Muswell Press

but two large glasses of beer.

had an overwhelming response to the Queer Life, Queer Love call out for this second anthology and, inevitably, have only been able to feature a relatively small number of the works submitted. We thank all of those who submitted for sharing and trusting their words with us. We believe that the stories and poems that are presented here offer a rich, wide and diverse selection of not just the themes and preoccupations of queers today but also different approaches to writing queer words. The anthology reflects the subjectivities of queer lives, wrestles with their construct and marginalisation, and attempts to articulate those spaces –

had an overwhelming response to the Queer Life, Queer Love call out for this second anthology and, inevitably, have only been able to feature a relatively small number of the works submitted. We thank all of those who submitted for sharing and trusting their words with us. We believe that the stories and poems that are presented here offer a rich, wide and diverse selection of not just the themes and preoccupations of queers today but also different approaches to writing queer words. The anthology reflects the subjectivities of queer lives, wrestles with their construct and marginalisation, and attempts to articulate those spaces –

Adam and Eve: believe

Aris: from bottle and glass, arse. Shortened to bottle, rhyming with Aristotle, then shortened again to Aris

Barnet: from Barnet Fair – hair

Boat: from boat race – face

Brassic/boracic: from boracic lint - skint

Bristol: from Bristol City – titty/breast

Brown bread: dead

Bugle: nose

Bunny: from rabbit and pork - talk

Buntz: profit (Yiddish)

Claret: blood

Clobber: clothes

Cream crackered: knackered, tired

Crew: gang

Deuce and ace: face

Dog and bone: phone

Drum: abode, home

Farmer Giles: piles

Four-by-two: Jew

Full SP: from bookies’ starting prices - the whole situation

Gaff: building or premises

Gander: from Gander’s hook - look

Gary Glitter: shitter/toilet

Gooner: Gunner, Arsenal fan

Gornisht: nothing (Yiddish)

Gregory Peck: cheque, or neck

Half-inch: to pinch, steal

Hampsteads: from Hampstead Heath - teeth

Hampton: from Hampton Wick – prick

Handle: name

wondered what they would say at my funeral and how people who really knew me would lament I had so much more life to come,