E A S T  O F  T H E  B I G  Q A collection of short stories about Queer Montreal by Raymond John Woolfrey Canadian Literature Through the scrim of the falling snow, I could make out the fuzzy outline of the big letter Q with its lightning-bolt tail on the Hydro-Québec building. That’s when I knew for sure I was in the east side of Montreal. The French-speaking east side, where my mother told me never to go, with its winding outdoor staircases, rich-tasting coffee, the smell of natural gas—maybe even a harpsichord or viola da gamba—and black-haired men who know how to make love with their bodies and souls. From “Vers l’Est du Gros Queue” The creation of this collection of short stories was made possible by The Canada Council Explorations Program

1969–1974 East of Morgan’s Le Jardin des Merveilles PUBLISHED IN Vespasiennes LIVE RECORDING Vers l’Est du Gros Queue 1990–1995 Stories from Le Village Gai Les Condoms Mignons La Queue Dorée The Pink Triangle Le Corbeau PUBLISHED IN • PRIZE Saint-Jean-Baptiste Appearances & Reality Il neige ! All Saints’ Day PUBLISHED IN Maudit Noël LIVE RECORDING Pages from My Window:       Red Geraniums PUBLISHED IN • REVIEW Baby Blues PUBLISHED IN At the Top of the City PUBLISHED IN •       INCLUDED IN READING COURSE AT THE Zipped set of stories in MS Word Book Outline Grants, Prizes, Reviews, Readings, Recordings, Inclusion in course reading lists, & Other Publications Published Stories from This Collection East of the Big Q was last updated December 2008 © 2001–2008 woolfrey.ca, Montreal, Canada