WIPs

We Will Not Drown

YA Graphic Novel. Hayley is only in town for the summer, but when a local surfer gang offers her lessons with the prickly but charismatic Shae, she is drawn into their world of freedom, found family, and supernatural secrets. As Shae’s home life deteriorates, Hayley struggles to support her new crush and protect the mysterious mermaid that guards their beach. Sapphic rep.


I’ll Most Likely Kill You in the Morning

YA Space Opera. When an assassin attacks Princess Bronwyn, her guard and lover Shan helps her escape–right into the hands of an alien tyrant. Determined to rescue her, Shan makes a deal with the assassin, Eko. But as Eko trains this new apprentice, she starts brewing plans of her own. Trans, queer, and polyamorous rep.


How to Catch Mist

MG historical fantasy inspired by the real-life Cottingley Fairy controversy. Changeling Mist would do just about anything to join the Wild Hunt and escape growing up into a lady of the fae court. But when the Hunt is sent after their new friend, Mist will have to choose: let her face the Fairy Queen’s wrath alone, or risk their freedom to save her. Nonbinary rep.


Answer Them Only With Spring

Simon VS meets Lore Olympus. Raised far from the rest of the gods, Seph doesn’t know how to use his powers. He’s never needed them. Until his ex-girlfriend sets out to ruin his life. When she catches him cross dressing and threatens to blackmail him, Hades steps in. Unfortunately, his idea of “helping” leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe Seph’s mom is right: the gods are nothing but trouble. Nonbinary, asexual, queer rep.

Anthologies

Ghost in the Cogs

Edited by Scott Gable

“In this hissing and clanking steampunk anthology, there are moments that science just can’t explain. All the mechanical geniuses scratch their heads and whisper words of ghosts and powers, of spirits and demons… This is a mechanized playground for the souls of the dead.”

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Werewolves Versus: Nature

Edited by Angela Quinton

“When the full moon escapes the mountainous horizon and floods the wilderness below, what will it illuminate with its bone-pale light? A car trapped in the mud as a lonely predator approaches. A painter struggling to complete his masterpiece before rougher hands take over… And so much more.”

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MCB Quarterly V. 07

“The Quarterly is an eMagazine of LGBTQ fiction—of all kinds. This volume features four short stories:

Never Smile at a Crocodile by Parker Goodreau
Pilgrimage by Judy Leigh
Village Diner by Richard Natale
The Distance Between the Stars by Dominick Domingo”

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