The author, Laura P. Valtorta, reads stories about America and queer romance from her short story collection, B is for Bisexual.
Send us Fan Mail Flora Zampello, an attorney and film director, turns into a gargoyle when she gets angry. How can she morph this trait into a talent that helps her win cases? B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail In part two of this screenplay, Sofia examines her relationship with Fausto and decides whether his criminal activity will prevent them from staying together. Fausto owns the pastry shop where she works; he's a great boss. Sofia worries that the drugs he is selling will harm her granddaughter, Lorenza. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Cavi di Lavagna, Italy: Sofia Peccora, a motorcycle mechanic, mourning the death of her adult son, Davide, from a drug overdose three years earlier. Her best friend, Carmen, convinces her to take a job at the local cafe, Pasticceria Fausto, as a pastry chef. Sofia accepts and quickly falls for the owner, Fausto, who turns out to be a criminal boss. Sofia and Fausto begin an affair, despite the reservations of her friends and her adult daughter, Paola. Fausto's role as a drug dea...
Send us Fan Mail With Bobbert back in the U.S. from the commune in Mexico, Marge and her new friend, Agnes, get sick of Bobbert's company pretty quickly and her constant stories about mezcal and the mezcalẽra, Carmen. When will Bobbert return to the commune? When can Agnes and Marge be alone? B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Bobbert, busy on the commune helping Oliver, Peebles and the gang in Oaxaca, still misses Marge. What can she do, with Marge living in Alabama, fighting the military regime? Bobbert feels torn between two worlds as she helps make mezcal and cheers up the team at Thanksgiving by playing the trombone. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Dissatisfied with life on a compound in Mexico, Marge and Honey drive back to Alabama. Once there, Honey connects with Diesel Tedesco, and Marge, happy to be home, joins a group of Democratic Socialists. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Fearful after Lavinia gets arrested for voicing an opinion on her podcast, Marge, Bobert, and Celedine prepare to escape to Oaxaca, Mexico. Peebles and Oliver are already there building a homestead. Will they make it? Will Marge have the courage to leave her home in Alabama? B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Tree specialists Oliver and Peebles meet at a screening of the LGBTQ film Passages . Although Oliver is married to a woman, the only real obstacle that stands in the way of their relationship is Peebles' mother, Marge, whose house he shares. Oliver proposes a solution that suits everybody. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Sabrina and Jennifer, inventors and schemers, continue to sneak Sabrina's stories and novels to the "recommended" pile of the New York publishing office of Jennifer's cousin: Whitaker, Smith, and Outlaw. Things are going well until the receptionist, Muffy Militello, discovers their secret: invisible cloth. Now Muffy wants in on the action. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail After inventing an invisibility cloak and regularly robbing neighborhood businesses to support her writing habit, Sabrina Strega gets discovered by local bookstore owner Jennifer Outlaw, large and opinionated. Together they decide to use the cloak to help them both achieve their dreams. As everybody smart knows - it's better to dream small. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail After breaking up with her girlfriend, Carmen visits her husband, Suresh, in North Carolina. Suresh creates a virtual service animal - Ganesh the elephant - to help Carmen deal with people. But is Suresh really pulling the strings? B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Alberto and Domenica Castro once again see the ghost, Frederick Hay, who returns to their modern-day farm from 1851 on his way to Canada to escape the Fugitive Slave Act. Nobody is sure they believe in ghosts, especially not Frederick. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Overwhelmed by the New State and its anti-conservation efforts, Giovanna and her friend Todd start a new church - St. Turtle. Giovanna's mother, Carmen, returns to Alabama from exile in New Mexico to tell them how to do it. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Laura, Marco, and Dante talk about First Amendment rights and their hopes about saving and protecting these rights in the future. They read two blogs from March 2020 - A Journal of the Coronavirus Year - that discuss Italian names and a trip to Cuba. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail When Carmen's friend, Suresh, a computer scientist, asks her to marry him for citizenship reasons, Carmen agrees. Although Carmen is gay, their marriage flourishes, due to distance, humor, and the help of robot companions. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Tabitha, whose father is an obscenely famous British actor, reflects on her crazy childhood and her eccentric family. At university, she meets Amadou, who is a student from Mali. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Laura, Dante, and Marco read a short Halloween screenplay about cats who may be magic and who definitely ruin the house of Alice the Italian Witch. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Attorney Carmen decides to teach her lunch group a lesson. Harry, Cecil, and Alberto must understand that women are people, too, and that everyone needs to work together to fight climate change and inequality. Carmen gives them Dream Juice -- a mixture of honey and wasp juice. The men have hallucinations that make their worst dreams come true, right inside their favorite cafe. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta...
Send us Fan Mail As Arturo prepares Robotica to become a home health aide, he enlists his wife, Lidia, to train the robot while she prepares Thanksgiving dinner. Robotica, who understands humans by reading their cell phones, makes mistakes that could jeopardize Arturo's research and his marriage. Maybe he needs his family more than he thinks. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail It's time to film Roller Derby Fiends . With director Grandma being obnoxious on the set, she needs a production assistant by her side to keep her from alienating everyone, including granddaughter, Beatrice. The answer is Robotica, until the cellphone-reading robot gets in the way of an important new friendship. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail In this final episode, we find out who killed Dr. Eddie Flanders, and why. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Laura, Dante, and Marco read part two of the dark comedy screenplay, Zoom HIt, about attorney Silvia Moretti and her friends, who travel to Charleston, South Carolina to help the police discover who killed Dr. Eddie Flanders during a Zoom call. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail During a friendly midnight Zoom call, attorney Silvia Moretti's doctor friend/ love interest (Dr. Eddie Flanders) gets brutally murdered. At the request of the police, Silvia and her friends -- artist, Wyshonda, and paralegal/ entomologist, Lillian -- drive to Charleston, South Carolina to help the police find the killer. Is Silvia a suspect? B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Recently divorced Alberto Castro encounters a ghost at his Northern New York farm in the middle of winter when he feels lost in loneliness. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Tabitha, a witch and a bad poet, works at the Ballentine Public Library, where she tries to solve the problems she sees around her and on the news. Her boss, whom she loves, turns out to be gay. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Laura and Dante read favorite blogs from December 2020 - "A Journal of the Coronavirus Year." B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail In this revised version of Grandma and Bea's travel story, we add more tension to the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. What might be at stake is the future of the planet. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail When Grandma discovers that Beatrice may want to intern for a state senator, she proposes a trip to New Mexico so that Bea can look at nature and meet the Native American people who live there. Grandma hopes that Bea will gain a stronger respect for nature and the history of the land. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Robin and Zen, reunited for a week of love in Austin, Texas, discover some witches partying next door. After joining the party, they discover that the witches can teach them something about love and filmmaking. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Send us Fan Mail Grandma tries to subvert suburban life and teach her granddaughter, Beatrice, that revenge is unnecessary. But the lesson goes awry when the school starts banning books, and Grandma's son, Alberto, tries running for office. B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
