#Jacquelynn Lyon

[dragonatthedinnertable]

Book Review: Rules for Loving Haunted Girls

—by Jacquelynn Lyon

This is an adorable set of 3 short stories about girls falling in love: “The Waitress and the Werewolf”, “The Phantom in the Lavender Field”, and “Paper Girl”.

Each of these stories is delightful. The characters pop off the pages, and the relationships don’t feel forced (which can be tricky in such a short space). I basically read each of these in one sitting: the plots & character dynamics are so compelling (even the longest, “Paper Girl”, which is nearly half the book!).

This collection proves, once again, that romance is a genre for me, if it’s about lesbians* in spec fic. I’ll have to keep an eye out for more by Lyon.

[dreamingofstarslight]

do you have any book recommendations

ok ok so if your just wanting something without an actual story,

I really liked the FBI Handbook of Crime Scene Forensics (The Authoritative Guide to Navigating Crime Scenes), and Making stuff and Doing Things (DIY Guides to Just About Everything).

as for things with story lines. I really like The Mortal Instruments series (but not much else by Cassandra Clare, and I haven't read anything by her in a while). The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin made me cry when I first read it a handful of years ago and i'm sure it would make me tear up again if i reread it today!

I'm currently reading a book called Her Purpose by Shelley D. Hiers and it is pretty cute, it's about a girl leaving her village to find her purpose in life and her "true name". And also The 100 by Kass Morgan, which it's good, but i think i would not like it as much if i hadn't watched almost all of the show before starting to read it, but! if you like dystopia and multiple povs in the same book (chpt by chpt) then it's pretty good!

Two books that i have on my tbr that im amped to read are Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle, it's supposed to be about a girl in a magic college who finds out that she has special magic powers that have to be kept secret and mysterious resurrections. And the Shady Hollow by Juneau Black which is a cozy murder mystery with i believe anthropomorphic woodland creatures, so far it looks super cute and i cant wait to read both of these!

Two short books i enjoyed and rec are The Bog Hag by JacquelyNn Lyon which is "a fairy tale about foolish nobility and angry magical women who would rather be left alone - until they dont anymore" (which i think is a very good way to sum it up). and GRRRL a Diary of Poetry by Alex Mack which is a fair bit of poetry that i really enjoyed!

anyways yea, those are some of my favs and top recs in my mind, tbf i haven't done much book reading these past couple of years, most of my stuff has been online, but hopefully going into this new year i will be getting a lot more (and recent) recs!

[mekana47]

Tagged by @boutiquetraveltravelboutique

Last song I listened to: Mary Jane by Alanis Morissette. “So take this moment Mary Jane and be selfish / Worry not about the cars that go by”

Favourite color: Hunter green

Currently reading: I just finished Jacquelynn Lyon ( @insomniac-arrest )’s The Soft Landing Collection: Sapphic Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories. Highly recommend.

Last movie: I saw The Bad Guys (2022) on a plane in August, and I don’t think I’ve seen a film since. It was fun.

Currently working on: Fandom-wise, I’m still determined to finish my Reverse Big Bang fic My Baby Shot Me Down by the final-final-no-really-final deadline on the 31st. And the next chapter of Scene by Scene should be finished by the end of next week. But I’m also doing my own rebellious version of Nanowrimo on something original, so we’ll see how quickly I overwhelm myself.

Tagging, in turn (no pressure at all, truly):  @rhubarbdreams @isabellehemlock and anyone else who wants to share

[aceofvase]

seventeen people, seventeen questions

Thank you @ribcageteeth for tagging me!

Nickname: I don’t really have one? I’m just June. Hey, if you’re reading this and you have a nickname for me, tell me what it is

Sign: Sagittarius. My moon sign? Sagittarius. My rising? Sagittarius. If you ask me this in-person I’ll deny it

Height: 5’8”, but I swear to god I used to be taller

Last thing I googled: 5e poisons (oops, made a new 5e character and I love them a lot, don’t worry about it)

Song stuck in my head: “Good Morning Misery” by Eva Under Fire

# of followers: 54, but every day I do my best to get that number lower!

Amount of sleep: I refuse to answer.

Lucky number: 6

Dream job: I wanna work at the aquarium! I love the aquarium so much! I don’t want to do anything involving people though, just stick me in the back somewhere where I can hang out with the fish all day. Also I can’t swim, so don’t put me in the water. This interview is going well.

Wearing: super soft black pajamas with a floral pattern

Movies/books that summarize you: Alien (1979), Hell’s Gate 11:11 (2004), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)………Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009) (I’m aware this sucks so bad)

Favorite Song: Right now? Either “Agitate” or “Lost Paradise”, both by Reol. Tomorrow it’ll be something else…but probably still by Reol. Chances are if you’re reading this, you knew this was coming

Aesthetic: …huh…hey, someone? What’s my aesthetic?

Favorite authors: I continue my streak of not reading books. I did read a really good short story by Jacquelynn Lyon, so I’ll use the opportunity to talk about her work. Go read “The Waitress and the Werewolf”, it’s very cute

Favorite animal noise: Absolutely a crow call. They’re so cool. That said, special shout-out to the weird, low, super loud meow my cat does when he gets hyper. Never seen him when he makes that noise, but it’s terrifying

I’m gonna tag @primrosey , @commandtower-solring-go , @gloomyghoul , @seafoamsandwhich , and @lotsofsodalove ! (But as usual, if you don’t wanna do it that’s totally fine!)

[libraryleopard]

I’m reading a quite frankly ridiculous amount of books right now and I just need to immortalize this for posterity

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (ebook for class)

Maiden, Matron, and Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes edited by Gwen Benaway (ebook for class)

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (for my creative writing capstone)

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (also for my creative writing capstone)

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi (Christmas gift)

Witch, Cat, and Cobb by J.K. Pendragon (library ebook on my phone)

The Soft Landing Collection: Sapphic Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories by Jacquelynn Lyon (different library ebook on my phone)

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (physical library book)

[shiraglassman]

wlw SFF review: The Soft Landing Collection

Review originally appeared on The Lesbrary

This review contains spoilers.

The Soft Landing Collection by Jacquelynn Lyon @insomniac-arrest includes five pieces of short sapphic SFF fiction. Three are fantasy and two are science fiction. My favorite story was the first one, “The Glass Window”, about a mermaid in a zoo of magical creatures, who finds herself irrepressibly drawn to a creature in another tank. The ending was just such a beautiful cuddly and sweet relief! I also have to give a lot of credit to “We Deserve a Soft Landing, Love”, about astronauts in space, despite the fact that it gutted me like a fish. For some reason I had thought from the book title that the entire collection would have happy endings and this one did not. Despite that, I can definitely recognize the quality of the work and it is now my go-to rec when anyone is asking for sad f/f, despite its short length. The personal details and easy, instant chemistry, even though someone was doomed (which I did not know), drew me in.

“Little Lights” is about penpals in a futuristic Earth where some people live in a floating city and some on the surface. If epistolary slow-burn f/f with a payoff is your jam, this is where you’ll find it. “The Bog Hag” and “Flower Crown” are both fairytale-flavored fantasy of the princesses and queens and castles variety, with creative plots.

As far as writing style, I found the stories easy to read and process and the worldbuilding, which was different in each one, simple enough to grasp without a lot of decoding.

Shira Glassman is the author of Knit One Girl Two and the fluffy wlw fantasy series nicknamed The Mangoverse

[the-knights-who-say-book]

maybe the real good literature was the wlw fantasy anthologies we read along the way

[oiforfoxsake]

Little Lights by Jacquelynn Lyon

4.75 stars out of 5

So I saw this book on Amazon as like a suggested when looking at other books. And i thought the synopsis was SUPER interesting and cute. So me being the impulse buyer that I am was like ya know i need some more cutesy things in my life. When it arrived i was a little disappointed in the fact that it was a small read BUT i was like ya know it is what it is. And since I was in the mood to read but didn't want to read the two current books that I am reading, I was like ya know what I’ll read this one. And it did not disappoint. It was such a cute story. The entire time I was wanting to find out what would happen. There were times where I was like please could this have given me MORE. But I am glad that I read it because it was super interesting. There was a few point where I wish that it could have given me a better explanation, granted it could've been me speed reading through the book also. BUT Y’all the ending had me 🥺💓 AND it made me so happy for them like i literally had me pulling a leslie jordan like 

[sapphicbookclub]

The Soft Landing Collection by Jacquelynn Lyon

Visit worlds with mermaids trapped in zoos, floating continents that block out the sun, curses that sprout flowers from your skin, astronauts on dying spaceships, and forests haunted by hungry bog witches. Five short stories that revolve around the love between women and the fantastical world they inhabit.

Sagas of a mermaid fascinated by the enclosure next to hers. A genius young woman trying to reach a stranger in the sky. A bog hag threatening to eat a princess that can’t seem to stay away from her. Astronauts conversing as one hurtles into Jupiter’s atmosphere on a doomed voyage. A woman cursed to grow flowers from her skin when kissed and the knight that promises to save her.

Inspired by fairy tales, folklore, classic science fiction, and more. Love is all around us—and more magical than ever in these tales of overcoming the obstacles that keep us apart.

Genres: fantasy, sci-fi, romance

Get the book from The Book Depository here!

[educated-dumbass]

Sapphic Book Masterlist

Quick Key:

🌻= found on Readanybook for free

🍄= I’ve read and recommend

🥀= on my tbr list

🌈= Send me an ask or direct message with this emoji and the book you want and I can likely find it in digital format for free. Be aware it is less secure than the Readanybook site. Please clarify if you’re using a phone or a laptop/computer. (Not including graphic novels)

Fantasy:

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson 🍄

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho 🍄

Darling by K. Ancrum 🍄

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust 🌻

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🍄

In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard 🍄

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska

The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan 🍄

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 🍄 (it’s a bit overhyped but still very good)

The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho 🌻

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Vessel of Starfire by Allison Carr Waechter

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Crier's War by Nina Varela

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

Malice by Heather Walter

Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson 🥀

Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro 🥀

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

Amy of the Necromancers by Jimena I. Novaro 🥀

Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner 🥀

The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes 🥀

Ghost Walk by Kay Solo 🍄

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

Graphic Novels:

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill

Historical Fiction:

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 🌻🥀

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

She Rises by Kate Worsley 🥀

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Re

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Horror:

Extasia by Claire Legrand

The Final Child by Fran Dorricott 🍄

The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan

The Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand 🍄

Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

Literary Fiction:

Solo Dance by Li Kotomi 🥀

Mystery:

Far From You by Tess Sharpe

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist 🥀

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Poetry:

Sappho 🍄🌻

Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

Romance:

First Position by Melissa Brayden 🍄

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar 🥀

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman 🥀

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

Silk & Steel by Janine A. Southard

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite 🥀

The Music and the Mirror by Lola Keeley

The Soft Landing Collection: Sapphic Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories by Jacquelynn Lyon

The War Within by Yolanda Wallace 🍄🌻

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Sprinkled in the Stars by Violet Morley

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake 🥀

Science Fiction:

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 🍄

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston 🥀

The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz 🥀

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson 🌻🍄

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🍄

Compass Rose (Compass Rose #1) by Anna Burke

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

[seventhfracture]

I would absolutely recommend reading 'Hunger Pangs: True Love bites'. It's awesome and it was written by tumblr user thebibliosphere aka Joy Demorra.

Books by tumblr users are great! I'll have to check it out <3

"The Soft Landing Collection" by Jacquelynn Lyon is great, they are a fellow tumlbrina.

There's also this one tumblr guy, Neil Gaiman or something? Apparently he wrote a book! Good for him!!

[booksforthegays]

“The Soft Landing Collection” by Jacquelynn Lyon

Description: Visit worlds with mermaids trapped in zoos, floating continents that block out the sun, curses that sprout flowers from your skin, astronauts on dying spaceships, and forests haunted by hungry bog witches. Five short stories that revolve around the love between women and the fantastical world they inhabit. Sagas of a mermaid fascinated by the enclosure next to hers. A genius young woman trying to reach a stranger in the sky. A bog hag threatening to eat a princess that can’t seem to stay away from her. Astronauts conversing as one hurtles into Jupiter’s atmosphere on a doomed voyage. A woman cursed to grow flowers from her skin when kissed and the knight that promises to save her.

Representation: Each story features a sapphic romance.

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Romance, Anthology Length: 175 TW(s): Mention of forced marriage and marital abuse

[libraryleopard]

February reads!

* = reread

Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett

La Petite Mort by Olivie Blake

Hamlet by William Shakespeare*

The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel

The Faerie Hounds of York by Arden Powell

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb

Witch, Cat, and Cobb by J.K. Pendragon

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn*

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

The Soft Landing Collection by Jacquelynn Lyon

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker*

[marleneoftheopera]

Hello! My birthday is today, and my friends is tomorrow, would you happen to know if there are any audios of Phantom (or any other shows you may have) with those dates?

Well, happy birthday to you two!

For POTO audios, there are:

Peter Karrie, Amy Nuttall (u/s), Robert Finlayson, Michael Bauer, Alan Vicary, Gabriel Santinelli, Heather Craig, Hayley Driscoll, Jeremy Secomb July 17, 2000; Bradford 

John Owen-Jones, Katie Knight-Adams, Ramin Karimloo, Richard Hazell, Sam Hiller, Judith Gardner-Jones, Josie Benson (u/s), Jim Heath, Heidi Ann O'Brien July 16, 2004; London There is a debate on whether this is June or July 16th.

Earl Carpenter, Leila Benn Harris, Oliver Thornton (s/b),. James Barron, Sam Hiller, Wendy Ferguson, Heather Ferguson, Howard Ellis (u/s), Lindsey Wise July 17, 2007; London 

Richard Todd Adams, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Greg Mills July 17, 2008; San Diego

Hong Kwang-ho, Choi Hyun-Ju, Jeong Sang Yoon July 16, 2010; Seoul, Korea

John Owen-Jones, Katie Hall, Simon Bailey July 16, 2012; UK Tour

Brad Little, Kristi Holden, Anthony Downing, John O'May, Jason Ralph, Andrea Creighton, Tina Walsh, Thabiso Masemene, Eleanor Waite July 16, 2013; Singapore Opening night. phanofmusical's master. 

Dmitry Ermak, Tamara Kotova, Eugeny Zaytsev, Irina Samoylova, Alexei Bobrov, Yuri Mazihin, Rustim Bahtiyarov (u/s), Elena Charkviani, Valeria Migalina July 16, 2015; Moscow, Russia

Chris Mann, Katie Travis, Storm Lineberger, Jacquelynne Fontaine, Edward Staudenmayer, David Benoit, Anne Kanengeiser, Morgan Cowling, Frank Viveros July 17, 2015; Los Angeles

Now I only have 3 of those POTO audios, but I know of a few other traders that have the rest, so if you contact me privately I’ll see what I can do for you.

As far as other audios I have: 

Jersey Boys

Ryan Molloy (Frankie Valli), Chris Gardner (u/s Bob Gaudio), Jon Boydon (Tommy DeVito), Eugene McCoy (Nick Massi), Howard Jones (Bob Crewe), Nicola Brazil (Mary) Charlie Bull (Lorraine), Dan Burton (Joe Pesci), Mark Carroll (Donnie/Knuckles), Michael Conway (u/s Hank), Trina Hill (Francine), Tee Jaye (Barry), Stuart Milligan (Gyp DeCarlo), Jake Samuels (Norm) July 17, 2012; London Matinee.

Ryan Molloy (Frankie Valli), Chris Gardner (u/s Bob Gaudio), Jon Boydon (Tommy DeVito), Eugene McCoy (Nick Massi), Howard Jones (Bob Crewe), Nicola Brazil (Mary) Charlie Bull (Lorraine), Dan Burton (Joe Pesci), Mark Carroll (Donnie/Knuckles), Michael Conway (u/s Hank), Tee Jaye (Barry), Stuart Milligan (Gyp DeCarlo), Jake Samuels (Norm), Gemma Whitelam (u/s Francine) July 17, 2012; London Evening.

Love Never Dies

Ben Lewis, Claire Lyon (u/s), Simon Gleeson, Maria Mercedes, Sharon Millerchip, Paul Tabone, Emma J. Hawkins, Dean Vince July 17, 2011; Melbourne, Australia

And in just glancing over my list, there are some others I have that are within a few days or a week from both of your birthdays, so if you contact me privately I can tell you what those are if you’re interested.

:)

[insomniac-arrest]

Hello! In between my three jobs :’) I’m making TikToks with writing tips for aspiring authors~ These are just some quick and unedited videos with real advice and real My Face

This one is from my series called “Writing Exercises That Don’t Suck” and reviews an exercise for anyone with writer’s block or wants to improve their editing skills specifically. Also I make robot poetry in it.

[insomniac-arrest]

Do not fall in love with girls on floating islands. Do not grab her letter from the sky and chase her unknown outline into the heavens. Do not follow little lights into the darkness and lose your way— or find it.

Winifred Otiena lives in a city that shares a very special holiday with a floating continent: they send paper airplanes up to their sister land each year. The island in exchange passes down lanterns of every color back to earth. Winnie is young when she catches her first lantern and reads the note tucked away inside.

She is young when she starts to fantasize about meeting the girl who wrote it and eventually trying to reach her. As she grows older her search continues and her feelings begin to shift when her hopes seem fully realized. A story of a far-off future where two girls are separated by sky and land and how they slowly fall for one another— as well as rise.

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I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF MY FIRST WORK FOR SALE. Here is my first wlw science fiction novella up on Amazon for pre-sale. It is also available as a paperback!

A story of a future with floating islands, paper airplane exchanges, and girls falling in love. Please consider ordering a copy now!

If you can’t order a copy please boost this post in order to help support an indie author and queer love stories~