Midnight in The Renaissance Elevator: A Charity Anthology

Do you like mechanical devices with personality? Sure, who doesn’t? How about when they hold your life in the palm of their hands? Hmm…less sure now, yes? Don’t worry, you’re gonna love this. At an LGBTQ literary retreat in October of 2022, a group of authors met a particularly cantankerous elevator. Doors slamming open or closed for no apparent reason? Check. Scary noises, also for no apparent reason? Also, check. Were we concerned for our lives? Okay, listen… This cranky elevator figured heavily into conversations for the next few days, many of which included expletives in a dozen languages, but eventually, it became a (somewhat) beloved mascot. Some people actually chose it over the other elevators! The resulting mayhem is over twenty-five different author takes on the underlying story behind the elevator’s peculiar behavior. Possession? Poltergeists? Personified mechanical objects? Vampires? All these unique stories come together in one volume: Midnight in the Renaissance Elevator. Join us as we attempt to explain the unexplainable, rationalize the unrationalizable, and give imagination free rein. Proceeds for the sale of this book benefit The Trevor Project, which provides crisis support services to LGBTQ young people. More information can be found about this worthy cause at www[dot]thetrevorproject[dot]org Ride With the Wraith - Miski Harris The Hundred Year Curse - Adam J. Ridley Gateway to the Forgotten Estate - Alexis Woods Elevated Desires - Ana Phoenix Somewhere Below the Basement - Angel Martinez What Goes Up - Ari McKay The Thirteenth Floor - Belinda McBride A Creak in the Night - BL Maxwell Something Unholy - Charity Parkerson Midnight Tango - CJ Warrant Love in an Elevator - Drea Roman Out of Order - Eden Winters The Resident Imp - Duckie Mack His Chance - Giovanna Reaves Bang - JS Harker Crash Into Me - J.K. Hogan Saved by the Bell - Kaje Harper All the Way to the Top - Katherine McIntyre Getting the Shaft - Kiernan Kelly The Renaissance Incubus - Katy Manz Take It to the Next Level - Lee Blair Stop Draggin’ My Heart Up and Down - Bix Barrow Elevate Me - Beck Grey Death Becomes Him - Pandora Pine You’re Not There - R.L. Merrill Hard - Reese Knightley The Bond Witch Chronicles - Remi Varlow Love is a Bumpy Ride - R.J. Peterson Going Down - Zile Elliven