The story deals with conflict between the Toronto burlesque community and the police and asks questions about justice and privacy that Robson also discusses in her Author’s Statement. This is her fourth story set in the Toronto burlesque community following “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty Fetish Fights Back: An erotic short story collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips (San Bernardino, CA: Nasty Publications, 2017) and rpt. in Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-186, with an author’s note on 186 that says it isn’t SF; “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-225, with an author’s note on 225, and “Skin City.” Ilus. Deborah Lee. Better Worlds: A science fiction project about hope. The Verge, 2019. and rpt. in Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 227-242, with an author’s note on 242.
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CY - New York DA - 01/2025 N2 -The story deals with conflict between the Toronto burlesque community and the police and asks questions about justice and privacy that Robson also discusses in her Author’s Statement. This is her fourth story set in the Toronto burlesque community following “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty Fetish Fights Back: An erotic short story collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips (San Bernardino, CA: Nasty Publications, 2017) and rpt. in Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-186, with an author’s note on 186 that says it isn’t SF; “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-225, with an author’s note on 225, and “Skin City.” Ilus. Deborah Lee. Better Worlds: A science fiction project about hope. The Verge, 2019. and rpt. in Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 227-242, with an author’s note on 242.
PB - Saga Press/Simon & Schuster PP - New York PY - 2025 SN - 9781668095959 SP - 311 EP - 334 SP - with an Author’s Statement on 332 EP - 334 T2 - We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope TI - “Blockbuster” ER -