Works by
Lawrence Schimel
(Writer)
[October 16, 1971 - ]

Anthologies Edited by Lawrence Schimel

• First Person Queer (2007) with Richard Labonte -- Finalist 2007 Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies
  In this amazing, wide-ranging anthology of non-fiction essays, contributors write intimate and honest first-person accounts of queer (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans) experience: from coming out to "passing" as straight, to the devastation of meth addiction, to growing old to living proud. These are the stories of contemporary queer life―and by definition, are funny, sad, hopeful, and truthful. Representing a diversity of genders, ages, races, and orientations, and edited by two acclaimed writers and anthologists (who between them have written or edited almost 100 books), First Person Queer depicts the diversity, the complexity, and the excitement of contemporary GLBTQ life.
  
  Contributors include Achy Obejas, Daniel Gawthrop, George K. Ilsley, Ivan E. Coyote, Josh Kilmer-Purcell,  Kate Bornstein, Katherine V. Forrest, Nalo Hopkinson, S. Bear Bergman, Sharon Bridgforth, Simon Sheppard, Stan Persky, and Tim Miller.

• Best Date Ever: True Stories That Celebrate Gay Relationships (2007)
  Whether it's a first date or a tenth, dinner in or dancing out, here is a new and fresh spin on the dating world, illustrating the time-honored tradition of romance.

• The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica (2007)
  More than 30 short stories of gay erotic fiction from Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst and others.

• The Future is Queer: A Science Fiction Anthology (2006), edited with Richard Labonte
  In a world increasingly complicated by questionable technologies and factional poli-tics, what does the future hold for gays, lesbians, and transgenders? In this anthology, the first of its kind in over ten years, provocative stories and comics posit a queer future of limitless possibilities, covering issues like cloning, gene manipulation, and gender assignment. It includes contributions from best-selling author and comic book creator Neil Gaiman, World Fantasy Award-winner Rachel Pollack, and cult UK comic artist Bryan Talbot.

• Found Tribe: Jewish Coming Out Stories (2002) --  Finalist 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction Anthologies and finalist 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Religion/Spirituality

• Aroused (2001)

• Kosher Meat (2000)
  Kosher Meat is a provocative and enlightening collection of memoir and fiction by a minyan of authors chosen by noted anthologist Lawrence Schimel. Passion, spirituality, tradition, identity, and a refusal to disappear in the face of oppression are persistent themes in this examination of Jewish identity and gay sexuality.

• Things Invisible to See: Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism - Finalist, 1998 Lambda Literary Award for Science/Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
  Features stories by Brian Thomsen, Kerry Bashford, Laura Antoniou, Lawrence Schimel, Lesléa Newman, Martha Soukup, Michelle Sagara West, Nancy Springer, Rand B. Lee, and Sarah Schulman.

• The Fortune Teller: Fantasy Anthology (1997) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  Includes stories by Brian Stableford, Bruce Holland Rogers, Janni Lee Simner, Leslie What, Neil Gaiman, Rosemary Edghill, Storm Constantine, Tanya Huff, and others.

• The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica (1997)
  Since the early 1990s gay male erotic writing has gained greater acceptance in the world of mainstream publishing. Fiction and nonfiction erotic anthologies have appeared and titillated millions of men who formally found these delights only between the covers of porno magazines. Lawrence Schimel's The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica is one of the best additions to this growing genre. Schimel has reprinted old favorites by writers such as Aaron Travis and Bill Mann, as well as excerpts from novels by notables such as Alan Hollinghurst, Christopher Bram, and Neil Bartlett.
  
  The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica also features new stories by Andrew Holleran, Lars Eighner, and Paul Elliott Russell and rediscovered writings by Edmund White and Michael Denneny. Sexy, sweaty, sweet, and often very moving, this collection renews your faith in the sexual power and performance of the written word.

• Two Hearts Desire: Gay Couples on Their Love (1997) with Michael Lassell, ed.
  Includes Christopher Isherwood & Don Bachardy, Paul Monette & Winston Wilde, Edmund White & Michael Carroll, Craig Lucas & Patrick Barnes, Douglas Sadownick & Tim Miller, Matthew Rettenmund & José Vélez, Regie Cabico & Guillermo Felice, Harlan Greene & Olin B. Jolley, Richard Labonte & Asa Dean Liles, Michael Bronski & Walta Borawski, Arnie Kantrowitz & Lawrence D. Mass, Tom Bianchi & Mark Prunty, and Mark Thompson & Malcolm Boyd.

• Food for Life: ...And Other Dish (1996)
  Recipes and anecdotes offer personal, often comic, glimpses into the lives of lesbian and gay celebrities and public figures, including Achy Obejas, Betty Dodson, Dorothy Allison, Jewelle Gomez, Martina Navratilova, Pat Califia, Rebecca Brown, RuPaul, Stephen McCauley, Steven Saylor, Thom Gunn, Tom Bianchi, Tony Kushner, and others.

• Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica (1996) with Carol Queen
  Includes essays by Blake C. Aarens, Carol Queen, Cecilia Tan, D. Travers Scott, Jenne Blade, Kevin Killian, Larry Townsend, Laura Antoniou, Lawrence Schimel, Lucy Taylor, Marco Vassi, Matthew Rettenmund, Pat Califia, Robin Sweeney, Simon Sheppard, Thomas Roche, Wickie Stamps, and William J. Mann.

Anthologies with Contributions by Lawrence Schimel

• The Dragon Done It (2008), Eric Flint and Mike Resnick, eds.

• Juicy Mother 2: How They Met (2007) -- Finalist 2007 Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies

• half-human (2001), Bruce Coville, ed.

• 100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999), Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg, and Stefan Dziemianowicz, eds.

• Prom Night (1999), Nancy Springer, ed.

• Dangerous Vegetables (1999), Keith Laumer, ed.

• Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Earth, Air, Fire, Water (1999), Margaret Weis, ed.

• Fantastic Alice (1999), Margaret Weis, ed.

• Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999), Mike Ashley, ed.

• Sword and Sorceress XVI (1999), Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed.

• Bruce Coville's Book of Magic II: More Tales to Cast a Spell on You (1997), Bruce Coville, ed.

• The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy (1998), Mike Ashley, ed.

• The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica (1998), Maxim Jakubowski, ed.

• Bruce Coville's Book of Magic II: More Tales to Cast a Spell on You (1997), Bruce Coville, ed.

• Elf Magic (1997), Martin H. Greenberg, ed.

• Gay Love Poetry (1997), Neil Powell, ed.

• Shakespearean Detectives (1997), Mike Ashley, ed.

• The Chronicles of the Round Table (1997), Mike Ashley, ed.

• The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997), Mike Ashley, ed.

• Bruce Coville's Book of Magic: Tales to Cast a Spell on You (1996), Bruce Coville, ed.

• Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II: More Tales to Give You the Creeps (1996), Bruce Coville, ed.

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• Monster Brigade 3000 (1996), Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg, eds.

• Phantoms of the Night (1996), Martin H. Greenberg and Richard Gilliam, eds.

• Return to Avalon (1996), Jennifer Roberson, ed.

• Space Stories (1996), Mike Ashley, ed.

• Sword and Sorceress XIII (1996), Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed.

• The Chronicles of the Holy Grail: The Ultimate Quest from the Age of Arthurian Literature (1996), Mike Ashley, ed.

• The Shimmering Door (1996), Katharine Kerr, ed.

• The UFO files (1996), Jerome Clark, ed.

• 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (1995), Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg, and Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, eds.

• 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)

• Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories (1995, 2006), Pam Keesey, ed.

• Excalibur (1995), Edward E. Kramer, Martin H. Greenberg, and Richard Gilliam, eds.

• Fantastic Alice (1995), Margaret Weis, ed.

• Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995), Martin H. Greenberg and Mike Resnick, eds.

• Superheroes (1995), John Varley and Ricia Mainhardt, eds.

• Tales of the Knights Templar (1995), Katherine Kurtz, ed.

• The Book of Kings (1995), Martin H. Greenberg and Richard Gilliam, eds.

• The Random House Treasury of Light Verse (1995), Louis Philips, ed.

• Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories (1995), Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg, eds.

• Alternate Worldcons (1994), Mike Resnick, ed.

• Catfantastic 3 (1994),  Andre Norton, ed.

• Sword and Sorceress XI (1994), Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed.

• Tales from the Great Turtle (1994), Piers Anthony, ed.

• Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994), Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, eds.

• Xanadu 3 (1994), Jane Yolen, ed.

• Young Blood (1994), Mike Baker, ed.

• Alternate Warriors (1993), Mike Resnick, ed.

• By Any Other Fame (1993), Martin H. Greenberg and Mike Resnick, eds.

• Sword and Sorceress X: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy (1993), Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed.

• The Sandman (1991), Ed Kramer and Neil Gaiman, eds.

• Sword and Sorceress VII (1990), Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed.

Anthologies (Series)

• Camelot Fantastic (1998) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  Explores the realm of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with all-original novelettes from Brian Stableford, Fiona Paton, Gregory Maguire, Ian McDowell, Mike Ashley, Nancy Springer, and Rosemary Edghill.

• Tarot Fantastic (1997) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  Tales of futures by Charles De Lint, Don Webb, George Alec Effinger, Lucy Taylor, Michelle Sagara West, Nancy Springer, Susan Wade, Tanya Huff, and others.

American Vampire Series

• Streets of Blood: Vampire Stories from New York City  (1998) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  With stories by Alan Ryan, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Edward Bryant, Ellen Kushner, Laura Anne Gilman, Mercedes Lackey, Suzy McKee Charnas, and others.

• Fields of Blood: Vampire Stories from the American Midwest (1998) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  With stories from A. R. Morlan, August Derleth, Henry Kuttner, Nancy Holder, P. N. Elrod, Peter Crowther, and more.

• Blood Lines: Vampire Stories from New England (1997) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  With works from Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Esther Friesner, H. P. Lovecraft, Hugh B. Cave, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Manly Wade Wellman, Sarah Smith, and others.

• Southern Blood: Vampire Stories from the American South (1997) with Martin H. Greenberg, ed.
  With works from Billie Sue Mosiman, Brian Hodge, Dan Simmons, Delia Sherman, Fred Chappell, Susan Schwartz, and others.

Children's Books

• Little Pirate Goes to School (2007) with Sara Rojo Perez, Illustrator
  Meet the little pirate with a lot to discover! It's the first day of school, and Mama and Papa Pirate have a surprise for Little Pirate — but what could it be? Kids learn basic colors as they lift the easy to use flaps to help Little Pirate track down the treasure. Includes a giant fold-out pirate map maze to help Little Pirate chart his course!  Baby - preschool.

• Little Pirate Goes to Bed (2007) with Sara Rojo Perez, Illustrator
  Meet the little pirate with a lot to discover!  Little Pirate looks for a snuggly treasure as he goes through his bedtime routine in this perfect nighttime tale Kids learn basic colors as they lift the easy to use flaps to help Little Pirate get ready for bed. Includes a giant fold-out game that lets kids explore the rooms of LIttle Pirate's ship!

• THE FLYING PILGRIM

• The Crystal Egg/El huevo de cristal (Date?) with Sonia Sanchez, Illustrator
  Spanish edition

Non-fiction

• The Erotic Writer's Market Guide: Advice, Tips, and Market Listings for the Aspiring Professional Erotica Writer (2003) with  Rachel Kramer Bussel

• Venus and Serena Williams (2000, Amazon UK) with Michael-Anne Johns

Non-fiction Anthologies

• Boy Meets Boy (1999)
  This collection of playful anecdotes by gay writers covers the full spectrum of men meeting each other and falling in love or lust, including writings from Alistair McCartney, Barry Lowe, D. Travers Scott, David B. Feinberg, James Hannaham, Jameson Currier, Kerry Bashford, Matthew Rettenmund, Michael Lassell, Peter Burton, and more.

• Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality (1997) with Carol Queen -- Co-winner 1997 Lambda Literary Awards for Transgender/Bisexual Transgender/Bisexual
  Includes essays by Carol Queen, D. Travers Scott, David Harrison, David Tuller, Dorothy Allison, Greta Christina, Jill Nagle, John Weir, Katherine Raymond, Laura Antoniou, Marco Vassi, Michael Thomas Ford, Pat Califia, and Riki Anne Wilchins.

Poetry

• Fairy Tales for Writers (2007)
  Fairy Tales for Writers holds up a magic mirror to the joys and struggles of the creative process and the writing life, reflecting them through the lens of the powerful archetypes of these formative stories. In these pages the reader will find: the new writer who encounters a wolf along the path to publication; that member of a writing workshop who always needs to be the fairest of them all; a writer who give sup her voice for love; and even that shy, anonymous author who slips away before the end of the reading, but is nonetheless tracked down at last by an editor who wishes to publish her work. Because sometimes there is a happy ending, even in publishing. Everyone who has ever felt lost in the deep, dark forest of the publishing world will find resonance in these cautionary tales.

Short Stories

• Two Boys in Love (2006) --  Finalist, 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Romance (Gay Male)
  The stories in Lawrence Schimel's latest collection show the full spectrum of romance between men, from the piercing joys of love at first sight to the tempered passions of men who have been together in a relationship for many years. From the sunny beaches of Barcelona to Christmastime in New York City, from couples who experiment with a threesome to a Cinderella fairy tale about a gay teen who finally finds love at the prom, these funny, quirky, sexy, and romantic stories are always original. And regardless of their setting, they give an honest depiction of gay lives and romance--a mix of insecurities, apprehensions, and, yes, blissful interludes -- which show that love is more than just sex and that commitment doesn't always have to be only about monogamy. Two Boys in Love is further proof that nobody understands gay hearts (and bodies) better than Lawrence Schimel.

• His Tongue: Stories (2001) - Finalist, 2001 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

• The Drag Queen of Elfland: Short Stories (1997) - Finalist, 1998 Lambda Literary Award for Science/Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

Other

• Vacation in Ibiza (2003) with Sebas (Illustrator) -- Finalist 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Photography/Visual Arts Awards