Status Updates From The New Lesbian Pulp

Finally a good one

Cannot be reading this at work holy

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Catacomb Voice- Octavia C. Saenz 2 stars I didn't like the voice in this one and I appreicate the risks, but I am not a fan.
The Perfect Pair- Dora Rossetti 4 stars I need to read Her Lover ASAP!
In Asbestos- Rose Jeanou 3 stars I need the author to commit to the implications. This heroine is too stupid to pick up on the hints left behind.
Honestly- Sarah Foncesca 1 star What a terrible way to end this collection.

Notes in a Minor Key- Shamim Sarif 3 stars Fell flat and I wished there was a lot more payoff.
Rookie Mistake- Grace Byron 3.5 stars This one was decently hot, and the plot was entertaining enough.
pH- Trae Higgs 4 stars HOLY SHIT! That was HOT HOT!
Diana Thornton- Eve Adams 2 stars Only 1.5 pages? Need more.
Pale Horse- Alex Clarke 4.5 This is my favorite in the collection. It's hot, gritty, angry, and resentful.

Chanson du Konallis- Emily Jones- 1 star I originally thought these were racist rich white people in Paris, but now I'm questioning if they were not white due to the author being the lady who wrote A Raisin in the Sun. Still hated it though.
Rebound- M.J. Corey 2.5 stars This could've been hot. I need lesbian writers to commit. You don't have to snakes in vaginas like Cottonmouth, but I need some damn description.

New York City, 1967-Sarah Schuman 3 This is only gay because her fat friend dies of AIDS and she thinks about wearing a paint suit as a writer. LOL why was this in here?
Cottonmouth-Ella Boureau I can't in good conscience rate this (but deep down I wanna give it a 5 for being crazy). Kissing cousins in the Mississippi woods leads to a cottonmouth getting in a coochy and then suffocating in said coochy due to orgasms.

Natalie- Alice Dunbar-Nelson 4 stars A story set in Louisiana will always get me. A story about the complexities of Cajun and Creole identities in a Jim Crow South is even more interesting. Very Kate Chopin in themes, but with more focus on race and class.
Girl in the Slayer Jacket- Astrid Anne Rose 3.5 stars I would say this one way kinda hot, but this character is so down bad that she committed arson for her.

Revenge of the Roadkill Bodysnatchers- Rose Jeanou 3 stars The concept of a lesbian group who leaves dead animals in rapists' homes is amazing, but it got weird by the end. Kinda hot, but also way too guilt-ridden for me.
Palm Desert- Anna Dorn 1.5 stars HUH? HUH? HUH? This was so damn confusing to me.
A Parlor Game by L.J. Webb- 1 star Apparently, there are only 2 copies available of this book, and this was so dry.

Smoke and Sea Breeze- Lillian James 2 stars For a story about lesbians, this was very man-centered. The plotting was messy, and this was not hot (which is what I am looking for in a pulp). There should be grit, tension, and eroticism that you can't look away from.
Jouissance- Nadine Santoro- 4 stars Toxic high school bullies meet up again as adults, YES PLEASE. Now this was some hotness and tension with eroticism.

really really really jarring jump in how well interesting or compelling each story is lmfao but palm desert and girl in the slayer jacket mmm