All the ways home : parenting and children in the lesbian and gay communities : a collection of short fiction / edited by Cindy Rizzo ... [et al.].

Queer fish and pearls / Kelly Masik -- Those little white-hatted construction workers / Daniel M. Jaffe -- AI diary / J. A. Verdino -- Birth day / Rochelle Schwab -- Three AM dialogue / Russell Lopez -- In the closet / Susan Eschbach -- Learning to read / Ruthann Robson -- Present tense / Ni Aódagaín -- Mattie / Heidi Porter -- Swimming upstream / Beth Brant -- Natural bridges / Pamela Gray -- The reluctant grandma / Rik Isensee -- Alex's hard times / Blythe Harris -- The dad walks alone / I. Nia -- Another mom / Penny Sargent --- Siren song / Catherine Reid -- O mother / Candis Graham -- College essay / Lisa Schweig -- An exchange of candles / Paula Neves -- Excerpt from Jack / A. M. Homes -- For the comfort of my godchild on the occasion of her first heartbreak / Donna Allegra -- Solstice / Jess Wells -- For Amy, at the doorway / Judy MacLean -- Herring cove / Cindy Rizzo -- Fathers / Scott Campbell -- The price of sperm / Judith Stein -- Weekends / Jameson Currier -- Middle children / Jane Rule -- Choices / Tryna Hope -- The river walk / Jo Schneiderman -- Marching for Boobie / Julie Blackwomon -- Out of this world / Lynne Levine.