Genre:
Anthology / Short Story
Themes:
Addiction
Body Positivity
Character with Disability
Coming of Age
Friends to Lovers
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Quirky Characters
Starting Over
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Actor / Performer
Blue Collar Worker
Doctor / Nurse / EMT / Midwife
Mechanic
Student
Superhero
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
United States
Setting:
Brothel / Sex Club
Concert / Perfomance
Prison
Restaurant / Diner / Food Truck
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Protagonist Identity:
Black / African American
Shimmer & Other Stories
Golden Crown Literary Award (Goldie)
By Lori L. Lake
In these tales of hope and loss, lovers and found family, Lori L. Lake gives us amazing slices of life that trailblazer Ann Bannon calls “pure gold.”
The women in these stories, unsettled, adrift, and often disillusioned, can’t quite understand how they arrived at their present situations. But whether rejected, afraid to commit, or just misunderstood, even the most hard-bitten are not without some hope in the power of love. Sharply rendered, the tone of these glittering tales reflects their title: silver and gray, shimmery and wintry, yet also filled with the shiny hope of summer.
“[Lake is] a superb seat-of-the-pants linguist and she puts all of her skills to work in the service of her engaging stories. These tales are bubbling with the energy of real people wrestling with their devils, facing up to their own errors, and discovering their true worth.” ~Ann Bannon, author of the “Beebo Brinker Chronicles”
