Close Encounters of the Queer Kind: Collections of Short Stories

By William Strubbe

In this collection of short stories, seemingly chance encounters alter everyone's life...A leather man bumps into a high school prom girl in the elevator....A veteran meets the brother of his dead buddy at the Vietnam Memorial Wall....A drag queen takes under her wing a na?ve new arrival in the Big City....A lesbian burglar encounters a boy running away from the house she is robbing....A blind man meets the man of his dreams in a disco....A Palestinian suicide bomber reluctantly takes responsibility for an Israeli girl....A man dying of AIDS protects a small girl who lives in the apartment below....Laugher, tears, love, life, some shocking twists, and even death.... Afterwards, nothing is ever the same. Oh yeah, and some poetry thrown in at the end....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481907425
• ISBN13: 9781481907422
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"