LGBTQ+ Collection
We are proud to publish incredible fiction, non-fiction and poetry from queer voices to discover now, and adore for life. This Pride Month, explore trans life past, present and future in Torrey Peters’ Stag Dance, delve into a genre-bending memoir of domestic violence in Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House, and be taken on a wild ride by ‘the rock star of modern poetry’, Eileen Myles. Want a recommendation? Get in touch on Instagram – @serpentstail
There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald
The testament of a life in the shadow of the American Dream
Her Body And Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
Wonderful and terrible humans skulk in the myths of Carmen Maria Machado's genre-bending debut – perfect for fans of Angela Carter's Fairy T…
I Must Be Living Twice
Eileen Myles
Selected works new and old from the celebrated poet and radical icon
Eat Up
Ruby Tandoh
Ruby Tandoh's radical manifesto takes the guilt out of eating and puts the pleasure back in.
Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
The heartbreaking memoir of artistic, sexual and political freedom in Castro's Cuba, with a new foreword by Garth Greenwell
Ready To Catch Him Should He Fall
Neil Bartlett
Neil Bartlett's groundbreaking debut novel, now available as a Serpent's Tail Classic, with a new introduction by the author
Chelsea Girls
Eileen Myles
A groundbreaking and candid novel-in-real-time, considered a cult classic, from the 'rock star of modern poetry'
The Natashas
Yelena Moskovich
A stunning literary debut with shades of Angela Carter and Haruki Murakami
Tell it to the Bees
Fiona Shaw
A spellbinding story of forbidden love in the 1950s, now a major movie starring Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger