Book Recommendations: When Art Becomes Identity: Finding Yourself in When I Picture You and Lou with the Band Some stories aren’t just about falling in love; they’re about finding the language to tell the world who you are. When I Picture You by Sasha Laurens and Lou with the Band […]
Feature: Holiday Traditions, Queer Love, and What These Books Get Right There’s something magical about a good holiday romance: the snow, the lights, the traditions that bring people together. But what makes the season even brighter is seeing queer love at the heart of those stories, authentic, warm, and unapologetically […]
Book Recommendation: Why Every Fan of Scythe Should Read MindWorks When you think of Neal Shusterman, you probably picture sprawling worlds, high-stakes plots, and big philosophical questions. The Arc of a Scythe trilogy, with its mix of morality, mortality, and future tech, became one of the most defining YA series […]
Feature: Stranger Things Day Survival Kit The clock is ticking in Hawkins. On November 26, the final season of Stranger Things drops, and the endgame begins (😭). Stranger Things Day, today, marks the date Will Byers vanished in 1983, setting off a chain of events that would pull an entire […]
Book Recommendations: From Page to Screen: YA Horror and Thriller Pairings to Keep You Up at Night YA horror and thrillers have exploded in recent years, carving out space for everything from slashers to haunted houses to strange, uncanny body horror. At the same time, film and TV are pushing […]
Feature: Into the Wild: Fiction That Finds Its Power in the Wilderness There’s a reason so many stories begin where the road ends. The wilderness, vast, unruly, and often unforgiving, is a setting that demands more than description. It becomes the story’s pressure point. It pushes characters to extremes, stripping […]
Blog Tour & Book Recommendations: Climate Change, Body Horror, and the New Wave of Cli-Fi It’s here. It’s storm surge and heatwaves, poisoned water and burning skies. It’s also deeply personal, affecting our bodies, our families, and our sense of safety. And in fiction, especially speculative and horror fiction, the […]
BookCrushin Recommends: Hellishly Hot Rom-Coms Some romances are complicated…and then there’s falling for the actual prince of hell. These paranormal rom-coms take the classic love story formula (banter, fake dating, opposites attract) and layer in a whole lot of fire, brimstone, and chaos. If you love your swoons with sparks […]
Book Rewind: The Telling by Alexandra Sirowy: a Haunting New Look There are stories you hear as a child that never quite leave you. For Lana, her stepbrother Ben’s tales were golden, magical…and harmless. Until they weren’t. Originally released in 2016, The Telling by Alexandra Sirowy returns with a chilling […]
Feature: Disproportionate Trans Feminine Books in Publishing We recently saw a Thread about someone asking about TransFeminine Sapphic Romance books written by a TransFemme authors, and it got us thinking. How many traditionally published books by and about TransFemme authors can you think of off the top of your head? […]