{"product_id":"9780857309488","title":"Queerphoria : VERVE Voices","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Hardcastle, Dylin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 25 June 2026 by Verve Books in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129\u003cp\u003eThe inaugural collection in the new VERVE Voices series, Queerphoria is a joyful and defiant queer-authored anthology proudly supporting Switchboard, the national LGBTQIA+ support line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Four housemates welcome the reader into their home for a birthday party. An elderly widow visits her first queer bar, beneath the flat she shared with her husband. A couple invite a shipwrecked sailor into their isolated lighthouse on the stormy night of their thirtieth anniversary. A single woman embarks on a romantic relationship with a sex robot. A married couple secretly prepare for their baby's arrival in a world where procreation is controlled by the Establishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through prose, poetry, essays, illustrations and more, thirty-one writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate, subvert, expand and reimagine what joy can look like, even in uncertain times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardcastle, Dylin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53524618805432,"sku":"9780857309488","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780857309488.jpg?v=1780059405","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780857309488","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}