They have a fantasy book club, so that’s a perfect marriage — and they’re also a pretty queer bookstore,” says Chanoch. I was able to pretty much a fill a bookstore with books that are in some way queer.” I have always seen In the Trenches as a space where the trustees share their own thoughts and opinions on writing. Around 1442, the Duke of Milan gave his daughter a deluxe set of handcrafted playing cards for the courtly game of tarot. There was a phone in there and I was really excited because I hadn’t used a phone box for years.