Provincetown Stories
by Russ López
A vivid collection of short fiction capturing the contradictions, beauty, and emotional intensity of Provincetown—where identity, desire, and community collide at the edge of Cape Cod.
Hardcover | 218 pages | 6 × 9 in | Paperback | 218 pages | 6 × 9 in | Digital | 218 pages
Audiobook | 7 hours
Publication Date: March 1, 2026
Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9913704-9-3
Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9913704-8-6
Digital ISBN: 979-8-9913704-7-9
Audiobook ISBN: 979-8-9932455-9-1
$27.95 (Hardcover) | $19.95 (Paperback) | $9.99 (Digital) | $14.95 (Audiobook)
About the Book
Provincetown Stories is a richly textured collection of short fiction set in one of America’s most iconic—and contradictory—towns. Across beaches, bars, back alleys, and narrow streets, Russ López follows characters searching for belonging, reinvention, love, and survival in a place that offers both freedom and reckoning.
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By turns humorous, tender, and unsparing, the stories reveal Provincetown as a living community shaped by history, desire, resilience, and chosen family—a literary portrait of a town that has long drawn those willing to live at the margins.
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Genre
Fiction / Short Stories / LGBTQ / Travel
BISAC Codes: FIC068000 (LGBTQ-General), FIC029000 (Short Stories – Single Author), FIC154000 (Travel and Vacation)
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A landmark history of LGBTQ Boston and Provincetown—the cultural heart of America’s gay universe.
In The Hub of the Gay Universe, Russ López traces the rise of Boston and Provincetown as centers of LGBTQ life, activism, and culture, showing how these communities helped shape the broader American movement.
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The story of how Boston reinvented itself in the second half of the twentieth century.
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About by Russ López
Russ López is the author of multiple works of fiction and nonfiction exploring Boston, Provincetown, urban history, and LGBTQ life. His books include Provincetown Stories, Boston’s South End, The Hub of the Gay Universe, and Boston 1945–2015. His writing has appeared in literary journals, cultural publications, and academic venues, and he serves as editor of LatineLit, an online magazine publishing fiction by and about Latinx writers. Originally from California, he holds degrees from Stanford, Harvard, and Boston University and splits his time between Boston and Provincetown.
