Queen of Hearts

Queen of Hearts

Elna Holst

Elna Holst

In the summer of 1972, twenty-one-year-old university undergrad Annette Thornton, aka Thorny Netty, finds herself on a coerced holiday with her younger sister Fiona, expected to spend two long sweltering weeks babysitting said sister on the island of Gran Canaria. To say she's peeved would be an understatement. But when she catches a glimpse of a stranger on a balcony, impulses long buried begin to surface—impulses that sorely put Thorny Netty's much-touted self-possession to the test. From Sappho, with Love is a new series of standalone stories held together by a common theme: a chain of postcards sent from sapphic travellers across space and time.
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Once Upon a Rainbow, Volume Three

Once Upon a Rainbow, Volume Three

Elna Holst

Elna Holst

Your favorite stories from childhood have a new twist. Seven fairy tales of old with characters across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.Green Things Grow from Cinders by A.E. Ross – Glass slippers aren't for everyone.Gretel on Her Own by Elna Holst – This time around, Gretel Kindermann is on her own. Or is she?Bremen Town Musicians by Mark Lesney – Loss and love on the road to Bremen Town.The Scent of Magic by N.J. Romaine – Who can win a hunt against the Big Bad Wolf?The Rescue by Sam Burns – Saving princesses is hard work. Getting out of marrying them is harder.Loose in the Heel, Tight in the Toe by Valentine Wheeler – The shoe fits, the prince is won: now what?Baile de la Marioneta by W.M. Fawkes – No one else...
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In the Palm

In the Palm

Elna Holst

Elna Holst

Stranded on a tropical island, Dr No-Name has no mobile phone, no wallet, no keys, no passport. No left hand, no shoes and no memory. What she does have is a blister pack of nicotine gums, two minibar-sized bottles of whisky (consumed), and what appears to be an endless supply of coconuts. She can't possibly get into any worse trouble, can she?
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