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BOOK BLURB:
A fascinating anthology of literate, lyrical, Lesbian ghosts interacting with Lesbian protagonists and an occasional homophobic shade too.

BOOK REVIEW:
A truly remarkable anthology, Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories earns it place on any savvy reader's keeper shelf. Not just for aficionados of Lesbian fiction, this wonderful collection is fantastic reading in and of itself. Editor Catherine Lundoff writes a literate introduction explicating the nature of the "ghost story" and of literature's multiple examples of "ghosts," interweaving historical and contemporary ghost stories with the additional threads of either Lesbian ghosts, or Lesbian protagonists. Each of the seventeen excellent stories is worth many re-readings, from the original creativity of "Focus of Desire," to the historically terrifying background of the contemporary frontier Lesbian characters in "Spirit Horse Ranch," to the unexpected apparition in "The One I Left Behind," and the unexpectedly romantic heart-wrenching "Some Old Lover's Ghost," and the other thirteen stories, readers will thrill, chill, shiver, and warm to the touching emotions of the Spirits and their loved ones on this side of death. No story will disappoint, and each one will leave its shade lingering in readers' thoughts. Run, do not walk, to your nearest book outlet and buy the outstanding anthology "Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades!"

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