ReQueered Tales

Jul 2023 22

Queer Mysteries Coming Attractions: August 2023

2023 Articles, Coming Attractions!, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Matt Lubbers-Moore

I was reminiscing with a coworker the other day about the different celebrities I have met over the years. And I promise this is not a name-dropping-ooo-look-at-me-I’m-friends-with-celebrities article. The celebrities I have met were at comic cons and book signings with any interaction lasting less than five minutes. But, it is fun sometimes how much interaction one can get in five minutes or less … My friend James would make an amusing comment about other interesting interactions that take five minutes, but this is a high-brow column in a respectable mystery magazine.

Mar 2023 18

Queer Mystery Coming Attractions: April 2023

2023 Articles, Coming Attractions!, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Matt Lubbers-Moore

A friend of mine messaged me the other day almost in tears because an author they love and adore replied to their email in a contemptuous way. My friend is a fan of male/male romances which are very commonly written by straight women for straight women, and the author in question has a very feminine name and looks very feminine, and therefore, my friend made the assumption that the author in question is female. Hell, I made the assumption the author was female.

Dec 2022 17

Queer Mystery Coming Attractions: January 2023

2022 Articles, Coming Attractions!, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Matt Lubbers-Moore

Fresh out of rehab, disgraced physician assistant Ally Hamilton is trying to reinvent herself while working as a home health aide. But it’s not easy to start over, and Ally isn’t sure which way to go. Her new job takes an unexpected twist when she discovers a fortune in stolen artwork lining the walls of her patient’s mansion.

Mar 2022 19

Ninth Life By Lauren Wright Douglas: Review/Giveaway

2022 Articles, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Lorie Lewis Ham

Ninth Life is the second book in the Caitlin Reece mystery series by Lauren Wright Douglas. It was originally published in 1990 and won a Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery. It was republished by ReQueered Tales in February of 2022.

Jun 2021 26

The Always Anonymous Beast By Lauren Wright Douglas: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2021 Articles, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Lorie Lewis Ham

The Always Anonymous Beast was originally released in 1987 and has recently been re-released by ReQueered Tales. It is the first book in the Caitlin Reece Mystery series written by Lauren Wright Douglas.
Caitlin is a private detective, but it’s not completely clear in this book if she is officially one or someone who simply is paid to help right wrongs. While Caitlin is definitely tough and capable she isn’t a stereotypical hard-boiled kind of detective—she is an ex-lawyer who once worked for the Crown Prosecutor’s office (think the D.A.’s office in this country), a Shakespeare scholar, and a classical music aficionado.

Sep 2020 5

When Friends Share a Passion for Reading: The Story Behind ReQueered Tales

2020 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Tales of Diversity

by Alexander Inglis

It’s not every day that you wake up one morning and say: “Why don’t I start a mystery publishing house?” It was almost like that with ReQueered Tales, an indie publisher of LGBTQ fiction started in the early spring of 2019. Three online friends – we’ve still never met in person – chatting in a Facebook gay mystery group were bemoaning the number of gay mystery novels that had slipped out of print. After some due diligence, ReQueered Tales was born.