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My review of "The Oblivion Bride", by Caitlin Starling 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: The Oblivion Bride, by Caitlin Starling

In the glittering city state of Volun, Lorelei Steddart never thought she'd be anything but an office drone-until her family all die under...

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My review of "The Gentleman and his Vowsmith", by Rebecca Ide 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: The Gentleman and his Vowsmith, by Rebecca Ide

Lord Nicholas Monterris, the last remaining heir of a crumbling ducal house, must marry to save his family from complete decline. His fath...

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My review of "This Vicious Hunger", by Francesca May 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: This Vicious Hunger, by Francesca May

Thora Grieve finds herself destitute and an outcast after the sudden death of her husband only a few weeks into their marriage, but a glim...

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Morgan Dante @morgandante.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My review of "Obsidian Island", by Arden Powell 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Obsidian Island, by Arden Powell

Emery Lapwing is only interested in two things: exploring the natural world, and pretending that he's not in love with his closest friend,...

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Coming soon for gothic romance fans... 👀

My review of "Heaven's Graveyard", by Grace Curtis 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

ARC Review: Heaven's Graveyard, by Grace Curtis

Cod became an archaeologist to chase the ghost of her hero, Aleya Ana-Ulai. History may have written Aleya off as a myth, but Cod is determi...

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My review of "Silver in the Wood", by Emily Tesh 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh

There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell o...

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My review of "When They Burned the Butterfly", by Wen-yi Lee 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: When They Burned the Butterfly, by Wen-yi Lee

Singapore, 1972: Newly independent, a city of immigrants grappling for power in a fast-modernizing world. Here, gangsters are the last con...

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And on to year 3! Presenting the Queersar not an award for excellence in queer SFF 2022. Ten more brilliant titles! Nothing from the Tor mothership! Majority indie pubs! Gay, bi, lesbian, trans, and ace characters galore! ...and the single best novel I've read in the past decade. Dive on in.

The Queersar not an award 2022

For excellence in queer SFF and SFF with queers released in 2022

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Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm splitting up my posts about 2026 LGBTQ fantasy because there are so many releases each month, so here is the May bunch. 🏳️‍🌈 Book lists in ALT text. #fantasybooks #lgbtqfantasy #fantasy2026 #2026publication #bookpost #postseries #booksky #books

CHAI AND CHARMCRAFT by Lynn Strong
GODÈS SCAR by Ivy Margriette
WILDERLORE: THE TRAITOR'S GAMBIT by Amanda Foody
THE SEAGLASS BLADE by J.C. Snow
A LOVE FOR LIMNOLOGY by Dalia Davies
DREAM IN DARKNESS by Rose Santoriello
THE WIVES OF HERRICK HALL by Julie Lew
BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW by Laura Genn
GALAXY 2: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by Jadzia Axelrod & Rye Hickman
THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL 1
A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE by Nghi Vo
MOTHMAN IS MY BOYFRIEND by McKayla Coyle
MERCUTIO by Kate Heartfield
THE VICTORS by Wren James & Beth Fuller
SUCK by E.M. Lindsey & Cora Rose
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF LONGING VOL 3 by Mu Su Li
THE HANGING BONES by Elle Tesch
THE LOST BOOK OF LANCELOT by John Glynn
ANDROMEDA by E.S. McLeod
CAGES OF ALYSSUM by Ava Hardwick

BREATH AND BONE by K.V. Johansen
THE HOUSE OF NOW AND THEN by Edward Underhill
PLASTIC, PRISM, VOID by Violet Allen
THE COLOR OF TIME by Millie Abecassis
CANON by Paige Lewis
MAGICIAN by Tracy Lynne Oliver
PRINCE OF HOLLOW DESIRES by Jordan Ko
THE FAKE DIVINATION OFFENSE by Sara Raasch
VILLAIN by Natalie Zina Walschots
THE KINGS LIST by Jade Presley
A STAR CURSED HEART by Annie Mare
THE PERYTON FAWN by Ariana Jade
I ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED DOWN A WITCH by Jessica Cage
BROMANTASY by Máire Roche
THE BOY MAEVE by Kai Ash
BONE OF MY BONE by Johanna van Veen
BUUZA: GOOD MORNING, SALWA VOL 1 by Shazleen Khan
THE LAST BEST QUEST EVER by F.T. Lukens
EVERY EXQUISITE THING by Laura Steven
WE COULD BE ANYONE by Anna-Marie McLemore

SEASON OF THE SERPENT by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH by Anuja Varghese
WAITING ON A FRIEND by Natalie Adler
ODE TO THE HALF-BROKEN by Suzanne Palmer
COINS OF DESTINY VOL 2 by Priest

My review of "Born of Scourge", by S. Jean 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Born of Scourge, by S. Jean

Legends say when the skies grow dark and scourge starves the land, a star will fall in order to save humanity. Only when the star is sacrifi...

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My review of "Metal From Heaven", by August Clarke 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Metal from Heaven, by August Clarke

Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I. Chauncey ...

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My review of "The Sun King's Dawn", by Briar Niran 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

ARC Review: The Sun King's Dawn, by Briar Niran

Burdened with an inability to desire others, King Richard of Ardenia still finds peace in his unruly siblings, his loyal circle, and even ...

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My review of "Six Wild Crowns", by Holly Race 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

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My review of "Paladin's Hope", by T. Kingfisher 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Paladin's Hope, by T. Kingfisher

Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. It's a peacef...

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My review of "Thief Acolyte Consort", by James Robert Paige 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Thief Acolyte Consort, by James Robert Paige

A new city and a fresh start was what former thief Catt Zago was looking for, but what she found instead was Great Bakak, a city-state ruled...

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Wren L. Rivers | Author @corvidarcana.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My review of "The Wolf and his King", by Finn Longman 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Snippet: The Wolf and His King, by Finn Longman

The wolf-sickness strikes always without warning, stealing Bisclavret’s body and confusing his mind. Since boyhood he hasn’t dared leave his...

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I dont have the energy to make a comprehensible post but hi i have a queer seafaring fantasy novel coming out in May :) it’s full of gay people and trans people #booksky

A trope map for Blood of the Gods. In the center is the cover. The cover is of a person upside down falling toward the ocean.

Around the cover, text reads: M/NB slow burn, amnesia, gruff MMC with a heart if gold, blood-based magic system, queer fat poc & disabled characters, 1,000 years post apocalyptic flood, found family, fascism is bad actually, themes of identity and self worth, & seafaring fantasy

Falling. Frigid steel. Sharp, acidic pain. A mounting desperation to escape, even if it means diving into the ocean's unforgiving depths.
This is all Stranger can remember.
When the crew of the Vengeance rescues them from certain death at the hands of Midir's endless ocean, the gruff and obstinate Captain Jonah Morgan is quick to interrogate. Who are they? Where did they come from? Why was somebody drawing their blood?
But Stranger has no answers—not even a name to call their own. The only information they can offer is a description of the man who had tortured them.
Slowly, they realize their missing memories play not only a pivotal role in their own personal identity, but also in the grander entanglement of mortality and the divine. The God King Einari's cataclysmic Great Flood had ravaged Midir one thousand years agoan act of divine rage that had drowned continents and killed billions. But even now, the prospect of human extinction looms beneath the endless waves.
Somewhere, locked away in Stranger's missing memories, is the key to human salvation.

My review of "Nightshate and Oak", by Molly O'Neill 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

Review: Nightshade and Oak, by Molly O'Neill

When Malt, the goddess of death, is accidentally turned into a human by a wayward spell, she finds she's ill-equipped to deal with the tri...

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My review of "Princeweaver", by Elian J. Morgan 🌈📚 #queersff #queerspeculativefiction

ARC Review: Princeweaver, by Elian J. Morgan

Born with forbidden, nature-infused magic in an occupied land, anxious apothecary Meilyr survives by keeping his head down. Until he ends up...

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Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I am absolutely FERAL over Metal from Heaven. My review is going to come, not really soon, but it is coming.

I'm splitting up my posts about LGBTQ fantasy because there are so many releases each month, so here is the March bunch. Book lists in ALT text with page 5 in the comments. #fantasybooks #lgbtqfantasy #fantasy2026 #2026publication #booksky #bookpost #postseries #bookrecs #books

THE DEMON AND HIS VIPER by Ben Alderson
I WAS A TEENAGE DEATH GOD by M.J. Beasi
SHE DRINKS THE LIGHT by Yasmin Angoe
TAKES OF THE HUNDRED MONSTERS NEXT DOOR VOL 2 by Yoshiko Watanuki
CALL OF THE INFRANS by T.C. Humes
THE ASCENSIONS OF SOULS by Bronte-Marie Wesson
CHASING STARLIGHT by Jo Fischer
BLACK AS DIAMOND by U.M. Agoawike
THE LEGENDARY MASTER'S WIFE VOL 1 by Yin Ya
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE DARKEST DUET by Connie Glynn
FANGS & FOLLIES by Anne Willoughby
EMERALD WINGS by Laura Shenton
FULL MOON FACEOFF by Max Walker
HOW (NOT) TO CONJURE A BOYFRIEND by Jordon Greene
THESE SHATTERED SPIRES by Cassidy Ellis Salter
RUINOUS CREATURES by Jessi Cole Jackson
WITCH OF THE SHADOW WOOD by Tori Anne Martin
DOUBTING FATE by D.C. Emerson
CHILD OF THE DRAGON by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley

THE WITCH WITHOUT MEMORY by Maithree Wijesekara
CABARET IN FLAMES by Hache Pueyo
BRIGHTER THAN NINE by June C.L. Tan
SHAKE OUT THE GHOSTS by Al Hess
THE BRIGHTEST BLAZE by Kelly Farmer
RIGHT PLACE WRONG TIME by Avery Arujo
TRICKSTER'S TALE: HU YAN ZHUAN VOL 2 by Hontoku
THE FOX AND THE DEVIL by Kiersten White
ARTEZANS: THE LAST SPELLBREAKER by L.D. Lapinski
EVERYTHING THE SUN TOUCHES by C.M. Kuhtz
ONCE WITHIN A DREAM by S.L. Kassidy
DRAGON BLOOD CURSE by Kai Butler
ACTS OF DEICIDE by L.E. Garrison
THE ORC AND HER SPY by Lila Gwynn
WAYWARD SOULS by Susan J. Morris
SIDEQUESTED, BOOK 1 by Alexandra Presser & K.B. Spangler
DAUGHTER OF THE HUNT by K. Arsenault Rivera
CLEMENTINE H. HOPEFUL IS NOT A HERO by Noah Corey
MASQUERADE by L.R. Lam
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A.S. Tamaki

CASTLE SWIMMER VOL 3 by Wendy Martin
SWEETBITTER SONG by Rosie Hewlett
FIXING SOPHIE RUE by T. Ashley
CLAIMED BY THE STORM by J.K. Jeffrey
THIS SPLINTERED SEA by Haley J. Munroe
OPAL AND OESTRE by Liza Olson
HEART OF THE WILD by Skyler Drake
AWAKEN MY LOVE by Marat Earendel
CHARMED AND DANGEROUS by Shelly Page
LIGHTGUARD by Hayley Turner
SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON by Amal El-Mohtar
THOUGHTS BE BLOODY by Auden Patrick
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING by E.B. Asher
AICHA by Soraya Bouazzaoui
RAT QUEENS: THE NEW EDITION VOL 1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe & Roc Upchurch
THE BEHEADING GAME by Rebecca Lehmann
OUR IMMORTAL BIND by Christopher Hartland
RUINER by Lara Messersmith-Glavin
A BLIGHT UPON IMMORTALS by Mary Stillwell
THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan