This has now been published and contains more than 100 tales by thirty queer and queer-friendly writers, including at least five published novelists, an award-winning playwright and eight debutants.
Flash Fiction lives, breathes and dances across the page in stories from eight words to 1,000. Funny and fire-breathing, sad, savage and sexy.
If you don't like one story, there'll be another along in a Flash! Which, among other things, makes it an ideal toilet book!
AuthorsISBN 9 781904 585985
Paperback, 231 pages
UK delivery: £13.99 (inc p&p)
“A real mix of fab short stories and poems, written by a variety of up and coming LGBTQ authors. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and love the anthology.”
“Flash Dances is an absolute gem of a book. This collection of short stories by queer writers is funny, heartwarming, and packed with all the feels. The stories are clever, authentic, and so full of life it’s impossible not to connect with them. If you love sharp writing and emotional depth with a side of sass, this is a must-read. You won’t regret it!”
Peter Scott-Presland is the author of several other books which are available on this site with free postage within the UK.
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The 17 playlets which make up A Gay Century were premiered over Zoom during the pandemic lockdowns 2020-21.
They were presented as drama, without music, although designed to be made into mini operas with music by Robert Ely.
So far, he has set 14 of the 17, and one of them, 1936: Fishing, had its operatic premiere in September 2022.
We now publish them in two volumes. A series of quirky snapshots of the lives lived by homosexuals throughout the 20th Century.
Paperback 420pp
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Paperback 420pp
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A Gay Century is also available as an e-book from Amazon, Apple Store and Google Books.
The Campaign for Homosexual Equality was the largest ever LGBT+ organisation in the UK. Thousands of people discovered their sexuality through CHE; it was the engine of social change for twenty years and spawned counselling services, phone helplines, gay centres and campaigns for equal rights in all areas of society.
The Amiable Warriors project is a four-volume history of this shamefully overlooked pillar of our history.
From a Manchester support group rallying Northern MPs to implement the Wolfenden Report, to the beginnings of a national organisation, Amiable Warriors I follows the fortunes of the ex-mineworker Allan Horsfall and two teenagers Martin Stafford and Paul Temperton fighting religious bigotry in an effort to start Esquire Clubs.
When that was blocked, they set up local groups all over the country and pioneered the idea of 'queer space' being something that groups of homosexuals carried with them. A plethora of fascinating characters - Brian Sewell, Ray Gosling, Meg Elizabeth Atkins - in a racy, readable style.
'A bit like being immersed in a great Victorian novel' - Jeffrey Weeks.
This will be split into two volumes in the revised reissue in due course.
ISBN: 978-1-904585 -75-6
Hardback, 640 pages 2015
UK delivery: £30 (inc p&p)
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From 1 June 2026:
ISBN: 978-1-904585-85-5
Paperback, 640 pages
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Another eye-opener from award-winning writer Peter Scott-Presland charts the rise of CHE against the currents of the time, and particularly against its more flamboyant but shorter-lived little sister, the Gay Liberation Front. Upsetting all received notions of our origins and history, this is Queer history for everyone.
'Richly illustrated and written with wit, wisdom and compassion' - Professor Matt Cook.
'A damned good read' - Peter Tatchell.
From 1 June 2026:
ISBN: 978-1-904585-9-78
Paperback, 392 pages
UK delivery: £15 (inc p&p)
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