Passing Strange (2017)

In 1940 San Francisco, art and a circle of queer women create possibilities that respectable society would deny them. Klages combines romance, noir and a small amount of transformative magic, giving images and keepsakes consequences beyond their surfaces. Passing Strange is especially good for readers who want the fantastic woven into a specific social world. Its bittersweet course keeps the speculative possibility close to what its women stand to lose.