#Sarah Soderquist

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Sorry to put this on the body of the post but MY TIME HAS COME!

Anything by KM Shea (I recommend starting with her Magiford or Timeless Fairy Tale series, if you want something big, or her King Arthurs or Elves of Lessa if you want something smaller. Also, her rgp lit under AM Sohma is great)

Kyle Robert Shultz's Afterverse books. Best of the best. 10/10. Highly recommended if you want chaos and heart

Kate Stradling if you want "one-shot" stories but in novel format. She does mostly fantasy but her Altair books are dystopian but…in the light sense, if that's anything to you?

Celeste Baxendell if you want something that'll rip your heart to shreds but still give a happy ending

Tales of Goldstone Wood for some hauntingly beautiful Christian fantasy (in my opinion, the first book is sliiiightly the weakest but still worth a read)

Blades of Acktar for non-magical but not of this world Christian fantasy. So good. This author KNOWS what she's talking about, isn't afraid to namedrop God/Jesus, but never makes it preachy

Beyond the Tales (same author as above, Tricia Mingerink) but Christian allegorical fractured fairy tales with Native American inspired kingdoms

Tara Grayce is Mingerink's alt who writes more general fantasy. Still clean and so fun

Okay, sue me but I like Paul McCusker and Chuck Black. The former wrote the Passages series, and it's probably been over a decade since I've read them...but they're basically bible stories set in another world. Chuck Black has…questionable theology to me (a bit too…pro America, I guess?) but his Knights books have interesting symbolism that compels me

Gail Carson Levine and Jessica Day George are two awesome fractured fairy tale and fantasy writers. Big recommend

T. Kingfisher has some amazing books, but I've only read two (Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking and The Seventh Bride)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Grace Lin) is a really love tale in a Chinese setting that has a lovely mythological feel to it, diving on stories and such

WR Gingell's books are ALWAYS fun (Lady of Dreams series and City Between will always be my favorites of hers)

The Ascendance trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen has some amazing twisty fantasy political drama but made to be palatable

AG Marshall has great fairy tale retellings that are just fun to read. Her characters are chaotic and it's so much fun

I'm very fond of Allison Tebo's books. Shorter novellas, for the most part and also fractured fairy tales (can you see a thread?)

Melanie Cellier has fun fractured fairy tales and fantasies. For me, they can be hit or miss but they're all generally nicely written

Sarah K. Wilson has so many fantasies. I've only really read her Dragon school books and they're all SO incredible (bonus points for the protagonist who uses a cane)

Britain Kalai Soderquist is also a fairy tale writer. Her two books I've read, though, operate in a regency world and take the epistolary form. Basically two women living two fairy tales writing to each other the chaos they're experiencing

Arielle Baily has a fun novel called the Icarus Aftermath which is a sci-fi and Greek mythology blend (I say fun but it's also devastating)

Kendra Merritt also has an amazing series of disabled fairy tales and a dnd-inspired book series (under KM Merritt). Heads up for lgbtq implications since I know that's not for some people

On that note, I'd also recommend Legends and Lattes but (again) lgbt pairing

Patricia C Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles

CB Cook has a really fun superhero series following twins; a little too light sometimes for me but still really fun

I recommend anything by Alydia Rackham, period. If you want fantasy, Baldur's Tears or her fairy tale books are incredible. If you want something shorter, the sherlock-adjacent Mute of Pendywick Place books are a delight

Intisar Kanani, again fairy tales, is amazing I love Wingfeather Saga. It was one of my obsessions. I am ALWAYS a fan of humor that can be spun into depth

Finley Aaron - I love her fairy tales and would have started on her dragon books, except I think she stopped publishing

James Riley's books are a riot. The ones I read were his fairy-tale based ones which are amazing! Chaotic gremlin duo who should not be trusted but somehow are the most qualified for the job

Suzanne Collins' Underland Chronicles will always be a favorite of mine (ironically, I've only read one of her Hunger Games books)

Also highly recommend George MacDonald. Light Princess, Princess and the Goblin, and some of his short stories are a great place to start.

Other authors I recommend/have heard good things about that are clean: Kirsten Fichter, Deborah Grace White, Camille Peters, Kenley Davidson, Patrick W Carr, Shannon Hale, SD Smith, HL Burke, Diana Wynne Jones, Lea Doue, Christopher Healy, I don't know anymore

Actually, in general, I recommend looking at the goodreads pages of authors you like and see what they've read, too. Some of them leave reviews and the clean-writers author indie group is a web with easily followable threads. I've also found good authors by looking at general reviews and seeing authors they're compared to.

Anyway, excuse the dump of words, OP! But I wish you luck reading!

Any of you have recommendations for fantasy or sci-fi without much sexual content?

Self-published or Christian works welcome but only if they're high quality (i.e. not worse than general market fiction).

And, of course, I have to add I've read everything by Tolkien and Lewis.

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Tomorrow (23rd September) is International Celebrate Bisexuality Day

How about watching season 2 of @galpalsseries? 

...or you could start with season 1 (both are really good!).

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Web Series Wednesday | Gal Pals

What? Gal Pals

Who? Created by Kallie Tenney and Sarah Soderquist. Starring Katie Stoddard, Skarlett Redd, Anna Wyatt, Katy Erin and Parker Shook.

Why Should I Watch? With a lack of LGBTQ representation in mainstream entertainment Tenney and Soderquist decided to do something about it. They're self-proclaimed as the L Word for the Broad City generation and I'm here to tell you that they've really nailed it. 

Episode one starts up with our introduction to Bee (Stoddard), who as her best friend Olivia (Redd) puts it, needs to stop poaching stood up straight girls. Sounds pretty Shane-ish right? Well it gets better. Olivia, knowing Bee has a problem, grabs her phone and finds out that Bee's basically been catfishing these girls (using a photo of Jeff Goldbum) into meeting only to pick them up as herself. There's just...a lot wrong with that situation but Olivia's on it, don't worry guys.

Apparently this time however, things don't go quite as planned after one of Bee's "targets" ends up following up. What does she want? Well I'm not going to spoil that for you. Olivia sees this as her opportunity to finally set Bee straight (it's okay, I laughed too) and she makes her mission to make sure she doesn't go and fuck it up. 

Where Can I Watch? The series currently has three episodes and you can catch them via their YouTube channel. Also be sure to follow the series below and keep an eye out for new episodes!

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Funding Friday | Gal Pals Season 2

What Is It? Created by Sarah Soderquist and Kallie Tenney, the dynamic duo, armed with their incredible team are ready for a second season, but they need your help. The LA-based series stole audiences hearts following the lead character, Bee, whose finally met her match after falling for Dylan. The series is more than just gals being pals, it's quite frankly set up to be the L Word for the Broad City generation and while that's a self-proclaimed analysis from the series, I'm very much inclined to agree. 

Don't believe me? Check out the first season and a teaser of what the creators are looking to bring in season two. And for more information check out their official Indiegogo campaign.

How Can I Help? The series is looking to raise $20,000 USD and with just two days left the series has made it a little over 25% of their goal, putting them at $5,316 USD. With your help you'll be lending a hand to all different departments and ensuring that this great series gets the opportunity to continue telling their story.

What Do I Get? The series has some great merch and perks in exchange for a donation. You can check out some of the more popular ones below and check out the campaign page for more.

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