Short Story Collection

Queer Shorts: A Tapestry

A collection of short stories exploring queer lives with honesty, depth, and vivid prose. By Andrew Cahill-Lloyd.

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Queer Shorts: A Tapestry — short story collection by Andrew Cahill-Lloyd

About the Collection

Stories That Don't Look Away

Queer Shorts: A Tapestry is a collection of short fiction that explores the full spectrum of queer experience — love, loss, identity, family, desire, and belonging. These are not stories that sanitise or simplify. They are honest, sometimes uncomfortable, and always human.

Drawing on the same unflinching voice that defines Andrew Cahill-Lloyd's crime fiction and screenplays, this collection brings that intensity to the short form — each story a concentrated burst of character and consequence.

From quiet domestic moments to raw confrontations with identity, Queer Shorts: A Tapestry spans genres and registers, united by a commitment to authentic queer storytelling.

Format

Short Story Collection

Author

Andrew Cahill-Lloyd

Themes

Identity, Love, Loss, Family, Belonging

Audience

Adult readers of LGBTQ+ literary fiction

Inside the Collection

A Glimpse at the Stories

Survival & Strength

Davina's Story

The story of a trans woman who transforms her experience of sexual abuse into a force for helping others.

Identity & Faith

Sean's Story: Breaking the Silence

A teen struggles against his own sexuality and his mother's religious beliefs in a desperate fight to be heard.

Secrets & Truth

Corban's Story: Hypocrisy

A lifetime of secrecy begins to crack when hidden truths threaten to surface.

Connection

Toby's Story: Liberation

Sometimes the smallest moment of connection is enough to begin changing a life.

Romance

Wolfe's Story: The Quiet Tick of Love

Sometimes love can be serendipitous.

Desire & Confession

David and Sarah's Story: The Third Chair

Desire, silence, and confession collide in a marriage already straining under what remains unspoken.

Survival

Kobe's Story: London Is Burning

In the ruins of neglect and despair, one unexpected connection offers the chance of survival.

Consequence

Mark's Story: What If?

One child, one moment, and two possible futures shaped by what happens next.

Coercive Control

Caleb's Story: The Puppet Master

When coercive control takes over.

Exploitation

Tony's Story: The House

When help becomes exploitation.

Light Relief

Tim's Story: $20,000 Bulldog

Some lighthearted fun after all the darkness.

Story titles and excerpts are subject to change prior to publication.

"Every queer life contains multitudes. These stories try to hold some of them."

— Andrew Cahill-Lloyd

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