#queer high fantasy

[lou-wilham]

The stoic white knight of the kingdom of Helios meets the manic pixie dreamboat prince of the kingdom of Selene and everything kind of falls into place from there...

An outbreak of strange curses. A kingdom in chaos. With the kingdom of Lunette's people in peril, their prince has one choice. Aided by his best friend and protector, knight Dame Ignacia, Prince Cricket—young, cheerful, and oft-times ridiculous—set out in search of answers. Swords and opinions clash as Cricket and Ignacia work together to solve the mysteries that surround them. But they must set aside their differences to find the culprit before the perpetrator can launch their next attack on Lunette and plunge the kingdom into darkness. A frolicking LGBTQ+ fantasy novel steeped in action, wit, and all of the corniness. Perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Neil Gaiman's Stardust, and William Goldman's The Princess Bride.

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[ghcstcd]

Sockeye salmon, if he was just a little buddy

[wormtime123]

what i've done for pride this month target audience: me. ft. kristen on a queer mission and a gaggle of sapphics + their favorite aroace little guy

[rosieartsie]

Fellas book one is done and we’re starting book two. Whew. Isn’t that wild? I mean… it’s not actually done done, it’s a first draft, but hey! That counts for something doesn’t it? Anyway, I’m super proud of Harrow and myself, and wanted to let yall know that if you sign up for our patreon you get to read a whole 500 page first draft of our queer normative high fantasy novel for literally a single dollar. We also have some dedicated fans that are enthusiastic about discussing the book so if you’re the sort of book reader who loves to geek and meme and analyze what you read? We’re definitely the right community for you! We’ve got like… 28 chapters for free up so if you wanna take a little nibble without spending money, we’ve got you covered too!

For those of you who have never seen our work and have no idea what I’m talking about lol, The Bishop of Black is a high fantasy light novel my husband and I have been working on for almost two years now featuring a wide variety of characters and a story involving betrayal, political conspiracy, war and the effort of individuals in complicated, emotional situations to do the right thing as best they can. We have four main characters that pass the baton of the story of two kingdoms on the verge of peace after thousands of years of war, only for everything to go terribly, mysteriously awry. Our story is a love letter to some of our favorite animes growing up, tv shows we love that, like many a queer viewer have, we thought we could make better and gayer, and it is chalked full of varying forms of love, mysteries about the world to unravel and plot twists that will make you wanna hold your reading device between your teeth and shake it like a dog [in an excited, affectionate sort of way lol]. Our cast is so queer that you can make a bingo card of queer relationship dynamics and win every time and our current readers have to be reminded who is and isn’t trans, [3 out of 4 of our main characters are trans people ayyyyyy] and we’ve dedicated so much energy to fleshing out these people that you’re going to end up knowing them, loving them and hoping desperately they don’t die tragically [no promises bestie]. Again, lemme lay it down a second time, all 80 chapters of our first draft are available for a SINGLE DOLLAR, but we have all kinds of extra content for more investment in our project including more artwork, and world building info, nsfw content and extra chapters from the perspectives of secondary characters [cuz we all have some secondary character we wish we got to see more, lbr], all kinds of goodies. We’re doing some developmental editing before we go hunting for beta readers [which we will be paying because you deserve money for your time, more on that when we get to it] but until then, we’d love for you to come see what we have so far and become part of our community of lovely readers. We welcome you to put our characters in your salad spinner, we welcome you to form conspiracy theories about the barrier keeping the Black and White Kingdoms trapped together, we welcome you to vehemently stan your problematic fave [it’s Dreigas, it’s always Dreigas]. Come hang out with us!

[karinyecrafts]

THE FINAL 24 HOURS OF CALLING ALL ADVENTURERS! (PRIDE EDITION 🏳️‍🌈)

Want to celebrate pride by supporting a small business and treating the members of your party? Then treat them to some pride themed D20s! I’m bringing back my pride pals sale. All orders of three or more stickers will get a 35% off discount applied to your cart from the 27th of May to the 10th of June. The D20s were designed by your local nonbinary lesbian and proceeds will go towards keeping me afloat during my job search 🥰

You can find them on my Etsy page here 🏳️‍🌈

[hamable]

Riz giving Fabian disadvantage while getting a gold tattoo in hell is killing me for two reasons:

1. Fabian receives disadvantage on remaining calm and conscious because his best friend can’t stop making nervous eye contact, and

2. Said best friend is canonically covered in less-than-advisable tattoos of clues from a previous adventure.

BONUS

3: Riz immediately passes out

[gingermarshmallow]

[spooky-dice]

okay not to over analyze a lighthearted piece of dialogue from freshman year but when gorgug dies and wilma&digby are upset because they don't know how to connect with him in that feeling, it makes me think abt transracial adoptee gorgug and the experience of white parents who fundamentally do not understand their child of colour and cannot bridge the gap to sympathizing with things they do not relate to. i know wilma&digby love him and i think they're good parents, but the stance in fandom that they're perfect parents is very strange to me tbh. their house is too little for their son to exist.

[lou-wilham]

Cricket and Yoshi got me through early quarantine. Their cozy soft vibes were just the warm fuzzies I needed at the time, and I hope they bring you comfort as they did me.

What series are you (not so) patiently waiting on the next book in?

The last book in my adult cozy epic fantasy series, The Heir to Moondust releases in September, get caught up while there's still time!

An outbreak of strange curses. A kingdom in chaos.

With the kingdom of Lunette’s people in peril, their prince has one choice. Aided by his best friend and protector, knight Dame Ignacia, Prince Cricket—young, cheerful, and oft-times ridiculous—set out in search of answers.

Swords and opinions clash as Cricket and Ignacia work together to solve the mysteries that surround them. But they must set aside their differences to find the culprit before the perpetrator can launch their next attack on Lunette and plunge the kingdom into darkness.

A frolicking LGBTQ+ fantasy novel steeped in action, wit, and all of the corniness. Perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, and William Goldman’s The Princess Bride.

GoodReads | Purchase

[fakesorbet]

you’ve been a very bad romaence partner riz gukgak

[triaelf9comiclibrary]

Aww, sibling shenanigans XD Enjoy!

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[agendercryptidlev]

Thinking about how Riz is the one who first used he/him pronouns for Baron & what it's like being AroAce is a queer space. Thinking about Riz seeing the kinship that Raugh and Kristen formed over both being gay and wanting that connection, that sense of community, but holding himself back because while he wasn't "normal" he also wasn't like them. When you're gay you're family and when you're straight you fit in but what happens when you're neither? How do you categorize that.

Riz isn't afraid of his orientation because he's different by societal standards. It's not being queer that scares him no, it's the isolation of not knowing if anyone else feels the way he does. He knows that if he were gay or bi or pan his friends would understand, he'd be like them and be surrounded by people like him. But he's not like them, he is different in a way that seems entirely unique to himself.

So maybe he kind of wished he was gay, and that Baron existed because that was what he was afraid to admit. It'd be a lot less lonely than the truth.

[countv0ncunt]

MY DAUGHTER Ayda Aguefort.

Move along Arthur 😠

[rosieartsie]

If you’ve been keeping up with TBOB adjacently, now is your chance to participate a bit on our Patreon! We’re finished with Book 1 in December, so now’s a perfect time to join our little community of queer high fantasy loving friends and binge almost 500 pages of extra gay ghost filled magical high fantasy! For $1 a month you can read all the chapters and world building info, and higher tiers offer so much more, chapter art, a whole extra chapter per month in the form of our Meanwhiles, pdf versions of our volumes you can read anywhere, spicy content 😏, all kinds of goodies. But if you’re looking for a good queer normative high fantasy binge, we’ve got the goods for you! Come join us and check out our content!

[one-1-eye]

“when you think of me, why do you always bring up The Ball?” that’s right brennan, lead the gay horse to the gay water

[sunfloweraroace]

Ah yes my favourite genre… Be Gay, Do Crime