Short stories
Our Lady of Perpetual Realness & Other Stories
- Publisher
- Metatron Press
- Published
- September 2017
- Pages
- 72
- Price
- $16.00
- ISBN
- 9781988355092
- Language
- English
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The team behind the book
- Design
- Fraser Wrighte
Band sucked. I didn’t want to be a professional flutist anyway. The other kids in the orchestra didn’t even drink. I wanted to be more like Sid. In grade 10, Sid got sent to the office for being drunk in second-period science. He told the vice principal to go fuck herself and then he puked all over her desk. Sid rarely came to class, but he was always roaming the halls with this big rainbow Louis Vuitton handbag dangling from his arm. Beth said it was probably a knock-off.
Two teenagers shoot amateur porn. Coworkers pool hop after dark. A call centre employee scrambles to keep their shitty job. Sweetheart tries something new in order to pay rent. A group of friends get stoned and go to the movies. Did you hear about the drag BBQ on Saturday? Everyone’s going to be there, and everyone’s going to bring an amazing look. Set in the twin backdrops of Toronto and Montreal, Our Lady of Perpetual Realness is a glimpse into the lives of contemporary queer youth. Equal parts wry and tender, these six stories follow young, gay men of colour through the confusing, bleak, and often humorous aspects of their day-to-day lives as they struggle to discover the world and their place within it.
Description from the publisher Metatron Press, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
From Metatron Press
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Aqueous Mind Bath
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Wavering Futures Kawai Shen
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Lateral Sway Hannah Karpinski
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all the time Xiaoxuan Huang
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Opening Ceremony Laura Marie Marciano
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Continuum Ivanna Baranova
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The Snakes Came Back Lora Mathis
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The Choice Is Real Jayson Keery
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Little Fury Casey Bell
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Thirty Marie Darsigny
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Para-Social Butterfly Šari Dale
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New Infinity Bára Hladík
