Mystery Archives

July 28, 2020 3 min read

Over the past few years, novels that blend elements of mystery and horror have gained in popularity and with good...

LGBTQ Podcasters Explore Crime Fiction Through Interviews & Witty Banter

June 22, 2020 5 min read

Being a huge podcast fan, I’ve been thrilled to discover three podcasts recently that, in different ways, explore queer voices...

A Broken Woman Follows a Smart & Sometimes Self-Destructive Protagonist

Michael Nava

Reviews

June 17, 2020 3 min read

Dharma Kelleher’s new novel, A Broken Woman, continues the story of Jinx Ballou, a tough, smart and sometimes self-destructive bounty...

A Reluctant Detective Tracks a Killer in Jon Michaelsen’s New Novel

Edit Team

Excerpts

June 17, 2020 10 min read

The following is excerpted from The Deadwood Murders (a Kendall Parker Mystery – Book 2), the new thriller by writer Jon Michaelsen....

Join us! LGBTQ Crime Writers Throw a Benefit for Lambda Literary!

Edit Team

Features

June 15, 2020 1 min read

Join us for a night of reading and conversation with LGBTQ crime writers to benefit Lambda Literary! SIGN-UP at Crowdcast....

Find “Unlikeable” Characters & Unlikely Points-of-View in these Multi-layered Crime Novels

John Copenhaver

Reviews

May 17, 2020 4 min read

LGBTQ persons have been so demonized in the past that a writer can feel the social and political imperative to...

Wendy Heard’s Twisty New Thriller The Kill Club Plumbs a Fascinating Moral Dilemma

John Copenhaver

Fiction

January 28, 2020 2 min read

The Kill Club explores complex social and moral questions without sacrificing compelling storytelling. Read More

‘Carved in Bone’ Traces Parallel Love Stories During the Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic

John Copenhaver

Mystery

December 19, 2019 2 min read

Carved in Bone offers a complex interplay between past and present Read More

Marshall Thornton on Celebrating Boystown’s Tenth Anniversary

Alexander Inglis

Interviews

November 21, 2019 7 min read

"I love including the small details of how we lived then, capturing the details of our lives that might otherwise be lost." Read More

‘Magic for Liars’ by Sarah Gailey

Christina Tesoro

Fiction

August 27, 2019 2 min read

Magic for Liars is a fantastical multi-genre detective novel 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

‘Nothing Pink’ by Mark Hardy

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 Bright Lands‌ ‌Blends‌‌ ‌Mystery & ‌Horror‌ ‌with‌ ‌a‌ ‌Fascinating‌ ‌Queer‌ ‌Twist‌ ‌

LGBTQ Podcasters Explore Crime Fiction Through Interviews & Witty Banter

A Broken Woman Follows a Smart & Sometimes Self-Destructive Protagonist

A Reluctant Detective Tracks a Killer in Jon Michaelsen’s New Novel

Join us! LGBTQ Crime Writers Throw a Benefit for Lambda Literary!

Find “Unlikeable” Characters & Unlikely Points-of-View in these Multi-layered Crime Novels

Wendy Heard’s Twisty New Thriller The Kill Club Plumbs a Fascinating Moral Dilemma

‘Carved in Bone’ Traces Parallel Love Stories During the Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic

Marshall Thornton on Celebrating Boystown’s Tenth Anniversary

‘Magic for Liars’ by Sarah Gailey

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