Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Burly Tales
- Narrated by: Eric Umstott, Idan Englander
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Burly Tales
Buy Now for £14.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
What has been missing from the daring tales of fairy tale heroes is quite simply some heft. In Burly Tales, Lambda Literary Award-winning editor Steve Berman has gathered a dozen stories of whimsy and romance that feature gay men with plenty of curves and fur.
Run away with us to enchanted woods, where the cubs and bears are not going to eat you (not without informed, enthusiastic consent), where no one will judge if you take up residence in a house with seven bearded men and only one bed, and where if you fall in love with a large, hairy man with a forbidding castle and a well-stocked library, he'll still be that way after you kiss him.
With stories of handsome princes trapped in towers or cursed to appear like actual bears, the plight of lonely giants in the clouds, and a trio looking to celebrate at the local gay bar only to face down a troll, the stories in this book will certainly enchant.
More from the same
Narrator
What listeners say about Burly Tales
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- ButtonsMom2003
- 13-10-21
Interesting take on fairy tales.
I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook. Some stories I liked a bit better than others but all of them were clever reimaging of well-known fairy tales. The stories were good but the best thing for me was the great audio performance of the narrators. As far as I know this is the first audiobook I’ve listened to by either performer and both voices were very pleasing to listen to.
A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- I. Fenton
- 10-10-21
Very varied and enjoyable
The stories were varied and enjoyable with the thread of being adaptations of fairy stories, and the main characters being burly, bearded, and gay to link them all together. These are very adult stories and, in most of them, I even recognised which fairy tale inspired it. I think my favourite was The Red Bear of Norroway by John Linwood Grant closely followed by A Giant Problem by Charles Payseur.
My least favourite was probably actually the first one ‘Three, To The Swizz'!’ by James T. Moran because it had too many fairy tale references in it, as if it couldn't quite make up it's mind which one it wanted to adapt.
Never the less I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who enjoys unusual takes on fairy tales and loves a romantic story with gay bears as MCs.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Leah jane
- 05-10-21
new way off thinking of fairy tails
I love these short stories and did an all nighter just listening to them. I have to say my favourite was the Red Bull of Norway. These are not your childhood fairy tales and definitely are for an older audience. I will definitely be relistening soon. Also these are male love books so if that is not your thing then you might not want to listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!