#fiction reccomendations

[temporary-dysphoria]

Throwing this out into the winds of writblr, or authblr, idk what that part of Tumblr is, I'm just an erotic angsty fanfic writer BUT

Please reply, reblog or send me an ask if you have any reccomendations for fiction where the protagonist is non-binary (and clearly so. I'm not after implied gender so much as I am clear representation).

All genres are acceptable.

I'm looking for these from an analysis viewpoint. I wanna get some ideas and do some research on how non-binary protagonists have been approached in fiction already. I'm planning an original work for NanoWrimo next year, so I'm getting some pre-reading in early.

Ty in advance ✌🏽

[tropinano]

List of As Many Fiction Podcasts As I Could Think Of

NOT ORGANIZED! This is a big list of fiction podcasts with no descriptions, meant for the sole purpose of picking one based on the title and just trying it out. Just a big ol' list of titles. Kindof like a blind date! Explore a couple of the ones that intrigue you and come back later for more.

The Hotel

The Night Post

I am in Eskew

Whisperling

Residents of Proserpina Park

The Daedalus Compound

EOS10

The Magnus Archives

Francis Forever

SMILE GROVE

Janus Descending

The Godfrey Audio Guide

Old Gods of Appalachia

Camp Here & There

The Way We Haunt Now

Jack of All Trades

SUPERSUITS

Illuminati Interns

Death by Dying

Life with Leo(h)

Hello from the Hallowoods

Malevolent

The 12:37

Spirit Box Radio

Lost Terminal

Desperado

Neighbourly

The Switchboard

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity and Mortality

Aurora Everlasting

The Swashbuckling Ladies Debate Society

CARAVAN

The Amelia Project

Jar of Rebuke

Monstrous Agonies

Where the Stars Fell

Kisses In The Dark

The Town Whispers

Uncommon Commons

The Author's Anathema

Elevator Pitch

Brimstone Valley Mall

Kane & Feels

Middle:Below

The McIlwraith Statements

Caledonian Gothic

I have seen Niagara

Petrified

In Darkness Vast

The Outside Tapes

Seren

Gather the Suspects

This Foul Earth

John from Home

Glasgow Ghost Stories

The Tower

The Antique Shop

either

Tales from Aletheian Society

The Secret of St Kilda

The Green Horizon

Road X

THE NOWHERE MALL

Seven of Hearts

The Department of Variance of Somewhere, Ohio

SubverCity Transmit

The Nuclear Solution

Inkwyrm

Jim Robbie and the Wanderers

Burst

With Caulk and Candles

This Planet Needs a Name

The Glass Appeal

Mar's Best Brisket

Nym's Nebulous Notions

Midnight Radio

The Bright Sessions

When Angels Visit Armadillo

The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium

Nowhere, On Air

Dark Ages

Welcome to Night Vale

The Silt Verses

Care & Feeding of Werewolves

The Bridge

The Far Meridian

ars PARADOXICA

Among the Stars and Bones

Counterbalance

Primordial Deep

Hannahpocalypse

Someone dies in this Elevator

Mabel

Seen and Not Heard

Abyss FM

Bodies in Space

Among the Stacks

Station Arcadia

Station Blue

Mnemosyne

Wolf 359

Tranthologies

Mx Bad Luck

SAYER

Limetown

What will be here?

Wake of Corrosion

The Pasithea Powder

SINKHOLE

Tell No Tales

The Vesta Clinic

Dreamboy

Georgie Romero is Done For

The Domestic Life of Anthony Todd

Alice isn't Dead

Stellar Firma

Unwell

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

The Heart of Ether

The Orbiting Human Circus

Wooden Overcoats

Greater Boston

Valence

Moonbase Theta Out

The Penumbra Podcast

Desert Skies

Deviser

Leaving Corvat

Red Valley

Back Again Back Again

Sidequesting

[abandonedshops]

PLEASE recommend me FICTIONAL podcasts/audio dramas !!!! i go through >8hrs hours of audio media a day at work and the backlog is thinning out again. and the more niche the better because I've listened to most of the popular ones. even if it's short it's always nice to add to the list

bonuses:

- mystery/murder themed

- narrator has a nice/non-shrill voice/good audio quality

- not true crime/'true story reenacted"/etc (BUT fictional stories pretending to be true crime is a+)

[tdillustrates]

chapter two of grieve to run of the mill releases tomorrow! hope you all enjoy :)

[crustaceousfaggot]

Why you should give Text Adventure games a try (and how to do so)

There is not nearly enough love for Text Adventure Games here on Tumblr. Or anywhere really. But especially here, I feel like you guys would really get a kick out of them. Here's why:

(quick note, I'm gonna be using the words Text Adventure and Interactive Fiction pretty interchangeably here. Technically that's not perfectly accurate, they are technically different things, but I don't care to explain the difference Just roll with it.)

So

Do you like weird short stories told through unconventional mediums? That's most of what Interactive Fiction is

You like story based video games but hate the finicky combat? Congrats, there is literally no combat skill required beyond the ability to type "hit guard with crowbar"

Blind or visually impaired? Since these games are (with a few exceptions) entirely text based, they work great with a screen reader!

Sick of profit motivated AAA titles with no creative integrity? Well, these games are almost always produced by a single nerd (usually a horrid amalgamation of computer geek and literature geek) with no budget and no responsibilities of the product they're making. And they're usually not paid, since these games are free. Text Adventure is a labour of love, and in most games you can feel the care and effort the creator has put into the game.

Sick of spending $20-70 on a video game? Lucky you, I've been playing TA for years and I have not spent a cent in doing so (Fallen Londen will try to make you pay. But Fallen Londen sucks and is run by bigots. Fuck Fallen London.) Games are either available free on a browser, or as free, small downloadable files (most of which can be played using the Parchment Interpreter)

Wish you read more, but reliant on the quick dopamine of digital media? Well now you can read while also being an active participant in the narrative.

Bad at puzzles? Me too! Games from the 80s and 90s, as well as more famous newer games, have walkthroughs and hints easily available online. Newer games tend to either have a "hint" command, or come with a walkthrough file.

Do you like weird surrealist horror? Well there's... A lot of it.

Okay, but where do I start?

So there are two types of text adventure. The one you might be more accustomed to, and which sees more modern use, is called Hypertext Interactive Fiction. The other is called Parser Interactive Fiction, it's generally seen in older games, as well as games that are larger, feature more puzzles, or involve more exploration.

Hypertext games

Basically, the game will give you a scenario, and then a list of options (hypertext links) to click on to decide what to do next. These are usually more beginner friendly since you don't need to fiddle around with parsers, but personally I find them a bit limiting. Nonetheless, if you're new to Text Adventure, they're a good place to start.

Some of my favourites hypertext games (summaries in green)

My Father's Long, Long Legs is an interactive horror story about family, unease, and loss. Really more of a story than a game, but still good. Very nice use of sound. It does have some visual aspects, so this one might not work with screen readers

Scene Kid Simulator is pretty much what it says on the tin. A cute, nostalgic, coming-of-age slice of life story from the POV of a 2000s scene preteen. Nothing special, but a fun time.

The Uncle Who Works at Nintendo is a strange, unconventional, witty, and heartfelt horror game. Your friend has an uncle who he says works for Nintendo. You're about to meet him, or so he says. A fun and spooky look at childhood, childhood friendships, and childhood lies.

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonald's is... A joy to play. The name says it all honestly. Witty, charming, tense, engaging, and emotional when it wants to be. I actually found this one through a lucky Tumblr Blaze, which makes sense since this is perfectly suited to Tumblr sensibilities. This one has more puzzle aspects than most hypertext games, but it's still relatively easy and beginner friendly. You're a vampire hunter. It's your night off, and you go to McDonald's. But there's something wrong with the customer sitting beside you...

Toadstools is a game about hunting mushrooms. You have trespassed in a national park and you are wandering blindly through the woods looking for rare fungi. Good luck :)

Parser games

Okay these fuckers are where I really get excited. These games have the classic flashing cursor line where you input text like "go north", "search bookshelf", or "kiss my husband", and the game's rudimentary AI parses your input to decide what happens next. These are my favourites. They really allow you the feeling of exploring the game world, immerse you in the protagonist and the story, using just text on a screen and simple inputs. This does make them considerably more difficult, since a) you need to decide the right way to phrase what you want to do, otherwise it won't work, and b) more possibilities means more chances to mess up and miss things. Unlike video games, your cursor won't light up when you see something important, you'll have to search stuff and work things out on your own But, in my opinion, it is so, so worth it. Summaries in red

The first text adventure game I ever played was One Eye Open. It's an extremely graphic and gory medical horror game (although I would consider it tasteful medical horror, in that it never derives horror from medical procedures, disability, or ooOoHh gross scary sick people) You play as a volunteer test subject for a medical research facility, having to unravel the mystery of the hospital's bloody past. It's good. It's fun. It's tense. It has some really dumb mechanics. Don't play if you're sensitive to descriptions of gore, death, or corpses. This one doesn't have a walkthrough, but I've played it enough times to know the puzzles by heart, DM me if you need help.

Anchorhead is possibly my favourite piece of interactive fiction I've ever played. It's incredible. You play as a newlywed woman, moving to the small seaside town of Anchorhead after your husband Michael inherited a mansion from some distant relatives. There's something wrong with the town though. There's definitely something wrong with your husband's mysterious ancestors. And you're starting to think that there might be something strange happening to Michael. Get ready for some wonderfully atmospheric and immersive Lovecraftian horror, action sequences that are incredibly vibrant for Text Adventure, and a super compelling mystery that the game lets you work out on your own. The puzzles here are hard. I'm not gonna lie, I used a walkthrough at several points during this game. But my god it's worth it. Big massive huge content warning here for mentions of incest, sexual assault, and pedophilia. Not in excess, and nothing explicit, but it will be mentioned as part of the story.

Little Blue Men is a short, strange, sci-fi-ish horror-ish comedy-ish game by the same author as Anchorhead, though the two games are wildly different. You are an office worker. Cope with it. Take The Stanley Parable, Stella Firma, and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, mash 'em together, and you have Little Blue Men. It's bizarre. It's evocative. It's pretty darn good.

Coloratura is a strangely beautiful sci-fi story. You're a weird little alien blob. You've been separated from your home and are trapped aboard a human spaceship. You need to get home, need to make the humans understand in the only ways you can: color and song.

Slouching Towards Bedlam is a brilliant little steampunk game about language, choice, cults, Armageddon, and triangles. This game has multiple endings. It's neat in that none of the endings are really "good" or "bad". Rather, you need to decide where you stand, and act in the way you think is best.

The Lurking Horror is the grandparent of horror interactive fiction, released in the late 80s. You're a tech student in university. Something more than electricity is powering the school's computers. Find it, but don't die along the way. Besides the comically archaic descriptions of computers, this game doesn't feel all that dated. It's tricky, puzzle-heavy, and charmingly surreal. (Fun fact, this game and another old TA game called Zork inspired the "darkness kills you" mechanic which would later be popularized in Don't Starve!)

Nine Lives is a very short, very weird, very cartoony game where you play a cat that is very bad at staying alive. Cw for non-graphic but repeated cat death.

Spider and Web is one of the most ingenious uses of Text Adventure as a medium I've ever seen. It's famous for having one of, if not the singular best puzzles in video game history. It's tense, it's fast-paced, it introduces you to mechanics slowly and then lets you test them out on your own. I won't spoil too much, but you play as a very badass spy, reliving your brilliant heist during an interrogation. This game even features a character destined to be a Tumblr Sexyman. It really has it all.

If anyone actually read through all this, and has even considered playing any of these games, I'll be a little surprised. This post turned out a lot longer than I wanted it to be. It was meant to just be "hey interactive fiction is a cool and underappreciated medium, go check it out", but this is my special interest, and not one I often get to talk about. I guess this was me infodumping to the only place that will listen, the empty void of the internet. But these games are fun. And they do not get enough love. Text games are a dying genre, if they're not dead already. Give them a chance, show them some love.

[orion-s-things]

Hey, I'm looking for a fiction podcast ! I've only listened to The Magnus Archives and Welcome to Night Vale (also a bit of The Strange Case Of Starship Iris), but I must warn you that I cannot handle podcasts like TMA again (be it either the horror or the level of sadness). I'd like to find one with an mlm canon relationship because I'm an mlm starved for representation :'). Also trans and enby rep would be really great, but then again not finding LGBT rep in podcasts is difficult. I don't mind angst and sadness as long as there's no major character death and it turns out to end bittersweet or happily (pls no bad endings I'm depressed enough as it is), as long as the happy/sad ratio isn't more on the sadness side. I'm a sucker for character driven stories and good characters in general (I think characters are the most important part of fiction).

If you have any recs for me I'm all ears !

Also if there's a discord or an active community or it's still ongoing that's always a big plus for me.

[rach-amber]

I don't know how to explain it. She's almost motherly in this entire scene. If this isn't love what else is love? The love from her eyes is undeniable.

A few style generations from a pfp generator. Yep got lost in her eyes.

People who say their relationship is all explosive have it all wrong..

Her looking back without hiding she cares

Also, AmberPrice fic reccomendation (super surprised they updated chap 5 recently while I was just up there to re-read)

AP dynamics really well written.

[immortalbutterflycos]

A Comprehensive List of all of the (Queer) books I've read since September 6th (as of September 28th):

Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

Magic, chaos, a nonbinary protagonist, and a cursed rug that's a bit of a dick. (also I may or may not have bought this one in the first place because the two main characters reminded me of James and Regulus. Even after finishing it, I stand by that assessment lmao)

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

Pirates and Princes and Magic Oh My! Oh and magic. Did I mention magic? Because there's also magic.

So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

"And they were Soulmates!" (Oh my god they were soulmates...) but with the obligatory "I love him but he doesn't love me the same way" trope.

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquistion (I read it twice this month)

I don't think this one needs a description at this point. If you've seen the movie, I recommend the book. Both are fucking amazing, but there are just so many things that the movie couldn't do with the time frame it had to fit into. <3

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Fake dating so hard it becomes real. You know how it goes. ^.^

Simon vs. The Homo sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (I've read this one so many times ngl)

Not sure this needs a description, but this too, is better than the movie. Which I also love so so very much ^.^ &lt;3

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

Okay, this one made me emotional. I love it so much!

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (book 1)

Flash Fire by TJ Klune (book 2)

Heat Wave by TJ Klune (book 3)

SUPERHEROES. FANFICTION. LESBIANS. (the lesbians are side characters but they're always a presence and I love them) AND SO MUCH ADHD THAT IT'S A SUPERPOWER ALL ON ITS OWN. I just finished this series like five minutes ago and I'm so obsessed!!! ToT I love them all so much!!!

(totally has nothing at all to do with the fact that the Dnd campaign I'm a part of is about our modern world but with mutants and magic and heroes and all that jazz~)

I loved every single one of these books so much and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for some really cute lgbtq romances!

[techtordoestuff]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ed Walker & Edna Walker & Jay Walker (Ninjago), Ed Walker & Edna Walker (Ninjago), Edna Walker & Jay Walker (Ninjago), Ed Walker/Edna Walker (Ninjago) Characters: Ed Walker (Ninjago), Edna Walker (Ninjago), Jay Walker (Ninjago), Lloyd Garmadon, briefly - Character Additional Tags: Social Anxiety, High School, School, Panic Attacks, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Light Angst Summary:

“My mom is weird and collects seashells. Your dad levels cities and attacks innocent people. So… they’ve all got their quirks.”

Jay loves his parents more than anything, but sometimes he feels like they don’t understand how his world works.

 --or-- Jay’s parents decide to go to Open House night, and it doesn’t turn out like they’d hoped.

This was a gift for my secret santa @impulsivefanwriter

It’s my first ever Ninjago fanfic, so I hope you enjoy ^_^

[audhdnight]

Getting increasingly fed up with adults who consume children’s media only to rate it badly for being childish

Yes, gravity falls is going to have fart jokes. Yes, famous middle grade fantasy books are going to have minimal gore/violence. Yes, Katara and Toph are going to be fighting constantly. Yes, the sixteen year old protagonist of a romance is going to swing wildly back and forth between emotions all throughout the story.

I’m not saying adults can’t or shouldn’t enjoy movies and shows and books created with children in mind. I LOVE middle grade fantasy even as an adult. I LOVE shows like gravity falls and AtLA. But you need to go into it with the understanding that it wasn’t created for you. You don’t get to read a fantasy book written for and about eleven year olds and then get mad that the themes were lighter or simpler than The Witcher or Game of Thrones or that the eleven year old kid made a foolish choice that one time.

Stop rating children’s books one star just because they’re childish

[intothestacks]

Adventures in Librarian-ing

Today I read Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino to a class of Grade 2s.

It's a story about a boy who likes to wear dresses and the prejudice he faces about his interest.

An excerpt from storytime:

Me: They're not being very kind, are they?

Grade 2s: Noooo!

Girl: They're being very rude and mean!

Other Girl: Anyone can wear whatever they want! *classmates murmur in agreement*

Boy: And if girls can wear pants then boys can wear dresses! It's only fair! >:(

Me: Plus, in some cultures what we would consider dresses are considered boy clothes. Though is there really such a thing as boy clothes and girl clothes if everyone should be able to wear whatever they want?

Grade 2s: Nooo! They're just clothes!

[hussyknee]

KJ Charles is an absolute liar, pass it on.

[idzymi]

Here are some good stizzy smut fics that I’d like to recommend

Top!izzy bottom!Stede quick bitchy but not cruel sex in a tavern room

Somewhere in the first middle of seasons one

Top?Stede bottom??izzy sort of

First meeting on the beach, they compromise about hostages

Each gets one plus a blowjob

[pathos-bathos]

Book reccomendations in the academic spirit

[bartxnhood]

Hello! I love your 5sos imagines! I was wondering if you read them as well and if so do you have any recommendations?

hello !! i do in fact read them ! though they are hard to find on tumblr but i will give you some of my favorites !! and some of these don’t have a description so just trust me on those LMAO. these are only a few, if you’d like more let me know :)

enjoy your reading and please give these writers some love and support !! they’re amazing. <3

ashton irwin;

older | @talkfastromance4

this fic was so so so good, i cried my eyes out. it was written so beautifully.

opening act | When you find yourself falling for Ashton you originally just try to ignore it, live in the moment, and enjoy the time you get. But with two weeks left of tour you're slowly seeing that if you don't tell him now you may never see him again. | @saucymalum

luke hemmings;

similar desires | a feeling of jealousy is all it takes for the emotions they kept hidden to come to light. | @vailvr

i genuinely felt like i was in this story, i read it twice in a row. it was so amazing.

wow | you're stage managing for 5sos on tour, and you're chilling with luke while he's doing his makeup before he has to hit the stage, he asks for help | @heartache-onthebigscreen

this was was so cute i literally love this one sm

watch you sleep | admiring luke as he sleeps peacefully beside you | @heartache-onthebigscreen

yet another that made my heart flutter

calum hood;

pre-show playlist | part two | @getsojaded

you don’t go to parties | @getsojaded

she’s a god | 'Cause she's the reason, the reason I say l've seen the light burst into color | @wastelandcth

michael clifford;

promising forever | michael's been sure she's the love of his life for long enough, it was time for him to make the next big move when it came to promising forever | @vailvr

by far my favorite michael imagine

[antonymspod]

Do you like horror podcasts? Have you been looking for a creepily magical story set in the pacific northwest? Do you have some time on your hands but have no idea what to listen to?

You should consider listening to Antonyms! Antonyms is a horror fiction podcast centered around Jules, an inhabitant of Seattle (which has not stopped raining for six years), who suffers a strange injury on a camping trip with his friend. Suddenly, he thinks there may be more to the city than he thought-- and he does NOT like mysteries.

Antonyms launches this Wednesday (March 22nd) and updates weekly on Saturdays. We have spookiness, we have we have Norse mythology, and we have gay people!

If any of this sounds interesting, you can find us on Spotify or wherever else you find your podcasts. If you want to support us, you can find us on patreon at patreon.com/TheAntonymsPodcast.