Fiction Archives

June 14, 2018 2 min read

Jeffra’s writing is delicate and deliberate when it comes to depicting despair....it inspires a sense of gratitude and reverence, as well as an appreciation for beauty and tenderness, even in the midst of profound sorrow. Read More

Silas House: On Capturing The Rural South and Loving in a Fraught Political Climate

Carter Sickels

Interviews

June 14, 2018 9 min read

"Often I think that the whole country lets itself off the hook with this notion that the South—or any rural place—is more homophobic or racist or misogynistic. What I mean is that the rest of America is far more like the South, or rural places, than it would like to admit, and it holds up real progress when people deny that." Read More

‘The Evolution of Love’ by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Sara Rauch

Reviews

June 12, 2018 2 min read

There’s been a devastating earthquake, and the Bay Area has been evacuated, but not everyone has left, and Lily, sweet, stable, dependable Lily, is hellbent on rescuing her sister, even if she has no idea if she’s still alive Read More

‘When Katie Met Cassidy’ by Camille Perri

Sara Rauch

Fiction

June 7, 2018 3 min read

Block an afternoon out of your schedule, grab a copy of Camille Perri’s new novel, When Katie Met Cassidy, and get ready to laugh, cry, and rediscover your faith in romance Read More

‘Blackfish City’ by Sam J. Miller

Jaime Balboa

Fiction

June 5, 2018 2 min read

In Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller creates a vivid, if daunting and dystopian, future after climate change has so ravaged the world that the great powers have fallen and nearly everyone is a refugee Read More

‘Read by Strangers: Stories’ by Philip Dean Walker

John Francis Leonard

Reviews

May 29, 2018 2 min read

Authors of short fiction are some of our best story tellers and Philip Dean Walker is rapidly claiming a place as one of our finest and certainly most unique Read More

‘The Affliction’ by C. Dale Young

Michael Graves

Reviews

May 24, 2018 2 min read

Young's novel in stories explores seemingly ordinary lives as they intersect with the truly extraordinary. The characters, haunted by trauma, scarred by heartbreak, are connected through their common afflictions--a bond, in the book, that transcends kindred, culture, even time. Is it true, then? Are we all connected? Read More

‘Dangerous Waters’ by Radclyffe

Anna Furtado

Reviews

May 22, 2018 2 min read

"Dangerous Waters is a bumpy ride through a devastating time with powerful events and resolute characters. Radclyffe gives us the strong, dedicated women we love to read in a story that keeps us turning pages until the end." Read More

‘Paper is White’ by Hilary Zaid

Sara Rauch

Reviews

May 17, 2018 3 min read

Paper Is White follows Ellen Margolis, assistant curator at the Foundation for the Preservation of Memory, as she navigates the choppy waters of history, kicked up by two very intense and very important personal involvements. Read More

‘So Lucky’ by Nicola Griffith

Anne Charles

Reviews

May 15, 2018 3 min read

The world of Nicola Griffith’s So Lucky is governed by ableist misconception and ignorance, but it is also marked by hope and human connection. 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

Philip Dean Walker: On 1980s Nostalgia, Listening to Sylvester, and Writing a Themed Collection

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 First Church of What’s Happening’ by Miah Jeffra

Silas House: On Capturing The Rural South and Loving in a Fraught Political Climate

‘The Evolution of Love’ by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

‘When Katie Met Cassidy’ by Camille Perri

‘Blackfish City’ by Sam J. Miller

‘Read by Strangers: Stories’ by Philip Dean Walker

‘The Affliction’ by C. Dale Young

‘Dangerous Waters’ by Radclyffe

‘Paper is White’ by Hilary Zaid

‘So Lucky’ by Nicola Griffith

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