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What We Pick Up is the gripping debut story collection from Portland author and screenwriter Stacy Brewster. In these 11 tightly-wound stories, Brewster turns cliches of boyhood and manhood on their heads, revealing the trappings and failures of American masculinity when viewed from any angle, especially a queer one. Brewster's stories of fathers, sons, brothers, and lovers - gay, bi, trans, queer - all manage to mix dark humor, earnest pathos, and a quiet reserve of hope to re-envision a different path forward for all of us.

They say "an idle mind is the devil's workshop", but Emily is not worried. Only fools stumble when walking the line between fantasy and reality. She knows exactly what she's getting herself into when it comes to Charles. Sure, he might be taken, but they're both smart enough to cover their tracks. Platonic relationships can work, as long as both sides decide the "L" word isn't allowed.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies with Sidney Noir. This collection comprises of all new stories set in Sidney, Australia, by 14 authors of crime fiction....