Draq Queen Astronaut and Other Stories

By Sandra McDonald

Transgender.Transvestite. Bisexual. These four groundbreaking stories center on people whose sexuality and gender don't fit into tidy boxes. From a WWII battleship to the lunar landscape, they struggle with identity, intimacy, and romance in a world that rejects who they are or want to be. Includes the James Tiptree award honor list story "Drag Queen Astronaut" and "Sea of Cortez" from the anthology "Take Me There," winner of the Lambda Literary Award.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sandra McDonald
• Release date: Dec 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311497314

Sandra McDonald

SANDRA MCDONALD has been a Hollywood assistant, a software instructor, a bureaucrat, and an officer in the US Navy. Her short fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. Her novels include The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida.

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