Steeped in a fabulist version of the American South, The Iridescents highlights how the LGBTQ+ community transforms everyday acts of support and survival into miracles. We redefine sainthood and spiritual history through the lens of queer resilience with fierce joy. A trans man visits a donut shop with his ailing dog to pray for advice. Genderqueer lovers search the desert for a ballerina saint. Three-hundred-year-old crustacean oracles predict the future of our oceans. Blending irreverence with reverence, these stories explore the contemporary yearning to find meaning in something larger than ourselves.
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“Emrys Donaldson has written the best kind of story collection: strange, funny, surprising, and moving. The Iridescents moves deftly between satirical experimentation and stylized realism, creating a broad, compelling portrait of queer and trans lives. Whether writing about an Oracle floating over ball pits or heckin’ big bois climbing out of the sea, Donaldson maintains a tender admiration for what is most spectacular and spiritual about queer existence. It’s impossible to not be seen by this book.”
—Isle McElroy, author of People Collide
Emrys Donaldson 