Writer, podcaster, lifelong thespian and playwright Aaron Joy presents his new series of crossword puzzle books focusing on the world of theater. The first book in the series looks at some of the pioneering lesbian playwrights who have used the theater to share, protest, and express themselves and their ideas without inhibition. Visit the publisher www.lulu.com/aronmatyas to find all his books, including Masonic plays, fiction and other crossword puzzle books. This volume includes 13 puzzles featuring playwrights: Carolyn Gage, Paula Vogel, Cherrie Moraga, Marga Gomez, Holly Hughes, Lisa Kron, Catherine Hernandez, Terry Baum, Carmelita Tropicana, Joelle Taylor, Tanya Barfield, Kate Bornstein, Nancy Cardenas, Jane Chambers, Sharon Bridgforth, Maria Irene Fornes, Susan Miller, Sarah Daniels, Diane Flacks, Bathsheba Doran, Jane Bowles, Stella Duffy, Eileen Myles, 5 Lesbian Brothers and the WOW Cafe Theater.

Chiseled Orchids is a book about the heroes of the sexual and cultural undergrounds in San Francisco during the 1990's. AIDS is in full swing and the streets of San Francisco are empty of gay men above a certain age, an entire generation wiped out by a virus that spread through intimacy. It was a terrifying time. In response young gay men threw ourselves at life intensely despite everything that was arrayed against us. Here are snapshots of the formation of a defiant queer culture manifested through moments of glamour, savagery, sexual grace, and humor, with the specter of AIDS the subtext of every intimate encounter. These are moments captured in amber from the fringes of queer life during that pivotal period. It is brutally honest, raw, and explicit. Consider yourselves warned.

The story of a post-apocalyptic future London where the wealthy are top of the chain and the poor are barely able to survive. Somewhere in between are the executioners, coliseum gladiators who enact the punishments laid out for the justice system. Ethan Bale Jr. is one of the wealthy, a cruel man who purchases the powerful, wildly stubborn, and deliciously tempting Drake, one of those famed executioners, and enslaves him mind, body, and eventually soul; all the while dealing with the threats of the dangerous and mysterious Reagan.

LESBIAN & QUEER PLAYS FROM THE JANE CHAMBERS PRIZE edited by Maya E. Roth and Jennifer-Scott Mobley with a preface by Jill Dolan and an afterword by Sara Warner This volume, the first of two, gathers five plays from the history of the Jane Chambers Prize: UNSPEAKABLE ACTS by Mary F. Casey, FULL/SELF by Claire Chafee, THE SIEGELS OF MONTAUK by Meryl Cohn, A LIVE DRESS by MJ Kaufman and FEMMES by Gina Young. THE JANE CHAMBERS PRIZE recognizes plays and scripts for performance written by a woman that present a feminist perspective and significant roles for female performers. This annual award is given in memory of lesbian playwright Jane Chambers who, through her plays and activism became a major feminist voice in American theater. This publication is a collaboration between WTP and NoPassport Press.

Queer Privacy is a collection of essays about community, family, coming out, dating, domestic violence, activism, sex work and suicide. We will talk about problems, we won't always have solutions, and not all the stories have happy endings. After all, this is real life and we are building it together - one step at a time.