Five fun fictions from the author of Tiffany and Tiger’s Eye & Truth and Other Lies! In Rainbow Crush, revisit five favourite short stories featuring gay and lesbian characters:

In “I Hate Love,” Mila melts Laura-the-Ice-Queen’s heart as Jaden learns that dating an older man could have repercussions he hadn’t anticipated. Mila and Laura are back with impossibly high expectations in the side-splittingly funny housesitting comedy “Happy Birthday, Klutzface.” In “I Know What Gay Is,” Jay the teenaged manny and his young charge Sarah, who insists on being called Frank, find an unexpected ally on the soccer field.

School is back in session and tempers flare when Mila, Laura and Jaden stumble into a protest where classmates insist a gender-nonconforming new student “Dress Like A Dude.” In our final story, aspiring teen chef Noah comes out of the closet in a most surprising way during his first television appearance in “The Secret to a Perfect Latke.”

Foxglove’s first short story anthology is full of humor and heart–perfect for a little light afternoon reading!

When her mother’s creepy new garden gnome turns out to be a thousand year old fae, fifteen year old Lizbet has her summer vacation plans interrupted in a way she would never have expected. After the gnome slams an old medallion around her neck, the voices of her past lives, including when she was Morgan Le Fae, come back to haunt her.

Soon, she’s on the run , racing against the clock, to save the entire race of the fae from destruction. Not only does she have to worry about greedy land developers, but she’s being chased by a bunch of murderous monks who will do anything to stop her.

When seventeen-year-old Constance hits her head one afternoon in Canada, she wakes up in a country far, far away … on another planet. Worried that her family back on Earth will be frantic with worry, Constance just wants to go home.

In this magical other world, a handsome, aggravating, sword-wielding young prince and his trusted advisor agree to help her get back to Earth, but the journey becomes perilous. To reach the magic rock that can send her homeward, the three travelers must battle life-threatening human and natural enemies.

Part 1 of the Urban Fantasy/YA series ‘Darkshines Seven’

‘Beyond Bleeker Hill’ follows a young female drifter and her dog as they travel the desolate roads of a dystopian Great Britain.

Hunted by a secretive new government she finds herself drawn to the dangerous City 17. A place where her past and present will collide and the mystery of a place called Darkshines will slowly be revealed.