Fiction Archives

July 19, 2017 2 min read

Taking The Winder Path is an encouraging and restorative journey. Written with a definite British flavor and an aura of mystery, Lyn Dowland delivers a transporting story. Read More

‘Pages for Her’ by Sylvia Brownrigg

Allison Punch

Fiction

July 16, 2017 2 min read

Pages for Her examines what happens when the life you have is not what you pictured in your teens or twenties Read More

‘Since I Lay My Burden Down’ by Brontez Purnell

Frederick McKindra

Reviews

July 13, 2017 4 min read

Purnell chronicles a gay man's life in Oakland, before he returns to confront the ghosts still haunting him in his southern hometown Read More

‘Conversations with Friends’ by Sally Rooney

Gena Hymowech

Reviews

July 10, 2017 2 min read

In Conversations with Friends, author Sally Rooney sets up a situation that is both unique and full of explosive possibilities. Read More

‘Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall’ by Suzette Mayr

July Westhale

Fiction

July 5, 2017 1 min read

A genre pastiche, this novel is at once a humane character study, a biting academic satire, and a gothic fantasia Read More

‘Crossing the Wide Forever’ by Missouri Vaun

Anna Furtado

Fiction

June 28, 2017 2 min read

"Crossing the Wide Forever is a near-heroic love story set in an epic time, told with almost lyrical prose." Read More

‘Meg and Linus’ by Hanna Nowinski

Michele Kirichanskaya

Fiction

June 20, 2017 1 min read

Meg and Linus is an entertaining story involving two queer best friends and their efforts to navigate love and the drama of high school Read More

‘Cottonmouths’ by Kelly J. Ford

Alyssa Greene

Reviews

June 18, 2017 2 min read

Through a kaleidoscope of characters, Ford’s dark novel shows us the choices people make when the world denies them good options Read More

‘New Life’ by Jan Gayle

Anna Furtado

Romance

June 14, 2017 2 min read

New Life begs the question: what is the definition of family and motherhood? Will the disruption of two lives with a third mean survival of the relationship or its demise. New Life is a thought-provoking story with charming main characters who seem more real because of their struggles. Read More

‘Wallaçonia’ by David Pratt

Michael Graves

Young Adult

June 6, 2017 2 min read

"Keenly and precisely, Pratt depicts the voyage of a boy who wins his own sense of manhood. With 'Wallaçonia,' readers are treated to a wonderfully written, original coming-of-age tale." Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘The Winder Path’ by Lyn Dowland

‘Pages for Her’ by Sylvia Brownrigg

‘Since I Lay My Burden Down’ by Brontez Purnell

‘Conversations with Friends’ by Sally Rooney

‘Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall’ by Suzette Mayr

‘Crossing the Wide Forever’ by Missouri Vaun

‘Meg and Linus’ by Hanna Nowinski

‘Cottonmouths’ by Kelly J. Ford

‘New Life’ by Jan Gayle

‘Wallaçonia’ by David Pratt

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta