#queer novelette

[duckprintspress]

June 2023 Releases: 6 All-New Titles from Duck Prints Press Just in Time for Pride Month!

Happy Release Day, Everyone! We publish new short stories and novelettes for our General Imprint on the fourth Thursday of the month, and here we are with five new short stories and a novelette! 

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June 22nd Releases:

Title: Of Loops and Weaves Author: Catherine E. Green

F/F, Getting Together, Maximum Fluff

Robin loves to sit in the local coffee shop, crocheting a sweater for her friend Dee, who she hopes will become more than a friend.

She doesn’t expect to need to frog a chunk of project.

And she really doesn’t expect Dee to walk in on her doing so…

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Title: Solarpunks: Viva la Revolución (a story in the Solarpunks ‘verse) Author: J. D. Harlock

Found Family, Utopian Future, the Very Teenage Urge to Rebel Against Authority

The future is perfect, with strong community ties, collective ownership, plenty for all, and an ideal balance of private life and public life.

In such a setting, what’s a group of bored teenagers to do to shake up the order of things?

Sami, Ros, and Amara aren’t sure…but Sami has a plan.

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Title: Seal Island Author: K. B. Vimes

M/M, Queerplatonic Relationship, Ace Trans Main Character, Selkies

Michael has always known he was a boy, and always known he didn’t fit in with either the boys or girls around him in the quiet fishing community where he grows up. To escape the insistence of his friends and family that he become a “proper young lady,” he seeks refuge on the island in the bay where the seals sun themselves during the summer.

It’s not until he’s 18 that he realizes he might be able to make the island a more permanent home. Will the seals welcome the young man who’s never felt like he’s belonged?

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Title: More Than We Deserve Author: Nicola Kapron

M/M, Finding a Slice of Hope Amidst Dystopia, Trans Main Character, Spies and Super Soldiers

Every year, the employees of The Winterborne Group have to fill out Form 301-A, checking off boxes related to gender and sexuality to enhance the megacorp’s diversity numbers. 

This year, Dice uses this opportunity to finally, after years of passing, tell the company he’s trans.

That’s not the problem.

The problem is that Grey, Dice’s favorite company-owned Horizon super soldier, has asked for Dice’s help completing his Form 301-A.

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Title: Live Like There’s No Tomorrow (a short prequel story in the Welcome to PHU ‘verse) Author: Tris Lawrence

Family Feels, Surviving Cancer, Finding Hope Through Everyday Struggles

Middle-school student Jackson is not particularly upset about his cancer; the doctor’s assure him he’ll recover, and his biggest concern is that his friends will be a grade or more above him by the time he’s able to get back to school.

Well, that and that he’s sure that his mother is keeping a secret from him, but he can’t figure out what that secret is and she’s not talking about it.

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Title: Moongatherer Author: Willa Blythe

F/F, PTSD, Recovery From Trauma, Bonding While on a Quest Together

The Summer Solstice is approaching, the day when the sunlight lasts the longest and the dangers of being out in the world, exposed to the harsh rays, is greatest. As is their way, Clan Firefox has once again chosen two representatives to travel to Moon’s Rest and make an offering to the Goddess to bring the moonlight back.

No one is surprised that Pomegranate will be making the journey.

But everyone is shocked when Honeycomb is selected, and no one more so than Honeycomb herself.

And, as they set out on their journey, all Honeycomb can see is the memory of harsh solar rays and burning fires…

Maybe during this journey, these two young women can find more than they ever thought to seek…

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Think they all sound amazing? Well, you should, because they are. And we’ve got you covered – you can buy ALL SIX of these new titles in one awesome bundle – and save 20% off the list price for buying each story individually! 

Come on over to the Duck Prints Press webstore and find your new favorite short story! And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to check out the anthology we’re Kickstarting!

Want more stories, and to support our awesome, queer-owned, fandom-based small business indie Press? We rely on your backing on Patreon to keep our prices low and maximize the royalties we pay to authors! Support us, and get free stories every month – the higher your backer level, the more you get!

[celluloiddreaming]

Been plotting a sapphic horror novelette I’m planning to write. So excited to jump back into the horror genre.

[nghivowriting]

Happy Hallowsday! Have my FREE novelette, now available to read at Tordotcom! On the Fox Roads is about a genderqueer narrator who's living the dream, that is, they run off with a pair of sexy bank robbers into a magical Depression-era midwest where the roads do what they want and sometimes, you get to as well.

I love this one. Siren Queen was LA, The Chosen and the Beautiful was this mean east coast thing, but On the Fox Roads is where I'm from, when I bother to be from anywhere at all. You can see the curve of the world from the road because there's nothing between you and the sky, and it's the best.

[marsadler]

End of Year Sale!!

Everything in my itch.io shop is 50% off for the next 11 days! Grab all my badwrongnasty queer horror!!

FIRST CREATION

22k word novella about an angel and a demon, cannibalism, and what it means to have faith.

Blood & Flowers

28k word novella about generational trauma, vampires, enemies and finding allies in unlikely places, and seeing the worst parts of yourself reflected in other people. Oh, also they fuck nasty and there's dubcon and sex pollen and knife play.

EYETOOTH

18k word novelette, a eroguro medkink book about obsession, lust, disability, and teeth.

Grab them separately or together here!!!

Please make sure to read content warnings before you purchase, all of these are 18+ queer horror books with dark themes and kinks.

Here's a link!

[terrorgatt]

The punk bar scene is in the works

[authormikamathews]

 I love writing, but my struggles with bipolar and so on, makes it hard to focus on one thing at a time. So, being a smartypants, I decided to take advantage of this and write several novellas and publish them. From romance to mythology, I thought it a fun idea to share with the world all the ideas in my brain and create something fun as a brand. 

Honestly, this was one of my better ideas and it means the world to me to find my own success in this.

[ariellam-blog]

LET IT RAIN Coming to KU April 2024

Don’t miss my April 1st newsletter for a peek at LET IT RAIN, my spicy contemporary romance novelette coming to Kindle Unlimited this April.  To read the first chapter of LET IT RAIN join my mailing list by March 3`1st. Join the fun Grant writing wasn’t part of Cassie Jameson’s pro-bono marketing contract with the nonprofit JoCo Water Project. But they all but guaranteed her cooperation when…

[spookieloop]

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[rielrosehill]

Coming in 2023!

[writeblrfantasy]

Reintro!

I've been on writeblr four years, I figured it's time for a reintro! a lot of the folks who were here when I first came to this wonderful community aren't here anymore, and it's time to meet some new lovely people!

I'm Lila, she/her, and I am a queer fantasy romance author! I'm an indie author with three books currently out! they are:

All of those are available here! This is my author website, and my author instagram!

I also have an author newsletter, which gives a monthly update on what i'm working on, as well as first looks and sneak peeks!

This is my Kofi, where I post novelettes/short stories. I'm working on a membership system for serial short stories.

I have a general taglist that i use semi-often, so please let me know if you'd like to be added to that! you can find more details about my finished/unfinished works here!

I'm also a frequent fanfic writer, so dm me if you want my ao3 or my fandom blog.

I am always looking for new writeblrs to follow and wips to track! please especially reblog if you're a writer who fits any of these:

is an indie author (ALWAYS looking to support more indie authors)

writes mostly fantasy

writes queer romance

is active and posts about their wips often

but of course, all writers are welcome, even if you don't fit those points! boosts are encouraged!

GENERAL TAGLIST: @worldbuildng @muddshadow @nikkywrites @47crayons @directionoftime

@chayscribbles @magic-is-something-we-create @rodentwrites

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

reading roundup: june 2024

before I get started on June, I have to issue a correction from May: I forgot to include a book!

last year I backed Iron Circus Comics' erotic anthology My Monster Girlfriend, edited by Andrea Purcell and Amanda Lafrenais, and it finally arrived just ahead of pride. My Monster Girlfriend contains 15 stories by all by different artists, and features protagonists who get it on with everything from the classic ghosts, werewolves, and vampires to a reality-warping angel (?) who contains infinite dimensions, a sleep paralysis demon, and an all-consuming flesh monster hivemind.

while I would have liked to see a little more variety in the freakishness of the actual sex, the anthology is a lot of fun and shows off a great diversity of art styles and scenarios in which one might get down to clown with a monster girlfriend. my personal favorites were Feather by Kanesha C. Bryant, in which an intrepid pervert boldly attempts to locate their girlfriend's genitalia; MonsterHER Under the Bed by Bont and Wes Brooke, which puts a cute, sexy little spin on the monster under the bed; Forest Wedding by Otava Heikkilä, which reads like an old timey fable except it ends in a giant forest woman getting crazy fisted by her new trans husband; and Girl Fiend by InnKeeperWorm, which is infinitely jackoffable even though, frankly, the hellhound should have stayed in her more monstrous canine form to fuck.

okay, now onto the June reading! I found myself reaching the end of the month surprised that I had added so few books to my 2024 spreadsheet, and then I realized: it's fucking PRIDE MONTH and I'm a career queer. I spent most of June either busting ass working various events or in a coma recovering from said events; no wonder I didn't read as much as I thought I would. I also gave up on one novel after sinking close to 200 pages in it, which means the list is even shorter, but trust me: the DNF was the right decision.

so, who made the cut for pride?

The Monsters We Defy (Leslye Penelope, 2022) - this book was a romp! it's fun! it's a hoot, dare I say! this is a historical urban fantasy that takes place in the Black society of 1920s Washington, DC. protagonist Clara and her band of ragtag magical misfits have a heist to pull off against one of the most powerful Black women in DC, with their own curses and powers at stake. it's a fun story with a neat magic system and lots of words that are capitalized so you know they're Magical and Important, and it's a read that goes down real easy. strong recommendation if you find yourself in a slump!

Just for the Cameras (Viano Oniomoh, 2023) - my first foray into independently published romance! and it was... fine. the plot's a little patchy, sure, but it's definitely not the worst romance I've ever read, and at least a throuple made for a nice change of pace. AND nobody's seething with jealousy or insecurity about multiple partners? you love to see it. this book was apparently originally intended to be a novelette and it definitely could have stayed that way, but if bisexual Black hotties sucking and fucking is what you seek then you're going to have a great time. TW: 2/3 main characters are British.

Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs (Ina Park, 2021) - to the surprise of absolutely no one who knows me, this is one of my very favorite nonfiction reads of the year so far. I cannot emphasize this enough: if you like the way that I talk about STIs and sex ed on this blog then I think you'll really like this book, because having read this book I desperately want to be her friend. she brings so much passion and energy to her work that it bursts right off the page and is - pardon this awful pun - absolutely infectious.

Survivor (Octavia E. Butler, 1978) - for those you not in the know, this book is kind of a get. it's the only book of Butler's that was never reprinted, so now you can only read it if you get ahold of a super expensive original edition OR if you, hypothetically, find a PDF online and print off the entire thing on your work printer. and I'm so glad I did the latter, because holy shit this book whips ass. the book was apparently disavowed for its lack of connection to the rest of the Patternist series, which is true but oh my god, the story is SOOOO cool anyway. we've got a human woman named Alanna who grew up feral on Earth only to be adopted by a Christian cult who are GOING INTO SPACE to preserve the human race, but it turns out there are already intelligent people on the new planet and they have Feelings about what the future of these human missionaries is going to be. it's on Alanna to navigate the clashing cultures and tension between the humans and two warring groups of aliens, and it is fucking URGENT. I don't say this lightly but I think this has ascended to be in my top three Butler novels.

No Name in the Street (James Baldwin, 1972) - ooooooh my god you guys!! oh my god!!! I've never read any of Baldwin's long form nonfiction, but within pages I knew that this was going to pretty permanently change my brain. this memoir-ish book delves into, among other things, Baldwin's witnessing of the American civil rights movement, including the deaths of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Medgar Evers. woven around that is the alienating experience of being a Black man with exactly enough cultural cache and social clout to sometimes isolate him from the people he grew up with but not nearly enough to buy acceptance or safety in a white society, emphasized by Baldwin's unfinished struggle to free a friend from prison after a wrongful murder charge. and somehow that's barely doing the book justice! it's so vast and incisive and weary and impassioned and it did, truly, have me jotting down the names of everything Baldwin ever wrote to make sure I can read it all. as much as I bemoan my habit of impulse reserving books from the library, I really am indebted to the Stacks podcast for getting this on my radar.

[olderthannetfic]

I know we've had the same dance and song before, but I still am annoyed by gender non-conforming being defaulted to trans and non-binary identities. I recently found some articles from a local queer newsletter, and it was really obvious that the person writing has no idea what GNC even is or what it means to use that label. They kept referring to trans and enbies as GNC. What truly confirmed my hunch that they have no idea what they're talking about was that they described GNC the same way you'd describe dysphoria. Which just is not what GNC is. Especially when they literally described transpeople as being GNC because they "don't conform to their gender." The same newsletter earlier this year also called the self-published novelette of a queer GNC cis woman, "an exploration of trans queerness." I read the novelette, and the author never explores transness at all. It's about her own queerness and attraction and how being GNC impacted her as a queer woman in different stages of her life in a more poetic prose. Why do people hire people for queer newsletters who clearly do not care enough about queer identities and concepts to actually do the most basic piece of research into what they're writing about?

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[marsadler]

End of Summer Sale

Snag these individually half off, or as a bundle for $3.99! This sale is running through the end of August!

I have a lot of bills coming up this month and next month, so anything helps! I have a goal of $150 to be able to pay those bills, but even if I don't get to that, every bit helps.

Included in the sale are my 2 novellas and 1 novelette!

✨️ FIRST CREATION ♡ my debut novella ♡ religious horror romance, angels and demons, this one is for the Hozier girlies (/gn) and everyone who deserves compensation from the Catholic church, 22k words

🥀 Blood & Flowers ♡ my sophomore novella which won the best sophomore book award in the Queer Indie Awards last year ♡ haunted house and vampires, erotic horror, 28k words

🦷 EYETOOTH ♡ my T4T eroguro & medkink erotic horror novelette ♡ magic, a descent into madness reminiscent of old gothic novels, 18k words

Here's some trope maps if you want to learn more about all of them:

You can also find blurbs, content warnings, etc. on my itchio page, or carrd!

Please be aware that all of these books are horror, dark, and contain explicit content. They are not intended for anyone under the age of 18!

[flameswallower]

What's that?! A new chapbook!!

Hey, so, my (dark, weird) novelette "The Witch Garden," which is loosely based on the fairy tale "The Juniper Tree," is coming out VERY SOON, and you can pre-order it now!

Some praise from Cavar (@librarycards):

With "The Witch Garden," Page does what they do best: seizes the fractured fairytale and queers, transes, crips, and Maddens it, all with fearless tenderness. There are few authors I trust more than them to welcome me into worlds of difficult and sometimes-harmful intimacy.

[maybemockingbird]

Hey everyone! We're heading into the Trans Rights Readathon season so I wanted to pop in and let you all know I have several options, including FOUR web novels (three of which are on Tapas, but all of them are on my Patreon with even more chapters available than what's out for the public). All of my web novels include not only trans and non-binary but almost entirely queer casts (many of whom also have disabilities, lots of cool rep!)

I also have the R-PNZL: A Futuristic Fairytale trilogy available in digital format for an instant and quick read AND a brand new digital only eco body-horror novelette featuring an athlete and a transmasc non-binary doctor struggling with weird botanical mutations! I'd love to be a part of your Trans Rights Readathon readings, all of my links and stories can be found on my website - disturbancesbyalycia.weebly.com and my Patreon - Alycia Davidson Author

[foxounderscorecube]

Hello! I'm Lowarn, and this is my Tumblr. Some people know me as Cat.

I mostly reblog stuff, but I post my art under the tag #my art (very inventive, I know) and occasionally feel like I need to share my thoughts for whatever reason, too. Maybe one day I will post about my creative writing here, as a treat.

Feel free to send asks/DMs!! :D

Art Fight ~ Ko-Fi ~ Etsy ~ Cohost ~ Novelette

My degree was in Costume Design and Making, which I do very little with, but I have a massive love of clothes and sewing! I really love traditional and folk costume in particular. I crochet as well, although I mostly make amigurumi.

I'm non-binary and sort of just generally queer.

I have some degree of brainworms about various media, including

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Homestuck

Pokemon

Warhammer

Dark Souls/Elden Ring

A Court of Thorns and Roses (or, as I affectionately call it, A Court of Shit and Piss)

I also love animals, especially bugs and fish, and I'm interested in stuff to do with queer and disability rights - I'm autistic and chronically ill, so the latter is pretty relevant to me.

I don't tend to tag/tw things unless they're, like, VERY blatant, but please feel free to let me know if you want something tagged! In the same vein, I'm an adult and will reblog/post things that are for adults. Please keep that in mind before you follow - this isn't a blog full of explicit NSFW or anything, but if nudity/suggestive content is a no-go for you, then here's your warning.

Thanks for visiting! I hope we can be beloved mutuals!