts of support and survival into miracles, redefining sainthood and spiritual history through the lens of queer resilience and fierce joy. A trans man visits a donut shop with his ailing dog to pray for advice. Genderqueer lovers search the desert for a ballerina saint. Three-hundred-year-old crustacean oracles predict the future of our oceans. Blending irreverence with reverence, these stories explore the contemporary yearning to find meaning in something larger than ourselves.
“Emrys Donaldson has written the best kind of story collection: strange, funny, surprising, and moving. The Iridescents moves deftly between satirical experimentation and stylized realism, creating a broad, compelling portrait of queer and trans lives. Whether writing about an Oracle floating over ball pits or heckin’ big bois climbing out of the sea, Donaldson maintains a tender admiration for what is most spectacular and spiritual about queer existence. It’s impossible to not be seen by this book.” - Isle McElroy, author of People Collide
ISBN: 9781680034363
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 284g
100 pages